TGM #150: Blackout party (August 14, 2009)
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- 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.
Blackout Party
Jewish Perspectives on the Environmental Crisis
Headlines:
- Simcoe County Warden withholding data concerning safety of site 41 garbage dump
- Fraser River sockeye salmon population crashes
- Toronto’s Green Bin Program may be in worse shape than previously understood
- Montreal’s BIXI bikes go international
- Egypt has placed a ban on exports and imports of genetically modified foods
- India to become world’s largest producer of solar energy
- More headlines…