TakingITGlobal, is a social networking site designed for eco-conscious youth interested in connecting with other youth from across the planet to share and mobilize action and thought about social-environmental paradigms. Daryn Caister interviews Liam O’Doherty to find out why social networking institutions can play an active role in participating rather than simply facilitating dialogue about the planet today’s youth will soon run.

As we bid farewell to our founding producer Jordan Poppenk, our Monthly Round-Table takes the temperature of environmental journalism today. Jordan is joined by science writer Alanna Mitchell, and John Alton, host of The EcoCentric on Kootenay Co-operative Radio.

Clare Demerse is the Associate Director of Climate Change at the Pembina Institute where she researches and analyzes government policy. She speaks with reporter LeeAnne MacGregor about climate change and economics and how the two should mix at the G20 Summit in Toronto this June.

Peter Stock speaks with Anna Baggio of The Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society about a historic truce between logging companies and environmental groups.

The SOS (Save Our Salmon) Marine Conservation Foundation recently released a technology report (media release) which concluded land-based closed containment salmon aquaculture is technically and economically feasible. TGM Reporter Shak Haq speaks with Dr. Andrew Wright, the head of the research team, to find out more about the report and its environmental implications.

An estimated 50 million tonnes of E-waste is produced each year and the EPA estimates that only 15-20% of e-waste is recycled. The rest goes directly into landfills and incinerators.

A recent Toronto Star story reported that the Ontario Electronic Stewardship (OES), set up a year ago to assure the safe disposal of Ontario’s E-Waste, had collected only one third of it’s target 42,000 tonnes.

Cindy Coutts, President of Sims Recycling Solutions speaks to Peter Stock about the global challenge E-waste poses.

The Basel Action Network is a good source for more information on the problerm of E-waste.

Peter Stock speaks with Trent University Environment and Resource Studies professor Stephen Bocking about his review of two E-best sellers, Margaret Atwood’s “Year of the Flood” and Douglas Coupland’s “Generation A”

The oil spill that took place in the Gulf of Mexico seems to have created a sticky oil slick in the realm of US Energy policy. To explain the policy implications of the explosion on the American oil industry, environmental law and policy correspondent Naomi Jehlicka speaks with Jackie Savitz from Oceana, a US based ENGO with a mandate to bring to light the issues that affect our oceans.