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Episodes cover a range of themes central to the study of environmental politics in a Canadian context, from environmental justice to federalism to climate action and more! Enjoy the show, and let us know what you think.]]></description><atom:link href="https://www.spreaker.com/show/4769965/episodes/feed" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><language>en</language><category>Politics</category><copyright>Copyright voicEd Radio</copyright><image><url>https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/cffeaaae50379d9e80fab5fd673a6403.jpg</url><title>The EcoPolitics Podcast</title><link>https://www.spreaker.com/show/the-ecopolitics-podcast</link></image><lastBuildDate>Wed, 28 Feb 2024 16:48:20 +0000</lastBuildDate><itunes:author>voicEd Radio</itunes:author><itunes:owner><itunes:name>voicEd Radio</itunes:name><itunes:email>feeds@spreaker.com</itunes:email></itunes:owner><itunes:image href="https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/cffeaaae50379d9e80fab5fd673a6403.jpg"/><itunes:subtitle>The Ecopolitics Podcast is a 16-episode audio series offering core content for university students studying environmental politics in Canada. The show is created and co-hosted by Dr. Ryan Katz-Rosene (University of Ottawa) and Dr. Peter Andrée...</itunes:subtitle><itunes:summary><![CDATA[The Ecopolitics Podcast is a 16-episode audio series offering core content for university students studying environmental politics in Canada. The show is created and co-hosted by Dr. Ryan Katz-Rosene (University of Ottawa) and Dr. Peter Andrée (Carleton University), and funded by the Shared Online Projects Initiative. All episodes are freely available for use under a Creative Commons Licence 4.0 (CC BY-NC-ND). Instructors and students of environmental politics everywhere are invited to use the podcasts in their own teaching and learning. Episodes cover a range of themes central to the study of environmental politics in a Canadian context, from environmental justice to federalism to climate action and more! Enjoy the show, and let us know what you think.]]></itunes:summary><itunes:category text="News"><itunes:category text="Politics"/></itunes:category><itunes:category text="Science"><itunes:category text="Earth Sciences"/></itunes:category><itunes:category text="Education"><itunes:category text="Courses"/></itunes:category><itunes:explicit>false</itunes:explicit><itunes:type>episodic</itunes:type><item><title>Episode 3.6: Is the local a romantic eco-myth? A critical appraisal of ‘Thinking Globally, Acting Locally'</title><link>https://www.spreaker.com/episode/episode-3-6-is-the-local-a-romantic-eco-myth-a-critical-appraisal-of-thinking-globally-acting-locally--48924057</link><description><![CDATA[Does the environmentalist motto, ‘Think Globally, Act Locally’, point us towards sustainable food systems’ solutions? In this episode, Dr. Navin Ramakutty from UBC and Ken Meter from the Crossroads Resource Centre in Minneapolis explore whether locally produced foods, provided by small-scale farmers, are inherently more sustainable than that which comes from larger producers many miles away. The discussion suggests that scale and proximity are not necessarily correlated with better environmental performance across the board, but that there are still good reasons for building strong food systems at the community level, and ensuring that small scale farmers can earn a sustainable livelihood.]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.ecopoliticspodcast.ca/?post_type=podcast&amp;p=1353</guid><pubDate>Tue, 01 Mar 2022 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate><enclosure url="https://api.spreaker.com/download/episode/48924057/episode_3_6_is_the_local_a_romantic_eco_myth_a_critical_appraisal_of_thinking_globally_acting_locally.mp3" length="58757845" type="audio/mpeg"/><itunes:author>voicEd Radio</itunes:author><itunes:subtitle>Does the environmentalist motto, ‘Think Globally, Act Locally’, point us towards sustainable food systems’ solutions? In this episode, Dr. Navin Ramakutty from UBC and Ken Meter from the Crossroads Resource Centre in Minneapolis explore whether...</itunes:subtitle><itunes:summary><![CDATA[Does the environmentalist motto, ‘Think Globally, Act Locally’, point us towards sustainable food systems’ solutions? In this episode, Dr. Navin Ramakutty from UBC and Ken Meter from the Crossroads Resource Centre in Minneapolis explore whether locally produced foods, provided by small-scale farmers, are inherently more sustainable than that which comes from larger producers many miles away. The discussion suggests that scale and proximity are not necessarily correlated with better environmental performance across the board, but that there are still good reasons for building strong food systems at the community level, and ensuring that small scale farmers can earn a sustainable livelihood.]]