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The Final Roundup

Future-Proof Living - March 01, 2022 02:00 - 30 minutes
Enjoyed season 2 of The Ecollectives ‘Future Proof’ podcast? Well, it’s not done just yet! Fun fact, due to covid after two years of online zooms this was the first time our members have actually met in person. All their climate-changing work has been done online up to now!  In this ep...

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The Jedward Jepisode

Future-Proof Living - February 01, 2022 02:00 - 20 minutes
Our guests today are two of Ireland's most famous singing stars. They found fame on the X-Factor, then went on to have four hit albums and very successfully represented Ireland twice at the Eurovision Song Contest. Anything can happen because here come Jedward !!! The boys joined us th...

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Oceans and Marines

Future-Proof Living - January 01, 2022 02:00 - 29 minutes
Our guest on this episode is a marines and oceans expert, anything you need to know about saving our oceans and marines can be found right here with Emer Keaveney. Emer sat down with our ECollective members to help tease out your biggest concerns about the current state of our oceans a...

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Living a More Sustainable Life

Future-Proof Living - December 01, 2021 01:00 - 25 minutes
Is turning your lights off or holding off on that second round of hot water for another cuppa enough to help combat our ever-growing climate problems? Our ECollective team from Foiroige caught up with Codema CEO Donna Gartland who answers your most frequent everyday questions regarding...

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Sustainability in Agriculture

Future-Proof Living - November 12, 2021 16:09 - 15 minutes
How can the next generation help make farming more sustainable?        Did you know there are many ways we can help make farming that bit more sustainable, even if you’ve never stepped foot on a farm!    This month our ECollectives sat down with environmentalist and self-proclaimed ...

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Mark Jaccard - Many Solutions

Promethea Rising - June 04, 2021 17:57 - 29 minutes
Mark Jaccard is an energy and environment economist and author of The Citizen’s Guide to Climate Success. Mark is a professor of sustainable energy in the School of Resource and Environmental Management at Simon Fraser University. Originally from Vancouver, he did his doctorate at the Institute...

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Eddie Oldfield - Lessons from New Brunswick Communities

Promethea Rising - May 21, 2021 18:41 - 18 minutes
Eddie Oldfield has been promoting resilient community for over two decades and he is seeing progress. Eddie chairs the QUEST NB-PEI Caucus, working to advance Smart Energy Communities, and is Senior Lead, Projects, and Advisory Services at QUEST.  While contributing nationally, Eddie has consi...

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Climate Comedy?

Pod Zero - May 11, 2021 07:00 - 1 minute ★★★★★ - 4 ratings
The University of Colorado, Inside the Greenhouse, put on a full-blown comedy show about the climate crisis...and it was funny! Of course, when anyone thinks, "existential crisis" they think "Hilarious!" We speak to Beth Osnes and Max Boycoff, the founding directors, and comedian Nat Towsen and ...

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Gaby Kalapos - Sharing Success

Promethea Rising - May 07, 2021 12:00 - 22 minutes
Gaby Kalapos is passionate about local governments and the role they can play in building energy conscious communities. Gaby has been working to motivate and support local government action on clean air and climate change for over 20 years. She is currently Executive Director of the Clean Air P...

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Herb Sinnock - Beyond Borders

Promethea Rising - April 23, 2021 13:30 - 21 minutes
Herb Sinnock has been leading an energy transition at Sheridan College campuses that is having remarkable community benefits. We often think about community energy planning at the scale of a municipality – a city or a town. However, the practice can be equally beneficial at the scale of a neigh...

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Food: It shouldn't cost the earth

Future-Proof Living - April 22, 2021 08:00 - 14 minutes
Buying local food from local producers should be the norm. When we can grow our food locally and supply locally, eliminate packaging waste and pesticide use we are making sure that our food does not cost us the earth.  We are very grateful to Imelda Mullen #thelocalgreenboxcavan @theco...

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The Climate Pitch

Pod Zero - April 20, 2021 22:12 - 21 minutes ★★★★★ - 4 ratings
Milwaukee Brewers Pitcher Brent Suter talks about sustainability, studying environmental science, environmental justice, and using your platform with Chuck Nice! Sponsored in part by My Weather App.

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Kirby Calvert & Rebecca Jahns - Mapping the Energy Transition

Promethea Rising - April 09, 2021 13:00 - 25 minutes
Everyone loves a good map that helps us understand the world around us. My guests Kirby Calvert and Rebecca Jahns use maps to build energy conscious communities. Successful community energy planning ensures stakeholders and community members who may be impacted – either directly or indirectly –...

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The Climate Sport

Pod Zero - April 06, 2021 12:04 - 46 minutes ★★★★★ - 4 ratings
On Pod Zero Episode 7, Chuck Nice talks about the intersection of climate and sports with Kristen Fulmer, Joanne Pasternack, and Kunal Merchant.

