From the Ground Up

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Mark discusses some of the recent climate advocacy directed towards the provincial and federal governments, including around the issue of Small Modular Nuclear Reactors. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Mark chats with Renata Čosič about the community fridge initiative and the work of Riversdale Community Fridge in Saskatoon. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Glenn chats with his son, Myles, an electrical engineering student, about perspectives on environmental crises and solutions. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Mark chats with "the green builder" Robin Adair about energy efficiency and the Passivhaus building standard. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Mark chats with author, naturalist, and birder Trevor Herriot about the land and public understandings of it. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Mark discusses the Doomsday Clock and its latest update from the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Mark provides some updates and background on issues surrounding methane emissions and energy efficiency. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Mark talks about Bill C-15 and the implementation of the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples into Canadian law. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Mark provides a climate news update ahead of the end of the year. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Mark talks with Sarina Gersher, who has been a key voice on Saskatoon City Council in moving the city towards greater sustainability. She talks here about her involvement with the Low Emissions Community Plan and the city's growth plan. Sarina has represented Saskatoon's Ward 8 on Council since 2016. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Justin chats with Jen Gobby, activist-scholar and author of the recently published book 'More Powerful Together: Conversations with Climate Activists and Indigenous Land Defenders'.You can learn more about Jen and the book here: https://jengobby.ca/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Mark chats with author Seth Klein about his recently published book 'A Good War: Mobilizing Canada for the Climate Emergency'. This is part 2 of a 2 part interview; you can listen to part 1 here: https://soundcloud.com/climatejusticesaskatoon/from-the-ground-up-ep-173-seth-klein-on-climate-mobilization-20201007Read more about Seth and the book here: www.sethklein.ca/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com...

Mark chats with author Seth Klein about his recently published book 'A Good War: Mobilizing Canada for the Climate Emergency'. This is part 1 of a 2 part interview; you can listen to part 2 here: https://soundcloud.com/climatejusticesaskatoon/from-the-ground-up-ep-174-seth-klein-on-climate-mobilization-pt-2-20201014Read more about Seth and the book here: https://www.sethklein.ca/ Hosted on Acast....

Mark chats with Shannon Neufeldt of KAIROS about the role and work of faith communities in addressing climate change and bringing about climate justice. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

With Saskatchewan's Carbon Pricing Reference Case at last being heard before the Supreme Court (original hearing in March postponed), Glenn talks all about carbon pricing, which has proven highly contentious. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Glenn chats with local high school teacher Aron Knudsen about climate change in education. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In part 2 of a 2 part show on public transit, Justin talks with Jacob Alhassan about his research on the closure of the Saskatchewan Transportation Company, and with Cat Gendron from Stop the Cuts about the group's organizing around the STC and their upcoming virtual town hall "Thrown Under the Bus - The Effects & What's Next."You can learn more about Jacob's research from his podcast series on tr...

In part 1 of a 2 part show on public transit, Justin shares clips from the ATU Canada documentary "Still Waiting for the Bus: The Unnatural Death of Prairie Intercity Transit," which was written and produced by Emily Leedham, and he also chats with James Wilt, the author of the recently published book "Do Androids Dream of Electric Cars? Public Transit in the Age of Google, Uber, and Elon Musk."Yo...

Mark chats with Karri Munn-Venn, senior policy analyst responsible for climate justice work at Citizens for Public Justice, a national faith-based organization seeking justice in public policy. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Mark discusses the concept and supporting statements of a Just Recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic, or a way of approaching the recovery that accounts for climate justice, or the climate crisis and all its intersecting crises such as inequality, racism, colonialism, and so on. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

On Canada Day, Glenn reflects on what Canada, and Canadians, can and must do going forward in order to confront and address the climate crisis. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Mark chats about the lessons we can learn from our response to the COVID-19 pandemic to better tackle the climate crisis. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Justin discusses the importance of race issues to environmental and climate justice, and how policing factors into these conversations, touching on the growing calls for the defunding of police departments and investments in community well-being. Featuring the trailer for There's Something in the Water: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nKhIYFDnCoYFeaturing clips from this Global interview with Desm...

Justin outlines the principles being advanced for a 'Just Recovery' from the pandemic (justrecoveryforall.ca) before sharing clips from the ongoing Caring Sustainably for Saskatchewan webinar series about climate change and climate action in Saskatchewan. This episode features clips of Peter Prebble, Hayley Carlson, Robert Patrick, and Hilary Carlson presenting on climate in the Saskatchewan and S...