></itunes:summary><itunes:duration>2447</itunes:duration><itunes:keywords>000 mile diet,100 mile diet,agriculture,agrifood pluralism,biodiversity,building community food webs,buy local,climate impact,climate miles,commodity farms,community food system,crop diversity,data,deforestation,eco-myth,economics of scale,economics of scope,economies of size,environmentalists,environmental justice</itunes:keywords><itunes:explicit>false</itunes:explicit><itunes:image href="https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/e7bc7047a4cdc587725d9828ad3231e9.jpg"/><itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType></item><item><title>Episode 3.5: How can we confront the environmental challenges associated with Canadian mining?</title><link>https://www.spreaker.com/episode/episode-3-5-how-can-we-confront-the-environmental-challenges-associated-with-canadian-mining--48578898</link><description><![CDATA[Mining is an essential component to our everyday lives, providing us with the raw materials we need to create a wide variety of products. However, while mining contributes to our technological progress, it comes with an often hidden dark side rife with environmental and human rights abuses. When more than 60% of the world's mining companies are based in Canada, what does this mean for us as everyday ecocitizens? What responsibilities do we have with respect to holding these companies to account for their use and abuse of people and planet? These are some of the questions we drill into today with guests Chandu Claver, International Spokesperson for the Cordillera Peoples' Alliance, Teresa Kramarz, Associate Professor at the University of Toronto, and Sheri Meyerhoffer, Canadian Ombudsperson for Responsible Enterprise (CORE).]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.ecopoliticspodcast.ca/?post_type=podcast&amp;p=1316</guid><pubDate>Tue, 01 Feb 2022 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate><enclosure url="https://api.spreaker.com/download/episode/48578898/episode_3_5_how_can_we_confront_the_environmental_challenges_associated_with_canadian_mining.mp3" length="87025044" type="audio/mpeg"/><itunes:author>voicEd Radio</itunes:author><itunes:subtitle>Mining is an essential component to our everyday lives, providing us with the raw materials we need to create a wide variety of products. However, while mining contributes to our technological progress, it comes with an often hidden dark side rife...</itunes:subtitle><itunes:summary><![CDATA[Mining is an essential component to our everyday lives, providing us with the raw materials we need to create a wide variety of products. However, while mining contributes to our technological progress, it comes with an often hidden dark side rife with environmental and human rights abuses. When more than 60% of the world's mining companies are based in Canada, what does this mean for us as everyday ecocitizens? What responsibilities do we have with respect to holding these companies to account for their use and abuse of people and planet? These are some of the questions we drill into today with guests Chandu Claver, International Spokesperson for the Cordillera Peoples' Alliance, Teresa Kramarz, Associate Professor at the University of Toronto, and Sheri Meyerhoffer, Canadian Ombudsperson for Responsible Enterprise (CORE).]]></itunes:summary><itunes:duration>3625</itunes:duration><itunes:keywords>abra river,bill c-300,canada pension plan,canadian international develop,canadian mining companies,canadian mining overseas,canadian stock exchange,cell phones,child rights,climate change,columbia,conflict minerals,copper,cordillera peoples' alliance,corporate social responsibilit,degredation,development pathways,dhaka garment factory collapse,displacement,eco-citizen</itunes:keywords><itunes:explicit>false</itunes:explicit><itunes:image href="https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/e09918b6f2a2cb7344a6b69a21308429.jpg"/><itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType></item><item><title>Episode 3.4: What does a just transition really entail? 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Our guests, Luisa Da Silva, Executive Director of Iron and Earth, and Heather Milton-Lightening, a long-time Indigenous climate activist and current student, share with us their different views on just transition, and what we need to consider if we're really going to make it work.]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.ecopoliticspodcast.ca/?post_type=podcast&amp;p=1299</guid><pubDate>Fri, 17 Dec 2021 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate><enclosure url="https://api.spreaker.com/download/episode/47968027/episode_3_4_what_does_a_just_transition_really_entail_from_green_jobs_to_decolonization.mp3" length="57359116" type="audio/mpeg"/><itunes:author>voicEd Radio</itunes:author><itunes:subtitle>Climate change and its impacts on the economy, the planet, and, of course, us, is top of mind for a lot of folks these days. One potential solution that merges economic and climate needs is the transition away from fossil fuels as an energy source, to...