The Environmental Urbanist
The Environmental Urbanist
Jason Allen
Cities have both a unique responsibility and a unique opportunity to address climate change.A unique responsiblity because almost everything we do in a city is carbon intensive. From paving roads and driving to urban planning that puts tract housing far away from work and school, to incentives and disincentives that drive people away from or towards acitve transportation. Every choice we make living in a city is magnified when it comes to preventing a climate disaster.At the same time, it is far easier to affect change at a municipal level than it is as a provincial or federal level. Communities can band together aided by proximity, and influence the relatively small number of councillors needed to make change. Cities are also where the battle for climate change will be fought, and where policies will be decided.Every week we explore another piece of the cities and climate change puzzle, and work towards a solutions that keep us, and our planet, healthy and thriving.
Fruit Trees with Silver Creek Nursery
Steph Muma from Silver Creek nursery joins me to talk about all you need to know to get started growing fruit trees.Support the show
Feb 13, 2024
29 min
Growing Cut Flowers, and Leaf of the Year
Natasha Smith from Floral and Brick joins me to talk about growing a cut flower garden, and Natalie Kemp and I chat about her 'leaf of the year' Instagram competition.Support the show
Feb 6, 2024
30 min
Walk and Roll to School - Daily School Route
Daniel Chong and Paul Shaker join me to talk about Daily School Route, an initiative to encourage families to take the greener - and healthier - way to school.Support the show
Jan 30, 2024
30 min
Feminist Bird Club - A Bird Club for Everyone
Jessica Brousseau from the Toronto Chapter of the Feminist Bird Club joins me to talk about a birding club where everyone is welcome to bird in their own way.Support the show
Jan 23, 2024
30 min
Seedy Saturday 2024
Shayla Harbridge joins me from Green Venture to talk about this year's Seed Saturday, and a replay of an older interview with Stefan Weber talking about how to get started planting native plants.Support the show
Jan 16, 2024
30 min
Time To Buy the Hayesland Swamp
Jenn Baker from the Hamilton Naturalist Club joins me to talk about their efforts to buy a large remaining piece of the Hayesland swamp, and gives us an update on the invasive species situation in Short Hill Nature Preserve.Support the show
Jan 9, 2024
30 min
Winter Camping and Social Hiking
Shirley from the Winter Camping Adventures facebook page and Wil from Try Me Again Later social hiking group join me to talk about their respective winter recreation passions.Support the show
Dec 18, 2023
30 min
Green Venture's Education Programs and The Trouble with Plastic
Heather Govender joins me from Green Venture to talk about the fantastic education programs they offer to young people: If you're a homeschool family or a k-12 teacher take note!Also Ashley Wallis stops by to talk about the federal court decision to overturn the plastics ban, and what comes next for Environmental Defence's long long fight against that material in our environment.Support the show
Dec 5, 2023
30 min
Fall Clean Up with Candi and Lennox, and Giving Tuesday
Candi Venning and Lennox Toppin reprise their conversation from fall of 2021 about yard clean up, and I share some exciting news from Hamilton Naturalist's club for Giving Tuesday.Support the show
Nov 28, 2023
30 min
Jordyn Boyer, Environmentalist of the Year Award of Merit, and Black Friday
Jordyn Boyer, who won an award of merit in the Environmentalist of the Year awards a few weeks ago joins me to talk about their activism, their aspiration for other people their age, and their plans for the future.I also take a swing at Black Friday, and call for the renewal of Buy Nothing Day, with a short clip from J.B. McKinnon.Support the show
Nov 21, 2023
30 min
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