Green Majority Radio

We begin with a lengthy presentation of the ideological and historical thrust behind the Green New Deal, moving into a discussion of the importance of the surprising new momentum in youth climate activism, carbon taxes and renewable electricity in Canada’s oil-rich province of Alberta. We end with a very revealing clip from a Wells Fargo executive explaining why they invested in a bad pipeline, and Saryn’s idea for an app that helps us reduce food waste.

We talk about the ‘green economy’ and the discrepancy between material goods and financial assets. We also sit down with documentarian Diana Dai to discuss her new film My Farmland being released March 15th through the CBC, exploring ‘how communities react to the influx of people from a different culture who hope for a better life by working the land’. In the final segment, we run through eight stories at a blistering pace.

We speak with none other than the Sustainable Economist himself, Mr. Tim Nash, regarding exciting new developments in ethical investment. We also discuss new surges in youth climate activism.

We discuss the ongoing Indigenous resistance to the LNG pipeline through Northern BC, the end of coal, and many other promising and/ or disturbing climate-related developments.

We sit down with seven climate innovators to discuss policy solutions and cultural change. Featured on the show are folks from Project Neutral, Climate Ventures, Point A, Feedback, The Spent Goods Company, Fresh Fashion Library, and Unwrapit.

Ian McAllister, executive director of Pacific Wild, joins us along with visual communications director Deirdre Leowinata to discuss Ian’s stunning new documentary, Great Bear Rainforest: Land of the Spirit Bear. We also talk about sustainable fishing initiatives in Canada and Indonesia and the difficulty of environmental regulation in a country whose resource industries hold so much power.

We discuss the ongoing Wet’suwet’en defence of their unceded lands in northern British Columbia, Canada’s dubious purchase of the Trans Mountain pipeline, Canadian pensions at risk from the dissolution of the oil and gas sector, a groundbreaking ruling regarding abandoned well sites in Alberta, and a Colorado court decision against youth activists. We also interview Power Shift organizer and regular contributor Lauren Latour about the youth climate conference in Ottawa in February. Learn more at www.greenmajority.ca

Freelance reporter Nora Boydell joins us this week to interview climate journalist Pien Huang in Massachusetts about the ups and downs of climate reporting. We also look at Doug Ford’s climate ideas and government advertising in Alberta that is trying to win support for a pipeline by misleading Canadian citizens.

In the first segment, we discuss just how much heat the oceans have absorbed, and climate change’s impact on tropical ecosystems. Then we talk about parenting in the 21st century, huge clumps of fat and Trans Mountain. We end with a conversation about Carbon Engineering and its potential to save us all (or not).

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We spend the first segment looking at the Wet’suwet’en land defenders’ struggle against the Coastal GasLink natural gas pipeline which, if built, will dissect large areas of unceded Indigenous territory in British Columbia. We then speak with Tom Ranson on his Northern Lights documentary, and end with an interview with Tara Seucharan of the Council of Canadians regarding environmental justice movements worldwide and here in Canada.

We look forward to the promises of 2019 and speak with Electric Vehicle expert Matthew Klippenstein and Samia Sayid of Fresh Rents Fashion Library.

This week we speak with Tim Nash the Sustainable Economist about the Green New Deal and Sarah Bradley of Cycle T.O. about a new system for identifying stolen bicycles. Learn more at www.greenmajority.ca

We sit down with Brian Waller of Ripple Farms and Emily Charles-Donelson of the Toronto Tool Library to discuss their current endeavors as well as their Big Ideas for 2019 and beyond. Learn more @ www.greenmajority.ca

We spend the first twenty minutes discussing COP24 in Katowice, Poland, where countries have debated how to tackle climate change for two weeks straight. Our second segment is an interview with filmmaker Leora Eisen on her new documentary Food for Thought. We end with a discussion of a landmark Quebec lawsuit and the new BC climate plan.

Artist and Composer Frank Horvat takes over the show again today as guest host for our quarterly Eco-artist round-table. Today Frank hosts Mark Adair, Nina Munteanu and Kevin Matthew Wong. Learn more @ www.greenmajority.ca

We take a long look at the new National Climate Assessment put out by the US. We then turn to a live protest in Ottawa, talk about Ontario’s new ‘climate plan’ and end with an in-depth article reviewing the economics of Canada’s tarsands industry.

We start with a new Paris Agreement study that seeks to measure the impacts of different countries’ approaches to climate change. We then look at a first-of-its-kind lawsuit against the fossil fuel industry, the madness of arctic drilling, insect sperm and deadly seaweed. We end with a discussion of Iran and the jailing and murdering of activists worldwide.

Environmental justice will be the defining issue of the century if climate change is not halted in its tracks. All of our stories this week have a justice aspect, as we explore raging wildfires, the Green New Deal, climate change, Chemical Valley, air pollution, mass migration and deforestation. It is also the fundraising drive for our local community radio station, CIUT.

The Ontario government is seeking input on its climate change plan and water extraction regulations. The UN is reporting that biodiversity loss may be more disastrous than climate change. We also cover fracking, ecosystems protection and new problems with Alberta’s oilsands. Our second segment is an interview with award-winning documentarian Ann Shin regarding her new film, The Superfood Chain.