The Green Room by EnviroCentre (EnviroCentre)

Equity in the environmental movement is crucial. Everyone should have access to sustainable transportation in every community. In this week’s Green Room, Jen suggests that we stop putting cars before people and normalize cycling, walking, and taking transit as the first options. Let’s Bike Month encourages folks to cycle for any reason, track their GHG emissions averted to see the impact they’ve made!

You can find out more about Let's Bike Ottawa here:   

Facebook: @LetsBikeOttawa

Instagram: @LetsBikeOttawa

Twitter: @LetsBikeOttawa

Thank you to Pop Up Podcasting for their support in creating the intro and outro audio, and getting the podcast started. 

EnviroCentre brings environmental change to life by offering people, organizations and communities in Ottawa practical solutions to lighten their environmental impact in lasting ways. You can find us here:

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“Building connections that help people understand what their contributions are in sustaining the diversity of life on this planet.” That's what this week’s guest spends her time doing.  

Teika Newton from Climate Action Network Canada, works on thinking of solutions to the climate emergency, is hopeful about the future, and tells us that creativity is key to these solutions. She believes that change happens at the personal level, and sometimes the comforts of privilege hold us back from making these changes.  

You can find the Climate Action Network here:

Instagram: @canraccanada

Facebook: @climate.action.network.canada

Twitter: @CanRacCanada

Thank you to Pop Up Podcasting for their support in creating the intro and outro audio, and getting the podcast started. 

EnviroCentre brings environmental change to life by offering people, organizations and communities in Ottawa practical solutions to lighten their environmental impact in lasting ways. You can find us here:

Facebook: @EnviroCentre

Twitter: @EnviroCentre

Instagram: @EnviroCentre

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This week’s guest draws attention to one of the solutions from the Drawdown Project – Indigenous Peoples Land Management. She wants us to know that If we protected Indigenous peoples forest tenures, we would save between 9 and 13 gigatons of carbon over the next 30 years. 

Ana Simeon from Raven also talks about colonial attitudes, racism, and oppression that are working against the ability of Indigenous people to be stewards of the land and ocean in a way that preserves them. Her vision of the future is to create a living for everyone within a safe envelope for the climate, without suffering. 

You can find Raven here:

Instagram: @raven_trust

Twitter: @raventrust

Facebook: @raventrustorg

Thank you to Pop Up Podcasting for their support in creating the intro and outro audio, and getting the podcast started. 

EnviroCentre brings environmental change to life by offering people, organizations and communities in Ottawa practical solutions to lighten their environmental impact in lasting ways. You can find us here:

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Twitter: @EnviroCentre

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In this week’s Green Room, artist Alex Stewart suggests pivoting away from less sustainable ways of doing things and embracing new technologies and materials to fight climate change. Legislation and money are in the way for a lot of issues, and Alex highlights the impact and importance of civic engagement. 

You can find out more about Alex Stewart here:   

Instagram: @enlifestudio

Facebook: @enlifestudio

Thank you to Pop Up Podcasting for their support in creating the intro and outro audio, and getting the podcast started. 

EnviroCentre brings environmental change to life by offering people, organizations and communities in Ottawa practical solutions to lighten their environmental impact in lasting ways. You can find us here:

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In this series we shine a light on the people working to stem the tide of climate change. From activists to entrepreneurs, they all share a common goal – take action today to ensure a greener tomorrow.

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This week’s guest is focused on individual environmental action, and why people are so unwilling to change, despite acknowledging how big of an issue climate change is. As a former psychologist, she dives into the reasons behind this and how to remain optimistic. Aida Warah, founder of Gentleways for our Planet, wants us to know about Dr. Gifford’s Dragons of Inaction – listen in to find out more!

You can find Gentleways here:

 Facebook: @Gentleways

Instagram: @gentleways

Twitter: @GentleWays_

You can find the i4thePlanet App here

Here is the link to Dr. Gifford’s article that Aida mentions

Thank you to Pop Up Podcasting for their support in creating the intro and outro audio, and getting the podcast started. 

EnviroCentre brings environmental change to life by offering people, organizations and communities in Ottawa practical solutions to lighten their environmental impact in lasting ways. You can find us here:

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Twitter: @EnviroCentre

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This week's Green Room guests, Ana Gonzalez Guerrero and Dominique Souris, are from Youth Climate Lab, an organization that helps young people build and scale solutions for climate change. They’re calling on everyone to share space, be more inclusive, and compensate young people for their time. Listen to our conversation and learn what their biggest hopes and fears for the future are. 

