Latest Greenbelt Podcast Episodes
October 9, 2020 - Ontario wants to build more highways, and we talk about it with Laura Bowman of Ecojustice
Tree Planters: A podcast about change for a better world - October 21, 2020 16:00 - 37 minutesWith new highways proposed in the GTA, there are concerns about a boondoggle waste of taxpayer's money that goes toward increased sprawl, increased congestion, and increased threats to the environment. We talk with Laura Bowman, lawyer for Ecojustice, about threats that new highways pose to sen...
Everybody Now
Somewhere To Believe In - October 19, 2020 00:10 - 1 hourGreenbelt Festival is proud to be taking part in Everybody Now. We’ve caused a turning point in the Earth’s natural history. Everybody Now is a podcast about what it means to be human on the threshold of a global climate emergency, in a time of systemic injustice and runaway pandemics. Scientis...
Criminal with Clive Stafford Smith
Somewhere To Believe In - August 28, 2020 00:05 - 1 hourIn our final episode of season one, Katherine and Paul are joined by human rights lawyer, founder of Reprieve and all-round international justice powerhouse, Clive Stafford Smith. Clive candidly discusses his work representing prisoners facing the death penalty, those held in secret prisons (i...
Climate with Amelia Womack
Somewhere To Believe In - August 21, 2020 00:01 - 59 minutesThis week Katherine and Paul are joined by Amelia Womack, Deputy Leader of the Green Party. We talk about how, growing up, Amelia was inspired by David Attenborough to get into climate action, as well as her not-so-pleasant experiences as a young female politician in a male-dominated workplace. ...
Love with Ruth Hunt
Somewhere To Believe In - August 14, 2020 00:01 - 1 hourThis week on the podcast Katherine and Paul welcome *takes deep breath* openly-Catholic gay rights campaigner, life-long advocate for inclusion and equality, ex-CEO of Stonewall and recently appointed Baroness of Bethnal Green, Ruth Hunt. With inclusion, love and acceptance in our minds, we dis...
Coffee with Abdul-Rehman Malik
Somewhere To Believe In - August 07, 2020 00:01 - 58 minutesThis week Katherine and Paul welcome the ever-inspiring Muslim thinker, writer and Yale Divinity School lecturer, Abdul-Rehman Malik. We brew up a conversation about food, drink and spirituality, and how slowing down to enjoy the ritual of making coffee can have a positive impact on your well-be...
Activism with Sarah Corbett
Somewhere To Believe In - July 31, 2020 00:01 - 59 minutesThis week we’re talking about activism and kindness with the inspiring activist and creator of the Craftivist Collective, Sarah Corbett. We hear about Sarah’s remarkable journey growing up as the daughter of activists who campaigned for social change around the world, and her subsequent journey ...
Empire with Danny Dorling
Somewhere To Believe In - July 24, 2020 00:01 - 56 minutesThis week Katherine and Paul welcome the incredible social geographer Danny Dorling. Join us as we don our breathing apparatus and dive deep, deep down into all sorts of topics including the British Empire, inequality, brexit and pandemics. Danny’s huge brain is our guide in contemplating a mor...
July 7, 2020 - Affordable housing and modern homelessness, with guest, Jennifer Van Gennip
Tree Planters: A podcast about change for a better world - July 17, 2020 16:00 - 56 minutesThis week (really last week, but there's been a lot happening and we've had our hands full!) we talk with Jennifer Van Gennip about affordable housing and the advent of modern homelessness. Jennifer works with a number of groups that address these issues, including the Simcoe County Alliance to...
Dignity with Amanda Khozi Mukwashi
Somewhere To Believe In - July 16, 2020 23:01 - 51 minutesThis week, Katherine and Paul are joined by the CEO of Christian Aid, and all-round wonder woman, Amanda Khozi Mukwashi. In an honest, powerful conversation we talk about how Amanda feels (and copes) being confronted daily by the realities of grinding inequality. We learn about the challenges o...
Empathy with Roman Krznaric
Somewhere To Believe In - July 09, 2020 23:01 - 56 minutesWelcome to Somewhere To Believe In, a brand new podcast from Greenbelt Festival. In our first episode, hosts Katherine and Paul dig into the topic of empathy with philosopher and friend of Greenbelt Festival Roman Krznaric. We discuss why trying to understand how others see the world could have...
Introducing Somewhere To Believe In
Somewhere To Believe In - July 01, 2020 17:55 - 2 minutesThis July, we’re launching ‘Somewhere To Believe In’, a brand new podcast from the lovely people who (usually) bring you Greenbelt Festival (when there’s not a global pandemic on). Because you can’t come to us this summer, we thought... maybe we could come to you? Each week we’ll meet brilliant...
June 19, 2020 - A just recovery, and we talk with Shak Edwards about her work mentoring youth, the value of humility and kindness, and the Black Lives Matter movement
Tree Planters: A podcast about change for a better world - June 23, 2020 17:00 - 52 minutesThis week we talk with Shak Edwards about her work mentoring youth, particularly Black youth, and the values of humility and kindness that she works from. We also talk about the Black Lives Matter movement, about the efforts Shak, as well as others, have undertaken locally to support Black you...
