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South Australia has become a global leader in green energy transition, getting off fossil fuels faster and to a greater extent than almost any other country. How did they do it, and what can we learn from them? Laura goes Down Under with her partner Elizabeth Streb and her dance company to discover how the region’s culture and its many world-class festivals have helped pave the way for transformation. Helping to unpack it is a range of guests, including Susan Close, deputy premier of South Australia; Anoté Tong, the former President of the Micronesian island Kiribati; Ruth Mackenzie, former Artistic Director of the Adelaide Festival; Rob Brookman, the co-founder of WOMADelaide, the capital’s premier outdoor festival; and MacArthur “Genius” Award winner Streb and her company. It’s taken politics, policy, science and culture to shift public practice in this extreme-weather-vulnerable area. Now South Australia is leading the way by using art to help people envision a green future.

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