Thanks to Christopher of Save Owls Head Provincial Park for the interview just now about the campaign to save a rare piece of relatively untouched, previously protected coastal land in Nova Scotia from development. Listen to it on Talking Radical Radio in a couple of weeks!
Vanessa Hartley is 21 years old and an eighth generation Black Loyalist descendent. She is the chair of the South End Environmental Injustice Society (SEED). And she is a resident of Shelburne, a town of about 1200 people on the southwest coast of Nova Scotia. Scott Neigh interviews her about the town, about environmental racism, …
Emma Cunningham is a resident of Pickering, Ontario, and a member of Environmental Action Now Ajax-Pickering (EANAP). Recently, EANAP won an important victory against an attempt to use a provincial Minister’s Zoning Order (MZO) to override planning and environmental processes and build a warehouse on the Duffins Creek wetland, a protected wetland the middle of …
Thank-you to Emma of EANAP – Environmental Action Now Ajax-Pickering for the interview just now about the struggle to defend a wetland from development in Pickering, Ontario! Listen for it in the coming weeks on Talking Radical Radio.
Michelle Stein and Bill Noll are members of Protect Our Waterways – No Nuclear Waste, a group of concerned residents of South Bruce, Ontario, who have come together in opposition to the proposal to put a high-level radioactive waste storage facility in their community. Stein and her husband raise cattle and sheep on their farm, …
First Talking Radical Radio interview of 2021! Just spoke to Michelle and Bill, who are part of a group in South Bruce, Ontario, trying to stop a high-level radioactive waste storage facility from being put in their community. Listen for it in a few weeks!
[EDIT: Later in the day this episode was released, it was announced that this campaign had in fact won a major victory! Check out this media release for more details.] Taylor Maton is the conservation outreach coordinator with CPAWS Northern Alberta, a regional chapter of the Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society. In recent months, the …
Just finished my second Talking Radical Radio interview for the week! On Monday, I talked to Bianca and Yves of the Canadian Foreign Policy Institute about their critical work challenging many aspects of this country’s foreign policy. Today, I interviewed Taylor of Defend Alberta Parks about the campaign to stop the Alberta government from removing …
Thank-you to Carole and Joshua for the interview just now about the Fairy Creek Blockade, a direct action that is protecting some of the last big-tree old-growth forest in B.C. from clearcut logging. Listen for it in the next few weeks on Talking Radical Radio!
Ezra Morse is a software engineer and an engineering manager. Ray Woroniak has worked as a wilderness guide and an organic vegetable farmer, and currently is a stay-at-home parent. Both live in Qualicum Beach, a town of about 9000 people on the east coast of Vancouver Island, and they are the president and vice-president, respectively, …