From the Ground Up

Justin Fisher has been one of the team of hosts on From the Ground Up since its beginnings in 2016. As he moves on to other things - in particular his PhD research on the history of energy policy in Saskatchewan - we learn about some of the things he is finding out about the debate in the 1970s, and talk about similarities, differences and possible lessons for today. Breaking with our previous tra...

To mark the winter solstice, Dave reads a selection of his sonnets celebrating the earth and visions of a better, fairer world. With commentary from Gayvin. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Following our before-the-event conversations in episodes 253 to 255 anticipating issues at COP27, and the comments of international delegates in episode 258, Mark asks Yusra about her experience of the annual UN climate conference. Getting better on diversity, some progress on loss and damage, not so good on recognising the role of fossil fuels in the crisis, nor on actual progress towards keeping...

Kairos Canada enabled several delegates from global-south countries to attend the recent COP27 climate conference in Sharm-al-Sheikh. Here we hear some of their experiences and their thoughts. A fuller set of interviews with Kairos delegates is available at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o_-Tt-qsuos or at https://www. kairoscanada.org/what-we-do/ecological-justice/kairos-for-the-love-of-creation-...

Steep Hill cooperative has been selling ethical and environmentally responsible foods and household products for over 40 years in Saskatoon. Dave talks to Karen and Adam about the vision and the practice of running the store. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Justin looks through the archives documenting vital advances in low-energy building design in the 1970s in Saskatchewan - which had a major influence on some of the best thinking in the field internationally today. And then, as COP27 continues in Egypt, some reflection from last year's COP26. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In advance of Yusra's attendance as a youth delegate with For the Love of Creation at the COP27 climate conference, Yusra and Mark discuss some of the conference agenda. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Yusra and Mark talk about the emotions aroused by the climate emergency, and some of the signs of hope that can keep us positive. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Yusra talks with Mark about her deep concern to build environmental justice worldwide, and her forthcoming attendance at the COP27 UN climate conference in Egypt. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Prof Chris Hrynkow talks to Dave about the ecological theology and practice of 12th century mystic and community organiser St Francis of Assisi Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Justin chats a bit about being nearly 50 years out from the 1970s Energy Crisis and then shares a conversation with Laura Stewart about her father Don's work on alternative energy technologies in that era. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

For our 250th episode, we look at some of the things that have changed and the things we have talked about over the last six years; and we look forward with recently-arrived CJS organisers Mackenzie and Jory. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Justin chats with Sarah Mohammed, an organizer with Food Not Bombs Saskatoon, about the group's work, the mutual aid model, and building community in the city around solidarity. This follows a conversation between Justin and Sarah about The Stand Community Organizing Centre and supporting grassroots organizing in Saskatoon. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Justin chats with Sarah Mohammed, Solidarity Coordinator at the Stand Community Organizing Centre, about The Stand's work and supporting grassroots organizing in Saskatoon. Justin and Sarah pick up this conversation in the next episode to focus on the work of Food Not Bombs Saskatoon, a local grassroots group that Sarah organizes with, to get a sense of what that type of organizing can look like o...

Mark Stanley is in conversation with Dave about Quakerism and the call within this nearly 400-year-old nonviolent spiritual movement to care for the earth. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In the second of a 2-parter, Glenn and Mark talk about the potential for a SaskPower grid based on clean energy, the obstacles and the opportunities. If you are in Saskatchewan, look out for notices of SaskPower's consultative meetings in mid-September - check back for information on the CJS website at https://climatejusticesaskatoon.ca or the CJS facebook page. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/priv...

In the first of a 2-parter, Glenn and Mark talk about the potential for a SaskPower grid based on clean energy, the obstacles and the opportunities. If you are in Saskatchewan, look out for notices of SaskPower's consultative meetings in mid-September - check back for information on the CJS website at https://climatejusticesaskatoon.ca or the CJS facebook page. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/priva...

In conversation with Dave, Stan Dimnik talks about the multiple injustices of Margaret Thatcher's "rationalisation" of British heavy industry, with lessons for the better-intentioned transition which we now need to address the climate crisis. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Continuing the theme of summer encore presentations, Justin re-introduces a show from 2020 on public transportation featuring clips from the ATU Canada documentary "Still Waiting for the Bus" and an interview with James Wilt, author of "Do Androids Dream of Electric Cars" from Between the Lines Press. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

What does it mean to treat oil workers fairly at a time when their industry needs to be (nearly) phased out? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Faced with the determination - with a phase-out now imperative - of every oil producer to be the one that produces the last barrel of oil, Tzeporah puts the case for a fossil fuel nonproliferation treaty Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

At a time of heat waves, fires and droughts in multiple locations, an opportunity to hear again how Canada can green its electricity grid. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Justin chats with Jacob Alhassan, the founder and director of the Ad Astra Foundation Ghana, about Ad Astra's Nwodua Library project. Jacob talks about the importance of the project for a rural community in northern Ghana, the impact of libraries as community hubs, and the connections to environmental and climate activism in Ghana. Learn more about Ad Astra Ghana here: https://adastrafoundationgh....

On the anniversary of her murder, Dave and Neil talk about the work of Dorothy Stang for social and environmental rights in the Amazon. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

On June 22nd, the parliamentary budget office released a report which shows that, even with optimistic assumptions about future use of the (currently under construction) TransMountain pipeline, it would make a net loss. Glenn and Mark look deeper at the foolishness of the federal government in purchasing and pursuing this diluted bitumen pipeline project. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for...