</itunes:subtitle><itunes:summary><![CDATA[Climate change and its impacts on the economy, the planet, and, of course, us, is top of mind for a lot of folks these days. One potential solution that merges economic and climate needs is the transition away from fossil fuels as an energy source, to greener options. But with so many people relying on the fossil fuel industry for their livelihoods, how do we ensure a transition to a whole new energy source is just? This is one of the many questions we touch on in today's episode. Our guests, Luisa Da Silva, Executive Director of Iron and Earth, and Heather Milton-Lightening, a long-time Indigenous climate activist and current student, share with us their different views on just transition, and what we need to consider if we're really going to make it work.]]></itunes:summary><itunes:duration>2390</itunes:duration><itunes:keywords>alberta oil sands,anti-tarsands,aquafer,atlantic canada,atlantic fishing industry,biodiversity,canadian indigenous tarsands c,careers,coal,conservancy,cop26,council of canadians,economic development,enbridge,energy sovereignty,executive order,fort mcmurray,fossil fuels,fracking,gas</itunes:keywords><itunes:explicit>false</itunes:explicit><itunes:image href="https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/536f52860cb554a35294af52095de30c.jpg"/><itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType></item><item><title>Episode 3.3: How do we confront capitalism’s excesses? Between revolution and reform</title><link>https://www.spreaker.com/episode/episode-3-3-how-do-we-confront-capitalism-s-excesses-between-revolution-and-reform--47870590</link><description><![CDATA[How do we confront capitalism's ecological record? In this episode we get some answers from Dianne Saxe (Deputy Leader of the Green Party of Ontario), and Professor Matt Huber (Syracuse Univer“How do we confront capitalism’s ecological record?” In today's episode, we tackle this question with help from Dianne Saxe, President of SaxeFacts, and Deputy Leader of the Green Party of Ontario and Matt Huber, Professor in the Department of Geography and the Environment at Syracuse University. From two unique perspectives -- that of an environmental lawyer and a Marxist Geographer -- we dig into the ways in which capitalism is implicated in climate change, and how capitalistic forces might be influenced for the betterment of people and planet.]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.ecopoliticspodcast.ca/?post_type=podcast&amp;p=1279</guid><pubDate>Fri, 10 Dec 2021 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate><enclosure url="https://api.spreaker.com/download/episode/47870590/episode_3_3_how_do_we_confront_capitalisms_excesses_between_revolution_and_reform.mp3" length="60077534" type="audio/mpeg"/><itunes:author>voicEd Radio</itunes:author><itunes:subtitle>How do we confront capitalism's ecological record? In this episode we get some answers from Dianne Saxe (Deputy Leader of the Green Party of Ontario), and Professor Matt Huber (Syracuse Univer“How do we confront capitalism’s ecological record?” In...</itunes:subtitle><itunes:summary><![CDATA[How do we confront capitalism's ecological record? In this episode we get some answers from Dianne Saxe (Deputy Leader of the Green Party of Ontario), and Professor Matt Huber (Syracuse Univer“How do we confront capitalism’s ecological record?” In today's episode, we tackle this question with help from Dianne Saxe, President of SaxeFacts, and Deputy Leader of the Green Party of Ontario and Matt Huber, Professor in the Department of Geography and the Environment at Syracuse University. From two unique perspectives -- that of an environmental lawyer and a Marxist Geographer -- we dig into the ways in which capitalism is implicated in climate change, and how capitalistic forces might be influenced for the betterment of people and planet.]]></itunes:summary><itunes:duration>2503</itunes:duration><itunes:keywords>a good war: mobilising canada ,and the forces of capital,authoritarian,autocratic,banks,bengi akbulut,bill mckibben,capitalism,capitalism nature socialism,carbon budget,carbon emissions,chemical fertilizer industry,china,clean energy,climate change as class war: b,climate emergency,coal,commodities,danny faber,david harvey</itunes:keywords><itunes:explicit>false</itunes:explicit><itunes:image href="https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/8da71216792b41e1db000f56e5aef7ea.jpg"/><itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType></item><item><title>Episode 3.2: Can we eat our way to sustainability? A deep dive into sustainable protein</title><link>https://www.spreaker.com/episode/episode-3-2-can-we-eat-our-way-to-sustainability-a-deep-dive-into-sustainable-protein--47565958</link><description><![CDATA[To consume or not consume meat? That is the question plaguing many an environmentally conscious person as we grapple with our personal responsibilites in the face of a warming climate. However, as our guests Paige Stanley, PhD Candidate at the University of California, Berkeley and Tara Garnett, Director of TABLE, a platform for informed discussion about food systems at University of Oxford point out, the answer isn't so black and white. In today's episode, we dive into the nuances of protein production, exploring both the macro and micro ways that farmers, scientists, and everyday people are tackling sustainable food systems. Ultimately, we strive to answer the question: Can we truly eat our way to sustainability?]