“Decarbonisation is the great task of our generation and Costa Rica must be one of the first countries in the world to accomplish it, if not the first.”

~ Carlos Alvarado, President of Costa Rica, May 2018

Find out what the renewable energy revolution looks like from the inside. Today in The Sustainable Hour, we are not just talking about the popular energy revolution which has hit Australia, we are signing up to become a part of it ourselves: We are putting our roofs on the table, so to say, and giving solar a go. This is our rebellion against the polluting and greedy energy industry and the imprudent politicians who fail to regulate it. The stakes are high because we are in a race against an emerging eco and weather system catastrophe.

“We’ve got to each independently do what we can do. It is not enough just to sit around and wait. Come along to the events. Get involved. Make a personal action yourself.”

~ Dan Cowdell, project leader, Geelong Sustainability

In the studio

• Dan Cowdell, Geelong Community Solar Program, Geelong Sustainability

• Alicia Brown, 100% Clean Bellarine

• Alex Georgiou, ShineHub

Deakin International’s English language class

• Philip Agyapong, architect from Ghana

• Pouriya Ebrahim Pour, architect and mechanical engineer from Iran

• Osmani Juarez Cuyuch, industrial engineer from El Salvador

Speeches

• Sarah Mansfield, councillor, City of Greater Geelong

• Vicki Perrett, president, Geelong Sustainability

Prerecorded interview

• Ian Dunlop, CEO of the Australian Institute of Company Directors

Geelong residents at solar community meeting

• Sheryl Biddle, Jen Fuller and Lindsey Fuller

Music

• Fredrika Stahl: ‘Make a Change’

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Costa Rica's newly elected President Carlos Alvarado has announced a nationwide ban on fossil fuels, to secure national decarbonization. "We have the titanic and beautiful task of abolishing the use of fossil fuels," he said. Nice one Carlos! https://t.