2017 Didn't Entirely Suck (587)
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We do our best this week to end on a high note, with Stefan opening on a number of wins that you might have missed in between all the Russia investigation and North Korea nuclear threats.
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Hug A Vegan This Christmas (586)
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We spend most of the show talking about a George Monbiot opinion article from the Guardian about the thing that keeps him up at night. No it's not North Korea, or even Trump. It's how we're going to feed billions more people with ever decreasing ability to grow food. Happy Holidays!
Read MoreLove Language (585)
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This holiday show takes a relaxed pace to talk about the future in a fireside chat about the past and future. Grab a coco and get comfortable :)
Read MorePredatory Delay (584)
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Unlike other political issues, climate change get exponentially more dangerous the longer we take to address it. While we want desperately to applaud ANY progress towards a sustainable future, the reality is: there is a time limit and physics doesn't negotiate or give half-marks.
Read MoreThe Pepsi (Ocean) Challenge (583)
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Stefan starts the show with an interest piece on the topic of vertical farming. Does it hold the keys to the future? Probably not, at least not soon or alone but some interesting parties are increasingly investing heavily in the field.
Read MoreChemical Valley Project (582)
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Green Majority producer David Hostetter interviews the creators of the Chemical Valley Project, Kevin Matthew Wong and Julia Howman. Kevin and Julia talk to us about the purpose of the project, what is 'documentary theatre' and most importantly learn a lot about Sarnia's famous Chemical Valley.
Read MoreFall CIUT Fundraising Show (581)
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This week is the fall CIUT fundraiser but that doesn't stop us from having a great show! Filmmaker Andrew Gregg joins the show to talk about his most recent DOC 'Secrets From The Ice' which explores the new field of melted ice-patch archaeology.
Read MoreWalk It Off, You'll Be OK (580)
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Someone once said 'you aren't paranoid if they really are after you', we discuss millennial anxiety this week as well as talk to 'Feedback' co-founders Ben and Josh Walters about food waste.
Read MoreNo Coal For Christmas (579)
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We begin the show with a story about the ongoing death of coal, and how coal towns are largely not getting the message. The ongoing transparent corporate takeover of the US Environmental Protection Agency, and an update on the Kinder Morgan pipeline battle still happening on the west coast.
Read MoreInto The Fire (578)
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Our guest this week is writer, producer and director of 'Into The Fire' Leora Eisen for CBC's The Nature of Things. Leora talks to us about the relationship between wildfires and climate change, how little we actually know about fires and how old knowledge is combining with new technology to help control them.
Read MoreWho Cares What The Public Thinks? (577)
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We begin this week with Stefan's 'This week in Armageddon' update, the ongoing humanitarian crisis in Puerto Rico and the unstoppable decline in the future or fossil fuels.
Read MoreFires and Flurries (576)
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California wildfires that as of this post has claimed 31 lives and thousands of acres of land. Saryn and Stefan discuss the imminent canceling, or at least de-fanging of the clean energy act passed in the USA as part of President Obama's legacy.
Read MoreNecroFauna/Necropipelines (575)
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We talk about the undertold costs of oil production and the downfall of Energy East. Our guest this week is Britt Wray, author of 'Rise of the Necrofauna: The Science, Ethics, and Risks of the De-Extinction'.
Read MorePlanning To Win Ep. 2 - Education (573)
/With episode 2 of our ongoing Planning to Win series, Stefan Hostetter and Emmay Ma are joined by Vincent Schutt of Enviromentum to discuss his vision for education within a sustainable world.
*Planning to Win, is a series of interviews and discussions with people, organizations, and movements who are building the sustainable future, today.
- What's all this About? Planning to Win: A Series Introduction (567)
What does a sustainable world actually look like? And how does this thinking impact an educational system? Vince discusses the power of giving children more control of their own learning and how to use motivational interviewing to inspire change.
We want this to be a collaborative project. So send us your visions of a sustainable world and we'll go out and find people working to bring those into reality. Or maybe you know of an incredible initiative that you think should be highlighted. Let us know!
Produced by: David Hostetter & Paul Dore.
This Weeks Music:
Drink My Rivers, Andy Shauf & Brokered Heart, The Acorn
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Connect with Nature and Each Other (572)
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The 2017 Great Lakes Water Walk manifests sacred, ceremonial Indigenous tradition of “Walking for the Water”, to honour and respect earth’s most precious resource. Led by Indigenous Grandmothers, Knowledge Holders, and Elders, with collaboration and guidance from Nibi Emosaawdamajig and Ecologos, the Great Lakes Water Walk unites First Peoples and Canadians in a symbolic walk towards reconciliation through a shared reverence for life-sustaining water, and to ensure the health and well-being of the Great Lakes of Ontario for future generations.
Read MoreEnergy Up, Not East: Solar Is Here (571)
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Energy East pipeline is going into a holding pattern in anticipation of new climate test standards that may kill the project. Ongoing extreme weather across the world and a conversation whether rhetoric can and should be escalated in response to escalating climate impacts.
Read MoreLeaky Boat And The Paddles Are On Fire (570)
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We talk about the mainstream media coverage of the flooding in Houston, Texas as a result of Hurricane Harvey, what can be said about its relation to climate change, the knock-off effects that are largely not being talked about and the long term financial impacts among assorted other issues to prepare for.
Read MoreTake The Money Back #Exxonknew (569)
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Oil companies like Exxon have lied to us for 20 years so they can line their own pockets, and we should get that money back to pay for the cost to clean up their climate mess. #ExxonKnew and made billions of lying to the rest of us, and we think they should pay for their mistake instead of you.
Read MoreRace, Power and False Equivalencies (568)
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In the shadow of the Charlottesville protests turned violent thanks to Nazi sympathizers and the sudden outpouring of hate by right wing groups in the USA, we take a look at some of the weeks news from the perspective of racism's role in environmental issues.
Read MorePlanning to Win: A Series Introduction (567)
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With a special, first of what will be an ongoing series, Stefan is joined by Emmay Ma, to discuss the launch of Planning to Win, a series of interviews and discussions with people, organizations, and movements who are building the sustainable future, today.
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