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Carol Hunsberger interviews Naser al-Ardah from Ramallah to discuss the recent Israeli invasion and the humanitarian situation in Gaza. We also revisited Paul Martin’s feature on recycling electronic waste. And we’ve got the Environmental News by Digory McGinn with a focus on the federal budget. January 20 marked the inauguration of Barack Obama, and his closely watched address included plans for change in foreign and domestic policy. This week SPF followed up on two dimensions of his speech. In an interview with Dr. Simon Dalby of Carleton’s Department of Geography and Environmental Studies we parsed the speech for messages . . . → Read More: January 22, 2009: Obama Inauguration, Foreign Policy and Energy In the news we often hear some debate over the use of public airwaves in Canada. But the situation is very different in some other countries. On this show John Wall interviewed Victoria Henderson, a PhD student from Queen’s University who is studying the fully privatized airwaves of Guatemala. Victoria’s research shows the downsides . . . → Read More: January 15, 2009: Airwaves And Brainwaves Protest music has a long history of contributing to social change movements. Richard Wallace from Ursinus College in Pennsylvania recently compiled a list of songs about climate change and other human impacts on the environment. He spoke with Carol Hunsberger about the links between pop culture, politics and environmental consciousness. Click here to download . . . → Read More: January 8, 2009: Environmental Music |
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