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The Geo-4 report was released in 2007, and the Geo-5 is currently being prepared for release in 2011. Credit. This week on the show we heard about Carol’s contribution to the UN’s upcoming Geo-5 report, Andrew talked to Murdo Murchison about composting programs on campus, and we had the 6th episode of the Madgical . . . → Read More: February 24, 2011: The UN’s Geo-5 Report More than most places in the world, communities in the far north are wrestling with issues related to climate change. SPFer John Wall spoke to Gary Davidson and Beate Bowron, planners who are working on issues related to climate change in the north. Have you seen the new solar array on the Canal Building? . . . → Read More: August 26, 2010: Sustainable Campus Initiatives and Climate in the North This week our theme was taking action. We started off with an improvised Green Routine about ways to prepare for the inevitable: back to school! At least, it’s inevitable for some of us. In the political arena, Matt Street spoke with first-time ward candidate Clinton Cowan about what motivated him to run for this . . . → Read More: August 19, 2010: Just do one more thing 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: The Great Canadian 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 |
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