A lowcarbon-loving author, an American economist, a local expert in Geelong’s history and the Terminator help us change the story as we roll out The Sustainable Hour no. 207 on 14 March 2018 on 94.7 The Pulse. Listen here:

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“If you want to change the world, you have to change the story.”

~ George Monbiot

• Geelong’s legendary history tour guide Colin Mockett explains what a couple of economic scandals, a Premier in damage control mode and a cycling helmet report had to do with how Geelong – officially declared “Australia’s first cycle city” in 1981 – gradually transformed into an anti-cycle city.

• Lawyer Mark Delaney, co-author of the new book ‘Low-Carbon And Loving It’, tells us about his book-launch tour in Australia as he visits Melbourne next week.

• Economist Jeremy Rifkin explains how a renewable energy internet and a driverless mobility internet connected to the Internet of Things will give rise to a radical new climate-friendly sharing economy.

• And we listen to a clip with The Terminator, also known as Arnold Schwarzenegger, explaining to his audience at the South by Southwest festival in the United States why he plans to sue oil companies for ‘first degree murder’.

• We end the hour with a track by our favourite peer-reviewed rapper Baba Brinkman: ‘What’s Beef’.

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“We have brought in laws which are disincentives to healthy transport. To get people back on the bicycle, get rid of the helmet law.”

~ Colin Mockett

Colin Mockett: How Geelong lost its ‘cycle city’ reputation

13-minute excerpt of The Sustainable Hour’s live radio interview with Colin Mockett: Joan Kirner, a report, helmet laws, civil disobedience, lobbying and the Northern Territory’s helmet freedom…

» Read or download the three-page letter to Council which Mik talks about during the interview:

Geelong Sustainability’s Submission re: Building Better Bike Connections (PDF)

» Geelong Sustainability – 3 March 2018:

Better bike connections in Geelong

Understanding of history helps changing the story

40 years ago, back in 1977,