Latest Greenbelt Podcast Episodes
State of the Lake, with Rescue Lake Simcoe Coalition's Claire Malcolmson
Tree Planters: A podcast about change for a better world - October 30, 2023 20:00 - 1 hourThis 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! ...
The Corruption Episode! (On the Greenbelt Land Take-Outs, and more...)
Tree Planters: A podcast about change for a better world - October 16, 2023 16:00 - 57 minutesOur 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 ma...
September 2023: Greenbelt Public Forum
Tree Planters: A podcast about change for a better world - September 13, 2023 16:00 - 47 minutesThis 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...
In the Bleak Midwinter
Somewhere To Believe In - December 16, 2022 00:01 - 35 minutesThis episode of Greenbelt’s ‘Somewhere To Believe In’ comes in the form of a one-off Christmas reflection; brought to you by our friend Beloved Sara Zaltash, a ‘non-denominational rabble-rouser and soul-soother for a world in crisis’. It was our pleasure to welcome Beloved Sara to Greenbelt ...
December 2022 - Bill 23, attack on the Greenbelt, and more.
Tree Planters: A podcast about change for a better world - December 09, 2022 18:00 - 1 hourMargaret 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 t...
October 24th Election Episode
Tree Planters: A podcast about change for a better world - October 19, 2022 19:00 - 1 hourMunicipal 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...
Stop Sprawl Orillia, with guest Madeleine Fournier.
Tree Planters: A podcast about change for a better world - March 25, 2022 18:00 - 1 hourOrillia, 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, rath...
Tall Sprawl – what is it and why is it a problem for housing affordability and climate action?
Tree Planters: A podcast about change for a better world - February 23, 2022 18:00 - 1 hourThis 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...
The Year That Was, and the Year To Be (Maybe?)
Tree Planters: A podcast about change for a better world - January 20, 2022 23:00 - 1 hourThis episode we are looking back at the year that was, and looking ahead at the year that might be. Oh, and we do a film review of Don't Look Up! Topics covered include the amazing summer students we were so lucky to have, and the very positive impact that they had on youth engagement in Simcoe...
Fighting Doug Ford's Highways - a local story.
Tree Planters: A podcast about change for a better world - December 15, 2021 01:00 - 53 minutesThis episode we speak with two citizens, Tricia Leuchter and Irene Ford, who are fighting the Bradford Bypass and Highway 413, respectively, which are proposed for their communities. Doug Ford and other proponents of the highways have claimed that opponents are "downtown elites" and "radical a...
Greenwashing - the marketing practice increasingly used by political leaders.
Tree Planters: A podcast about change for a better world - October 19, 2021 13:00 - 59 minutesThis episode we talk about greenwashing, the practice of presenting a product in a way that makes it seem to consumers as if it is environmentally friendly, when in fact it is not. Greenwashing is most often thought of in terms of marketing a product. In a time when political discourse is incre...
The Job of Paradise
Somewhere To Believe In - August 27, 2021 00:05 - 46 minutesThis episode of Greenbelt’s ‘Somewhere To Believe In’ podcast takes a different form. It’s a one-off. It knits together 45-minutes of reflection, conversation, music and prayer in the form of a listen-and-share service to mark the festival’s 2021 August Bank Holiday weekend incarnation (its 48t...
August 9, 2021 - Youth Take-Over: Empowering youth for a climate friendly future.
Tree Planters: A podcast about change for a better world - August 09, 2021 16:00 - 48 minutesOn this episode of the Tree Planters podcast SCGC's youth engagement lead, Kelly, and youth advocacy intern, Blythe, talk about the barriers making it difficult for youth to engage in discussions around climate action, and how these can be addressed so that youth can help build a climate friendl...
Grace with Nadia Bolz-Weber
Somewhere To Believe In - July 23, 2021 00:05 - 1 hourIt’s the final episode in series three of our podcast *cries*, and some might say we’ve saved the best ‘til last. We get to it with festival friend and everyone's favourite Lutheran minister, Nadia Bolz-Weber. With her usual candour, humour and joy Nadia talks about her experiences growing up w...
Liberation with Danté Stewart
Somewhere To Believe In - July 16, 2021 00:05 - 58 minutesThis week – in what may be the best recommendation we’ve ever had – we’re talking to theologian, former American footballer, and probably Rowan Williams' biggest fanboy, Danté Stewart. With fire in his belly, Danté “takes us to church”, telling us the story of his own faith journey; from his ch...
Humanism with Andrew Copson
Somewhere To Believe In - July 09, 2021 00:05 - 1 hourGet your best philosophical hats out for this episode because we’re doing a deep dive into the not-so-holy-trinity of dinner table topics – religion, politics and belief – with Andrew Copson, Chief Executive of Humanists UK. Andrew gives us the 411 on what it means to be a Humanist. And we wres...
Interdependence with Mpho Tutu van Furth
Somewhere To Believe In - July 02, 2021 00:05 - 1 hourWe’re feeling humbled and full of love this week as we chat to artist, speaker, writer and priest, Mpho Tutu van Furth. Mpho tells us about her experiences living under apartheid as a young girl and the freedom and justice that so many South Africans, including her family, fought for. We also ...