You can find out more about Youth Climate Lab here:  

Facebook: @YouthClimateLab

Twitter: @YouthClimateLab

Instagram: @YouthClimateLab

Thank you to Pop Up Podcasting for their support in creating the intro and outro audio, and getting the podcast started. 

EnviroCentre brings environmental change to life by offering people, organizations and communities in Ottawa practical solutions to lighten their environmental impact in lasting ways. You can find us here:

Facebook: @EnviroCentre

Twitter: @EnviroCentre

Instagram: @EnviroCentre

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Bettina Vollmerhausen is all about sharing. And with good reason! Did you know that the average drill is used for just 13 minutes in its whole lifespan? 

In this week's Green Room, we spoke to Bettina about the Ottawa Tool Library that she founded and runs, and how a culture of sharing can help reduce waste and live lighter. 

You can find out more about the Ottawa Tool Library here:   

Instagram: @yowtoollibrary
Twitter: @yowtoollibrary

Facebook: @yowtoollibrary

The Engage Ottawa site that Bettina references.

Thank you to Pop Up Podcasting for their support in creating the intro and outro audio, and getting the podcast started. 

EnviroCentre brings environmental change to life by offering people, organizations and communities in Ottawa practical solutions to lighten their environmental impact in lasting ways. You can find us here:

Facebook: @EnviroCentre

Twitter: @EnviroCentre

Instagram: @EnviroCentre

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Subscribe to the City’s climate change newsletter.

You can find the City of Ottawa on social media here:   

Twitter:@ottawacity

Facebook:@cityofottawa

Instagram:@cityofottawa

Thank you to Pop Up Podcasting for their support in creating the intro and outro audio, and getting the podcast started.  

EnviroCentre brings environmental change to life by offering people, organizations and communities in Ottawa practical solutions to lighten their environmental impact in lasting ways.  

You can find us here:  

Facebook: @EnviroCentre  

Twitter: @EnviroCentre  

Instagram: @EnviroCentre 

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In this week’s Green Room, Julia wants us to know how to prepare for Ottawa’s future climate conditions – in her words, it's going to be hotter, wetter, and wilder. We could have up to 43 extreme heat days per year by the 2050s! Tune in to find out what we can all do as individuals, and what the city’s plans are to mitigate and adapt. Julia suggests that we work to avoid the unmanageable and manage the unavoidable. 

You can find the City of Ottawa here:   

Find out more about Ottawa’s future climate and have your say on the Climate Resiliency Strategy. 

Full Climate Projections for the National Capital Region Report.

Subscribe to the City’s climate change newsletter.

Social media links:

Twitter:@ottawacity

Facebook:@cityofottawa

Instagram:@cityofottawa

Thank you to Pop Up Podcasting for their support in creating the intro and outro audio, and getting the podcast started. 

EnviroCentre brings environmental change to life by offering people, organizations and communities in Ottawa practical solutions to lighten their environmental impact in lasting ways. You can find us here:

Facebook: @EnviroCentre

Twitter: @EnviroCentre

Instagram: @EnviroCentre

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Cette semaine, notre invité Patrick Robert-Meunier de Mobi-O nous parle de l’importance de la mobilité durable, et le besoin de créer un avenir ou la voiture n’est plus la reine de la route! On discute de l’opportunité créé par la pandémie de transformer les habitudes de vélo récréatif en vélo utilitaire, ainsi que le besoin d’une combinaison d’investissements dans l’infrastructure durable et de sensibilisation pour changer les habitudes de transport des gens. Selon Patrick, l’action collectif est essentielle pour mettre la pression sur les décideurs et les élus pour faire les décisions difficiles en matière de mobilité durable, surtout en ce qui concerne notre dépendence sur la voiture.  

Vous pouvez trouvez MOBI-O ici:

Facebook: @MOBIOGatineau

Twitter: @MOBI_O

Linkedin: @MOBI-O Centre de Gestion des Déplacements

Merci à Pop Up Podcasting pour son soutien dans la création de l'audio d'introduction et de fin et dans le démarrage du podcast.

