From the Ground Up

In 2021, Amy Snider, together with Russell Charlton and Katherine Arbuthnott, started up EcoStress Sask. In this extended conversation with Mark, Amy talks about the personal experience that led up to this initiative, and describes the work of the organisation. EcoStress Sask may be reached at ecostresssask@gmail.com. More information at https://ecostresssask.ca/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/pri...

A repeat of (most of) an interview with Robin Adair ("The Green Builder") which we ran in 2021. But first some news about municipal and federal programmes to enable energy improvements to homes. Canada Greener Homes programme: https://natural-resources.canada.ca/energy-efficiency/homes/canada-greener-homes-initiative/canada-greener-homes-grant/canada-greener-homes-grant/23441 City of Saskatoon HEL...

Mark talks through some recent news stories and shares some of what he has learnt about the way that the global climate crisis affects another major international crisis - that of forced displacement. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Lauren and Mark talk about the progress and the purpose of the court case being pursued by a nationwide group of young people, demanding that the federal government align its climate policy with the science. But first some brief commentary on the averted blackout crisis in Alberta. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Lauren and Mark talk about the progress and the purpose of the court case being pursued by a nationwide group of young people, demanding that the federal government align its climate policy with the science. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Mark and Dave look back at 2023, with some thoughts as to how to improve things in future years. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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At the time of recording, the COP28 climate summit was in turmoil, with both vulnerable low-income states and much of the industrialised world finding COP president Sultan Al Jaber's draft agreement to be unacceptable. But Al Jaber isn't the only leader seeking to impose the agenda of the oil and gas industry on the world at a time of climate emergency: Saskatchewan's own Scott Moe has made a numb...

Elena Sosa Lerin talks about the 16 days of activism against gender-based violence (Nov:25 to Dec:10), and the ways in which environmental stress adds to the risk and incidence of such violence Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The Council of Canadians has been working for social and environmental justice and for stronger democracy in Canada since 1985. In this interview, Dave talks with David Condon, CoC board representative for the prairies region. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

With Gaza under siege and intense bombardment, humanitarian organisations,UN agencies and many others have been calling for a ceasefire. Much as the people of Gaza need that, there is a longer history of suffering, in which environmental and climate impacts are closely intertwined with deprivation of basic human rights under occupation. So this week we are repeating an interview we did in 2018 wit...

Lauren and Mark talk through two recent United Nations reports. Since the 2015 Paris agreement, the UN Environment Programme has been publishing annually the Emissions Gap Report: an annual assessment of progress towards emissions reduction and comparison of policies with what is needed to achieve the Paris goals. For the last few years that report has been complemented by two other reports, which...

New presenter Lauren and old presenter Mark talk a bit about Lauren's experience in youth climate campaigning, and about recent reports showing that the technology needed to address the climate crisis is gaining ground fast - but not yet fast enough. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

A continuation from last week's episode. In conversation with Dave, Mark and Chris talk about Christian theological approaches which value the earth. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

If you're in the Saskatoon area,and want serious action to address the climate crisis, here's an event that could interest you. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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...