Episode 10: Mar 3

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IN THIS EPISODE:

1. Growing food without growing emissions [min 1:04]
Agriculture accounts for 10% of Canada’s (and the world’s) total climate pollution – thanks to methane emissions from animal manure, Nitrous oxide emissions from fertilizer, and Carbon dioxide emissions from machinery. Can a change in farming practices turn agriculture into a climate solution?

• Karen Ross – Director, Farmers for Climate Solutions
• Brent Preston – Co-owner, The New Farm

Links:
- Farmers for Climate Solutions 6 recommendations to government
- Brent Preston’s book, “The New Farm”
- Video: “Can Farmers Be Climate Champions?” by Equiterre & Regeneration Canada
- Video: Manitoba Co-op agricultural promo video
- SPI: “Net Zero: Implications for Canadian Agriculture”

2. The economics of public transit [min 13:25]
How does one of the most environmentally-friendly commuting options make ends meet? And what happens after COVID?

• Marco D’Angelo – President & CEO, Canadian Urban Transit Association

Links:
- Canadian Urban Institute: “What is the Future of Urban Transportation?”
- Deloitte: “Tackling Public Transit’s Funding Gap During the Recovery”
- Global News: New federal funding commitments

3. 60-Second Report: "Canada in a Changing Climate: Regional Perspectives Report – Prairie Provinces” [min 20:37]

• David Sauchyn – Director, Prairie Adaptation Research Collaborative and Professor of Geography and Environmental Studies, University of Regina

Links:
- Check out the Report

 

4. “Five Other Things Happening in the Green Economy This Week” [min 22:22]

• Mike Moffatt – Senior Director of Policy, Smart Prosperity Institute

Links:
- Read the blog on the “5 Other Things Happening in the Green Economy This Week”

Have feedback on this episode? Ideas for future episodes? 

• Send an email to host & producer Eric Campbell
• Tweet @PaperBagEric and @SP_Inst

Episode 10 includes music and clips from Eric Campbell, Audio Jungle, Zapsplat and the “Canada 150 Archive” channel on YouTube

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