EnviroCentre donne vie au changement environnemental en offrant aux individus, aux collectivités et aux organismes des solutions pratiques pour réduire durablement leur impact environnemental. Vouz pouvez nous trouvez ici:

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Twitter: @EnviroCentre

Instagram: @EnviroCentre

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“If in Ottawa, half of the trips people take were done using active transportation, we would reduce the number of cases of diabetes in the city by over 1600 in the next 10 years.”

This week’s Green Room guest goes on to ask why elected official are not making the connection between public health and a good economy. Brigitte Pellerin, author and Ottawa Citizen columnist is advocating for us all to make changes in our own lives to reduce our emissions. Her fear is leaving behind a world that is uninhabitable for her children. 

You can find Brigitte here:

Twitter: @bpellerin

You can find the study that Brigitte references here and she writes about it in this article, you can find her book here, and the play “12” that she mentions here. 

Thank you to Pop Up Podcasting for their support in creating the intro and outro audio, and getting the podcast started. 

EnviroCentre brings environmental change to life by offering people, organizations and communities in Ottawa practical solutions to lighten their environmental impact in lasting ways. You can find us here:

Facebook: @EnviroCentre

Twitter: @EnviroCentre

Instagram: @EnviroCentre

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Did you know that Uber recently integrated public transit planning information to their ridesharing app? This week we met with Matthew Price, General Manager of Uber Canada to learn about Uber's commitment to be zero emissions by 2030 (in the cities that have supportive policies) and in every city they operate in globally by 2040. 

You can find out more about Uber Canada here:   

Facebook: @UberCanada

Twitter: @uber

Instagram: @uber

Thank you to Pop Up Podcasting for their support in creating the intro and outro audio, and getting the podcast started. 

EnviroCentre brings environmental change to life by offering people, organizations and communities in Ottawa practical solutions to lighten their environmental impact in lasting ways. You can find us here:

Facebook: @EnviroCentre

Twitter: @EnviroCentre

Instagram: @EnviroCentre

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This week’s Green Room guest calls on us to shape the future we want and to use our purchasing power to influence what companies are doing to address climate change. Michael Thaler from The Growcer, says the government needs to provide better support to farmers so that they can work to decrease water usage. He tells us about what happened to him that really made him face the consequences of climate change, and motivated him to become a biologist. 

You can find The Growcer here:

Instagram: @growcer

Facebook: @thegrowcer

Twitter: @the_growcer   

Thank you to Pop Up Podcasting for their support in creating the intro and outro audio, and getting the podcast started. 

EnviroCentre brings environmental change to life by offering people, organizations and communities in Ottawa practical solutions to lighten their environmental impact in lasting ways. You can find us here:

Facebook: @EnviroCentre

Twitter: @EnviroCentre

Instagram: @EnviroCentre

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Infos et appels à l'action de cet épisode :

Vous pouvez en apprendre plus sur Rack à Bécik y vous y impliquer ici: https://rackabecik.com/

Les autres organisations que Sophie a mentionné sont: 

• Action vélo outaouais
• Re-Cycles

Infos et appels à l'action de cet épisode :

Vous pouvez en apprendre plus sur Vélo Vanier ici: https://www.cscvanier.com/en/community/development/community-development/bike-vanier 

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Merci à Pop Up Podcasting pour leur soutien dans la création de l'audio d'intro et d'outro, et de nous avoir aidé à mettre en place la saison 2 de la Salle verte !  

EnviroCentre est un organisme environnemental sans but lucratif qui s'engage à aider Ottawa à atteindre ses objectifs climatiques en offrant aux personnes, aux organisations et aux communautés des solutions pratiques pour alléger leur impact environnemental de façon durable.  

Vous pouvez nous trouver ici :

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Instagram: @EnviroCentre

“The good future is one where we stop burning fossil fuels.” 

This week’s guest has been driving an electric vehicle for more than 8 years. Raymond Leury is the President of the Electric Vehicle Council of Ottawa, and he says that switching to an EV is an easy way for people to reduce their environmental impact. Raymond has an important reminder that replacement technology already exists in order for us to reduce our greenhouse gas emissions by 90% or more – EVs and heat pumps. OC Transpo is also switching to an electric fleet, and heavy-duty transportation is in the process of electrification as well. While these technologies have a higher up front cost, they have a lower operating cost – and, no need to fuel up your EV when it’s -25 degrees in the winter!

