The Climate Lens

It's always easy to shrug things off by saying "well that's just how things have always been" except, when it comes to our entirely human constructed global economic system it's categorically untrue. It has NOT always been like this. Our current model which is increasingly shrinking the world's middle class, making the poor poorer, the rich richer and the world increasingly on fire is just ONE now demonstrably failing human made system. Others economic systems systems have existed before and will exist on this planet again. In 2025 it's way past time we started exploring them. This month's guest is Lindsay McLaren, Professor in the Department of Community Health Sciences at the University of Calgary and a Research Associate with the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives and member of the Advisory Board of the Parkland Institute. ***** Sources used in this episode: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1p-y5HrsyYbvbzpu_7povU725OyCw7Pc_N90PGZCmTZE/edit?usp=sharing Transcript of the episode: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1C8Zqp9ti9WZlzB2y7CFVSIJxdngiQaIrpPHOi8ob_RU/edit?usp=sharing ***** Linday McLaren: https://www.parklandinstitute.ca/lmclaren ***** If you appreciate what we're doing here at the Climate Lens one way you could help out is become a member of our Patreon for just 5 bucks a month at https://www.patreon.com/TheClimateLens or make a one time donation via the Calgary Climate Hub website at https://www.canadahelps.org/en/dn/92219 **** Calgary Climate Hub Website: https://www.calgaryclimatehub.ca Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/climatehubyyc.bsky.social Mastodon: https://campaign.openworlds.info/@ClimateHubYYC Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/calgaryclimatehub/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/calgaryclimatehub/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@calgaryclimatehub Volunteer! https://www.calgaryclimatehub.ca/volunteer Become a Member! https://www.calgaryclimatehub.ca/membership Donate! https://www.calgaryclimatehub.ca/donate Support us on Patreon!

Oil and gas bosses have known exactly what climate change is, its relationship to their product and exactly how dire it would all get for going on 50 years now, at a minimum. Also well established and irrefutable during this time was their collective organized response, which was to first deny climate change itself, create doubt around the science (just like tobacco companies did with lung cancer & cigarettes), slow walk the solutions and create doubt around them as well, shift the blame to the individual and pretend to be partners in working to fix climate change while making everything even worse and raking in record profits while they do it. It's bad enough they did it to the rest of us for so long but a new report entitled "Polluting Education - the Influence of Fossil Fuels on Children;s education in Canada" reveals that oil and gas companies have been applying these very same tactics to school children across Canada who may not yet have the tools to critically assess them for what they are, many of whom would have never even heard of let alone understood words like indoctrination, disinformation and propaganda. With us today is report co-author, independent researcher and climate activist in Toronto Anne Keary, Retired Alberta science teacher Tylene Appel and For Our Kids activist (which is a parent-led climate change advocacy organization) and longtime Hub friend Claire Kraatz. ***** Sources used in this episode: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1JFcPxMwjUAeBBuR4McExSACuDMoxkdZKiXdoGMz5RIk/ Transcript of the episode: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1z-1mQT8qtpd05zfROzi1sxyKV5-LNOyExu4mBpBNpKg/ ***** The Influence of Fossil Fuels on Children’s Education in Canada: https://assets.nationbuilder.com/forourkids/pages/2782/attachments/original/1739848766/PollutingEducation_ReportSummary.pdf?1739848766 Anne Keary: https://www.eeon.org/anne-keary Claire Kraatz: https://x.com/Claire_Kraatz ***** If you appreciate what we're doing here at the Climate Lens one way you could help out is become a member of our Patreon for just 5 bucks a month at https://www.patreon.com/TheClimateLens or make a one time donation via the Calgary Climate Hub website at https://www.canadahelps.org/en/dn/92219 **** Calgary Climate Hub Website: https://www.calgaryclimatehub.ca Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/climatehubyyc.bsky.social Mastodon: https://campaign.openworlds.info/@ClimateHubYYC Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/calgaryclimatehub/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/calgaryclimatehub/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@calgaryclimatehub Volunteer! https://www.calgaryclimatehub.ca/volunteer Become a Member! https://www.calgaryclimatehub.ca/membership Donate! https://www.calgaryclimatehub.ca/donate Support us on Patreon!

Veteran climate activist Tzeporah Berman shares lessons from 30 years of advocacy, including her role on Alberta’s Oil Sands Advisory Group. We discuss the energy transition, the Fossil Fuel Non-Proliferation Treaty, and how lessons from policy-making in Alberta can shape the world. ***** Sources used in this episode: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1a54YSAVq-1XENy28k5zL33Jjt2QmrOZVwDfEc9Xlh3Q/edit?usp=sharing ***** Transcript of the episode: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1kqbwXhVcaHgDQcLJ12f5sbX8nXOp8KpmCntPZaW26bE/edit?usp=drive_link ***** Fossil Fuel Non Proliferation Treaty Stand.Earth ***** Calgary Climate Hub Website: https://www.calgaryclimatehub.ca Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/calgaryclimatehub/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/calgaryclimatehub/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCzh9NWUmvSzpOsa7ReTs83Q Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/climatehubyyc.bsky.social Mastodon: https://campaign.openworlds.info/@ClimateHubYYC Volunteer! https://www.calgaryclimatehub.ca/volunteer Become a Member! https://www.calgaryclimatehub.ca/membership Support us on Patreon!

