From the Ground Up

We are joined by two guests this week: Kathy Worobec and Katie Zajac from Green Learning! Green Learning is an organization that creates free educational programs about energy, climate change, and green economy that engage and empower students to create positive change!To learn more, please check out:https://greenlearning.ca/

Our guest this week is Frank Collins. He is the CEO of Danger Dynamite, as well as a local social media influencer and an advocate for having hard conversations. Let's talk about social and environmental justice.Please check out:https://dangerdynamite.com/Tik Tok: @tobeperfectlyfrank

Faced with an apparently unmoveable plan for extensive felling of trees around their community, people in the community of Big River have organised to call for a more sensitive approach and for local voices to be heard at the time that decisions are made. In conversation with Sherry, Tyson talks about the difficulties in getting local voices heard, and about their call for proper consultation at an early stage, for better protection of ecologically sensitive areas, for better consideration of impacts on peoples' homes, and for a shift away from clearcutting.

Sherry's guest this week is Derek Cameron,from StrongTown YXE, a group working to explore ways of using land in the city which are more fiscally beneficial. Their thinking has taken them towards more socially and environmentally attractive use of land, and specifically to pedestrian-only zones. Their specific proposal is a pedestrian-only zone on Broadway, between 10th and 12th. Derek explains the options, the benefits and the challenges.

Phyllis joins Mark to talk about the concerns and the opportunities which arise for climate policy with the new Canadian federal government under Mark Carney.

Sarah Laframboise from Evidence For Democracy (E4D) joins us this week to talk about the importance of evidence and science in political policy.E4D is a grassroots organization that believes a strong democracy requires governments that make policy decisions informed by the best available evidence.For more information, please visit: https://evidencefordemocracy.ca/

"Embrace Mess. Go Organic. Lawn Be Gone. Grow Native Flowering Plants" - so says Wild About Saskatoon! A group that advocates for civic and provincial policies and actions that support the health of local ecosystems.Two members of the Wild About Saskatoon team, Joanne and Candace, are here to spread awareness of the Pollinator Paradise project.Please visit:https://wildaboutsaskatoon.org/

Composting 101! Want to know the ins and outs of composting in your home? Lisa Howse, Projects Coordinator for the Saskatchewan Waste Reduction Council, helps break it down!Please visit: https://www.saskwastereduction.ca/ for more information!