From the Ground Up

In conversation with Dave, Chris Hrynkow talks about some of the ways in which care for and respect for the earth have become themes in Christian theology, especially in the Catholic tradition. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

A quick journey through the origins of climate science, the impacts, the justification for the language of emergency, and what needs to be done. A couple of suggestions for further reading and research,: https://climateuncensored.com/how-alive-is-1-5part-one-a-small-budget-shrinking-fast/ https://fossilfueltreaty.org/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Sabrina Dykstra is the youngest of the multi-age group of people challenging the Saskatchewan government and SaskPower with legal action over their continued commitment to build new fossil generating capacity. She talks both about her motivations and her commitment to reduce her own carbon footprint - and shows wisdom that older generations could learn from Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy f...

Everyone has urgent priority concerns. Respectful conversation involves addressing those concerns. And as the climate crisis becomes steadily more urgent, those concerns are inevitably closely connected either to the crisis or to strategies for addressing it. In this interview, Mitchell Beer talks about some of things he has learned from organising community consultations with the Green Resilience...

Following statements by the Saskatchewan government and SaskPower management claiming that it would be impossible to decarbonise the grid by 2035, Regina activists organised a rally outside the SaskPower building, calling for the corporation to achieve net zero GHG emissions by 2035. Here are two contrasting but complementary speeches from the rally. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more...

Mark and Kaitlyn discuss the recent successful legal action by young people in Montana against their state's failure to take action on climate change, the upcoming legal action in Saskatchewan, and the implications of the federal government's draft clean electricity regulations. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

"Saskatoon Climate Hub is looking to mobilise people to ask the council not to penny-pinch when it comes to people and planet" - Mackenzie Burnett Jory and Mackenzie, from the Saskatoon Climate Hub, talk about the city's emission reduction policy, the areas in which implementation is on schedule and the areas in which more needs to happen, the threats of potential budget cuts, the success so far i...

In this double episode, Dave (Deep Left Green) sings from the repertoire of the Saskatchewan anti-nuclear and clean energy movement. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

With the urgency of the climate crisis demonstrated by forest fires throughout Canada, and life-threatening record high temperatures through much of the northern hemisphere, and with a new paper on the emissions from fossil gas production just published, this seemed like a good time to re-broadcast Mark's interview with Stephen Thomas of the Suzuki Foundation. A team at UVic, commissioned by the S...

Jamie Kirkpatrick is the senior programme manager of Blue Green Canada, an organisation set up in 2010 to bring together labour unions, environmental groups and civil society organisations to work for the sort of changes that satisfy industrial workers' needs and aspirations while also radically reducing climate and environmental impacts. In conversation with Mark, Jamie talks about the organisati...

Amid the heat wave of June 2023, this is a repeat from the time of the weird weather of summer 2021. Tracey and Mark talk about the emotional reactions elicited by the climate emergency, and some ways to handle those emotions positively, learn from them and seek health for all of us. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Religion and culture professor Chris Hrynkow talks with Dave about some of the themes of creation care and sustainability in the Hebrew scriptures and the Christian New Testament. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Published at the beginning of 2023, The End of this World presents a strong, clear and well-exampled case for "a coordinated movement" of Indigenous peoples, settler environmentalists, organised labour and many others as "the one thing that could bring us back from our current slide into climate collapse, colonial genocide and extreme inequality, and towards a better world where we live in balance...

Published at the beginning of 2023, The End of this World presents a strong, clear and well-exampled case for "a coordinated movement" of Indigenous peoples, settler environmentalists, organised labour and many others as "the one thing that could bring us back from our current slide into climate collapse, colonial genocide and extreme inequality, and towards a better world where we live in balance...

Julia Kyplain is based in Île à la Crosse, in the northeast of Saskatchewan. In this episode she talks with Mark about the wildfires directly and indirectly impacting communities in the north of the province, including her own. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

On 5th April 2023, the Royal Bank of Canada held its AGM in Saskatoon. On the agenda were a number of motions calling for an end to the bank's heavy financing of fossil fuel expansion; Indigenous leaders including We'tsue'ten chief Na'moks arrived with proxy votes to speak to and support those motions. In the event, however, the chair of the meeting shunted proxy voters into a side room connected...

Dave continues his conversation with local veteran environmental activist, Lynn Oliphant Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Dave in conversation with local veteran (and veterinarian) environmental activist, Lynn Oliphant Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Some recent news, and then a repeat of our interview with Stephen Thomas of the David Suzuki Foundation on how a reliable nationwide Canadian renewables-only electricity grid would function. Stephen's report is available here (summary) and here (access to full report) Its partner report, giving Indigenous insights, is here Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Dave, Gayvin and Mark discuss how humanism addresses our relationship with the environment. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The role of Canada's big banks in driving the climate crisis through their investment and financing policies is becoming more apparent. In this episode, we look at a new report into fossil financing, and we repeat last week's interview with Evelyn Austin. Events mentioned: https://www.indigenousclimateaction.com/events/rbc-agm23-panel https://rbcrevealed.com/agm-2023/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.co...

A quick report on the latest IPCC summary report and on the determination of Pacific states to address the climate crisis seriously. Then an interview with Evelyn Austin, executive director of Banking on a Better Future,on the hypocrisy of the big banks in talking sustainability but funding fossil expansion. The Royal Bank of Canada is holding its AGM in Saskatoon on April 5th. For details of an I...

Fearful of (and hostile to) the plans of the Canadian federal government for incremental improvements to climate and environmental performance, Scott Moe's provincial government in Saskatchewan has introduced legislation which proclaims the province's "exclusive" jurisdiction in certain areas of policy. In conversation with Mark, environmental and Indigenous rights lawyer Kaitlyn Harvey identifies...

Sandy Plett recently took on the new post of Climate Action Coordinator in Mennonite Church Canada. In conversation with Mark, she talks in this episode about her vision for the job and the role of the church in addressing the climate emergency. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week we go back to the basics. Mark runs through some of the current scientific understanding of the climate crisis, to demonstrate why we should see it as an emergency that requires immediate action. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.