Greenpeace Podcast

Greenpeace Podcast

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Greenpeace Podcast episodes

  • Ep.21: Dirty Oil in Europe and The Energy East Pipeline
    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.
    18 min
  • Ep.20: Apps for Activism & Fish Factory Trawlers
    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?
    19 min
  • Ep.19: Vote For A Sustainable World With Your Wallet
    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.
    21 min
  • Ep.16: Mining the Ocean Floor & Is There Shark in Your Face Cream?
    The enormous implications of mining the floor of the deep sea. It's starting.
    It's calledr "squalene" and is in lots of beauty products. It's usually bits of shark
    Melina Laboucan-Massimo on It Starts With Us, a new website to commemorate missing and murdered Indigenous women in Canada.
    For more information on any of these stories visit:
    www.greenpeace.ca/podcast
    19 min
  • Ep.13: The Best of Podcast: Part 2
    We share our favourite Greenpeace Canada Podcast stories:
    Why have narwhals captured our imaginations?
    A story of a special queen bee.
    What is killing our bees?
    For more episodes and information on any of these stories visit: www.greenpeace.ca/podcast
    16 min
  • Ep.12: The Best of The Greenpeace Podcast: Plastics +birds, plastics+you
    We share our favourite podcast stories:
    Looking in the belly of an albatross and finding things you recognize. Like lighters.
    A practical guide to going plastic free.
    What toxin to watch out for in the bathroom.
    For more episodes and information on any of these stories visit: http://www.greenpeace.ca/podcast
    Photo courtesy of Kris Krüg:
    http://www.kriskrug.com
    16 min

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The Greenpeace Podcast brings you sound-rich environmental stories that travel across borders. Engaging listeners through storytelling, this podcast builds environmental literacy in a way that inspires, amuses and empowers. Listen to monthly 15 minute episodes that break down some of today's hottest and most controversial environmental issues.