There was a time when flying into Sudbury felt like landing on the moon. The landscape was bare, the rock was black, and the air was thick with the effects of decades of mining and smelting.

In this episode of the Backroads Bill Podcast, we sit down with Sarah Woods and Dr. Peter Beckett, two key voices in the story of Sudbury’s re-greening movement. They share how a damaged landscape was brought back to life with shovels, seeds, and the determination of a community that believed things could grow again.

0:00 Intro
5:20 The moment re-greening began
10:30 How science and community came together
16:15 What it took to bring back the trees
22:40 Changing perceptions of Sudbury
28:50 What the world is learning from this project
35:00 The future of the re-greening movement