Ontario Election Overview (607)
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Lauren Latour joins the team in-studio to for a full-length discussion of the Ontario provincial elections.
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Big Drills VS Big Ideas (606)
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Stefan interviews Robin Tress of Council of Canadians about the local impact and political/procedural details of the 'BP Scotian Basin Exploration Project' from an East Coast perspective. We discuss the facts as they are known, the concerns of the people affected and the process that led us to this point.
Read MoreMike De Souza on Kinder Morgan (605)
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Mike De Souza is the Managing Editor of the National Observer, and one of the most prolific authors of impactful reporting on Canada's pipeline stories in the country joins us for the full hour this week.
Read MoreTrudeau and Notley Are In Trouble (604)
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Despite our best efforts, Kinder Morgan is still the hot topic this week. More details have emerged about instructions Federal Liberals staff received that seems to imply a dishonest consultation process around Kinder Morgan with indigenous groups.
Read MoreEarth Day Wishes (603)
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Lauren Latour joins Stefan and Saryn in musing on the concept of Earth Day. We also share some thoughts on how to make the day impactful even if it's your only 'activist' act of the year.
Read MoreKinder Morgan Pipeline Comprehensive (602)
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This week we focus on the Kinder Morgan Pipeline issue in order to give a comprehensive review of both the politics and the media representation.
Read MorePlanning To Win Ep. 3 (601)
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Planning to Win means having hope, and a plan to win. Priyan De Silva and Vicky Jewt discuss optimism, food security and organizing now and into the next century.
Read MoreThe Power Of Poo (600)
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Dr. Jennifer Gardy - Microbiologist and science educator joins us in the middle section to discuss her upcoming piece for CBC's The Nature of Things: The Power Of Poo. Dr. Gardy talks to us about some uncomfortable feces facts, the wealth of information that can be gained by sampling sewers for community health and to ruin beaches for you :)
Read MoreHigh Quality H20 (599)
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We begin with Canadian ecologist and internationally published novelist Nina Munteanu. Nina helps us celebrate World Water Day by discussing her most recent book "Water Is..." as well as her philosophy to learning and knowledge.
Read MoreDon't Kill My Flow (598)
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We speak to Terracycle about commercial recycling, Jen Li about an artist focused water event called 'Don't Kill My Flow' and good news about students suing the government over climate change. Go young people!
Read MoreDoes Jason Kenny Like Jello? (597)
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Sorry for the confusing title, you'll get it by the end of the program :) Our main guest is Jon Love who is half of a team working with various groups in Toronto to bring the 100 top climate solutions as identified by Drawdown.org and it's founder Paul Hawkins to Toronto and beyond with citizen empowerment.
Read MoreBudget 2018 In Review (596)
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The federal budget came out yesterday and there's a lot in there that would make environmentally concerned citizens happy. We discuss the details, what's good, what's bad and what we don't know yet.
Read MoreBack To School Special (595)
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Throwback to my undergrad year at the University of Toronto by welcoming a former professor onto the program to talk about climate science. Professor Danny Harvey from the department of Geography, who has spent the last 40 years researching and teaching undergraduate students about climate science.
Read MoreControversial Opinions (594)
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This week Rob Shirkey from Our Horizon helps Saryn discuss some controversial opinions. Should Rob testify FOR Big Oil, AGAINST the cities suing them? Should environmentalists dissarm and retreat on Kinder Morgan? We tackle some big topics in our usual flippant style :)
Read MoreThe Other Green Majority (593)
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Carolyn Tinglin MSc RN, President of the National Association of Cannabis Professionals joins us to talk about the environmental benefits of hemp; it's industrial uses, it's medical applications and how the story of it being illegal was based on greed and racism in the first place. To benefit who? Oil companies of course :)
Read MoreClimate Hawks (592)
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Are you a climate hawk or an environmentalist? We talk about what it means to take climate change seriously and how this might challenge or threaten some of your other priorities, even for environmentalists.
Read MoreThe Dangerous Grandmother (591)
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We talk to Beatrice Hunter a grandmother and First Nations Land Protector from Labrador, Canada about her experience fighting the Muskrat Falls mega-project, including having spent 11 days in jail for crossing a barrier in protest.
Read MoreTough Choices Ahead (590)
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Cape Town, South Africa nears "Day 0" for extreme water rationing measures after 3 years of drought and 60% of residents ignoring municipal instructions to drastically limit water use.
Read MoreTEA Party: Transform TO (589)
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This week we do a deep-dive on Toronto's climate plan: Transform TO. The bill passed last year, but budget time is coming up and it doesn't look like the Mayor is working to fund it and without funding the plan is essentially wet paper.
Read MoreLarger Than Life (588)
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Documentary writer and director Christine Nielsen joins us to talk about the new CBC Nature of Things Doc Jumbo: The Life Of An Elephant Superstar. Christine talks about the emotions of elephants, the story of Jumbo and about the science of investigating a death from over 100 years ago.
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