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Matt Street continues his look into alternative agriculture in Ontario in an interview with John Vanden Heuvel from World Wide Opportunities in Organic Farming (WWOOF) Canada and a discussion of opportunities for interns who want to learn about organic agriculture by working on organic farms. John Wall brings us an interview with Abner Lico . . . → Read More: February 26, 2009: Farming in Ontario Part 2 and Project Blue After 51 days of no public transit, the City of Ottawa and the Amalgamated Transit Union reached an arbitration deal. Matt Street was on the scene to hear the reaction of students as they boarded the O-Train for the first time in 2009. Carleton Geography professor Scott Mitchell gives a quick review of the . . . → Read More: February 5, 2009: OC Transpo Strike Over, Google Earth 5 and Alternatives to the Landfill A mixed bag this week as Minh Ngo brings us an ‘Out and About’ on osprey conservation – eastern Ontario environmentalists are building nest platforms to encourage the threatened birds to breed. Brittany Boychuck and the SPF crew reviews ideas on how to green your Christmas, and John Wall interviews Concordia geography grad student . . . → Read More: December 4, 2008: Ospreys, A Green Christmas And The Montreal Music Scene What happens when your long suffering but much loved car finally bites the dust? Follow Matt Street as he tries to find a suitable way to say goodbye to his 1996 Chevy Cavalier. Also, Paul Martin interviews John Wall about a recent conversation that he had with Dr. Dean Bavington of Nippising University on . . . → Read More: November 14, 2008: Car Recycling And Fisheries Collapse In June 2007, the Ontario provincial government pledged to accept all 32 recommendations made by a special working group on environmental education. New SPF contributor Bryan Grimwood discussed the implementation of the Bondar report on environmental education with Grant Linney, past president of the Council of Outdoor Educators of Ontario. Then, Digory McGinn and . . . → Read More: October 9, 2008: Action-Based Education Election fever has come to Canada and Professor Jonathan Malloy of Carleton University’s Department of Political Science joined us to examine some of the issues facing Canada’s political parties and voters in the early days of Election 2008. In the second half of the show Carol Hunsberger shared some results of her recent research . . . → Read More: September 11, 2008: Election 2008 & Tana River Delta On this show we went for a walk in the woods – but instead of deer and porcupines, we came across monkeys and parrots. Carol Hunsberger sent a report from the Kakamega Forest in western Kenya, where a group of youth volunteers is coming up with all kinds of creative ways to protect the . . . → Read More: August 21, 2008: Kakamega Forest Two features on this show highlighted efforts that are being made to overcome tough obstacles. First, John Wall spoke with Deb Gleeson from the International Fund for Animal Welfare about threats to wright whales in Canadian waters and what’s being done to protect them. Then, John interviewed a representative of the Canada Haiti Action . . . → Read More: May 29, 2008: Against The Odds On this week’s show we delve into issues of political change. Carol talks with Neil Burron about the political situation in Haiti, where Canada and other countries are trying to ‘promote democracy’ following a series of tough political transitions, and how all of this fits into a larger pattern of globalization. As well, Matt . . . → Read More: May 31, 2007: Political Change And Mobilization |
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