EarthMatters

EarthMatters has been broadcasting on radio and podcasting for 2 years now – over 100 shows.

Guests have come from England, Germany, Uganda, Kenya, New Zealand, Australia, all over the United States and, of course, Canada where I’m from.

EarthMatters, the podcast and radio show, is coming to a close.

Good Luck and thanks for listening.

EarthMatters has been broadcasting on radio and podcasting for 2 years now – over 100 shows.

Guests have come from England, Germany, Uganda, Kenya, New Zealand, Australia, all over the United States and, of course, Canada where I’m from.

Why am I saying all this? It’s because EarthMatters, the podcast and radio show, is coming to a close over the next two show.

Good Luck and thanks for listening.

‘For The Wild’ is an anthology of the Anthropocene; focused on land based protection, co-liberation and inter-sectional storytelling rooted in a paradigm shift from human supremacy towards deep ecology.

Ayana Young is an American podcast and radio personality specializing in intersectional environmental and social justice, deep ecology and land-based restoration.

Buildings generate nearly 40% of annual global GHG emissions. One solution that is slowly taking root, pardon the pun, is mass timber construction.  Advances in mass timber construction have allowed for taller wood buildings of six storeys or more.

To find out more about mass timber buildings and tall wood construction, EarthMatters spoke with Kevin McKinley, President & CEO of the Canadian Wood Council. 

After that, we speak with Dr. Anne Koven, Director of the Mass Timber Institute.

Are you a Climate Concerned Citizen?  Do you have to deal with climate insincere politicians? Can you compromise enough to meet the 'other side' halfway, or are you cognitive biases holding you back from convincing others to 'do more'.

"After three decades of acknowledged concern by world political leaders, the global effort to reduce GHG emissions is still feeble and sporadic," says Mark Jaccard in his latest book, 'The Citizens Guide to Climate Success.

Jaccard is a professor at Simon Fraser U.

EarthMatters looks further into the frustration of African activists to have their messages heard, to break through a distracted media, to educate their fellow citizens to be aware of the impending climate crisis that lies ahead.

https://greencampaignafrica.org

@TimMugerwa

Unfortunately, the quality of recorded is less than desirable. To help listeners understand Timothy’s words, we’ve prepared a written transcript available at www.newsandcomment.com/earthmatters/GCA.pdf

Plug’n Drive is a non-profit organization committed to accelerating the adoption of electric vehicles in order to maximize their environmental and economic benefits. Since 2011, Plug’n Drive has established itself as a leader in the electric vehicle industry, a trusted and unbiased source of information on electric cars, charging stations and the electricity sector.

Cara Clairman is the President & CEO of Plug'n Drive. Cara spoke at an event hosted by the McMaster Centre for Climate Change.

In a study released recently, researchers at McMaster University In Hamilton, Ontario say they have found a method that could reduce the environmental and safety hazards related to stockpiled tires.

Michael Brook, the study’s lead author and a professor in the department of chemistry and chemical biology at McMaster, and some of his students have found a way to dissolve the rubber used in car tires, which they say could eventually help keep what is typically a single-use item out of landfills.

In certain areas of the Great Lakes surface densities of plastics are as high as those reported for areas of litter accumulation within ocean gyres.  Sources include microplastic beads, consumer products, industrial pellets, and waste from beach-goers, shipping, and fishing activities.

Prof. Patricia Corcoran, Dept. of Earth Sciences, University of Western Ontario, explains what plastiglomerate is and where it came from.

Also, Greta Thunberg's speech at the World Economic Forum - Davos.

The Institute for Local Self-Reliance (ILSR) challenges concentrated economic and political power, and instead champions an approach in which ownership is broadly distributed, institutions are humanly scaled, and decision-making is accountable to communities.

John Farrell is co-director of ILSR and is its Energy Democracy Director.

https://ilsr.org