Tag Archives: climate change

Radio — Pushing museums to take action on the climate crisis

Posted on November 30, 2021 by Scott

Robert Janes has worked in and around museums for more than 45 years, including as a chief curator and museum director, and he is the founder of the Coalition of Museums for Climate Justice. Scott Neigh interviews him about the … Continue reading →

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Radio: Fossil fuel workers pushing for a shift to renewables

Posted on October 26, 2021 by Scott

Luisa Da Silva is a geoscientist who has worked in the fossil fuel industry in Alberta and in mining. She is currently the executive director of an organization called Iron and Earth, which according to their website is “a worker-led … Continue reading →

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Radio: Fighting Doug Ford’s pro-developer agenda as a form of climate activism

Posted on October 5, 2021 by Scott

Don McLean, Sue Carson, and Nancy Hurst are members of Hamilton 350, a group that engages in climate activism in the city of Hamilton on the west end of Lake Ontario, in loose affiliation with the North America-wide 350.org. Scott … Continue reading →

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Radio — BIPOC youth stories about the climate crisis

Posted on August 3, 2021 by Scott

Areej Riaz is one of the key organizers behind Our Climate, Our Stories, a new book that collects essays, stories, and poems related to the climate crisis written by Black, Indigenous, and racialized youth from across Canada. Faith Edem and … Continue reading →

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Radio — Bringing questions of justice to the heart of struggles for climate action

Posted on December 1, 2020 by Scott

Laura Hamilton is a climate activist who lives in Waterloo, Ontario. She began working on climate issues as a co-founder of Divest Waterloo, a group with an initial focus on encouraging divestment from fossil fuel industries. But as their understanding … Continue reading →

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Radio — Farmers fighting climate change

Posted on July 14, 2020 by Scott

Brent Preston is an organic vegetable farmer near the village of Creemore, Ontario. He is the president of the Ecological Farmers Association of Ontario, which is one of the member organizations of Farmers for Climate Solutions, a new Canada-wide coalition that is pushing … Continue reading →

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Radio — What can climate justice organizers learn from the “energy humanities”?

Posted on February 18, 2020 by Scott

Sheena Wilson is a professor of media, communications, and cultural studies at the University of Alberta. One of her many roles is leading an initiative called Just Powers, described on its website as “an interdisciplinary and community-engaged network of research … Continue reading →

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