As Alberta Energy Regulator holds hearings on the Grassy Mountain coal project, rancher Laura Laing calls out the broken promises that brought this mining project back from the dead. Please note that this episode was recorded before Alberta's Ministry of Energy announced the reversal of the moratorium on open-pit coal mining on the Eastern Slopes on Monday January 20th, 2025. ***** Sources used in this episode: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Hru0UQr6F0FifxXhrDgIBV5JoUwUuPMF6s-qoyRFYkE/ Transcript of the episode: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1l46J5FYcInCERj35Hyz6hc9_kKK_q-ShjLImSkLE_IQ/ ***** Save the Mountains - Website: https://www.savethemountains.ca/ Save the Mountains - Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/savethemountainrange ***** If you appreciate what we're doing here at the Climate Lens one way you could help out is become a member of our Patreon for just 5 bucks a month at https://www.patreon.com/TheClimateLens or make a one time donation via the Calgary Climate Hub website at https://www.canadahelps.org/en/dn/92219 **** Calgary Climate Hub Website: https://www.calgaryclimatehub.ca Twitter: https://twitter.com/ClimateHubYYC Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/calgaryclimatehub/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/calgaryclimatehub/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCzh9NWUmvSzpOsa7ReTs83Q Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/climatehubyyc.bsky.social Mastodon: https://campaign.openworlds.info/@ClimateHubYYC Volunteer! https://www.calgaryclimatehub.ca/volunteer Become a Member! https://www.calgaryclimatehub.ca/membership Donate! https://www.calgaryclimatehub.ca/donate Support us on Patreon!

Climate advocacy has taken a beating in 2024, from a disastrous American election to a disappointing COP29. It’s at times like these that we need our community more than ever, and boy, did they show up. Today the Climate Lens brings together Albertans working in environmental non-profits to share how they took their first steps to become the changemakers they are today. Our guests today: Heather AddyCalgary Climate HubLex van der RaadtGreen CalgaryColin SmithLand Lovers NetworkCelia LeeSustainable CalgaryPhilip MeintzerAlberta Wilderness AssociationKatie MorrisonSouthern Alberta Chapter of CPAWSNathaniel SchmidtNature Calgary We would also like to thank the Arusha Centre for funding this episode and supporting connections between our organizations. ***** Transcript of the episode: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1x-UYo1qkHZOa8yuudUY6JFORKcRdtoEAuYtmEpp7Xv0/ ***** CALLS TO ACTION! Current campaigns: https://www.calgaryclimatehub.ca/campaigns ***** If you appreciate what we're doing here at the Climate Lens one way you could help out is become a member of our Patreon for just 5 bucks a month at https://www.patreon.com/TheClimateLens or make a one time donation via the Calgary Climate Hub website at https://www.canadahelps.org/en/dn/92219 **** Calgary Climate Hub Website: https://www.calgaryclimatehub.ca Twitter: https://twitter.com/ClimateHubYYC Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/calgaryclimatehub/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/calgaryclimatehub/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCzh9NWUmvSzpOsa7ReTs83Q Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/climatehubyyc.bsky.social Mastodon: https://campaign.openworlds.info/@ClimateHubYYC Volunteer! https://www.calgaryclimatehub.ca/volunteer Become a Member! https://www.calgaryclimatehub.ca/membership Donate! https://www.calgaryclimatehub.ca/donate Support us on Patreon!

