Episode #2!  In this episode I speak to David Lavallee, who is an expert on the environmental impact of the mining of the oil sands in Alberta in Canada.  David has created a documentary on that topic called White Water, Black Gold.

You can also listen to it in iTunes.

In this episode we discuss a wide variety of topics related to the oil sands including...

The relationship between the oil mining in Alberta and the nearby rivers & glaciers

The effect that mining has on the water, and in turn on the surrounding environment

How bitumen is transformed into usable oil

The two types of mining that happen in that oil sands

How the mining affects people living downstream from the oil sands

How tailings ponds work & how they affect the environment

His new documentary that is coming out in early 2015

The economic vs energy viability of the oil sands production

How realistic it is to switch completely to renewable energy sources

How our political processes affect the types of energy we use

How many people are needed to effect change across society

The viability of wind & solar energy

How the economy may need to be restructured to allow it to survive into the future

What action people can take to help move the world towards a sustainable future

David's new documentary coming out next year called "To The Ends Of The Earth"

And here are the resources mentioned in this episode:

White Water, Black Gold

Alpine Club of Canada

An Inconvenient Truth

Dr. Shawn Marshall

David Schindler

Dr. Kevin Timoney

Dr. John O'Connor

This Changes Everything by Naomi Klein