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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June 06, 2024 From the Ground Up Ep. 318: Climate education for school students, with Mike Prebble | 2024.06.05
Mike Prebble is a high school teacher in Saskatoon: amongst other things he teaches climate awareness, starting from outdoor education principles. In this episode he tells us about a recent rally for high school students, about the initiatives pursued by the teenagers, and about his own experience and motivation in doing this work.
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May 30, 2024 From the Ground Up Ep. 317: Just Transition, with Jamie Kirkpatrick | 2024.05.29
On 2024:May:25, a group of people from various backgrounds got together at Wanuskewin to talk about just transition and visions for a post-transition world in which all peoples' needs are met. For this episode we play a recording of the introduction to the theme given by Blue Green Canada's senior program manager, Jamie Kirkpatrick.
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May 10, 2024 From the Ground Up Ep. 316: In memoriam Dave Greenfield | 2024.05.10
Regular FTGU host Dave Greenfield died last month after a long illness. Dave was deeply committed to peace, justice and ecological integrity, and brought his determination for positive change to the support of numerous campaigns and charities. In this episode friends and fellow activists remember him, and we replay some of the best of his poetry.
There will be a memorial meeting for Dave on the afternoon of Sunday 12th May. Details (and zoom link for remote access) at https://prairieviewchapel.com/tribute/details/5925/David-Greenfield/obituary.html#content-start
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April 25, 2024 From the Ground Up Ep. 315: Peter Prebble on electricity, Saskatchewan choices and legal action | 2024.04.24
Peter and Mark talk about the apparently different plans (both inadequate but one worse than the other) being put forward for Saskatchewan's electricity provision by the provincial government and by SaskPower. They then move on to the Saskatchewan Environmental Society's application to intervene in the legal action being taken against the provincial government, the Crown Investments Corporation and SaskPower, together with two highly knowledgeable expert witnesses - and from there to the successful case brought by senior Swiss women against their government to the European Court of Human Rights.
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April 11, 2024 From the Ground Up Ep. 314: Misinformation on our Electricity Bills, with Shannon Wright | 2024.04.10
Carbon pricing is complex. All the more reason for people to understand it properly so that they are not fooled by propaganda and misinformation. In this episode, Shannon and Mark talk through the two types of carbon pricing in place in Saskatchewan, and address the confusion being promoted by inaccurate labelling on our electricity bills. Shannon has raised SaskPower's corporate misinformation with multiple authorities; we encourage others to do likewise.

https://climatejusticesaskatoon.ca/2024/04/10/carbon-pricing-on-utility-bills/
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April 04, 2024 From the Ground Up Ep. 313: Climate, Farming, the NFU and SARM, with Darrin Qualman | 2024.04.03
Following the passing of a muddled and effectively science-denying resolution by the Saskatchewan Association of Rural Municipalities, Darrin Qualman,, Director of Climate Crisis Policy and Action with the National Farmers Union, talks about some better ways forward for farming.. The NFU is advocating for establishment of a Canadian Farm Resilience Agency, with ultimately a three-fold purpose: (i) enabling farmers to develop resilience and implement adaptation measures in the face of the escalating impacts of climate change, (ii) enabling farmers to reduce their own GHG emissions, and (iii) ensuring financial security and viability for farmers.
https://www.nfu.ca/tag/climate-change/
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March 28, 2024 From the Ground Up Ep. 312: Gas, with Mitchell Beer, part 2 | 2024.03.20
Whether we call it natural gas or fossil gas, we are heavily dependent on it. And that's a problem, It's primarily made up of methane, a powerful greenhouse gas which adds to global heating when it leaks or is vented. And when it's burnt for energy it produces carbon dioxide, the principal greenhouse gas. So what do we do, first to reduce our dependence on it and then to wean ourselves off it altogether? What are the non-climate benefits to doing so? What are the challenges? What are the obstacles being put in our way. Over two episodes (this is #2), Mitchell and Mark talk through how we use it, what we can usefully do, and why it's more of a challenge than it really should be.
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March 21, 2024 From the Ground Up Ep. 311: Gas, with Mitchell Beer | 2024.03.20
Whether we call it natural gas or fossil gas, it's a problem, It's primarily made up of methane, a powerful greenhouse gas which adds to global heating when it leaks or is vented. And when it's burnt for energy it produces carbon dioxide, the principal greenhouse gas. So what do we do, first to reduce our dependence on it and then to wean ourselves off it altogether? What are the non-climate benefits to doing so? What are the challenges? What are the obstacles being put in our way. Over two episodes (this is #1), Mitchell and Mark talk through how we use it, what we can usefully do, and why it's more of a challenge than it really should be.
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March 14, 2024 From the Ground Up Ep. 310: miscellany | 2024.03.13
A bit of a mix this week. An announcement of a series of climate-relevant events in Saskatoon. Then comment on the Saskatchewan government's decision to break the law by refusing to collect carbon pricing revenues. And finally a replay of some of Dave Greenfield's sonnets from December 2022.
Links to the events advertised at the beginning:
Sustainability speakers series: https://environmentalsociety.ca/events/sustainable-speakers-series/
SCIC showing of I Am Greta on Mar:22: https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/i-am-greta-film-screening-panel-event-tickets-855602669617
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March 07, 2024 From the Ground Up Ep. 309: Meeting with Saskatoon City Councillors | 2024.03.06
Five years after it was finalised, Saskatoon's GHG emissions reduction policy is at a crossroads. With the council under financial pressure, there have been calls on the council to reduce funding or delay projects identified under the Low Emissions Community Program. However, some projects are already behind schedule, and, while reductions have been achieved, the ability to sustain and accelerate them towards net-zero by 2050 is uncertain.
In this context, Mayor Charlie Clark and Councillors Serina Gersher and Mairin Loewen (council leads on environmental sustainability) met with a coaltion of climate-concerned groups at the beginning of February. In this interview with Mark, two attendees, Glenn Wright and Caylin Lee, talk about the presentations at the meeting and their impressions.
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The podcast currently has 392 episodes available.