From the Ground Up

We're wheely thrilled to have Dr. Jim Arnold with us today to talk about cycling in Saskatoon. Gear up for a conversation that will not tire! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Maja Rusinowska joins us in the first episode of 2025 with some great news for Saskatchewan: a new recycling program called SK Recycles! For more information, please check out: https://skrecycles.ca/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Sherry and Mark talk about some off the climate-related events - and some of our episodes - from 2024. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Part 2 of the interview with Candyce Paul, an Emergency Management Coordinator with English River First Nation. A small portion of the previous episode is replayed at the beginning for the purpose of giving context. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Today we have Candyce Paul, an Emergency Management Coordinator with English River First Nation, tell us about the serious issues the north has faced due to Covid 19 and is still facing with wildfires. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Palash Sanyal is originally from Bangladesh and understands the importance and impact of water and water security. Now, as a Canadian educator and advocate of open government, he challenges people to think at systems levels. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Erin Greer is a community member dedicated to supporting initiatives that involve philosophy outreach and promote mental health. One of the ways her passion for philosophy outreach overlaps with her interest in promoting mental health is through Existential Psychotherapy - a counselling modality that, she argues, is particularly well-suited to addressing the impact of existential threats, like cli...

Broadcast on the evening of the 2024 Saskatoon council elections, Jory and Mark talk about the action we need the new city councillors to take to reduce and ultimately eliminate Saskatoon's greenhouse gas emissions. They talk about priorities, about the dangers of delaying and watering down already-agreed policy, about the multiple benefits that climate-aware policies can achieve, about the need f...

Adam Sarauer gives us some facts on Veganism and explains how it is a substantial way to help prevent climate change. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Sherry and Mark discuss the recent United Nations Environment Program report on the emissions gap, and the 2024 State of the Climate report, authored by 14 leading climate scientists. The message from both is clear: current policies place us nowhere near being able to limit global heating within manageable limits. But the solutions are technically and economically possible: what we lack in the pol...

Idealism is this week's topic, as Sherry interviews Julia Boughner, a local Environment Canada scientist. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Sherry and Mark talk about climate tipping points! We also get an update on the ongoing SK court case. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Sherry shares her thoughts on the upcoming Saskatchewan court hearing, the British Columbia forest fires, and why it is important that we act now. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Allie Olson and Mark Soles tell us about what it's like to live in their self-built tiny house, as well as the experience they had evacuating from the BC wildfires. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week we are speaking with the Director of Saskatoon Transit, Mike Moellenbeck! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Sherry interviews Mark this week as they discuss climate policies: what's worked, what hasn't, and what still needs to be done. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Today we interview Robert Clipperton, Peter Gallen and Odin Swidzinski - members of the Bus Riders Steering Committee - about the Saskatoon transit system. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Not quite Sherry Olson's debut on the show - she talks with Mark about her motivations for getting involved. Look out for Sherry as host in the near future. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Does carbon pricing work? - new research says the answer is yes, but it helps to do other things too to cut emissions And a look at some of the work of World Weather Attribution . Then part 4 of a repeat of episode 308 on dealing with ecostress. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Mackenzie and Justin talk with Mark about the recent devastating fire in Jasper Then part 3 of a repeat of episode 308 on dealing with ecostress. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Mark and Sherry talk through of some recent developments: a press release from the Saskatchewan Environmental Society outlining the threat of climate chaos to Saskatchewan and the irresponsibility of government policy a recent report from IISD showing the major contribution of fossil fuel dependence to inflation and the cost of living crisis Progress in the city of Saskatoon towards rapid bus tran...

A run-through of some recent reports: for each of the last 12 months the average global temperature has been more than 1.5degC higher than pre-industrial levels the recent heatwave in eastern Canada shown to be 2x to 10x more likely than it would have been before climate change gas with carbon capture and storage produces far more emissions than normally claimed; so does "blue" hydrogen Saskatchew...

This is a longer episode than usual because two programmes got together - first a recording of Don Kossick's CFCR programme, Making the Links, then further commentary from Mark for From the Ground Up. The federal government has just passed legislation which makes greenwashing illegal, and the greenwashing arm of the oil industry has in consequence taken all content off its website The Saskatchewan...

The housing crisis in Saskatoon has become acute. Meanwhile,the historic tendency towards sprawl has increased peoples' travel distances and their emissions, and reduced potential for building strong community. The federal government's Housing Accelerator Fund aims to address all of these issues. In this episode, Sherry Olson explains the fund, what it would mean in Saskatoon, its benefits and its...

Mark explores three recent reports: The Canada Electricity Advisory Council produced detailed recommendations for how the electricity sector can lead the transition to "net zero" carbon. In line with an increasing consensus, they call for serious pursuit of energy efficiency, a rapid rollout of renewables, and a significant expansion of the capacity for interprovincial trading. Saskatchewan's prov...