This posting was written and recorded while on a trip to northern India. It explores the inter-relations of culture and climate. The audio version is fun because of the soundscapes of Delhi in the background (car horns, bird song, sweeping of leaves, music, etc)

It features excerpts from my comments to the Create Canada project which is important given its potential to deepen conversations about the role of culture as Canada faces existential threats from the regime of our southern neighbour.

I did not agree with all their postings but I saw merit in their efforts.

In parallel, I produced e214 roundtable – this moment in canadian culture, which Owais and SGS kindly joined.

I hope Create Canada and this conscient roundtable are a couple of many such conversations and reflections from coast to coast to coast, in as many different languages and formats as possible.

You’ll hear me read excerpts from

• e194 owais lightwala and sgs - manifesting for now
• e214 roundtable – this moment in canadian culture: 
• e209 robert and peter janes – telling the truth through art

My conclusion is that this moment in culture in Canada and the climate emergency are one and the same.

Both culture and climate are agents of change who need each other. It’s only a question of time before they synergize to help us find Annette Hegel’s ‘new ways’.

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Hey conscient listeners, 

I’ve been producing the conscient podcast as a learning and unlearning journey since May 2020 on un-ceded Anishinaabe Algonquin territory (Ottawa). 

It’s my way to give back.

In parallel with the production of the conscient podcast and its francophone counterpart, balado conscient, I I publish free ‘a calm presence' Substack see https://acalmpresence.substack.com.

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I am grateful and accountable to the earth and the human labour that provided me with the privilege of producing this podcast, including the toxic materials and extractive processes behind the computers, recorders, transportation systems and infrastructure that made this production possible. 

Claude Schryer

Latest update on July 8, 2025