All too often, Alberta shows itself to be Canada's capital of climate denialism, disinformation, and outright non-science foolishness. Somehow, in fall of 2024, it got worse than ever with government threats of further crippling actions against our formerly best-in-country renewable energy industry. The launching of yet another multimillion dollar nationwide disinformation campaign against federal climate policy, this one called Scrap the Cap and funding brand new lows at the AGM for our province's governing party, where members voted overwhelmingly in favor of a resolution that would scrap Alberta's decarbonization goals, remove the designation of carbon dioxide as a pollutant, and recognize prime climate change culprit CO2 as a foundational nutrient for all life on Earth. To help us cut through Alberta's latest state sponsored dump truck load of disinformation, denialism, and just flat out lies, I'm happy to have on as this month's guest, Alberta journalist and author Jeremy Appel from The Orchard on Substack, for which you can and indeed should subscribe. ***** Sources used in this episode: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1i5LvsRrtB1yXupWNTg9znr84bTMJGWfogd9oT0S1JyA/ Transcript of the episode: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1HkDIfUZ_TR23-eNZCPH96Y8bCjxIkv9byIsjtCsQPKI/ ***** CALLS TO ACTION! Fundraisong drive: https://give.crowdfunding.alberta.ca/calgaryclimatehub2024?ref=ab_7aHCDwOyHlW7aHCDwOyHlW Current campaigns: https://www.calgaryclimatehub.ca/campaigns 2024 Youth Climate Bursary recipients: https://www.calgaryclimatehub.ca/congratulations_to_our_2024_youth_climate_bursary_recipients ***** Jeremy Appel: https://x.com/JeremyAppel1025 The Orchard: https://www.readtheorchard.org/ ***** If you appreciate what we're doing here at the Climate Lens one way you could help out is become a member of our Patreon for just 5 bucks a month at https://www.patreon.com/TheClimateLens or make a one time donation via the Calgary Climate Hub website at https://www.canadahelps.org/en/dn/92219 **** Calgary Climate Hub Website: https://www.calgaryclimatehub.ca Twitter: https://twitter.com/ClimateHubYYC Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/calgaryclimatehub/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/calgaryclimatehub/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCzh9NWUmvSzpOsa7ReTs83Q Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/climatehubyyc.bsky.social Mastodon: https://campaign.openworlds.info/@ClimateHubYYC Volunteer! https://www.calgaryclimatehub.ca/volunteer Become a Member! https://www.calgaryclimatehub.ca/membership Donate! https://www.calgaryclimatehub.ca/donate Support us on Patreon!

As it relates to climate change and indeed a great many other things the difference between America's latest candidates for world's most powerful person is most regularly described as STARK. VP Kamala Harris' climate plan is largely seen to be a continuance of sitting President Joe Biden's climate policies, the flagship for which is his strategically named Inflation Reduction Act which has been described as the single most substantial piece of climate legislation in US history, providing $370 billion of investment in clean energy infrastructure and putting the world on notice that America was done sleeping on Climate Change.The other choice is former president Donald Trump whose positions on climate change have ranged from outright denial to jokes (are they jokes?) about having a little more beachfront property due to sea level rise. He's denied his involvement with the Project 2025 thinktank but he's also said Project 2025 “lays the groundwork and detailed plans for exactly what our movement will do” which would include repealing Biden's climate work as well as politicizing, scaling down or outright eliminating much of America's early disaster warning systems for being, I suppose too climatey even as climate-Jacked Hurricanes like Helene and now today Milton ravage Florida once again. To help us parse out what this election and a President Harris or President Trump means for our country and for specifically this province I'm very happy to have as a guest for this month's show Lisa Young, professor of Political Science at the University of Calgary and writer of the "What Now?!?" Alberta Politics newsletter on Substack. ***** Sources used in this episode: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1uJi3obKYwH_ogLB2nIGos3m6GWTmKJmq2gwXOEscTvk/ Transcript of the episode: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1vwLdybyFAp895CwEOt_V1tRXFmRgTxOW_bbFy59qr_s/ ***** CALLS TO ACTION! Advocacy Campaign Organizer Workshop: https://www.calgaryclimatehub.ca/advocacy_campaign_organizer_workshop_2025 ***** Lisa Young: https://x.com/JLisaYoung "What Now?!?" Alberta Politics newsletter: https://lisayoung.substack.com/ ***** If you appreciate what we're doing here at the Climate Lens one way you could help out is become a member of our Patreon for just 5 bucks a month at https://www.patreon.com/TheClimateLens or make a one time donation via the Calgary Climate Hub website at https://www.canadahelps.org/en/dn/92219 **** Calgary Climate Hub Website: https://www.calgaryclimatehub.ca Twitter: https://twitter.com/ClimateHubYYC Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/calgaryclimatehub/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/calgaryclimatehub/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCzh9NWUmvSzpOsa7ReTs83Q Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/climatehubyyc.bsky.social Mastodon: https://campaign.openworlds.info/@ClimateHubYYC Volunteer! https://www.calgaryclimatehub.ca/volunteer Become a Member! https://www.calgaryclimatehub.ca/membership Donate! https://www.calgaryclimatehub.ca/donate Support us on Patreon!