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.ecopoliticspodcast.ca/?post_type=podcast&amp;p=1253</guid><pubDate>Fri, 19 Nov 2021 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate><enclosure url="https://api.spreaker.com/download/episode/47565958/episode_3_2_can_we_eat_our_way_to_sustainability_a_deep_dive_into_sustainable_protein.mp3" length="69682389" type="audio/mpeg"/><itunes:author>voicEd Radio</itunes:author><itunes:subtitle>To consume or not consume meat? That is the question plaguing many an environmentally conscious person as we grapple with our personal responsibilites in the face of a warming climate. However, as our guests Paige Stanley, PhD Candidate at the...</itunes:subtitle><itunes:summary><![CDATA[To consume or not consume meat? That is the question plaguing many an environmentally conscious person as we grapple with our personal responsibilites in the face of a warming climate. However, as our guests Paige Stanley, PhD Candidate at the University of California, Berkeley and Tara Garnett, Director of TABLE, a platform for informed discussion about food systems at University of Oxford point out, the answer isn't so black and white. In today's episode, we dive into the nuances of protein production, exploring both the macro and micro ways that farmers, scientists, and everyday people are tackling sustainable food systems. Ultimately, we strive to answer the question: Can we truly eat our way to sustainability?]]></itunes:summary><itunes:duration>2903</itunes:duration><itunes:keywords>advocacy,alice waters,animal ethics,beef production,biodiversity loss,carbon saturation,carbon sequestration,climate change,climate negative,climate resiliency,collective action,consumer choice,consumption,eat lancet report,farmers,food production,food systems,fossil fuel consumption,global north,global south</itunes:keywords><itunes:explicit>false</itunes:explicit><itunes:image href="https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/31fab0fb2e15aecbcf668517db511fb7.jpg"/><itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType></item><item><title>Episode 3.1: What does it mean to be an Eco-Citizen? Intro to Everyday Ecopolitics Season Three</title><link>https://www.spreaker.com/episode/episode-3-1-what-does-it-mean-to-be-an-eco-citizen-intro-to-everyday-ecopolitics-season-three--47438385</link><description><![CDATA[What is eco-citizenship and what does it entail? These are the overarching questions that guide this episode's discussions with Manvi Bhalla, Graduate Student and Co-Founder of Shake Up The Establishment & missINFORMED, and Kimberly Nicholas, Associate Professor of Sustainability Science at Lund University. From an introduction to intersectionality and its importance in climate justice action, to the Eat Lancet Report's rough guidelines for how to reduce one's carbon footprint, this wide-ranging discussion explores all the facets of what it means to be an eco-citizen, and who bears the most responsibility for taking action to slow climate change.]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.ecopoliticspodcast.ca/?post_type=podcast&amp;p=1232</guid><pubDate>Fri, 12 Nov 2021 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate><enclosure url="https://api.spreaker.com/download/episode/47438385/episode_3_1_what_does_it_mean_to_be_an_eco_citizen_intro_to_everyday_ecopolitics_season_three.mp3" length="40484630" type="audio/mpeg"/><itunes:author>voicEd Radio</itunes:author><itunes:subtitle>What is eco-citizenship and what does it entail? These are the overarching questions that guide this episode's discussions with Manvi Bhalla, Graduate Student and Co-Founder of Shake Up The Establishment &amp; missINFORMED, and Kimberly Nicholas,...</itunes:subtitle><itunes:summary><![CDATA[What is eco-citizenship and what does it entail? These are the overarching questions that guide this episode's discussions with Manvi Bhalla, Graduate Student and Co-Founder of Shake Up The Establishment & missINFORMED, and Kimberly Nicholas, Associate Professor of Sustainability Science at Lund University. From an introduction to intersectionality and its importance in climate justice action, to the Eat Lancet Report's rough guidelines for how to reduce one's carbon footprint, this wide-ranging discussion explores all the facets of what it means to be an eco-citizen, and who bears the most responsibility for taking action to slow climate change.]]