Greenpeace Podcast

New York reporter Isabel Angell breaks down the key players, key terms and key issues of the upcoming Paris Climate Summit - translated into language we can actually use when talking about it with folks in our lives.

What about cities which have too much water that they can’t prevent, like too much rainfall. Copenhagen decided to use design to help keep the capital of Denmark, from continually flooding.

Xeriscaping is a landscaping, gardening word which means that your garden relies only on the water from the sky and not the garden hose.

What is going on in in the world’s largest democracy? Many non governmental organizations (NGOs) are being leaned on by the Indian Ministry of Home Affairs. One of them is Greenpeace. Ancient forests and oceans are both huge "carbon sinks". But what does that mean, really?

Chai Jing's YouTube video about the air she's breathing had 200 million views within days, and was later taken down by the Chinese Government. Dragonflies are the new climate canaries, and what does the Air Quality Index measure exactly?

Food is the door to a lot of conversations about how we live. The Worst Foods Game Show shares some ideas about how to eat and sustain the planet, not just yourself! Even if you live in the north you can follow global seasons, we talk with a chef to give you the best tips. And "Shifting Baseline Syndrome", wow our perception of the world changes, from generation to generation.

When is dirty oil not dirty? When you call it something else. We rarely talk about the other markets the tar sands people have in their sights. One of them is Europe.

The proposed pipeline for moving tar sands oil across Canada is called Energy East. Robert Van Waarden, photographer, decided to go along the proposed route and see what people thought about possibly living next to a pipeline.

Fish factory trawlers are the modern face of industrial fishing. A vessel that can stay on the oceans for months and whose destructive fishing methods are needlessly and recklessly killing marine life.

Interpol - the international police force - looks into slavery on the High Seas. Greenpeace is asked to report. We speak to the woman who has seen those working conditions on

Apps for activism part 2. Last month JP Davidson looked into apps which can help you shop ethically. This month he looks at whether you can change the world from your bedroom. Is there an app for activism?

An app to help you buy food which reflects your morals. If you are trying to shop ethically it’s confusing and hard to keep up. Is there an app for how to detox your shopping? Smartphone apps Ethical Barcode and Buycott can help sort out the greenwash.

Genetically Modified Food - you may have heard the acronym but what on earth are GMOs, exactly?

It’s one thing to not eat toxins, But if you keep them out of your clothes you also keep them out of the water system etc. Some companies didn't even know how toxic their clothes were. Puma, Adidas and others have committed to detoxing the clothing they sell.

How do you keep plastic out of the ocean? Let falcons patrol the city dump!

How do you make composting work properly?

Recycling medicines: a win/win

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You may take long showers but you are not the big water waster...find out who is.

A “Tailings Pond” is a dead lake. Who killed it?

Tricky convos: What to say to climate change denier at a party.

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