Introducing the beta of our climate action database: a networking tool to where climate champions of all kinds can share their projects, connect, and collaborate with each other. To help pilot this platform, we're looking for beta testers to try the platform and share their feedback. If you're interested, connect with us at [email protected]. 

While we initially launch in Halifax, Nova Scotia, reach out if you're interested - no matter where you're from - to stay in the loop and get invvolved.

See you in our inbox!

Meet the winner of St. John’s Food System Kickstarter Competition and developer of the Fish Market app: Mirella Leis! Mirella's Fish Market app aims to bring fish harvesters and consumers closer together in business and community. Give the podcast a listen to hear more from our tech-savvy friend including philosophical chats around the environment and intersectionalities with culture, economics, and more. 

Learn more at www.thefishmarketapp.com. 

Kevin Mtai is a climate justice activist and environmental defender. Kevin has devoted his life to climate activism and, at age 25, Kevin has already achieved incredible accomplishments. As a champion for the UN Sustainable Development Goals for more than five years, Kevin:

-Volunteers to protect nature #AfricaIsNotADumpster, #SaveNNP

-Advocated for climate friendly plant-based foods at COP (Conference of the Parties)

-Co-founded Kenya Environmental Action Network (KEAN)

-Serves as Africa Coordinator for Earth Uprising, the Kenya Coordinator for Climate Live, and Organizer for FridaysforFuture MAPA.

In this episode, Shitangshu & Alex talk to Aniya Butler!

Aged just fifteen, Aniya is changing the world in a multitude of ways. In particular, among many other hats, Aniya serves as one of the lead organizers for Youth Versus Apocalypse, a climate activism group based in the Bay area in California that brings together young people to uplift the voices of people of color and stand up for environmental justice. The organization has advocated to government, mobilized peers & organized climate strikes, including one last year that involved an estimated 20-40K youth in the Bay area.

Beyond this work, Aniya is also a spoken word poet & credits poetry for being an important tool of activism & expression, especially to share the lived experience of black & brown youth in the USA. She sees poetry as an important tool for change, which inspires us to call our episode "one line at a time." Be sure to check out this episode & follow the incredible work of Aniya + YVA @ www.youthvsapocalypse.org!

In this episode, Sam & Shitangshu talk to Sarah Van Exan & Eseohe Ojo from GreenPac, a Canadian non-profit environmental organization. whose goal is to help recruit, elect, and support environmental leadership in Canadian politics, across the political spectrum.

With Canada's federal elections coming up this September, GreenPac has been coordinating the "100 Debates for the Environment" intiaitive. This project has helped support local leaders in organizing 104 federal riding debates across Canada in 2019, with a goal of putting environmental issues at the top of politicians' agendas. The organization has a similar goal for 2021, with most debates happening on September 8-9, 2021.

Learn more about the initiative here: https://www.100debates.ca :)

In this episode, Sam co-hosted with Anita Lee, a mom and mentor to the I Forgot! team that was featured at the OATHE Project's 2021 Climate Changemakers Hackathon.

We interviewed Keenan Johnson in this episode! Keenan is an engineer who has worked on an incredibly diverse set of projects - most recently starting the Ribbit Network. The Ribbit Network is a low-cost, open-source greenhouse gas emissions sensor, intended to provide more data on greenhouse gas levels across the world to help climate action efforts.

Check out the Network here: www.ribbitnetwork.org

In this episode, Nwabisa and Sam interview Zoe Prinsloo - a 19 year old from South Africa who turned her beach clean-up passion into an eco-friendly business! Listen to learn more about her and her business, Save a Fishie.

Save a Fishie can be found on Facebook, Instagram, Youtube and on their website.

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Music:

Wholesome by Kevin MacLeod

Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/5050-wholesome

License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license

In this episode, Sam co-hosted with Anita Lee, a Mom and Chaperone Mentor to the I Forgot! Team that was featured at The Oathe Project's 2021 Climate Changemaker Hackathon. 

We interviewed Lisa Chen in this episode! Lisa is a marine biologist with a passion for the environment and for education, learn more about her Let's Talk Butts Campaign - an educational campaign to encourage folks to pick up cigarette butt litter!

Find out more and get involved at the Let's Talk Butts Website, Facebook, and Instagram!

In this episode, Shitangshu and Sam interviewed Pat Smith, otherwise known as Action Nan! Pat has always picked up litter, but in the past few years she has gotten so many people to join her, and founded a non-profit that has helped to ban plastic straws in Cornwall, UK. Learn more about her and how she's made such a huge impact to help the Earth!

Check out her Action Nan Instagram account, as well as her non-profit, Final Straw Cornwall.

Music: 

Wholesome by Kevin MacLeod

Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/5050-wholesome

License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license

In this episode, Sam co-hosted with Cordelia from PlastiCanada, interviewing Angela Riley from Scotia Shores! Angela's business turns plastic waste from Beach Clean-Ups into beautiful items. Learn more about her and how she has lead a team of Ocean Warriors to pick up thousands of pounds of waste! 

To learn more, visit:

Angela at www.scotianshores.com or on Instagram @scotianshores or Facebook

For resources mentioned in this episode, click the links below:

Friends of the Scots Bay Salt Marsh

Clean Up Project

Tidy Beaches

Great Nova Scotia Pick Me Up

NS Adopt a Highway

Cape Breton Environmental Association

Clean Annapolis River Project

Sea Shepherd Halifax

Friends of McNabs Island

Music: 

Wholesome by Kevin MacLeod

Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/5050-wholesome

License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license