…and on air, not just in The Sustainable Hour, but finally now also in national news programs and documentaries on the channels of our public broadcasters.

In The Sustainable Hour on 7 March 2018, we talk climate care with ACT’s Commissioner for Sustainability and the Environment, professor Kate Auty, and with artist Margaret Rowe-Keys, who created a ‘1000 flowers for the planet’ exhibition.

We listen to Anna Skarbek, CEO, ClimateWorks, and Kelly O’Shanassy, CEO, Australian Conservation Foundation, who spoke at the Great Debate at Sustainable Living Festival on 9 February 2018 about how we tackle the climate crisis.

We also play an excerpt from ABC Four Corner’s new documentary ‘Weather Alert’, and a 30-second advertisement for SBS News which features an advice about how Australia collectively could reduce its carbon emissions with one small step in the bedroom.

And we play a song with our favourite peer-reviewed rapper Baba Brinkman. More info below.

Listen to The Sustainable Hour no. 206 on 94.7 The Pulse:

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 MAJOR TURNING POINT – #1: 

Climate emergency on public media agenda

After years of mysterious silence and editorial confusion on the topic, Australia’s two public broadcasters, ABC and SBS, have started 2018 by communicating on both the problems and the solutions.

SBS News suggests a climate solution

SBS marketing campaign promotes ‘big thinking’ and carbon consciousness

SBS World News presenter Janice Petersen in a 30 second advertisement for SBS News, suggesting that Australia could improve its appalling emissions records if all Australians would turn down the heat at night during the cold season.

This video was published by SBS on YouTube.com on 1 March 2018.

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“For Australian business, business as usual is no longer an option.”

~ Quote from ‘Weather Alert’, ABC TV’s Four Corners