The Environment in Canada Podcast Sierra Club Canada

We talk with Jean-Frédéric Caron, the Executive Director of Orchestre de l’Agora, an ensemble that uses music as a tool for sustainable social change. We discuss how musicians work to promote environmental awareness and to make music more accessible to the public, the way we perceive our environment through sound, and why it’s so important we make sure younger musicians have the ability to continue their work.The Orchestre de l’Agora has organized a fundraising concert on June 12th, 2024, and...

Jessica Murray talks with Aric McBay about why we need to explore multiple avenues to winning in the environmental movement and use different tactics in concert with each other. They also discuss how to be more inclusive in our actions and an upcoming two day in person event in June where you can learn more on these topics and on radical imagination.For more information on the event contact ontario@sierraclub.ca For the Q&A this week we talk about why being reliant on oil and gas doe...

The best way to fight climate misinformation is to have conversations with those we know, and we know many of you are having those chats. Sierra Club Canada is here to help with a new special series of All Hands on Deck webinars specifically on how to win hearts and minds on the toughest climate issues through conversations. We interrupt our normally scheduled programming to bring you the first of these by podcast.In this recording Montana Burgess of Neighbours United joins Sierra Club Canada...

We learn to value nature through our repeated exposure to it, so how can we help future generations if they don't get to experience the natural world? Sierra Club Canada's Wild Child programs get children outside for tens of thousands of hours every year, but what does that really mean? For answers Conor talks with Tamsyn Neale of our Wild Child PEI program about outdoor education, how we learn to care for the planet, and how climate impacts like Hurricane Fiona are already very real for thes...

Ever wonder what goes into an effective climate communications plan? This week’s conversation with Jessica Murray and Anat Shenker-Osorio delves into that subject and the lessons in the episode are useful whether you're a full time climate communicator or just looking to speak to others in your life.Also in this podcast is the story of Indigenous communities in Ecuador who won against the oil and gas industry, despite the industry’s huge spending power and the fact that oil and gas companies ...

Haley Davis talks with Charlotte Craig about urban ecology and how climate change will impact urban bee populations. As part of our work to highlight the Rights of Nature, Sierra Club Canada is actively promoting awareness of the impacts climate change and biodiversity loss are having on our world.You can take action for the Rights of Nature yourself here: https://www.sierraclub.ca/action-item/new-biodiversity-strategy-for-canada-must-respect-the-rights-of-mother-earth/In our environmental qu...