></itunes:summary><itunes:duration>2531</itunes:duration><itunes:keywords>active transport,activism,amtrak,anti-poverty,anti-racism,carbon footprint,climate change,climate dismissive,climate justice,climate literacy,collective action,collective change,community organizing,conservation,consumption,curriculum,dietary changes,drinking water advisory,eat lancet report,ecocitizen</itunes:keywords><itunes:explicit>false</itunes:explicit><itunes:image href="https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/a3ceb9db0fecc88c39c9e6b713580459.jpg"/><itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType></item><item><title>Episode 2.14: Global Cities, Environmental Politics, and Low Carbon Transition</title><link>https://www.spreaker.com/episode/episode-2-14-global-cities-environmental-politics-and-low-carbon-transition--44545836</link><description><![CDATA[Just over a decade ago, the world’s urban population surpassed its rural population in a trend of urbanization that is expected to continue for decades to come. This trend has raised some interesting questions with respect to how cities can participate in global sustainability efforts and how they might have a say in the governance of environmental politics. In this episode, we dive into these questions with Dr. Harriet Bulkeley, Professor in the Department of Geography at Durham University and at the Copernicus Institute of Sustainable Development at Utrecht University.]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.ecopoliticspodcast.ca/?post_type=podcast&amp;p=1042</guid><pubDate>Tue, 27 Apr 2021 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate><enclosure url="https://api.spreaker.com/download/episode/44545836/episode_2_14_global_cities_environmental_politics_and_low_carbon_transition.mp3" length="44951785" type="audio/mpeg"/><itunes:author>voicEd Radio</itunes:author><itunes:subtitle>Just over a decade ago, the world’s urban population surpassed its rural population in a trend of urbanization that is expected to continue for decades to come. This trend has raised some interesting questions with respect to how cities can...</itunes:subtitle><itunes:summary><![CDATA[Just over a decade ago, the world’s urban population surpassed its rural population in a trend of urbanization that is expected to continue for decades to come. This trend has raised some interesting questions with respect to how cities can participate in global sustainability efforts and how they might have a say in the governance of environmental politics. In this episode, we dive into these questions with Dr. Harriet Bulkeley, Professor in the Department of Geography at Durham University and at the Copernicus Institute of Sustainable Development at Utrecht University.]]></itunes:summary><itunes:duration>2810</itunes:duration><itunes:keywords>carbon,climate change,colonialism,consumption,culture,densification,ecological footprint,emissions,energy production,environmental gentrification,fossil fuels,geography,global south,green gentrification,greenhouse gases,green washing,low-carbon transition,metropolis,nature's metropolis: chicago a,naturvation</itunes:keywords><itunes:explicit>false</itunes:explicit><itunes:image href="https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/cffeaaae50379d9e80fab5fd673a6403.jpg"/><itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType></item><item><title>Episode 2.13: Resources, Population and the Global Environment: A Case Study in Water</title><link>https://www.spreaker.com/episode/episode-2-13-resources-population-and-the-global-environment-a-case-study-in-water--44416828</link><description><![CDATA[Recorded on World Water Day, in this episode, we speak with Dr. Farhana Sultana, Associate Professor in the Department of Geography and the Environment and the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs at Syracuse University to discuss all things water. Our conversation touches on the human right to water and sanitation, the ways in which water is a cross-cutting, multisectoral entity, and how governance of water, and further, privatization, is complicated, and can often be detrimental, to ensuring our rights to water.]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.ecopoliticspodcast.ca/?post_type=podcast&amp;p=1017</guid><pubDate>Tue, 20 Apr 2021 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate><enclosure url="https://api.spreaker.com/download/episode/44416828/episode_2_13_resources_population_and_the_global_environment_a_case_study_in_water.mp3" length="48417100" type="audio/mpeg"/><itunes:author>voicEd Radio</itunes:author><itunes:subtitle>Recorded on World Water Day, in this episode, we speak with Dr. Farhana Sultana, Associate Professor in the Department of Geography and the Environment and the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs at Syracuse University to discuss all...</itunes:subtitle><itunes:summary><![CDATA[Recorded on World Water Day, in this episode, we speak with Dr. Farhana Sultana, Associate Professor in the Department of Geography and the Environment and the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs at Syracuse University to discuss all things water. Our conversation touches on the human right to water and sanitation, the ways in which water is a cross-cutting, multisectoral entity, and how governance of water, and further, privatization, is complicated, and can often be detrimental, to ensuring our rights to water.]]