After lying about the dangers of climate change to Canadians for at least 40 years (and some would say a lot longer), Canada's oil and gas industry's ongoing dangerously dishonest practises were dealt a blow earlier this year with the passage of Bill C59, anti-greenwashing legislation that would see corporate perpetrators facing fines of up to 1 million dollars per day if the false representation continues to be published, handing climate organizations and humankind generally an important if not yet entirely sufficient win. Bill C59 compelled, amongst others, the Pathways Alliance - a coalition of six oil sands companies in Canada, to wipe clean their websites and social networks and Alberta's infamous petroleum propaganda house, aka the Alberta War Room, to close its private corporation facade and get folded into provincial government protection. To tell us how this all came about, where were at and what comes next this month's guests are Dr Leah Temper, the Economic and Health Policy Program Director for CAPE - the Canadian Association of Physicians for the Environment, and our good friend Dr Joe Vipond, CAPE's former president, one of Calgary Climate Hub's founding members, former co-chair and current board member at large. ***** Sources used in this episode: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1AKtHCrHHBsOS0KfWRtbBvb-rvZEPwy_52KHrfGARQZo/ Transcript of the episode: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1NWFzMdu_cpc1rthDPKJAVqQrxM2SsAS5H7fF30Xipwg/ ***** CALLS TO ACTION! Seniors Day 2024 - Day of Action: https://www.calgaryclimatehub.ca/seniors_day_2024_day_of_action ***** Leah Temper: https://twitter.com/latemper Joe Vipond: https://twitter.com/JVipondmd Canadian Association of Physicians for the Environment: https://cape.ca/ Bill C59: https://www.parl.ca/DocumentViewer/en/44-1/bill/C-59/royal-assent ***** If you appreciate what we're doing here at the Climate Lens one way you could help out is become a member of our Patreon for just 5 bucks a month at https://www.patreon.com/TheClimateLens or make a one time donation via the Calgary Climate Hub website at https://www.canadahelps.org/en/dn/92219 **** Calgary Climate Hub Website: https://www.calgaryclimatehub.ca Twitter: https://twitter.com/ClimateHubYYC Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/calgaryclimatehub/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/calgaryclimatehub/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCzh9NWUmvSzpOsa7ReTs83Q Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/climatehubyyc.bsky.social Mastodon: https://campaign.openworlds.info/@ClimateHubYYC Volunteer! https://www.calgaryclimatehub.ca/volunteer Become a Member! https://www.calgaryclimatehub.ca/membership Donate! https://www.calgaryclimatehub.ca/donate Support us on Patreon!

Under a Forest Management Agreement set up all the way back in 2001 by Alberta's provincial government of the day, a logging company called Spray Lake Sawmills acquired the rights to chop down the equivalent of 2,000 football fields of Kananaskis Country’s Upper Highwood area forests, including a stretch right beside the Highwood River. Since 2001, K-Country has become a beloved natural recreation destination and tourist attraction for cycling, hiking and just connecting with our natural world. Of course we've all become aware of climate change since 2001, making the concept of logging old growth forests that do some of nature's best work at sequestering climate-worsening CO2 as well as storing water to mitigate against both floods and droughts feels like a really wrong-headed and dangerous anachronism. A number of activist organizations, some of which you'll be hearing from today, sprung into action and triggered a logging slowdown which also saw logging company 'Spray Lake Sawmills' change their name to 'West Fraser Cochrane', as well as some 'listening campaigns', the results of which are debatable to say the least. With us for this months show is my co-host Jenny Jeremy, who is amongst a great many other things the co-lead of the Calgary Climate Hub's Kananskis Logging Slowdown Campaign as well as Conservation Science and Program Manager Joshua Killeen of the Southern Alberta chapter of CPAWS (Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society). ***** Sources used in this episode: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1LG4YznFiiEnNgGOD3Pio_RjViwr-Ep193kePrwyrkRw/ Transcript of the episode: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1kaRHD6jTyZFmpG-qc6XkJ1BQSG_FxF9Onj9yGkYdpAI/ ***** CALLS TO ACTION! All-Electric Hub and Spokes: https://www.calgaryclimatehub.ca/all_electric_hub_and_spokes ***** Jenny Yeremiy: https://x.com/JennyYeremiy Joshua Killeen: https://ca.linkedin.com/in/joshkilleen CPAWS - Southern Alberta chapter: https://cpaws-southernalberta.org/ / https://www.instagram.com/cpawssab/ Understanding the clearcuts: https://cpaws-southernalberta.org/conservation/sustainable-forestry/defend-alberta-forests/upper-highwood/ Support us on Patreon!

