TGM #146: Not far from the tree (July 17, 2009)
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- First-time TGM correspondent LeeAnne MacGregor speaks with Laura Reinsborough, about urban agriculture, food security, and her new project, Not Far From the Tree. Her group aims to minimize the local fruit that goes to waste every year because the owners simply lack the time, ability, or know-how to harvest their trees. The volunteer organization brings together fruit tree owners, fruit enthusiasts, and neighbourhood community organizations with the object of sharing Toronto’s wealth of fruit. In demonstrating how to take advantage of urban agriculture, Reinsborough’s program engages city-dwellers in imagining the possibilities for a sustainable food future.
- Donna Dilman, spokesperson for The Canadian Coalition Against Mining Uranium, speaks with host Jordan Poppenk to take a look at one of nuclear’s best-kept secrets: the impact of processing nuclear fuel. Donna also gives an update on developments in the uranium mining industry following the conclusion her 68-day hunger strike in 2007.
Not far from the tree
Mining nuclear fuel in Canada
Headlines:
- Fish in the Great Lakes pose risk to consumers due to rising toxin levels
- Electric cars are making headway in Canadian public policy
- The Federal Court declares the Canadian government to be misapplying the Species at Risk Act
- Toronto to provide residents with substantial incentives for solar thermal systems
- Major protest is growing over the proposed dump on the world’s cleanest drinking water in Ontario
- El Nino has returned
- The Eurphrates River in Iraq is drying up
- More headlines…