Ep.28: Breaking Down the Upcoming Climate Summit

Eduardo Sousa walks us through an incredible, historical agreement on the Pacific Coast of Canada to protect a rainforest the size of Belgium. Bonus: What exactly is a Spirit Bear? Andrew Norton answers the questions you never knew you had on the new podcast: #CompletelyOptionalKnowledge. This story: What pisses off scientists the most in the movies? MUSIC @ 01:04 : Skyline by Gentle Fire Studio

A joint operation to rescue refugees risking their lives on the dangerous sea crossing between Turkey and Greece has been launched by the international medical organisation Médecins Sans Frontières/Doctors without Borders, and Greenpeace. Winona LaDuke talks about Indigenous knowledge & reciprocity, and rights vs responsibility in modern Western society. Interview excerpt originally aired on Conversation Earth, Exploring Our Place on the Planet.

A quick study on when to say "climate change" vs "global warming", quick hint: audience matters! And what's at stake for The Great Barrier Reef off the North-East coast of Australia with the proposed Carmichael coal mine.

New York reporter Isabel Angell breaks down the key players, key terms and key issues of the upcoming Paris Climate Summit - translated into language we can actually use when talking about it with folks in our lives.

What about cities which have too much water that they can’t prevent, like too much rainfall. Copenhagen decided to use design to help keep the capital of Denmark, from continually flooding. Xeriscaping is a landscaping, gardening word which means that your garden relies only on the water from the sky and not the garden hose.

Newsweek named How to Change the World one of the top 15 documentaries to watch of 2015. Listen to clips from the film and revisit the 1971 Amchitka fundraising concert that started Greenpeace, featuring music from James Taylor and Joni Mitchell. Hear stories about women in the early days of Greenpeace, heroines such as Ann Marie Horn and Bobbi Hunter, as well as the difficulties still present in sharing the stories of women in our movements. Music Credits: "Fire and Rain" by James Taylor "Big Yellow Taxi" by Joni Mitchell "Filaments" by Podington Bear

Looking at favorite stories from the last year: Mark Floegel from GPUS slices through the fog of confusion over organic, free range or nasty eggs. JP Davidson looks at how environmental activists are using apps to create citizen scientists.

What is going on in in the world’s largest democracy? Many non governmental organizations (NGOs) are being leaned on by the Indian Ministry of Home Affairs. One of them is Greenpeace. Ancient forests and oceans are both huge "carbon sinks". But what does that mean, really?

Chai Jing's YouTube video about the air she's breathing had 200 million views within days, and was later taken down by the Chinese Government. Dragonflies are the new climate canaries, and what does the Air Quality Index measure exactly?

Food is the door to a lot of conversations about how we live. The Worst Foods Game Show shares some ideas about how to eat and sustain the planet, not just yourself! Even if you live in the north you can follow global seasons, we talk with a chef to give you the best tips. And "Shifting Baseline Syndrome", wow our perception of the world changes, from generation to generation.