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Oxbow Park, one of the few remaining natural spaces on Carleton’s Campus. Credit. This morning on the show we heard from Sarah Walker about the Oxbow Park Naturalization Project, and took a trip to the archives to hear about Dana Meise, who is walking across Canada on the Trans-Canada Trail. Sarah Walker: . . . → Read More: February 17, 2011: Oxbow Park Naturalization This week on the show we heard a review of the Yes You Can! conference that took place this past week at Carleton, and a summary of Robyn’s presentation that she gave at the event. We also had a report from special guest Greg Boyle on the South March Highlands rally to protect Beaver . . . → Read More: January 20, 2011: The Yes You Can! Conference, Episode 2  Robyn Penney: Yes You Can! Conference - Greening Your World [6:11] Play Now | Play in Popup | DownloadThis morning on the show we had the first feature from new SPF’er Andrew Lindstrom, an interview on biodiversity, and heard an overview of electricity generation and transmission from our first renewable energy episode, not included on last week’s show. Paul Grigoriev: Biodiversity By: Andrew Lindstrom, Regular SPF Contributor 2010 was designated by the . . . → Read More: November 25, 2010: Biodiversity Renewable Energy: Energy and Power, Generation and Transmission [11:27] Play Now | Play in Popup | DownloadCanadian Peacekeepers at the Israel/Egypt border in 1962. Hear about the ‘Keeping The Peace’ map in this week’s Madgical Moment. Madgical Moments, Episode 2: Peacekeeping Around The World By: Joanne Cameron, Government Documents Specialist This morning on the show we had the second episode of the Madgical Moments, brought to you by the Madgic . . . → Read More: October 21, 2010: Madgical Moments, Part 2 Madgical Moments: Episode 2 - Peacekeeping Around The World [2:47] Play Now | Play in Popup | Download The Ottawa Forest and Greenspace Advisory Committee: Profile [3:00] Play Now | Play in Popup | DownloadDavid Suzuki, answering questions during his Legacy Lecture given as part of the 2010 Writer’s Festival. The David Suzuki Legacy Lecture: Writer’s Festival 2010 By: Robyn Penney & Henry Hawkins, Regular SpF Contributors David Suzuki was in Ottawa this past week as part of the annual Writer’s Festival, and gave his Legacy Lecture speech. . . . → Read More: September 30, 2010: The David Suzuki Legacy Lecture The LEED Certification Logo of the Canada Green Building Council, and one of the first Platinum Certified buildings in the US. Have you ever wondered what it takes for a building to be ‘green’, or what that term means beyond some vague definitions or confusing claims? The LEED Certification is perhaps the most widely . . . → Read More: September 16, 2010: LEED Building Certifications This week on the show Robyn Penney spoke with the winner of the Ottawa 2010 Eco-Stewardship Award, Jim Birtch. He is the founder of the Biosphere Eco-City project and a Carleton Geography Alumni. They discussed the model and its potential role in improving our urban environment by engaging citizens to become more active and aware. This morning on the show we heard from Matt Street with a feature on home eco-audits. On March 31, 2010 the federal government announced that they are starting to wrap up the eco-energy rebate program, and stopped any new eco pre-inspections, but this doesn’t mean that you can’t still get a green home inspection . . . → Read More: April 8, 2010: EcoConscious; Audits and Weddings In today’s show we feature two interviews that touch on forests. In the first half of the show we heard from Chris Henschel of the Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society, speaking about forests and climate and how forestry is being included (or not) in current global climate change negotiations. After that we tapped the . . . → Read More: January 7, 2010: Forests and Bears 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 |
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