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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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 In honour of fathers day John Wall started the show off with a discussion on how he and his partner work together to integrate the environmental concepts into raising a child. John spoke of a number of useful tool and resources available to young fathers (and mothers) and gave a few words of wisdom . . . → Read More: June 25, 2009: Growing Up – Environment and Education On the May Long weekend SPFer Matt Street went camping at Sand Banks Provincial Park and took along his audio recorder. He recorded some interesting sounds, but he particularly liked this story that was read around the campfire. Listen carefully and you can hear the fire and the frogs in the background. The Story . . . → Read More: May 21, 2009: Campfire Stories And Karate Kids 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 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 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 very different main segments today! John Wall digs up political information on US the changing US policy towards Iran with Dr. Simon Dalby. Second, Paul Martin looks at how to get Ottawa residents of all ages to start digging up the ground and planting for the coming spring and summer. Put this with . . . → Read More: March 20, 2008: Digging A Little Deeper Cruelty to animals has been in the news recently with attention focused on the upsetting practices being followed at a meat packing plant in California. On this show John Wall brings us a follow-up to his recent features on animal geographies and human-animal relationships in the form of an interview about Canada’s outdated animal . . . → Read More: February 21, 2008: Animal Welfare How often do you get to hear whale sounds on the radio? In this interview, John and Matt continue their look at geographic perspectives on animals. They talk about representations of animals in films, and how we can shift our point of view to consider a more animal-centred perspective. Blast off with this edition . . . → Read More: January 24, 2008: Animals In Films & Banana Wars |
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