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Our coverage of climate issues and the Copenhagen summit continued this week with a pair of features examining key issues on the negotiating table. What are the biggest opportunities for agreement in Copenhagen, and what obstacles are standing in the way? Why has Canada committed so little when other countries have committed so much? . . . → Read More: December 10, 2009: Copenhagen Kick-Off The Copenhagen climate negotiations are approaching, and we started our own countdown with this climate-themed show. First we rebroadcast a panel discussion where Carleton professors Patricia Ballamingie and Mike Pisaric analyzed the science and politics of Al Gore’s film, An Inconvenient Truth. In the second half of the show, John interviewed Alexandre Boursier from . . . → Read More: December 3, 2009: Countdown To Copenhagen December 1st is World AIDS Day and in this show we discussed issues and initiatives related to HIV/AIDS both far and near. Our first interview was with May Chazan, a Carleton PhD student and researcher with the Health Economic and HIV/AIDS Research Division at the University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban, South Africa. May talked about . . . → Read More: November 26, 2009: World AIDS Day On today’s show we looked into the geography of voting. Many of us take “one person, one vote” for granted, but Stewart Fast explained how our votes can make more, or less, of a difference based on where we cast them. He spoke with Andy Blair and Yannick Carrière of Fair Vote Canada. Then, . . . → Read More: November 19, 2009: Voter Representation and Environmental Justice This week we covered two western Canadian stories with environmental and social twists. Carol Hunsberger interviewed Greg Powell of ‘Alberta Acts on Climate Change’, a joint initiative of the University of Calgary and the Pembina Institute, on environmental citizenship and action on climate change in a province that often gets sneers on climate and . . . → Read More: November 12, 2009: Alberta Acts on Climate and the Future of the Spirit Bear Thank you to everyone who donated to CKCU during the station’s annual funding drive. Because of your generosity, the station reached its goal of raising $109,000. This will provide 1/3 of CKCU’s operating budget for the coming year. Thanks for supporting campus and community radio! On this show Matt Street looked into the loneliness of the long distance writer. He brought us an interview with a group from Toronto who turned the solitary process of writing into a group effort when they formed the Write Club. This group challenges themselves to write fiction for the club, get it published and . . . → Read More: October 22, 2009: Snakes and Writers When people start to see things that are going on around them that then might not agree with they might want to do something about it. This week’s show is all about two events that are being held in Ottawa to help guide people into action. Youth can feel like they are outside looking . . . → Read More: October 15, 2009: I Know That There is a Problem, So Now What? We all know that buying local food is better for the environment, and better for building social capital. Or so we thought…why is it that economic geographer Pierre Desrochers believes that food miles and the 100 mile diet are a marketing fad? He believes they distort the environmental impacts of our food systems and . . . → Read More: September 24, 2009: Local Foods This week we looked at two aspects of transportation. Carol Hunsberger interviewed Felix Creutzig about the rapid growth in automotive ownership in Asian cities. Matt Street interviewed Alex Bugeya, Ontario Ministry of Transportation employee and North American Truck Inspector champion, about keeping our highways safe. |
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