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This week on the show we heard from our friends at Ontario Waterkeeper, and an episode from their podcast series entitled ‘Living at the Barricades’. This episode was called Environmental Prosecutions, and looked at the cases against Syncrude in the Alberta Oil Sands in their contamination of local wildlife and waterways. Our thanks to . . . → Read More: June 3, 2010: The Waterkeeper Special: Environmental Prosecutions This week we connected with our friends at the Ontario Waterkeeper to share their ‘Living at the Barricades’ podcast called “Big Pipe, Big Headaches”. A half billion dollar sewage pipeline is underway that will deposit 95% of York Region’s waste in Durham Region. What could possibly go wrong with a plan like that? Quite . . . → Read More: January 14, 2010: Waterkeeper Special – The Big Pipe 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 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 Usually when you show up for class, the professor doesn’t give you a bag and ask you to start picking up garbage. But earlier this week, that’s exactly what happened to second-year students taking a Nature and Environment course at Carleton. Their professor, Patricia Ballamingie, arranged for the group to take part in the . . . → Read More: September 25, 2008 – Shoreline Cleanup If you are one of the many people who received a new piece of electronics over the holidays, you might be wondering what to do with the old equipment you no longer want. Paul Martin takes us on a tour of Computer Recyclers here in Ottawa to bring us the scoop on how to . . . → Read More: January 17, 2008: Reducing The Footprint Paul Martin kicked off this show with a feature about organic waste diversion in a grade 3/4 classroom. Hear students from St. Elizabeth’s School in Ottawa describe what they learned about composting and how they felt when they saw a bin full of worms! Carol read a first-person account of the situation in Kenya . . . → Read More: January 3, 2008: Transcending Conflict From energy reclamation to Swedish recycling solutions, Paul Martin gave Matt the down and dirty on innovative waste management policies and practices as they were discussed at the recent Air and Waste Management Association conference. To learn about how we can divert more waste from landfill sites, visit the Waste Diversion Ontario website. October . . . → Read More: October 18, 2007: Waste Management & Make Poverty History This week on the show, Paul Martin marked the start of a new spring construction season with a look at the latest in green roof techniques. Jeff Barnes joined us live in the studio to talk about cocoa and its cultural importance in Panama. Like many live performances, the beauty was in the moment . . . → Read More: March 22, 2007: Greening The City This week’s show looks at how pollution and chemical use affect the human body, and how appropriate technology can help meet human needs and mitigate environmental damage. First, Carol speaks with Carleton professor Patricia Ballamingie about the buildup of toxic chemicals in our body tissues, some potential health effects, and what can be done . . . → Read More: March 15, 2007: Geography Of Waste/Environmental Health |
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