></itunes:summary><itunes:duration>3027</itunes:duration><itunes:keywords>accessibility,agriculture,anthropocentric,bipoc,bipoc scholars,climate change,commodification,contamination,corporations,covid-19,democracy,ecological sustainability,equity,flint,geopolitical,global south,hydro-social cycle,indigeneity,intersectional,michigan</itunes:keywords><itunes:explicit>false</itunes:explicit><itunes:image href="https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/cffeaaae50379d9e80fab5fd673a6403.jpg"/><itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType></item><item><title>Episode 2.12: Metaphors for Climate Governance</title><link>https://www.spreaker.com/episode/episode-2-12-metaphors-for-climate-governance--44318799</link><description><![CDATA[In this episode, which is a re-broadcast of an episode from Season 1, we speak with Steven Bernstein, Distinguished Professor of Global Environmental and Sustainability Governance, University of Toronto, and Matthew Hoffmann, Professor of Political Science, University of Toronto, about carbon lock-in (the ways in which our culture currently reinforces our use of fossil fuels) and two different metaphors for thinking about how we might challenge the carbon lock-in mindset both locally and internationally.]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.ecopoliticspodcast.ca/?post_type=podcast&amp;p=995</guid><pubDate>Tue, 13 Apr 2021 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate><enclosure url="https://api.spreaker.com/download/episode/44318799/episode_2_12_metaphors_for_climate_governance.mp3" length="43861709" type="audio/mpeg"/><itunes:author>voicEd Radio</itunes:author><itunes:subtitle>In this episode, which is a re-broadcast of an episode from Season 1, we speak with Steven Bernstein, Distinguished Professor of Global Environmental and Sustainability Governance, University of Toronto, and Matthew Hoffmann, Professor of Political...</itunes:subtitle><itunes:summary><![CDATA[In this episode, which is a re-broadcast of an episode from Season 1, we speak with Steven Bernstein, Distinguished Professor of Global Environmental and Sustainability Governance, University of Toronto, and Matthew Hoffmann, Professor of Political Science, University of Toronto, about carbon lock-in (the ways in which our culture currently reinforces our use of fossil fuels) and two different metaphors for thinking about how we might challenge the carbon lock-in mindset both locally and internationally.]]></itunes:summary><itunes:duration>2742</itunes:duration><itunes:keywords>carbon budget,carbon dioxide,carbon lock-in,climate change,climate impacts,coal,collective action,combustion engine,common pool resources,decarbonization,fossil energy,fractal,gregory c. unruh,interlocking scales,international trade,mark jaccard,metaphor,natural gas,nautilus shell,rebecca solnit</itunes:keywords><itunes:explicit>false</itunes:explicit><itunes:image href="https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/cffeaaae50379d9e80fab5fd673a6403.jpg"/><itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType></item><item><title>Episode 2.11: Growth, Degrowth, Agrowth</title><link>https://www.spreaker.com/episode/episode-2-11-growth-degrowth-agrowth--44279364</link><description><![CDATA[What is the relationship between economic growth and the environment? What is ‘green growth' and why does the degrowth movement oppose it? And what does it mean to be agnostic about growth in the context of sustainability? In this episode we speak with two scholars who approach these questions from a degrowth perspective – Dr. Susan Paulson from the University of Florida, and Dr. Bengi Akbulut, from Concordia University in Canada. The episode also delves into Global South perspecitves on the growth-environment debate.]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.ecopoliticspodcast.ca/?post_type=podcast&amp;p=989</guid><pubDate>Fri, 09 Apr 2021 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate><enclosure url="https://api.spreaker.com/download/episode/44279364/episode_2_11_growth_degrowth_agrowth.mp3" length="50062932" type="audio/mpeg"/><itunes:author>voicEd Radio</itunes:author><itunes:subtitle>What is the relationship between economic growth and the environment? What is ‘green growth' and why does the degrowth movement oppose it? And what does it mean to be agnostic about growth in the context of sustainability? In this episode we speak...</itunes:subtitle><itunes:summary><![CDATA[What is the relationship between economic growth and the environment? What is ‘green growth' and why does the degrowth movement oppose it? And what does it mean to be agnostic about growth in the context of sustainability? In this episode we speak with two scholars who approach these questions from a degrowth perspective – Dr. Susan Paulson from the University of Florida, and Dr. Bengi Akbulut, from Concordia University in Canada. The episode also delves into Global South perspecitves on the growth-environment debate.]]