Who Cares What The Public Thinks? (577)
/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 MoreWe 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 MoreCalifornia 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 MoreWe 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 MoreWith episode 3 of our ongoing Planning to Win series, Stefan Hostetter and Emmay Ma are joined by Lawrence Alvarez of the Toronto Tool Library and the Institute for a Resource Based Economy to chat about his ideas on what a sustainable future could look like and how alternative economies can play a role.
*Planning to Win, is a series of interviews and discussions with people, organizations, and movements who are building the sustainable future, today.
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:
Kaytranada, Despite the Weather, from 99.9% & BadBadNotGood & Ghostface Killah, Nuggets of Wisdom, from Sour Soul
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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 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
What do you think?
Let us know what you think of what we discussed in the show! Click here to find us on social media or send us an email.
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 MoreStefan and Saryn discuss 'extreme' rhetoric in regards to climate change, and ask the question in it finally time to start talking about blood on people's hands when preventing climate action in the wake of two deadly category five hurricanes in 2 weeks?
Read MoreEnergy 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 MoreStefan and Saryn continue the discussion on disaster preparedness using the example of the chemical plant explosions in Texas as a result of Hurricane Harvey.
Read MoreWe 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 MoreOil 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 MoreIn 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 MoreWith 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.
Read MoreStefan starts the show with a terrifying report on assassinated environmentalists, particularly recent spike with 113 being killed so far this year alone. We also draw a line back to the Canadian mining companies, which are all too often implicated, involved or indefensibly ignorant.
Read MoreAt the time of this posting :) 'The Mooch' is already gone... fired 10 days after hiring. The hosts discuss Saryn's ideas around north american's obsession with conflating wealth with talent, despite the simplest way to acquire wealth being by being dishonest and corrupt as highlighted by Anthony Scaramucci's brief appearance at the Trump communications director.
Read MoreStefan is back and takes the reigns today with a look at the BC election fallout, the future of LNG projects and local politics and more. We also talk about the documentary Tied to the Sea with director Gillian Burt.
Read MoreGuest host - Rob Shirkey and Saryn talk about the impact of neoliberalism on our social structures and how the sharing economy could expand beyond health care and public transit.
Read MoreThe hosts agree that it would be a nice summer break to stick with some more fun stuff this week and lay off the heavy (well mostly). To this end we talk about some news, some social pondering, and everything from dating to non-traditional family structure in a climate changing world.
Read MoreGuest host Tim Nash and Saryn talk about power behind the wheel... those who have it and those who don't. Racialized roads, power dynamics and hot tempers in hot weather this weeks bonus show is based on some academic study around the attitudes of drives and bikers and the role the machine itself plays in the equation.
Read MoreThis week Stefan is away so I am joined by friend of the show and 'The Sustainable Economist' - Tim Nash. We are also joined by phone by Canadian EV expert Matthew Klippenstein to update the Clean Car Report for Canada.
Read MoreA Canadian perspective on science and environmental policy nationally and abroad, with a hint of satire.