SUSTAINARUMBLE!
Episodes
Open for business... but short on supply?
18 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Despite being operational for three years, the Green Energy Option Program (GEOP) has reached over 500 customers by the end of 2024. Mindanao gained a...
The hidden cost of coal
16 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Coal still powers roughly 60% of the Philippines' electricity, and the cost isn't just on your bill. It's in the air, in community health,...
What most Filipino businesses are missing out on
11 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Is the opportunity still on the horizon, or is it already here?The Philippines has quietly become one of Southeast Asia's stronger environments fo...
Sustainability is contagious! A Filipino furniture giant can atest.
09 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
What does it look like when sustainability stops being a policy and starts being a way of life for an entire company?For Uratex, one of the Philippine...
This banking company shows no signs of stopping.
04 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
They led a sustainable business in the Philippines before it even became a buzzword. Here they are, continuously setting an example.In this episode of...
Is going 100% renewable practical? This company has the receipts.
02 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
What does it actually look like when a Filipino manufacturing company commits fully to renewable energy and succeeds? In this episode of the REalTalk ...
No fees, no drama. Just cleaner and cheaper power.
25 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Did you know that as a business owner in the Philippines, you may already have the legal right to choose exactly where your electricity comes from, an...
We did it before. Can we do it again?
23 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Did you know the Philippines once ran on over 50% renewable energy, and achieved it in just 5 years?In the 1970s, the country was almost entirely depe...
The Reef That Everyone Thought Was Beyond Saving
28 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
In 1994, a seven-year-old witnessed something unforgettable: a coral reef blown to pieces by dynamite fishing. What looked like an underwater graveyar...
What The Forest Guardians Know That We Don't
21 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Can the last 3% of the rainforest in the Philippines stand the test of time?While Subic Bay transforms into a modern economic hub, the Aeta people of ...
Can One Community Garden Change Everything?
14 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Can restoring a coastline also restore livelihoods, educate students, and protect communities all at once? Thessa Ramos proved it's possible by we...
What Communities Know About Climate That Scientists Don't
30 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Climate data tells you where flooding happens, but it doesn't tell you how staff and workers help people and the environment adapt to risks. The p...
When Crisis Becomes Personal
23 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This is a pilot episode of the AlterCOP 30 Philippines' miniseries where we feature the stories of humans behind the program.When 26 million stude...
31: Making Metro Manila HEALTHIER and More SUSTAINABLE
31 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Walkable cities. Comprehensive transport system. Dignified housing. Multi-purpose facilities. Less pollution. Iilan lang ‘yan sa mga aspeto na bumub...
30: Metro Manila: An UNLIVABLE Megacity?
24 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
With the continuous growth of all the big cities in Asia, it is no doubt that Metro Manila is considered in this discussion as being the only commerci...
Climathon Special: Enabling the Filipino Youth to Combat Climate Change
19 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Climathon is a nonprofit based in the UK whose goal is to localize climate solutions for specific climate action kahit saan man sa mundo. Chances are,...
29: How to Save a Rich Filipino Heritage
05 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Ang culture at heritage ay napakahalaga hindi lang sa pagrerepresenta ng ating napakayamang kasaysayan pero pati na rin sa paniniguro na naiintindihan...
28: The Waning Filipino Heritage
22 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Napakabilis ng paglago ng ekonomiya sa panahon ngayon, lalung-lalo na dahil sa teknolohiya na nagpapadali at nagpapaganda ng buhay para sa lahat. Howe...
27: The Philippines' Green Power Potential, REVEALED
15 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Because of the Republic Act of 2008, Filipinos have the capability to make the choice of shifting to renewable energy as their power source. The Filip...
26: Shifting to Clean Energy: IT'S COMPLICATED?
28 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
When you are clean and everyone wants you... pero hindi ganoon ka-simple magpalit para sa'yo. The trend is real: the world is shifting to renewable en...
RUMBLE! Talks: Achieving Net-Zero Pollution
11 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Ang pollution ay isa sa mga pangunahing dahilan ng lumalalang kalagayan ng mga tao, kalikasan, at ng buong mundo. This includes the dirty air that we ...
25: Why Zero Pollution is the Secret to Progress
22 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Sa panahon ngayon, hindi na sapat sa isang producer ang makapagproduce ng naaayon sa market demand. Kung dati ang progress ay nasusukat sa laki ng cap...
24: What A Contaminated World
14 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Kahit anong clean-up drive ay wala nang maidudulot na magandang epekto sa kalikasan. We have reached a point where vast development and commercializat...
RUMBLE! Talks: Putting Dignity Into Waste
26 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Thousands of families and children survive on the pennies they earn from waste picking and junk trading every day. It gives them food and water that t...
UNDP x SUSTAINARUMBLE! EPPIC Special #4: Mainstreaming Circular Economy
07 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
What will it take to normalize an approach that spells the possibility of eliminating residual wastes and gaining full control of the production to di...
UNDP x SUSTAINARUMBLE! EPPIC Special #3: Making A Cleaner and Greener World through Innovation
30 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In order to see different results, one must be willing to do things differently. In this third episode of #SUSTAINARUMBLExUNDP #EPPIC2021 miniseries,...
UNDP x SUSTAINARUMBLE! EPPIC Special #2: Meet the Finalists of EPPIC 2021
24 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
What was the most interesting founding story of an impactful company that you've ever encountered? In this second episode of #SUSTAINARUMBLExUNDP EPP...
