Rebelling Wherever You Can (661)
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This week we talk about tornadoes, flooding, heatwaves, wildfires, mercury poisoning, rebellious high schoolers, freedom gas, William Happer & political polarization.
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Hot Wet Plastic (660)
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We discuss some fresh studies on global warming and a host of plastic and trash stories. In our second segment, we interview five members of Apathy is Boring, a non-partisan, charitable organization that supports and educates youth to be active and contributing citizens in Canada’s democracy.
Read MoreOn Declaring a Climate Emergency (659)
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We discuss our growing predicament and the discrepancies between political and public sentiment, via stories about the atmosphere, the arctic, Extinction Rebellion, clean energy, coal, Canadian politics, air pollution, Uber, Trump and US politics.
Read MoreOur Looming Transformation & the CIUT Spring Fundraiser (658)
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We discuss the new biodiversity study, Canada’s own Green New Deal, permafrost, greed, and the importance of community radio. Brody Robinmeyer joins us in the last section to talk about the environmental movement in Hamilton and beyond.
Read MoreCanada Will Be Left Behind (657)
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We outline the serious bad kind of funk that Canada will be submerged in if we don’t get our act together on climate change. Topics include Jeremy Corbyn, terrorism charges for pipeline protestors, new tar sands regulation, the secession of Alberta, trees, and burning plastic.
Read MoreResistance Shall Not Be Futile (656)
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We talk about ongoing climate protests, Greenland, the financial sector, indigenous water protectors in Nova Scotia and BC, New York City’s Green New Deal, super plants, the rebirth of rivers, the importance of community radio and plumply sexy parrots.
Read MoreThe Many Ways We Might Move Forward (655)
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We discuss the international rebellion for climate action, as well as Jason Kenney and Doug Ford’s strange campaigns against the environment. We have Kimberly D'Oliveira on in the second segment to talk about circular economics, and then we talk with Andrew Davies, of No. 9 Contemporary Arts & The Environment.
Read MoreExtinction Rebellion, Sunrise Movement & Fridays For Future (654)
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Mass climate movements are growing quickly around the world and are gaining pluck as they grow in volume. We begin with a look at Canada’s Environment Museum, talk about the urgency of three major new movements: Extinction Rebellion, Sunrise and Fridays For Future, and finish with an interview with Stuart Basden, a co-founder of Extinction Rebellion.
Read MoreWhite Supremacy & Climate Denial (653)
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White nationalism and white supremacy are on the rise worldwide. We look at the link between the alt-right and their chosen spokespeople, anti-environmentalism, the climate denial machine and international and Canadian politics.
Read MoreWe Actually All Need to Think About How to Live Differently (652)
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Starting again with the continuing disaster of Cyclone Idai and our global justice catastrophe, we analyze the environmental movement from a social justice lens, then turn to the oil industry and our increasingly monopolized food systems. We end with an interview with Aube Giroux, the documentarian behind the new film, Modified.
Read MoreWhy We Need Systemic Change (651)
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Climate refugees are many, and are only increasing in number. We talk about Cyclone Idai, Trump, underwater wildfires, microplastics, oil spills and miraculous birds.
Read MoreThe Green New Deal (650)
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Here’s a lengthy presentation of the ideological and historical thrust behind the Green New Deal, moving into a discussion of the surprising new momentum in youth climate activism, carbon taxes and renewable electricity in Alberta. We end with a clip from a Wells Fargo executive explaining why they invested in a bad pipeline, and Saryn’s idea for an app that helps us reduce food waste.
Read MoreFood Is Real (649)
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We talk about the ‘green economy’ and the discrepancy between material goods and financial assets. We also sit down with documentarian Diana Dai to discuss her new film My Farmland being released March 15th through the CBC.
Read MoreIs the Green Revolution Finally Here? (648)
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We speak with none other than the Sustainable Economist himself, Mr. Tim Nash, regarding exciting new developments in ethical investment. We also discuss new surges in youth climate activism.
Read MoreActing In Spite of Power (647)
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We discuss the ongoing Indigenous resistance to the LNG pipeline through Northern BC, the end of coal, and many other promising and/ or disturbing climate-related developments.
Read MoreShifting Climate, Shifting Culture (646)
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We sit down with seven climate innovators to discuss policy solutions and cultural change. Featured on the show are folks from Project Neutral, Climate Ventures, point A, Feedback, The Spent Goods Company, Fresh Fashion Library, and Unwrapit.
Read MoreLand of the Spirit Bear (645)
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Ian McAllister, executive director of Pacific Wild, joins us along with visual communications director Deirdre Leowinata to discuss Ian’s stunning new documentary, Great Bear Rainforest: Land of the Spirit Bear. We also talk about sustainable fishing initiatives in Canada and Indonesia and the difficulty of environmental regulation.
Read MoreThe Kids Will Destroy This World (644)
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We discuss the ongoing Wet’suwet’en defence of their unceded lands in northern British Columbia and other Canadian oil issues. We also interview Power Shift organizer and regular contributor Lauren Latour about the youth climate conference in Ottawa in February.
Read MoreHow Not to Fail So Hard (643)
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Freelance reporter Nora Boydell joins us this week to interview climate journalist Pien Huang in Massachusetts about the ups and downs of climate reporting. We also look at Doug Ford’s climate ideas and government advertising in Alberta that is trying to win support for a pipeline by misleading Canadian citizens.
Read More100 Million Hiroshimas (642)
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In the first segment, we discuss just how much heat the oceans have absorbed, and climate change’s impact on tropical ecosystems. Then we talk about parenting in the 21st century, huge clumps of fat and Trans Mountain. We end with a conversation about Carbon Engineering and its potential to save us all (or not).
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