This week Addendum is happy to feature James Ehrlich, an entrepreneur and lecturer based in Stanford University. Currently, he is working on a futuristic real estate project known as REGEN Ecovillages. The name hints at how he is using technology to build a space where human living leads to bio-regeneration.     James Ehrlich is an entrepreneur in technology, media and clean-tech. He has had a background coding video games and is currently a researcher and lecturer at Stanford University School of Medicine. He was part of the White House and State Department Joint Task Force on the Nexus of Food, Water, Energy & Waste under the Obama Administration. He has been featured on various publications such as the NY Times. He also had a national TV Show, Hippy Gourmet.

Voices from Africa! What are Ecovillages? How do they contribute to sustainable living? Why are they gathering so much popularity all over the world from Europe, Asia to Africa?    Addendum today features Dr. Ousmane Pame, the President of Global Ecovillage Network-Africa. Dr. Pame is the first mayor of his town, as well as a professor of translation, British Civilisation and Literature. Today, Dr. Pame is spearheading the REDES Ecovillage network in Senegal and Mauritania. Additionally, the REDES Ecovillage Network is always looking for remote volunteers! If you want to change some lives, no better place to start than here!   Links for volunteering:  https://redes-ecovillages.org/eng/  https://redes-ecovillages.org/eng/volunteer-remotely/  https://redes-ecovillages.org/eng/academic-programs-internships/  https://www.instagram.com/redesecovillages/

Amidst recent protest in Cuba, and the spread of inaccurate information regarding the protests, Addendum is bring you this special report by Arnold August. In this segment, Arnold August discusses how imperialism in Venezuela & Bolivia can weaken revolutionary movements in other South American Countries such as Cuba.   Arnold August is an author, journalist, lecturer and long-time activist. He has published numerous books, including Cuba and Its Neighbours: Democracy in Moton and Cuba-U.S. Relations: Obama and Beyond. He is a syndicated writer in various non-mainstream media such as Canadian Dimension and Counterpunch. He lives in Montreal, and he holds a MA in political science from McGill University.   Currently, Mr. August's books are 20% off at: https://fernwoodpublishing.ca/authors...  Please use promo-code: Cuba20 for the discount.

Amidst recent protest in Cuba, and the spread of inaccurate information regarding the protests, Addendum is bring you this special report by Arnold August.   Arnold August is an author, journalist, lecturer and long-time activist. He has published numerous books, including Cuba and Its Neighbours: Democracy in Moton and Cuba-U.S. Relations: Obama and Beyond. He is a syndicated writer in various non-mainstream media such as Canadian Dimension and Counterpunch. He lives in Montreal, and he holds a MA in political science from McGill University.  Currently, Mr. August's books are 20% off at: https://fernwoodpublishing.ca/authors... Please use promo-code: Cuba20 for the discount.

This week, Addendum features Professor Yon Hsu from Marianopolis College. Among other social science and humanities courses told by Prof. Hsu, she is known for the course Food and Society. In this episode, she touches on what she teaches in the course, and explores the intersection between food and society. Various pieces of the press were referenced during the interview, we have attached the links below. We encourage you to read them on your own, in order to get a fuller picture of the discussion. Black Gold (2006): https://vimeo.com/ondemand/blackgold The World According to Monsanto (2008): http://onf-nfb.gc.ca/en/our-collection/?idfilm=56004 The Devil We Know (2018): https://thedevilweknow.com/ Food and Society: Principles and Paradoxes (2016): https://www.amazon.ca/Food-Society-Principles-Amy-Guptill/dp/1509501843

Prof. Benoit Barbeau is a virologist and lecturer at the Univesité du Québec à Montréal (UQAM). He has worked extensively on the issue of Human endogenous retrovirus (hERV) envelop proteins as well as its implication. Additionally, Prof. Barbeau has written about the gain of function research on The Conversation. He has recently been featured on the CBC for his expertise in COVID vaccines.

Professor Roli Varma is a lecturer at the School of Public Administration at the University of New Mexico. She is a Carl Hatch Endowed Professor that has published multiple research on technology, immigration and women in the STEM workplace. Additionally, she has published the book Harbingers of Global Change: India’s Techno-Immigrants in the United States.

Addendum today features Lucas Béland, the 20 years old CEO and founder of GoLoot. Lucas Béland was a student at Collège Jean-de-Brébeuf before dropping out and launching a start-up that quickly raised more than 2.9 million dollar in its short life span and went from 1 to 11 employees in one year.

Addendum is proud to feature Mr. Yves Engler this week. Mr. Engler is a famous Canadian political activist, the author of 11 published books and a journalist for major news outlet such as The Globe and Mail, Toronto Star, Ottawa Citizen, and Ecologist. Additionally, Mr. Engler writes for alternative media as well. Due to the length of the episode, it will be divided in to two parts. What you are about to hear is part 2. If you missed part 1, you go go back using your platform. It will be the previous episode. We will see you here again. You can find all of Mr. Engler's books here: https://yvesengler.com/yves-books/

Addendum is proud to feature Mr. Yves Engler this week. Mr. Engler is a famous Canadian political activist, the author of 11 published books and a journalist for major news outlet such as The Globe and Mail, Toronto Star, Ottawa Citizen, and Ecologist. Additionally, Mr. Engler writes for alternative media as well. Due to the length of the episode, it will be divided in to two parts. What you are about to hear is part 1. You can find all of Mr. Engler's books here: https://yvesengler.com/yves-books/