How we humans get around and where we are going to and from make up the number 1 and 2 sources of climate-change causing emissions. Addressing where we live, work and play is becoming critical path. We invited Matt Grace to discuss about what the future of housing and construction will look like in Alberta in the context of climate change. Matt has been a Sustainable Buildings and Communities consultant in both the UK and Canada for going on 30 years now, he was the Canada Green Building Council's Green Building Pioneer Award recipient of 2018, he is a past Hub board member and co-chair and is now a current board member of Alberta Ecotrust and Green economy Calgary. ***** Sources used in this episode: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1BZQ78y5rRpzZ68As2RB0EY8KephuePev2UnKs-1EFxY/ Transcript of the episode: https://docs.google.com/document/d/13cva7mjYYEmUHTzg7idTyjIsZJAn1ffsrB0F4ryQxsg/ ***** CALLS TO ACTION! Hub and Spokes 2024: https://www.calgaryclimatehub.ca/hub_and_spokes_2024 ***** Matt Grace: https://www.mattgrace.ca/ ***** If you appreciate what we're doing here at the Climate Lens one way you could help out is become a member of our Patreon for just 5 bucks a month at https://www.patreon.com/TheClimateLens or make a one time donation via the Calgary Climate Hub website at https://www.canadahelps.org/en/dn/92219 **** Calgary Climate Hub Website: https://www.calgaryclimatehub.ca Twitter: https://twitter.com/ClimateHubYYC Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/calgaryclimatehub/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/calgaryclimatehub/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCzh9NWUmvSzpOsa7ReTs83Q Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/climatehubyyc.bsky.social Mastodon: https://campaign.openworlds.info/@ClimateHubYYC Volunteer! https://www.calgaryclimatehub.ca/volunteer Become a Member! https://www.calgaryclimatehub.ca/membership Donate! https://www.calgaryclimatehub.ca/donate Support us on Patreon!

The people of Calgary might be surprised to find out that our beloved city is actually tied for dead last in Canada as it relates to tree canopy and just like so many other things, there's a strong disparity between our wealthiest and whitest neighbourhoods and those with lower household incomes and larger BIPOC communities. This is called Tree Equity and it's another important piece of the Climate Justice conversation. The good news is, like all things in the climate world, there are solutions and smart people on the ground working on the problem. We have 4 of them with us here today from the Calgary Climate Hub's mighty, mighty Nature Node. ***** Sources used in this episode: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1OVi5tz0iyxBJtylfSgR4nEvrDgYUcMga7EnR12ZMIew/ Transcript of the episode: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1aB7FlqVkHEYtlg1_e_R2cqLQciUWz7TB5kD9mj-BzOY/ ***** CALLS TO ACTION! Forests For Calgary: https://www.calgaryclimatehub.ca/forests_for_calgary Calgary Tree Equity Tool and Tree Planting Guide: https://www.calgaryclimatehub.ca/calgary_tree_equity Youth Climate Activism Bursary: https://www.calgaryclimatehub.ca/youth_climate_activism_bursary Hub and Spokes 2024: https://www.calgaryclimatehub.ca/hub_and_spokes_2024 ***** Heather Addy: https://www.calgaryclimatehub.ca/heather_addy Saadiq Mohiuddin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/saadiqmohiuddin/ Rob Miller: https://x.com/winexus Druh Farrell: https://x.com/DruhFarrell ***** If you appreciate what we're doing here at the Climate Lens one way you could help out is become a member of our Patreon for just 5 bucks a month at https://www.patreon.com/TheClimateLens or make a one time donation via the Calgary Climate Hub website at https://www.canadahelps.org/en/dn/92219 **** Calgary Climate Hub Website: https://www.calgaryclimatehub.ca Twitter: https://twitter.com/ClimateHubYYC Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/calgaryclimatehub/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/calgaryclimatehub/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCzh9NWUmvSzpOsa7ReTs83Q Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/climatehubyyc.bsky.social Mastodon: https://campaign.openworlds.info/@ClimateHubYYC Volunteer! https://www.calgaryclimatehub.ca/volunteer Become a Member! https://www.calgaryclimatehub.ca/membership Donate! https://www.calgaryclimatehub.ca/donate Support us on Patreon!

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Bill 20, a new policy announced by the Alberta government on Thursday April 25th 2024 at least on it's face doesn't have anything to do with climate change. But if you are an organization like the Calgary Climate Hub whose entire reason for being is to promote climate action at the municipal level, this affects you, and in consequence everybody in the province. To discuss this, we are receiving Molli Bennett of the Alberta Talks Initiative and the Alberta Environmental Network, who we already had the pleasure to invite in two other episodes about the net-zero strategy in Alberta and logging plans for West Bragg Creek. ***** Sources used in this episode: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1p0V7ja6jgTL-rhY6YezlNSQ2CS29J0Bo9bX6XAk9InI/ Transcript of the episode: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1OAbcBlWzJ9JG7Kb7Z2tI_vx7-4lSMZx9fPPBn3ix_LA/ ***** If you appreciate what we're doing here at the Climate Lens one way you could help out is become a member of our Patreon for just 5 bucks a month at https://www.patreon.com/TheClimateLens or make a one time donation via the Calgary Climate Hub website at https://www.canadahelps.org/en/dn/92219 ***** CALLS TO ACTION! Forests For Calgary: https://www.calgaryclimatehub.ca/forests_for_calgary Calgary Tree Equity and Tree Planting Guide: https://www.calgaryclimatehub.ca/calgary_tree_equity Mini Forest Tree Planting - Bowness Community Association - June 15 2024 - Register here: https://www.calgaryclimatehub.ca/mini_forest_tree_planting_june_20240615 ***** Molli Bennett: https://www.linkedin.com/in/molli-bennett-666a36ba/ Alberta Talks: https://albertatalks.ca/ Alberta Environmental Network: https://aenweb.ca/ **** Calgary Climate Hub Website: https://www.calgaryclimatehub.ca Twitter: https://twitter.com/ClimateHubYYC Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/calgaryclimatehub/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/calgaryclimatehub/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCzh9NWUmvSzpOsa7ReTs83Q Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/climatehubyyc.bsky.social Mastodon: https://campaign.openworlds.info/@ClimateHubYYC Volunteer! https://www.calgaryclimatehub.ca/volunteer Become a Member! https://www.calgaryclimatehub.ca/membership Donate! https://www.calgaryclimatehub.ca/donate Support us on Patreon!

