August 2009
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Gates to the proposed Site 41 dumpsite in Tiny Township, now closed as a result of a moratorium. Photo by Jordan Poppenk.
- In the wake of a nail-biting Simcoe County Council vote on whether to postpone construction on a proposed Site 41 dumpsite in Tiny Township, Jordan Poppenk visits Site 41 to speak with protesters and First Nations members who have opposed and occupied the site for over 100 days. The mood is elation as they celebrate the imposition of a moratorium on the project and reflect on the factors that brought success to their fight against county dump proponents. Implications and lessons for similar efforts are discussed.
- Jordan speaks with Dr. William Shotyk, scientist at the University of Heidelburg and Director of the Elmvale Water Festival. Shotyk describes his efforts to educate his community about the value of water. In discussion of the special properties of the water in the Tiny Township watershed, he explains why the local water is particularly worth celebrating.
- Environmental Health Correspondent Danny Leskiw speaks with Dr. Magda Havas, Associate Professor of Environmental and Resource Studies at Trent University. Dr. Havas, a teacher and researcher on environmental pollutants, dicusses her research on the health hazards of compact fluorescent light bulbs. Because incandescent light bulbs will be banned in Canada in 2012, she aims to give individuals a head start on preparing for the change to new light bulbs.
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Vicki Monague, Maude Barlow, and Anne Richie-Nahuis at a rally in July, 2009. Photo by the Community Monitoring Committee.
- Mark Calzavara, the Council of Canadians‘ Regional Organizer for Ontario and Quebec, speaks with LeeAnne MacGregor to talk about the scheduled opening of Dump Site 41, set to be Ontario’s largest landfill site. They are joined by Vicki Monague of the Anishinaabe Kweag, who was one of the first people to set up a blockade at the site; Vicki remained at the site for 97 days until the County-imposed injunction prompted her arrest on July 29. The dump site has been a controversial issue since it was first selected in 1986. The stifled access to information about the approval process have led many to protest the construction of a landfill that may compromise the safety of their water. The Alliston aquifer over which the dump site is to be built contains some of the world’s purest groundwater and connects to water sources across Southern Ontario – including Georgian Bay and the Oak Ridges Morraine.
- Jordan Poppenk speaks with Amber Stechyshyn, a Toronto event planner who has focused her business, Magick Mirror Designs, on providing clients with a greener-than-usual version of special event business seminars, dinners and weddings. Stechyshyn discusses the eco-pitfalls of everyday event planning, what it takes to make an event “green”, and distinguishing between greenwash and responsible event management.
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Toronto blackout party. Photo by Matthew Burpee.- Six years ago, Ontario and eight northeastern U.S. states lost their power for two days due to cascading power failures. Today, the event lives on with the emergence of conservation-minded blackout parties in popular culture. On today’s show, we speak with Michael Lewis Johnson of Streets are for People to talk about what, where, and why the parties are happening.
- Theological correspondent, Simon Watson, speaks with Rabbi Daniel Fink concerning Jewish perspectives on the environmental crisis. This interview originally aired on November 14, 2008.
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Majora Carter. Image by Steve Rhodes.-
This week we feature Majora Carter, the New York environmentalist who founded the non-profit Sustainable South Bronx, which advocated the development of a local park that had served as an illegal garbage dump. Carter’s most important contribution is arguably drawing attention to the intersection of class and environmental issues, or what Carter refers to as “environmental justice”. The successes of her group in promoting combined positive environmental and social justice outcomes have propelled her into the environmental spotlight in North America. In her lecture, Carter describes some of the projects that have inspired many environmentalists on both sides of the border and contributed to connections between social and environmental movements. Thank you to Social Justice Correspondent Joanna Dafoe for recording this talk.
