From the Ground Up

By Climate Justice Saskatoon

From the Ground Up is brought to you by Climate Justice Saskatoon and is broadcast weekly on CFCR 90.5FM, Saskatoon's community radio station. CJS is a growing community of campaigners working for jus... more

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March 02, 2023 From the Ground Up Ep. 269: What should just transition mean? | 2023.03.01
Following statements from federal Natural Resources minister Jonathan Wilkinson indicating that a Just Transition Act is on its way, we dig into the archive and offer a genuinely from-the-ground-up approach that centres workers and communities. Our guest in the clips from March 2022 is Ana Guerra Marin, from Iron and Earth.

And to those who open the podcast as soon as it arrives, Dydd gŵyl Dewi Sant hapus i bawb!
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February 23, 2023 From the Ground Up Ep. 268: follow-up on fascism and corporate power | 2023.02.22
Following on from last week's episode, Dave and Mark talk a bit about the signs of incipient fascism, then address corporate power in the light of a recent scientific paper showing that Exxon scientists knew very well the impacts of fossil fuel consumption on the climate - at a time when the corporation's senior management was publicly spreading doubt about climate science.
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February 16, 2023 From the Ground Up Ep. 267: Resisting nazism, resisting climate change - are there parallels? | 2023.02.15
At the time of the 80th anniversary of the execution of Mildred Harnack and other German opponents of nazism, Dave and Gayvin look at some ways in which analysis of what went wrong in 1930s Germany fed new philosophical and activist thought that in turn fed into the modern environmental movement.
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February 09, 2023 From the Ground Up Ep. 266: Some False Solutions to the Climate Crisis, with Julia Levin | 2023.02.08
At the time of broadcast there is much talk - and significant offers of government finance - for CCUS (carbon capture use and storage) and hydrogen production. In conversation with Mark, Julia Levin of Environmental Defence identifies the few areas in which those technologies can be appropriate and explains why the current hype - and finance - presents a major threat to the prospect of an effective response to the climate emergency.
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January 26, 2023 From the Ground Up Ep. 265: Climate Implications of SaskPower's Nuclear Plans | 2023.01.25
Following last week's interview about Ontario with Angela Bischoff, Mark turns to the plans for Saskatchewan - going in a similar gas+nuclear direction. He points to the inadequacy of nuclear as a climate policy, and argues instead for a renewables-based grid.
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January 25, 2023 From the Ground Up Ep. 265a: public service announcement for people in Saskatoon (updated)
Every year the Saskatchewan Environmental Society and the Saskatoon public libraries collaborate to host a series of talks on environmental and climate concerns. This is the schedule for January to May of 2023.
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January 19, 2023 From the Ground Up Ep. 264: The Nuclear Industry in Ontario, with Angela Bischoff | 2023.01.18
In conversation with Dave, Angela Bischoff, from the Ontario Clean Air Alliance, about the history and present situation of the nuclear industry in Ontario. Increasingly, the nuclear industry seeks to present itself as a climate solution, Angela puts the opposing case: nuclear power not only presents significant dangers, but it is incapable of helping meet 2030 emissions reduction targets, it is too expensive, and it sucks money away from better and cleaner options.
Some further reading:
More on the nuclear situation in Ontario: https://www.cleanairalliance.org/campaigns/nuclear/
Electricity cost options: https://www.cleanairalliance.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/options2022nov.pdf
Say no to new nuclear: https://www.cleanairalliance.org/smrcost/
SMRs factsheet: https://www.cleanairalliance.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/SMRs-handout.pdf

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January 12, 2023 From the Ground Up Ep. 263: Protection for contract workers and freedom from sexual harassment, with Jenalene Anthony | 2023.01.11
Jenalene Anthony runs a design studio in rural Saskatchewan, working with science-based organisations to achieve positive change. Following a painful experience at work, she discovered serious gaps in provincial occupational health and safety legislation, and worked tirelessly to fill them when the legislation came up for review. As a result, contract workers now have the same protection as employees, and sexual harassment at work is recognised as an infringement of provincial law. Jenalene's conversation with Mark moves from the problem to the successful campaign to next steps in building a society which values everyone's right to a better - and harassment-free - quality of life.
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January 10, 2023 From the Ground Up Ep. 262: Entering the new year | 2023.01.10
Some things to watch for in 2023
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December 29, 2022 From the Ground Up Ep. 261a: public service announcement for people in Saskatoon
Every year the Saskatchewan Environmental Society and the Saskatoon public libraries collaborate to host a series of talks on environmental and climate concerns. This is the schedule for January to May of 2023.
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FAQs about From the Ground Up:

How many episodes does From the Ground Up have?

The podcast currently has 392 episodes available.