Coming off the hottest year and worst wildfire season in recorded history you might think Canada as a whole would have finally learned our lesson and gone all in on climate solutions but you'd be wrong as the prime political discussion in Canada these days are about getting rid of our carbon tax with precious little about what climate solutions we'd like in their place. This sentiment is strongest in Alberta where our once mighty clean energy industry was first hobbled by a 6 month moratorium then followed by far reaching anti-renewable policy in place for the foreseeable future. To help us break down all this today we have Martin Olszynski, Associate Professor at the University Of Calgary, Faculty of Law. ***** Sources used in this episode: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1mpV-cwGOoXW8HC1OWf_nN1DUIWE_9g5IJrm0Dxsw_3E/ Transcript of the episode: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1VsXEfX_Q3fby2kynppIVyD29lCHs8AXzycWjxuvbJ98/ ***** If you appreciate what we're doing here at the Climate Lens one way you could help out is become a member of our Patreon for just 5 bucks a month at https://www.patreon.com/TheClimateLens or make a one time donation via the Calgary Climate Hub website at https://www.canadahelps.org/en/dn/92219 ***** CALLS TO ACTION! Speak at City Hall Training - April 18th: https://www.calgaryclimatehub.ca/rezoning_speak_city_hall_train_apr24 ***** Martin Olszynski: https://twitter.com/molszyns **** Calgary Climate Hub Website: https://www.calgaryclimatehub.ca Twitter: https://twitter.com/ClimateHubYYC Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/calgaryclimatehub/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/calgaryclimatehub/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCzh9NWUmvSzpOsa7ReTs83Q Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/climatehubyyc.bsky.social Mastodon: https://campaign.openworlds.info/@ClimateHubYYC Volunteer! https://www.calgaryclimatehub.ca/volunteer Become a Member! https://www.calgaryclimatehub.ca/membership Donate! https://www.calgaryclimatehub.ca/donate Support us on Patreon!

The Housing Crisis. It's a hot topic everywhere, from federal politics to the neighborhood. Facebook group. Calgary, along with other Canadian municipalities, is trying to deal with the fact that there are more people who want to live here than places for them to live. In September of 2023, Calgary City Council adopted a housing strategy which included a controversial proposal for citywide rezoning. According to the City of Calgary website, properties that currently allow single or semi-detached homes will be rezoned to R-CG, R-G, or H-GO. That means that buildings like townhouses and rowhouses will be allowed on any residential lot. As climate advocates, we love a plan for urban densification and rezoning as a chance to make our voices really count. The City of Calgary has planned a public hearing on the proposal April 22nd. Here today to discuss rezoning and the climate implications is Ward Eight Councillor Courtney Walcott. This show was recorded the day after council voted to proceed with the public hearing instead of kicking the decision down the road to a plebiscite in the 2025 civic election. ***** Sources used in this episode: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1fDRgr31m3FAgxAbls2xbNEZRrJny7OfBSnmeH5TEquY/ Transcript of the episode: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1R2PYwO4Ylh52cc7ET1AAHCUi4o9uUKpwvUafuYS9L6g/ ***** If you appreciate what we're doing here at the Climate Lens one way you could help out is become a member of our Patreon for just 5 bucks a month at https://www.patreon.com/TheClimateLens or make a one time donation via the Calgary Climate Hub website at https://www.canadahelps.org/en/dn/92219 ***** CALLS TO ACTION! Speak at City Hall Training - April 18th: https://www.calgaryclimatehub.ca/rezoning_speak_city_hall_train_apr24 ***** Courtney Walcott's personal website: https://www.courtneywalcott.com/ Courtney Walcott's page on the City of Calgary's website: https://www.calgary.ca/council/ward-8/warddefault.html Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/CWalcottYYC **** Calgary Climate Hub Website: https://www.calgaryclimatehub.ca Twitter: https://twitter.com/ClimateHubYYC Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/calgaryclimatehub/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/calgaryclimatehub/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCzh9NWUmvSzpOsa7ReTs83Q Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/climatehubyyc.bsky.social Mastodon: https://campaign.openworlds.info/@ClimateHubYYC Volunteer! https://www.calgaryclimatehub.ca/volunteer Become a Member! https://www.calgaryclimatehub.ca/membership Donate! https://www.calgaryclimatehub.ca/donate Support us on Patreon!