June 5, 2020 - Black Lives Matter
Tree Planters: A podcast about change for a better world - June 06, 2020 16:00 - 16 minutesLinks to resources: Making Change Sandy and Nora (podcast) Struggle in the Suburbs Google Doc - Anti-racism resources 10 Documentaries To Watch About Race Instead Of Asking A Person Of Colour To Explain Things For You We must defund the police. It is the only option. What a World Without ...
May 29, 2020 - Pedestrian zones, MZOs, and a chat with Franz Hartmann, Chief Engagement Officer of the Small Change Fund and Green Future Fund
Tree Planters: A podcast about change for a better world - May 30, 2020 15:00 - 55 minutesMore news on local street closures to help with the recovery from COVID-19, an update on Simcoe County's request for a Ministerial Zoning Order which would allow for more sprawl, and a chat with Franz Hartmann, former Executive Director of the Toronto Environmental Alliance, who is currently eng...
May 22, 2020 - Just Recovery, and talking Asset Based Community Development with Heather Keam from the Tamarack Institute
Tree Planters: A podcast about change for a better world - May 23, 2020 01:00 - 1 hourThe main portion of this show this week is an interview with Heather Keam, of the Tamarack Institute. Heather is manager of Cities, Cities Deepening Community, Vibrant Communities at Tamarack and she spoke with us about what Asset Based Community Development (ABCD) is and how can help strengthen...
May 15, 2020 - COVID-19 Street Closures, Friends of Simcoe Forests, Rule by Fiat
Tree Planters: A podcast about change for a better world - May 16, 2020 01:00 - 46 minutesThis week we are joined by Mary Wagner of Friends of Simcoe Forests about their work to protect the Freele Tract on Horseshoe Valley Road and the County seeking a Ministerial Zoning Order to override due process. We also talk about the first openings of streets in our area to allow for safer ph...
Currents May 8, 2020 Tree Planters Podcast
Tree Planters: A podcast about change for a better world - May 08, 2020 23:00 - 40 minutesIn which we start another podcast format. Our Currents episodes will be focused on issues that are happening now, largely in our local community, and that our member organizations are involved with. It's less polished than our deep-dive episodes and more conversational. This week we talk about ...
The Fight to Protect the Waverley Uplands, the Cleanest Water in the World
Tree Planters: A podcast about change for a better world - February 03, 2020 17:00 - 51 minutesAn hour and a half north of Toronto there is a constant stream of cars pulling over to the side of the road. People get out, walk to the back of their vehicle, open the trunk and lift out jugs, which they carry to a small hut nearby. Inside the hut there is a trough with spouts above it from w...
One Earth One Vote with Tim Gray of Environment Defence Canada
Tree Planters: A podcast about change for a better world - October 09, 2019 16:00 - 26 minutesThis month we talk about the One Earth One Vote campaign with Tim Gray, Executive Director of Environmental Defence. Organized by Environmental Defence, the David Suzuki Foundation, Ontario Nature, among others, and which SCGC is participating in, this campaign is meant to ensure the environme...
Upstream/Downstream: Root Cause or BandAid?
Tree Planters: A podcast about change for a better world - August 08, 2019 17:00 - 56 minutesThis month we're looking at the difference between change that addresses root causes, such as poverty and inequality, and change that addresses symptoms, such as homelessness. The former is change upstream, while the later is change downstream. We talk with Naomi Wachowiak, who works in public...
Activism (What is it? Why do we do it?)
Tree Planters: A podcast about change for a better world - June 30, 2019 01:00 - 39 minutesThis month we are talking about activism. It's a term that can divide people, but we think that it can be found far more than we might think in our daily life. We speak to three community leaders, Hale Mahon, Keenan Aylwin, and Claire Malcolmson, who put a lot of time and effort into making th...
Why "Tree Planters"?
Tree Planters: A podcast about change for a better world - May 23, 2019 13:00 - 30 minutesOur first episode! We explain how we came up with the Tree Planters name, as well as discuss who we are, what we do, and why we do it. Support the show
Ontario Greenbelt Introduction
Ontario Greenbelt Land Use Seminar - December 16, 2009 22:45A basic overview of the Greenbelt (objectives, vision, etc...) Maryam Nassar, Program Director, Friends of the Greenbelt Foundation Maryam has worked and volunteered in the public and not-for profit sector for over a decade, including the Peel Children's Water Festival, Rouge Park, and the Toro...
The Legal Angle
Ontario Greenbelt Land Use Seminar - December 16, 2009 22:30What is the law and how does it impact campgrounds. David C.K. Tang, Partner, Gowling Lafleur Henderson LLP David Tang practises in the area of municipal, land development and planning. He appears regularly before the Ontario Municipal Board, the Assessment Review Board and in the courts to obt...
The Municipality’s Perspective
Ontario Greenbelt Land Use Seminar - December 16, 2009 22:15How the legislation affects them and how they implement it. Don Sinclair, General Manager, Development & Legal Services, Town of East Gwillimbury Don Sinclair is the General Manager, Development & Legal Services for the Town of East Gwillimbury. He was the Director, Development Law at York Regi...
A Conservation Authority’s Perspective
Ontario Greenbelt Land Use Seminar - December 16, 2009 22:00How the legislation affects them and how they implement it. Jackie Burkart, Senior Planner, Lake Simcoe Region Conservation Authority Jackie Burkart is a geological technician and has been with the Lake Simcoe Region Conversation Authority since 2005. Previously she worked for the Ministry of N...
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