Community with Rabbi Herschel Gluck
Somewhere To Believe In - June 25, 2021 00:05 - 1 hourThis week we bask in the warmth of Rabbi Herschel Gluck – an incredible Orthodox Jewish leader – whose entire life seems to be one big act of love. Aside from being in awe of Rabbi Gluck’s gentle soul and kind nature, we talk about his life-long dedication to his community, his outlook on the...
Radicalism with Yvonne Ridley
Somewhere To Believe In - June 18, 2021 00:05 - 1 hourThis week on the podcast it’s our absolute privilege to chat with Yvonne Ridley, a journalist and activist who has one of the most fascinating life stories we think you’ll ever hear. Plus, her very enthusiastic peacocks have their say, too. We talk about Yvonne’s experience as a prisoner of the...
Dissent with Sister Teresa Forcades
Somewhere To Believe In - June 11, 2021 00:05 - 1 hourThe second conversation in our ‘Keeping the faith’ series is with Sister Teresa Forcades who – with good reason – has been dubbed ‘Europe’s most radical nun’. Sister Teresa joins us from her Monastery on the mountain of Montserrat, near Barcelona in Catalonia, where she lives with thirty Cathol...
Service with Leroy Logan
Somewhere To Believe In - June 04, 2021 00:05 - 1 hourWelcome back to Somewhere To Believe In! We’re calling this series ‘Keeping the faith’ because this time around we’re having no-holds-barred conversations with people who get stuck in BECAUSE of what they believe. Arguably, no one has done more to keep the faith than our first guest; former sup...
April 23, 2021 - Understanding Sprawl and Infrastructure in the Context of Ontario's Greenbelt, with Victor Doyle
Tree Planters: A podcast about change for a better world - April 23, 2021 17:00 - 44 minutesOur guest this episode, Victor Doyle, is considered one of the key architects of Ontario's Greenbelt. We talk about how the current provincial government is attempting to open up more land in the GTA for sprawl development, how highways don't solve congestion problems, but rather make them wor...
Exile with Rafeef Ziadah
Somewhere To Believe In - December 18, 2020 01:05 - 1 hourIn our final episode in this series, we talk to Palestinian spoken word artist, human rights activist and our new favourite politics teacher, Rafeef Ziadah. We dig into poetry, art, trauma, displacement, equality and justice as Rafeef shares her experiences of being a third-generation Palestini...
Humanity with Ben Caplan
Somewhere To Believe In - December 11, 2020 01:05 - 1 hourThis week we connect with Canadian singer-songwriter and theatre-maker Ben Caplan. Ben joins us from the car park of a Canadian fast-food giant called Tim Hortons, en route to play a socially distanced gig as part of the Small Halls Festival in Ottawa. We get all the deets about life and lockdo...
Punk with Dream Nails
Somewhere To Believe In - December 04, 2020 01:05 - 1 hourOn the podcast this week Katherine and Paul welcome Mimi and Lucy from “queer, feminist, punk-witch band” Dream Nails. We discuss what it means to be punk – in the cliched sense but also in the Dream Nails sense, which includes: writing badass music, creating safe gig spaces where everyone can ...
Opportunity with Testament
Somewhere To Believe In - November 27, 2020 01:05 - 1 hourThis week we’re talking to “jack of all trades, master of ceremonies” Testament: hip-hop MC, writer, theatre-maker and world-record-breaking human beatboxer. Listen in as Testament discusses his cultural upbringing, including his love of De La Soul as well as the Pet Shop Boys, along with his ...
Democracy with Natalia Kaliada
Somewhere To Believe In - November 20, 2020 01:05 - 1 hourThis week’s podcast episode is a very important one, so let’s get straight to it. Katherine and Paul speak to writer, human rights campaigner, political refugee, theatre-maker and ‘public enemy’ to Alexander Lukashenko’s regime in Belarus, Natalia Kaliada. Natalia is a founding Co-Artistic Dire...
Stories with Muneera Pilgrim
Somewhere To Believe In - November 13, 2020 01:05 - 1 hourIn the third episode of our second podcast series, Katherine and Paul welcome Bristol-based poet, theatre-maker and powerful storyteller, Muneera Pilgrim. We hear about Muneera’s experiences growing up as a black woman in Bristol – and what it means for her to finally see the statue of you-know...
Resilience with Josie Long
Somewhere To Believe In - November 06, 2020 01:05 - 1 hourThis week on the podcast we’re beyond excited to welcome the hilarious comedian and all-round lovely person, Josie Long. We hear about Josie’s unique journey into comedy, beginning aged just 14. And how she’s determined to extend the olive branch of opportunity to the next generation of young c...
Power with Lee Bains
Somewhere To Believe In - October 30, 2020 01:05 - 1 hourWelcome to the second series of Somewhere To Believe In! We’re back by popular demand(ish). This time around we’re coming together to celebrate and hear from artists we love – and we hope you’ll love them too. Who better to kick things off than Lee Bains of Lee Bains III & The Glory Fires, a se...
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