Energi Media’s Markham Hislop shares learnings about the energy transition from his interviews with business and energy leaders. Could Alberta make the change from dirty oil exporter to clean materials manufacturer? Sources used in this episode: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1BcnM9_glw2cs-X6__ipsT6_BR2YqlNQvWIwAYP6D4oA/edit Transcript of the episode: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1YGoR5yyHHZIRwWXcvlj3IS0X8Xn7CjsdvPVjhidR25s/edit ***** If you appreciate what we're doing here at the Climate Lens one way you could help out is become a member of our Patreon for just 5 bucks a month at www.patreon.com/TheClimateLens or make a one time donation via the Calgary Climate Hub website at www.calgaryclimatehub.ca/the_climate_lens ***** CALLS TO ACTION! Speak at City Hall Training - April 18th: https://www.calgaryclimatehub.ca/rezoning_speak_city_hall_train_apr24 ***** Energi Media website https://energi.media/ Twitter/X @EnergiMedia Markham Hislop @politicalham **** Calgary Climate Hub Website: https://www.calgaryclimatehub.ca Twitter: https://twitter.com/ClimateHubYYC Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/climatehubyyc.bsky.social Mastodon: https://campaign.openworlds.info/@ClimateHubYYC Volunteer! https://www.calgaryclimatehub.ca/volunteer Become a Member! https://www.calgaryclimatehub.ca/membership Donate! https://www.calgaryclimatehub.ca/donate Support us on Patreon!

2023 was the hottest year in recorded history and also the worst wildfire season Albertans have ever known and it's only in the first week of January that we've had anything resembling what a normal winter looks like before hitting deep freeze extremes in the opposite direction. In the midst of all this our Christmas present from the Alberta government was an extreme drought warning for 2024 which likely flew under the radar for a lot of ordinary Albertans given the timing. The common thread through all of these stories is water so we're very happy to have with us today Phillip Meintzer & Kennedy Halvorson, two conservation specialists for the Alberta Wilderness Association (or on X/Twitter at https://twitter.com/ABWilderness***** Sources used in this episode: https://docs.google.com/document/d/14fU3EEG_M0EIoDq4MIXDJGINH-1m9M3V8PShexQTItA Transcript of the episode: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1m8DDtthQ-2WiTNdWknesw7y8NU3Qe6lnFbz11HV4hTQ ***** If you appreciate what we're doing here at the Climate Lens one way you could help out is become a member of our Patreon for just 5 bucks a month at www.patreon.com/TheClimateLens or make a one time donation via the Calgary Climate Hub website at www.calgaryclimatehub.ca/the_climate_lens ***** CALLS TO ACTION! 1) Tree Equity Workshop - Jan 30th: https://www.calgaryclimatehub.ca/tree_equity_workshop_jan2024_20240130 2) Advocacy in the Prairies - February 10th (in Calgary): https://www.calgaryclimatehub.ca/crpc_prairies_advocacy_training_calgary_jan24 3) The Kananaskis Logging Slowdown Campaign: https://www.calgaryclimatehub.ca/kananaskis_logging_slowdown_24 ***** Alberta Wilderness Association website https://albertawilderness.ca Twitter/X @ABWilderness Phillip Meintzer @PhillipMeintzer Kennedy Halvorson @kentomologie AWA News Release: Four Big Oil Companies Used 200 Billion Litres of Alberta’s Freshwater Last Year https://albertawilderness.ca/news-release-four-big-oil-companies-used-200-billion-litres-of-albertas-freshwater-last-year/ Aquatic Ecosystems – Gaps Opportunities and Law Reforms https://elc.ab.ca/sdm_downloads/aquatic-ecosystems-gaps-opportunities-and-law-reforms/ **** Calgary Climate Hub Website: https://www.calgaryclimatehub.ca Twitter: https://twitter.com/ClimateHubYYC Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/climatehubyyc.bsky.social Mastodon: https://campaign.openworlds.info/@ClimateHubYYC Volunteer! https://www.calgaryclimatehub.ca/volunteer Become a Member! https://www.calgaryclimatehub.ca/membership Donate! https://www.calgaryclimatehub.ca/donate Support us on Patreon!