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Milfred Hammerbacher - Building Better

Promethea Rising - March 26, 2021 12:47 - 23 minutes
A net zero neighbourhood means that no energy is drawn from the electricity grid or from pipelines and no greenhouse gases are released. Easier said than done but my guest Milfred Hammerbacher is figuring out how. Changes to the country’s building codes are helping us build more energy efficien...

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Climate: Here's the Deal - Shhh, It's Real!

Pod Zero - March 23, 2021 12:00 - 37 minutes ★★★★★ - 4 ratings
Here's the deal.... CLIMATE CHANGE IS REAL. Chuck talks to Dr. Katharine Hayhoe (Texas Tech University), Dr. Heather Berlin (Neuroscientist at Mt. Sinai Medical), and Dr. Nicholas Christakis (Yale University) about the climate crisis. This show is made possible by My Weather Radar App (Availabl...

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Matthew Day & Kate Daley - Breaking the Status Quo

Promethea Rising - March 11, 2021 21:28 - 24 minutes
Social innovations are needed to accelerate the transition to a decarbonized energy system. My guests Matthew Day and Kate Daley are leading a collaboration dedicated to deep and sustained investment in a smart energy future. When a community has developed a community energy plan and has set go...

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All Politics is Climate

Pod Zero - March 09, 2021 13:00 - 42 minutes ★★★★★ - 4 ratings
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Peter Garforth - No Small Measures

Promethea Rising - February 26, 2021 16:24 - 23 minutes
Peter Garforth has been leading transformational change his entire life. Now he has his sight set on accelerating the energy transition in communities. Any credible plan to reduce greenhouse gas emission must address the energy performance of our existing homes and buildings in Canada. Given mo...

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Climate Education

Pod Zero - February 23, 2021 13:15 - 31 minutes ★★★★★ - 4 ratings
Chuck Nice explores how we can better teach people about the climate crisis! Chuck talks to Dr. Eugene Cordero (Professor, San Jose State) and Dr. Peter Mahaffy (The King's University). This show is made possible by My Weather Radar App (Available on Google Play & Apple Store) and The Union of ...

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So where to now?

Future-Proof Living - February 18, 2021 19:43 - 27 minutes
How to really Future Proof your life and live in a more sustainable just world. Youth development organisation Foroige and the Ecollective explore climate justice in Ireland and beyond.

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Food for thought

Future-Proof Living - February 11, 2021 09:00 - 14 minutes
In this episode, two members of the Foroige Ecollective chat with Jack Crotty, the founder of www.neighbourfood.ie a local food producers platform in Ireland

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Climanomics

Pod Zero - February 09, 2021 13:00 - 36 minutes ★★★★★ - 4 ratings
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A Shelter in the Storm - Climate Migration

Future-Proof Living - February 04, 2021 09:00 - 16 minutes
"We live in a global community and we must all work in solidarity to protect our shared life support system" All living things seek shelter in a storm in some form, we must work to shelter our planet from the damage of the storm. Climate migration is a symptom of climate injustice. In t...

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Back to the Future - Transport

Future-Proof Living - January 27, 2021 17:34 - 19 minutes
Our transport needs are causing untold problems to our climate and in our communities. In this episode, the ecollective meet with Green Party Councillor Daniel Whoolley to discuss the problem of transport in Ireland and what we can do to improve this situation. (19 mins 31 secs)

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Environmental Justice

Pod Zero - January 26, 2021 13:00 - 32 minutes ★★★★★ - 4 ratings
Pod Zero is a Pop-up Podcast created for climate week. This episode explores environmental justice or how the climate crisis will make things worse for the already disenfranchised. our guests are Peggy Shepard of We Act for Environmental Justice, Dr. Via Ietef aka DJ Cavem, and comedian Roy Wood ...

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What's up with the weather?

Future-Proof Living - January 21, 2021 09:00 - 28 minutes
Each year extreme weather events happen, this is a given. But these events are becoming more and more frequent and they are having a direct impact on habitats all across the world causing untold damage to ecosystems and human lives. In the episode, the Foróige Ecollective met with Emeri...

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Young People as Victims in Climate Justice

Future-Proof Living - January 14, 2021 09:00 - 29 minutes
Eve, Orna, and Shauna meet with nineteen-year-old Irish Climate Activist and campaigner Alicia O'Sullivan. They discuss how Climate Justice is everyone's problem not just for future generations to solve. They share thoughts on the climate crisis situation, why young people are suffering,...

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Heating Up The VOTE

Pod Zero - January 11, 2021 16:00 - 41 minutes ★★★★★ - 4 ratings
Chuck Nice explores why STEM students, of all people, tend to vote less than other students. Students already vote in paltry numbers, and STEM students turnout less than any others. Chuck talks to Rollie Williams (Grad Student Columbia Unversity), Dr. Heather Berlin (Neuroscientist at Mt. Sinai M...

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Education is Key

Future-Proof Living - January 07, 2021 09:00 - 22 minutes
Exactly how important is education in creating the changes we need to deliver Climate Justice for all? In this episode, the Foróige Ecollective meet Pennsylvania State University and Unesco research fellow Dustin Mintzer to explore how education is key in the struggle for climate justice...