UNDP x SUSTAINARUMBLE! EPPIC Special #1: Let's talk Circular Economy and EPPIC 2021
17 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Based on a 2015 study, the Philippines is one of the top 5 countries contributing to marine plastic wastes. Another study states that, without action,...
23: Is There Really Cash in Trash?
03 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Much like other social, environmental, and economic issues, the programs and policies set to completely manage waste generation and collection lack fu...
22: Philippines' Poor Waste Management System
27 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Almost all things that approach their end-of-life go to landfills. From the tin cans and snack packaging to plastic bottles and styrofoams, objects en...
RUMBLE! Talks: Moving MORE People, LESS Cars
13 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Do we really need to widen roads even inner streets and secondary avenues to alleviate traffic? Do we really need to build elevated highways in order ...
21: How The Netherlands Transformed from Car-Centric to Pedestrian-First
05 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Metro Manila today appears like a carbon-copy of Utrecht in The Netherlands, Vienna in Austria, and Brussels in Belgium back in the 1980s. But what's ...
20: Why the Philippine Transport System is FLAWED
29 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Picture yourself going to your workplace in Makati coming from your home in Quezon City. A one-way commute in the morning alone would take you 2 hours...
RUMBLE! Talks: Farming in the City
22 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Farming... IN THE CITY? Is that even possible? But, what for? This is the pilot episode of RUMBLE! Talks, a brand new series of special episodes where...
19: How to be a Plantita... with a Heart
14 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Have you been thinking about creating your own beautiful garden or producing food at your backyard but do not know where to exactly start? There...
18: Metro Manila's Looming Food Crisis
09 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Feeding a projected global population of NINE BILLION PEOPLE while minimizing humanity’s agricultural and carbon footprint is one of the most challe...
17: The 10-minute City
25 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
What kind of city do we want? It's such a bold thing to answer but maybe the answer is already innately present all along. As cities spread out even b...
16: Helter-Shelter
11 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Warning: there are audio quality issues on certain parts that weren't resolved due to some recording errors and post-production limitations. Neverthel...
15: "Sorry, you're on mute."
30 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Remote working has long been a global working habit due to the increasing accessibility of Internet connection and software programs for work. People ...
14: Metro Manila: How Was It Built?
15 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Metro Manila is now home to sixteen (16) cities and one (1) town, with close to thirteen (13) million residents residing within the 619.6 km squared l...
Special: Sustainable Development in 2020 and Beyond
18 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
We are exactly a decade away from the United Nations' goal of achieving a fully sustainable world, yet as the pandemic overtook the world in 2020, how...
Special: Social Impact, Renewable Energy, Climate Action... and some Singing!
04 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In this special collaboration with another fantastic podcast on social innovation and climate action A Dose of Intensity with Carla Mumar, SUSTAINARUM...
Special: Misconceptions in Fighting Climate Change
15 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Climate change is real - and it is drastic. The effects of typhoons year after year on the Philippines are worsening as they come by. Just in No...
13: Transport 4.0
08 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
What will transportation be like in the future? In a world spun by technology and data, the incoming disruption including the transport sector is inev...
12: Sustainable Transport
01 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
All the issues on the transport system now considered, what can be done to truly make a shift to a system that makes sense economically, socially, and...
11: #CommutersNaman
26 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
What is one word you can associate with the word "commute"? When ideally it is supposed to be "convenient," it turned out to be a "headache" for Mani...
10: "Walang masakyan? May ibang paraan!"
19 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Whatever you have been hearing about technology being only reserved for hackers and the techy is wrong. Technology gets its value when it is used to ...
9: Riles is the Realest
14 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
The railway system in the Philippines has lagged so far behind, we are counting years of development and Filipinos' thousands of hours lost. Rid...
8: Counting Cars, Chasing Roads
31 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Roads have always been the main thoroughfares in moving people. All transport modes that run on roads therefore have proven to be the main options to ...
7: Paglalakbay
24 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Transportation has defined and shaped how cities have been built since the beginning of human civilization. It greatly contributed to how products and...
Special: Social Innovation Drink-around
17 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Aired live via Facebook Live on August 8, 2020. Powered by Social Innovation Exchange (SIX) Wayfinder, SUSTAINARUMBLE! and OffCrowd brings you t...
6: Werk It!
27 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Here is a news flash: environmental conservation and eco-preservation is also a compensated, professional line of work! It is called *drum roll* Green...
5: Talk Sustainability to Me
20 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Have you ever been in a situation where you advocate about something you find important and it falls on deaf ears? Were you at a point where you feel ...
4: Calling the (sustaina)Shots
13 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
The case for sustainability has been vastly caused by a global system that have shaped societies. This system is largely established by industries, go...
3: Sachet Away!
29 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
The Sachet Economy has brought flexibility, convenience, and affordability in the market through goods produced in smaller quantities. Finally, even t...
2: You are WORTH It
22 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
For centuries, we have lived with a global economy in which value and progress are based on one single metric: Profit This very structure has further...
1: "Sustainability? Nakakain ba 'yan?"
15 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Sustainability - the one word that means so much but is less-appreciated. When we talk about progress and growth, sustainability is always left out in...
Trailer: Ready to RUMBLE?
09 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to SUSTAINARUMBLE!, the podcast that will explore economic, social, and environmental issues that matter to our well-being and future. Come on...