></itunes:summary><itunes:duration>3129</itunes:duration><itunes:keywords>agrowth,anti-capitalist,antonio gramsci,biophysical implications,capitalism,climate change,coal,colonialism,covid-19,decoupling,decoupling debunked: why green,degrowth,ecological sustainability,ecomodernist,energy consumption,environmental kuznets curve,equality,feminist,gdp,global south</itunes:keywords><itunes:explicit>false</itunes:explicit><itunes:image href="https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/cffeaaae50379d9e80fab5fd673a6403.jpg"/><itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType></item><item><title>Episode 2.10: Dairy Cows, Climate Change and Settler Colonialism: Insights from Aotearoa/New Zealand</title><link>https://www.spreaker.com/episode/episode-2-10-dairy-cows-climate-change-and-settler-colonialism-insights-from-aotearoa-new-zealand--44230185</link><description><![CDATA[Aotearoa/New Zealand's dairy sector contributes 1/4 of that country's greenhouse gas emissions. Dr John Reid (University of Canterbury), and Dr. Hugh Campbell (University of Otago), show us how Māori sustainability values are having a growing influence on the sector's response to the challenge of net-zero carbon emissions by 2050.]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.ecopoliticspodcast.ca/?post_type=podcast&amp;p=975</guid><pubDate>Tue, 06 Apr 2021 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate><enclosure url="https://api.spreaker.com/download/episode/44230185/episode_2_10_dairy_cows_climate_change_and_settler_colonialism_insights_from_aotearoa_new_zealand.mp3" length="49800993" type="audio/mpeg"/><itunes:author>voicEd Radio</itunes:author><itunes:subtitle>Aotearoa/New Zealand's dairy sector contributes 1/4 of that country's greenhouse gas emissions. Dr John Reid (University of Canterbury), and Dr. Hugh Campbell (University of Otago), show us how Māori sustainability values are having a growing...</itunes:subtitle><itunes:summary><![CDATA[Aotearoa/New Zealand's dairy sector contributes 1/4 of that country's greenhouse gas emissions. Dr John Reid (University of Canterbury), and Dr. Hugh Campbell (University of Otago), show us how Māori sustainability values are having a growing influence on the sector's response to the challenge of net-zero carbon emissions by 2050.]]></itunes:summary><itunes:duration>3113</itunes:duration><itunes:explicit>false</itunes:explicit><itunes:image href="https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/cffeaaae50379d9e80fab5fd673a6403.jpg"/><itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType></item><item><title>Episode 2.9: Indigenous Environmental Rights: The Maya of Belize</title><link>https://www.spreaker.com/episode/episode-2-9-indigenous-environmental-rights-the-maya-of-belize--44134971</link><description><![CDATA[In this episode we speak to Cristina Coc, Executive Director of the Julian Cho Society and Spokesperson for the Toledo Alcaldes Association/Maya Leaders Alliance, and Filiberto Penados, Chair, Julian Cho Society about the connections between indigenous rights and land conservation. Together, we take a closer look at the fight for recognition of the Maya people's rights to land in Belize. Overall, we conclude that this struggle is a global struggle, not just for indigenous rights to land, but for survival of all on a just and healthy planet.]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.ecopoliticspodcast.ca/?post_type=podcast&amp;p=944</guid><pubDate>Tue, 30 Mar 2021 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate><enclosure url="https://api.spreaker.com/download/episode/44134971/episode_2_9_indigenous_environmental_rights_the_maya_of_belize.mp3" length="45725400" type="audio/mpeg"/><itunes:author>voicEd Radio</itunes:author><itunes:subtitle>In this episode we speak to Cristina Coc, Executive Director of the Julian Cho Society and Spokesperson for the Toledo Alcaldes Association/Maya Leaders Alliance, and Filiberto Penados, Chair, Julian Cho Society about the connections between...</itunes:subtitle><itunes:summary><![CDATA[In this episode we speak to Cristina Coc, Executive Director of the Julian Cho Society and Spokesperson for the Toledo Alcaldes Association/Maya Leaders Alliance, and Filiberto Penados, Chair, Julian Cho Society about the connections between indigenous rights and land conservation. Together, we take a closer look at the fight for recognition of the Maya people's rights to land in Belize. Overall, we conclude that this struggle is a global struggle, not just for indigenous rights to land, but for survival of all on a just and healthy planet.]]