The Best and Worst Climate Stories of 2023 with Calgary’s climate community. Druh Farrel (former City of Calgary's councillor), Claire Kraatz (co-lead of Alberta's chapter of For Our Kids), Noel Keough (co-founder of Sustainable Calgary), Jenny Yeremiy (reclamation specialist), Jodi Conuel (program coordinator at the Biosphere Institute of the Bow Valley), Andy Kubrin (creator of the Alberta Beyond Fossil Fuels blog), Markham Hislop (energy writer and independent journalist), Daniel Smithies (volunteer & admin Coordinator at the Calgary Climate Hub) and Joe Vipond (president of the Canadian Association of Physicians for the Environment) join Steve Bentley to reflect on the year that was. ***** In 2023 the COP global climate conference has never been more important yet more compromised. Catch up wth the Hub's daily COP28 coverage on this Youtube playlist **** Energi Media https://energi.media/ Markham Hislop Twitter/X: @politicalham **** Alberta Beyond Fossil Fuels https://albertabeyondfossilfuels.ca **** Bow Valley Green Energy Cooperative https://www.bvgreenenergy.org/ **** Sustainable Calgary https://www.sustainablecalgary.org/ **** For Our Kids https://www.forourkids.ca/ **** Canadian Association of Physicians for the Environment https://cape.ca/ **** PATREON: Join the Climate Lens 'Focus Group.' These shows aren't created in isolation. They start with great conversations amongst smart people that care about the right things. We're going to ask the tough questions and follow the Truth wherever it leads us. Join us. https://www.patreon.com/TheClimateLens ***** Calgary Climate Hub Website: https://www.calgaryclimatehub.ca Twitter: https://twitter.com/ClimateHubYYC Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/climatehubyyc.bsky.social Mastodon: https://campaign.openworlds.info/@ClimateHubYYC Volunteer! https://www.calgaryclimatehub.ca/volunteer Become a Member! https://www.calgaryclimatehub.ca/membership Donate! https://www.calgaryclimatehub.ca/donate Support us on Patreon!

On Sept 28th 2023 the Alberta government launched an 8 million dollar cross country media campaign called "Tell The Feds" reaching audiences in Ontario, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia and of course here in Alberta. This campaign makes a number of dubious claims about Canada's efforts for a net zero energy grid by 2035 which would pave the way for a net zero country in 2050. To help us sort through some of the claims of this campaign we have with us today Jenny Yeremiy a Calgary-based Geophysicist turned oil and gas properties clean-up & reclamation expert and a member of the Calgary Climate Hub Rob Tremblay is an electrical engineer who works in clean energy, and co-chair of the Calgary Climate Hub Sasha Adamova is a high school student, member and public speaker from Fridays For Future Calgary, a grass roots, youth-led climate activism organization. ***** PATREON: Join the Climate Lens 'Focus Group.' These shows aren't created in isolation. They start with great conversations amongst smart people that care about the right things. We're going to ask the tough questions and follow the Truth wherever it leads us. Join us. https://www.patreon.com/TheClimateLens ***** Calgary Climate Hub Website: https://www.calgaryclimatehub.ca Twitter: https://twitter.com/ClimateHubYYC Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/climatehubyyc.bsky.social Mastodon: https://campaign.openworlds.info/@ClimateHubYYC Volunteer! https://www.calgaryclimatehub.ca/volunteer Become a Member! https://www.calgaryclimatehub.ca/membership Donate! https://www.calgaryclimatehub.ca/donate ***** Jenny Yeremiy: https://twitter.com/JennyYeremiy Rob Tremblay: https://twitter.com/RobTPublic Fridays For Future Calgary: https://www.fridaysforfuturecalgary.ca/ Support us on Patreon!

On September 16, 2023, California Governor Gavin Newsom announced a lawsuit against some of the world's largest oil and gas companies, saying that for more than 50 years, Big Oil has been lying to us, covering up the fact that they've long known how dangerous the fossil fuels they produce are for our planet. To get a sense of the scope of this news, as well as what it might mean for Canada and perhaps even right here in Calgary, we're happy to have Andrew Gage, staff lawyer at West Coast Environmental Law. They're part of the Sue Big Oil movement in British Columbia, whose website reads in big, bold letters : They knew. They profited. They need to pay their fair share. ***** PATREON: Join the Climate Lens 'Focus Group.' These shows aren't created in isolation. They start with great conversations amongst smart people that care about the right things. We're going to ask the tough questions and follow the Truth wherever it leads us. Join us. https://www.patreon.com/TheClimateLens ***** Calgary Climate Hub Website: https://www.calgaryclimatehub.ca Twitter: https://twitter.com/ClimateHubYYC Mastodon: https://campaign.openworlds.info/@ClimateHubYYC Volunteer! https://www.calgaryclimatehub.ca/volunteer Become a Member! https://www.calgaryclimatehub.ca/membership Donate! https://www.calgaryclimatehub.ca/donations ***** Sue Big Oil: https://suebigoil.ca/ and https://twitter.com/SueBigOil Andrew Gage: https://twitter.com/singingwithin West Coast Environmental Law: https://www.wcel.org/ Support us on Patreon!