Tree Planters: A podcast about change for a better world

Simcoe County Greenbelt Coalition
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Tree Planters: A podcast about change for a better world

We live in a world running out of space, resources, and time. There are solutions. We can build a better world - a world that is fair, healthy, and prosperous. But this requires transformative change. Why Tree Planters Podcast you ask? Well, there's a great proverb that goes as follows:“A society grows great when old men plant trees whose shade they know they shall never sit in.”We feel there's a scarcity of tree planters in positions of power these days. Each month we look at problems and solutions relating to how we live in modern society, including those of sprawl and associated consumption patterns and behaviour, climate change, habitat degradation and species loss, community development and empowerment, knowledge of and connection to place, leadership and accountable governance, among others.We welcome you to join us on our journey. Please don't hesitate to connect with us if you have suggestions or questions.

  1. MAY 14

    In Conversation with Catherine McKenna

    Margaret talks to former Canadian Environment Minister, Catherine McKenna, about the challenges of climate change, political polarization, and her experience as a woman in politics.Support the show

    49 min

  2. 2023-10-30

    State of the Lake, with Rescue Lake Simcoe Coalition's Claire Malcolmson

    This month we have Claire Malcolmson, of the Rescue Lake Simcoe Coalition, joining us.We talk about health of Lake Simcoe, the strange silence from this government on reviewing the Lake Simcoe Protection Plan (now several years overdue), among other things.Oh, and it's RLSC's 20th birthday! Tickets for their November 23rd celebration are available here.Show links:Lake Simcoe Protection PlanBloom and doom in river (Duckweed)CELA: Two Decades After Walkerton are New Provincial Laws Risking Anot...

    1h 4m

  3. 2023-10-16

    The Corruption Episode! (On the Greenbelt Land Take-Outs, and more...)

    Our October episode focuses on the scandal that was the Greenbelt land take-outs, the public backlash, and the fall out.There is the immediate problems around how land was given to developers, and there are more pervasive problems around democratic accountability, around how our governments make decisions, and about the attitudes of those entrusted with making decisions on all of our behalf.All of this and more is discussed by Margaret and Adam.Episode links:Doug Ford reverses Greenbelt decis...

    58 min

  4. 2023-09-13

    September 2023: Greenbelt Public Forum

    This is a recording of the public forum we held, addressing the assault by this government on the Greenbelt.Featuring:Jeff Monague, former Chief of the Beausoleil First Nation on Christian Island, former Director of Treaty Research with the Anishnabek (Union of Ontario Indians) and a Canadian Forces Veteran;David Crombie, former mayor of Toronto and former chair of Greenbelt Council;Tim Gray, ED of Environmental Defence Canada;Margaret Prophet, SCGC;and Franz Hartman, Alliance for a Liveable ...

    47 min

  5. 2022-12-09

    December 2022 - Bill 23, attack on the Greenbelt, and more.

    Margaret and Adam talk about Ontario's controversial Bill 23, which drastically changes how communities are planned, about the Ford government's attack on the Greenbelt, which is a reversal from their often repeated promise to not touch it, as well as many more topics.Adam swears once, hence the explicit tag. (We're talking about the Ford government here, so it's difficult to not be explicit.)Show links:Give a Christmas gift and support the show and SCGC with a donation.SCGC's Store (Hands of...

    1h 7m

  6. 2022-10-19

    October 24th Election Episode

    Municipal elections are just around the corner in Ontario, and the choice you make can have a big impact on the environment, the quality of our communities, and, believe it or not, on climate change.This episode Margaret and Adam talk about why municipal action on the environment can have such a big impact, and how you can make an informed choice on which candidate to support.Support the show

    1h 8m

  7. 2022-03-25

    Stop Sprawl Orillia, with guest Madeleine Fournier.

    Orillia, a small city on the north shore of Lake Simcoe in central Ontario, is considering annexing nearby land in anticipation of population growth.Stop Sprawl Orillia, a citizen group, has organized to advocate for retaining current boundaries and placing an emphasis on intensification, rather than enabling sprawl outward by allowing continued building of single detached homes around the current built-up area.We speak with Madeleine Fournier, of Stop Sprawl Orillia, about what this fight me...

    1h 1m

  8. 2022-02-23

    Tall Sprawl – what is it and why is it a problem for housing affordability and climate action?

    This month we talk tall sprawl, also known as vertical sprawl. Most of us think of the typical suburban development when we think of sprawl, and the answer to this, we are told, is to increase density within the urban boundary. (If you're familiar with our work at all you'll have heard us talk about the need for this.) Building high rises accomplishes this but putting far more people on a much smaller portion of land, but there are costs associated with this form of development that aren't re...

    1h 14m
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We live in a world running out of space, resources, and time. There are solutions. We can build a better world - a world that is fair, healthy, and prosperous. But this requires transformative change. Why Tree Planters Podcast you ask? Well, there's a great proverb that goes as follows:“A society grows great when old men plant trees whose shade they know they shall never sit in.”We feel there's a scarcity of tree planters in positions of power these days. Each month we look at problems and solutions relating to how we live in modern society, including those of sprawl and associated consumption patterns and behaviour, climate change, habitat degradation and species loss, community development and empowerment, knowledge of and connection to place, leadership and accountable governance, among others.We welcome you to join us on our journey. Please don't hesitate to connect with us if you have suggestions or questions.

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