What On Earth CBC Discover & Learn

The Shíshálh Nation is transporting family homes from Vancouver to B.C.’s Sunshine Coast by barge with the help of a sustainable development company as a lower-emissions way to address its housing crisis. We find out how diverting houses from demolition and retrofitting them into duplexes can be a climate-friendly approach to building a subdivision. Next, we continue our search for greener ways to live by learning about tiny homes – and their (tinier) carbon emissions.

Come along to “La Chicanerie” – or The Conflict Cafe – in Montreal where What On Earth guest host Falen Johnson finds out why we need to get comfortable with uncomfortable discussions about climate change. And climate scientist Katharine Hayhoe shares some of her most awkward climate conversations and offers advice on how to talk to people in ways that lead to collaboration instead of division.

When Eli Milton started working on farms in Nova Scotia almost a decade ago, heat wasn’t an issue in the summer. Now, hot and humid conditions are just one of the climate impacts farm workers like her contend with. And – extreme weather has put safety and livelihoods at risk for migrant workers, from out in the fields to inside greenhouses. We hear from an advocate on what policies could improve conditions for seasonal workers.

This summer, we’re curating a few other climate podcasts that we think our listeners would love. 

Living Planet from DW News is a show that wants to help you reconnect with nature and make better decisions, every day. Today we’re sharing their eye-opening episode “The hidden toll of roadkill”.

For some species, being hit by a car is the number one cause of death — even above hunting and disease. In fact, the global roadkill toll is so high that it’s threatening entire species and warping the planet’s ecology. 

You can find Living Planet on your favourite podcast app, or here: https://pod.link/livingplanet

It's on rooftops. It's on top of old landfills. It's floating on lakes. The Dutch are all in on solar energy. CBC’s international climate correspondent Susan Ormiston takes us there to find out what’s behind the country’s strong solar adoption.

Caribbean coastlines might be taking a beating from Beryl, but coral reefs are fighting back. We speak to a NOAA representative on how these reefs act as natural defensive mechanisms against storms and how we can protect these ecosystems. And we hear from Caribbean leaders about the toll of this record-breaking hurricane.