You can find EVCO here:

Instagram: @evcottawa

Facebook: @EVCOttawa

Thank you to Pop Up Podcasting for their support in creating the intro and outro audio, and getting the podcast started. 

EnviroCentre brings environmental change to life by offering people, organizations and communities in Ottawa practical solutions to lighten their environmental impact in lasting ways. You can find us here:

Facebook: @EnviroCentre

Twitter: @EnviroCentre

Instagram: @EnviroCentre

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This week’s guest is shedding light on the environmental impact of buildings, and the decisions that can make a difference in lowering it. Toon Dreessen, President of Architects DCA, wants us to hold our elected officials and planning departments accountable. Seeing things through an architectural lens does not only apply to buildings, but also to procurement and infrastructure. He suggests that we ask our local architects questions, start the conversations in our community, and support and advocate for good design. 

You can find Architects DCAhere:

Twitter: @ArchitectsDCA

Linkedin: @ArchitectsDCA

Facebook: @ArchitectsDCA

Thank you to Pop Up Podcasting for their support in creating the intro and outro audio, and getting the podcast started. 

EnviroCentre brings environmental change to life by offering people, organizations and communities in Ottawa practical solutions to lighten their environmental impact in lasting ways. You can find us here:

Facebook: @EnviroCentre

Twitter: @EnviroCentre

Instagram: @EnviroCentre

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Check out this episode's calls to action: 

Learn more

• Find out how we are doing so far with Ottawa's climate targets by reading the latest 2021 Status Update on the Climate Change Masterplan.
• Keep track of how we are doing globally in the fight against climate change with CO2 Earth.

Take one step towards Sharon's top 3 climate actions, and tell us about it at communications@envirocentre.ca ! 

• Net zero your home
• Zero Carbon your travel
• Push for systemic change in one area that matters to you

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Thank you to Pop Up Podcasting for their support in creating the intro and outro audio, and getting Season 2 of the Green Room up and running!  

EnviroCentre is an environmental non profit committed to helping Ottawa achieve its climate targets by offering people, organizations and communities practical solutions to lighten their environmental impact in lasting ways.  

 You can find us here:   

Facebook: @EnviroCentre  

 Twitter: @EnviroCentre  

 Instagram: @EnviroCentre

In this week’s Green Room, Dan wants us to stop paving paradise and putting up parking lots, as Joni Mitchell reminds us. As Canada’s first carbon neutral radio station, Live 88.5 is doing their part to replenish the tree population, and Dan points to the Amazon Rainforest as an example of detrimental deforestation that needs to be stopped. 

You can find Live 88.5 here:

Facebook: @Live885fm

Twitter: @Live885fm

YouTube: @Live885

Canada’s first Carbon Neutral radio station

Another resource that Dan wanted to share: A TED Talk on desertification

Thank you to Pop Up Podcasting for their support in creating the intro and outro audio, and getting the podcast started. 

EnviroCentre brings environmental change to life by offering people, organizations and communities in Ottawa practical solutions to lighten their environmental impact in lasting ways. You can find us here:

Facebook: @EnviroCentre

Twitter: @EnviroCentre

Instagram: @EnviroCentre

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How much lawn do we really need? This week’s guest wants us to fill our spaces with native plants, trees and shrubs. Melanie Ouellette is the founder of the Wildflower Seed Library, and describes what native plants are based on their relationship to everything else. She encourages us to share our native plants, encourage our friends and neighbours to plant them, and support pollinators in our yards. 

You can find the Wildflower Seed Library here:

 Facebook: @Ottawa Wildflower Seed Library Group

Instagram: @OttawaWildflower

Twitter: @OttawaSeed

Thank you to Pop Up Podcasting for their support in creating the intro and outro audio, and getting the podcast started. 

EnviroCentre brings environmental change to life by offering people, organizations and communities in Ottawa practical solutions to lighten their environmental impact in lasting ways. You can find us here:

Facebook: @EnviroCentre

Twitter: @EnviroCentre

Instagram: @EnviroCentre

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More than half of the food produced in Canada every year goes to waste – that’s 2.2 million tonnes. Food waste is contributing to climate change, and Zero Food Waste Canada is working in four cities across the country to try and work against this. 

This week’s guests, Yasmine and Fatima, talk about their non-profit that picks up food that would be wasted from restaurants, and donates it to folks who need it. Learn more about how to be a food rescuer, how you can reduce the amount of food waste you create, and the technology advancements that are helping us do just that!

You can find Zero Food Waste Canadahere:

Instagram: @ottawa.zerowaste

Facebook:@ottawa.zerowaste

Thank you to Pop Up Podcasting for their support in creating the intro and outro audio, and getting the podcast started. 

EnviroCentre brings environmental change to life by offering people, organizations and communities in Ottawa practical solutions to lighten their environmental impact in lasting ways. You can find us here:

Facebook: @EnviroCentre

Twitter: @EnviroCentre

Instagram: @EnviroCentre

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Check out this episode's notes and calls to action: 

Learn More 

• Laura mentioned past Ottawa Transit Commission meetings are publicly available on youtube, you can find them here
• Visit the Ottawa Transit Riders website to learn more about their current campaigns
  • Follow them on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram
• Check out the Healthy Transportation Coalition website to get involved in their work
  • Follow them on Facebook and Twitter

Take a first step towards advocating for mobility justice in Ottawa, and tell us about it at communications@envirocentre.ca ! 

• Help remove barriers in our city's pedestrian infrastructure. Next time you notice a hazard or missing amenity in your community, report it on WalkRollMap.org and help create accessible communities for everyone!
• Now's the time to push for systemic change - cast your vote on October 24th for candidates who care about accessible public transit in Ottawa's municipal election!
• Become a member of Ottawa Transit Riders to help advocate for solutions to systemic transit problems!

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Thank you to Pop Up Podcasting for their support in creating the intro and outro audio, and getting Season 2 of the Green Room up and running!  

EnviroCentre is an environmental non profit committed to helping Ottawa achieve its climate targets by offering people, organizations and communities practical solutions to lighten their environmental impact in lasting ways.  

 You can find us here:   

Facebook: @EnviroCentre  

 Twitter: @EnviroCentre 

 Instagram: @EnviroCentre

Cette semaine, nous parlons avec Benoit Delage, Directeur du Conseil regional de l’environnement et du developpement durable de l’Outaouais (CREDDO). On discute de l’importance de l’imagination dans les solutions climatiques, de l’écoanxiété, et de l’impact des leviers financiers et de la tarification du carbone. Benoit nous rappelle de l’effet positif que nous pouvons avoir en étant des leaders engagés dans le mouvement environnemental, l’importance de voter vert et de questionner nos élus pour faire pression en faveur d’action climatique!

Vous pouvez trouver CREDDO ici:

Instagram: @creddo_ca

Facebook: @creddo.ca

Linkedin: @Creddo

Merci à Pop Up Podcasting pour leur soutien dans la création de l'audio d'introduction et de fin et dans la création du podcast.

EnviroCentre donne vie au changement environnemental en offrant aux individus, aux collectivités et aux organismes des solutions pratiques pour réduire durablement leur impact environnemental. Vouz pouvez nous trouvez ici:

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Twitter: @EnviroCentre

Instagram: @EnviroCentre

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This week’s guest reminds us that we’ve been hearing for a long time, what the effects of climate change will be, and it really is an urgent matter. She has spent a lot of time thinking about how to effectively communicate this urgency. Sundeep Virdi is the Chair of the EnviroCentre Board of Directors, and joined because she truly believes that small changes have an impact, and it’s one way to contribute to the cultural transformation required to take climate action. 

Political inertia is what keeps Sundeep up at night, and she shares that the antidote to this is community building and grassroots activism. Sundeep’s call to action is ‘Big or small, get involved!’.

Thank you to Pop Up Podcasting for their support in creating the intro and outro audio, and getting the podcast started. 

EnviroCentre brings environmental change to life by offering people, organizations and communities in Ottawa practical solutions to lighten their environmental impact in lasting ways. You can find us here:

Facebook: @EnviroCentre

Twitter: @EnviroCentre

Instagram: @EnviroCentre

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Did you know that we know more about the surface of the moon than we know about the ocean floor? Our guest was surprised to learn this too. In this week’s Green Room, artist Alana Yang shares the effects of ocean acidification on oysters and coral (and so many other things!). She suggests that young people need to take the lead on climate change, and support research efforts on climate issues. And with all of that, she’s hopeful for the future. 

You can find Alana Yang here:

Instagram: @AlanaYang_

And her winning artwork, Soaring Hope here  

Thank you to Pop Up Podcasting for their support in creating the intro and outro audio, and getting the podcast started. 

EnviroCentre brings environmental change to life by offering people, organizations and communities in Ottawa practical solutions to lighten their environmental impact in lasting ways. You can find us here:

Facebook: @EnviroCentre

Twitter: @EnviroCentre

Instagram: @EnviroCentre

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Minister Catherine McKenna is in the business of building things and is working on cleaning up our transportation sector. In this week’s Green Room, Minister McKenna talks about the inclusive solutions that need to be prioritized, invested in, and politically supported.  Practicality and public support are crucial in fighting climate change. The choices we make either reduce emissions or increase emissions – listen in to find out more about those choices and how you can make a difference. 

You can find the Honourable Catherine McKenna here:

Facebook: @McKenna.Ottawa

Twitter: @cathmckenna

Instagram: @cathmckennaottcen

Thank you to Pop Up Podcasting for their support in creating the intro and outro audio, and getting the podcast started. 

EnviroCentre brings environmental change to life by offering people, organizations and communities in Ottawa practical solutions to lighten their environmental impact in lasting ways. You can find us here:

Facebook: @EnviroCentre

Twitter: @EnviroCentre

Instagram: @EnviroCentre

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This week’s guest helps build compost heroes! Akil Mesiwala, founder of The Box of Life, wants us to think about waste as an asset and a resource. He talks about the recipe of creating good soil, how you can do it in your kitchen, and creating your own cycle at home. Looking to nature is always a good idea, to see how things are recycled naturally. 

Also, a big plug for adopting wormies in your house!

You can find The Box of Life here:

Instagram: @the.box.of.life

Facebook: @TheBoxOfLife

Thank you to Pop Up Podcasting for their support in creating the intro and outro audio, and getting the podcast started. 

EnviroCentre brings environmental change to life by offering people, organizations and communities in Ottawa practical solutions to lighten their environmental impact in lasting ways. You can find us here:

Facebook: @EnviroCentre

Twitter: @EnviroCentre

Instagram: @EnviroCentre

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Thank you to Pop Up Podcasting for their support in creating the intro and outro audio, and in getting season 2 going!

EnviroCentre brings environmental change to life by offering people, organizations and communities in Ottawa practical solutions to lighten their environmental impact in lasting ways. You can find us here:

Facebook: @EnviroCentre

Twitter: @EnviroCentre

Instagram: @EnviroCentre

Self-proclaimed eternal optimist, Shelley Spruit, is worried about the extreme weather swings and how that effects food production, which of course affects us all. Shortening our food supply chain is a great way to live more sustainably – and grain specifically has a lot of potential to impact climate change. She challenges everyone to make decisions around their food that do not support unethical companies, that support local food production and lower packaging waste.

You can find Against the Grain here:

Facebook: @AgainstTheGrainFarms

Instagram: @againstthegrainfarm

Thank you to Pop Up Podcasting for their support in creating the intro and outro audio, and getting the podcast started. 

EnviroCentre brings environmental change to life by offering people, organizations and communities in Ottawa practical solutions to lighten their environmental impact in lasting ways. You can find us here:

Facebook: @EnviroCentre

Twitter: @EnviroCentre

Instagram: @EnviroCentre

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Michael Shank is the Communications Director for Carbon Neutral Cities Alliance and is passionate about working at that level because change can happen quickly. Michael discusses the top behavioural changes we can make to have the most impact, based on a study by Lund University. He also calls on the environmental and climate movement players to lead by example in normalizing eating a plant-based diet, and the importance of a regenerative future. 

You can find the Carbon Neutral Cities Alliance here:

Instagram: @cnca_80x50

Facebook: @carbonneutralcitiesalliance

Twitter: @CarbnNtrlCities

Links that Michael references:

https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/four-lifestyle-choices-most-reduce-your-carbon-footprint  

https://www.newsweek.com/this-controversial-way-combat-climate-change-might-most-effective-opinion-1468410  

https://fairstartmovement.org/

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