></itunes:summary><itunes:duration>2858</itunes:duration><itunes:keywords>activist,activists,agri-forestry,aguacate,alcaldes,belize,biodiversity,caribbean court of justice,central america,centre for engaged learning ab,engaged learning,environmental conservation,garifuna maya,governance,grievance redress,guatemala,honduras,indigenous,indigenous resurgence movement,indigenous rights</itunes:keywords><itunes:explicit>false</itunes:explicit><itunes:image href="https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/40a238c983ea6efeb3f9e7aeba8744ac.jpg"/><itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType></item><item><title>Episode 2.8: Environmental Justice and the Anthropocene</title><link>https://www.spreaker.com/episode/episode-2-8-environmental-justice-and-the-anthropocene--44019561</link><description><![CDATA[In this episode we talk about Indigenous environmental justice with Dr. Kyle White (University of Michigan, and citizen of the Potawatomi Nation). Dr. Whyte explains how indigenous knowledge, identity, and kinship networks can reshape contemporary ecological politics.]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.ecopoliticspodcast.ca/?post_type=podcast&amp;p=930</guid><pubDate>Tue, 23 Mar 2021 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate><enclosure url="https://api.spreaker.com/download/episode/44019561/episode_2_8_environmental_justice_and_the_anthropocene.mp3" length="48343061" type="audio/mpeg"/><itunes:author>voicEd Radio</itunes:author><itunes:subtitle>In this episode we talk about Indigenous environmental justice with Dr. Kyle White (University of Michigan, and citizen of the Potawatomi Nation). Dr. Whyte explains how indigenous knowledge, identity, and kinship networks can reshape contemporary...</itunes:subtitle><itunes:summary><![CDATA[In this episode we talk about Indigenous environmental justice with Dr. Kyle White (University of Michigan, and citizen of the Potawatomi Nation). Dr. Whyte explains how indigenous knowledge, identity, and kinship networks can reshape contemporary ecological politics.]]></itunes:summary><itunes:duration>3022</itunes:duration><itunes:keywords>agriculture,anthropocene,biden administration,biden-harris administration,citizen potawatomi nation,climate change,collective identities,colonization,consent,consultation,culture,democrats,donald trump,environmental justice,environmental reviews,environmental stewardship,food sovereignty,global environmental change,great lakes,haudenosaunee</itunes:keywords><itunes:explicit>false</itunes:explicit><itunes:image href="https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/fdd7d73e39afe0654e2fc38c1b4f797b.jpg"/><itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType></item><item><title>Episode 2.7: Multilateral Agreements and Institutions in Global Ecopolitics</title><link>https://www.spreaker.com/episode/episode-2-7-multilateral-agreements-and-institutions-in-global-ecopolitics--43924397</link><description><![CDATA[In this episode we talk with Dr. Radoslav Dimitrov, Associate Professor at Western University to learn more about multilateral environmental agreements. How are they created? How are they enforced? Dr. Dimitrov also explains why some MEAs are essentially "hollow" or "empty" despite appearing to onlookers as legitimate institutions.]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.ecopoliticspodcast.ca/?post_type=podcast&amp;p=899</guid><pubDate>Tue, 16 Mar 2021 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate><enclosure url="https://api.spreaker.com/download/episode/43924397/episode_2_7_multilateral_agreements_and_institutions_in_global_ecopolitics.mp3" length="45047866" type="audio/mpeg"/><itunes:author>voicEd Radio</itunes:author><itunes:subtitle>In this episode we talk with Dr. Radoslav Dimitrov, Associate Professor at Western University to learn more about multilateral environmental agreements. How are they created? How are they enforced? Dr. Dimitrov also explains why some MEAs are...</itunes:subtitle><itunes:summary><![CDATA[In this episode we talk with Dr. Radoslav Dimitrov, Associate Professor at Western University to learn more about multilateral environmental agreements. How are they created? How are they enforced? Dr. Dimitrov also explains why some MEAs are essentially "hollow" or "empty" despite appearing to onlookers as legitimate institutions.]]></itunes:summary><itunes:duration>2816</itunes:duration><itunes:keywords>biodiversity protection,bolivia,civil society representatives,climate change,climate law,consensus,copenhagen accord,deforestation,diplomatic sanctions,earth negotiation bulletin,environmental policy,financial sanctions,forestry negotiations,hollow agreements,international treaty,kyoto protocol,meas,monitoring compliance,multilateral agreements,organic pollutants</itunes:keywords><itunes:explicit>false</itunes:explicit><itunes:image href="https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/9e131f4b6b2db2e7dba14234936f9cf6.jpg"/><itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType></item><item><title>Episode 2.6: Great Power Politics and the Environment</title><link>https://www.spreaker.com/episode/episode-2-6-great-power-politics-and-the-environment--43817863</link><description><![CDATA[Dr. Yixian Sun (University of Bath), and Dr. Matthew Paterson (University of Manchester), explain how the world's most powerful countries – from Great Powers in the G7 to emerging powers in the BRICS – shape ecopolitical outcomes on the global stage.]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.ecopoliticspodcast.ca/?post_type=podcast&amp;p=881</guid><pubDate>Tue, 09 Mar 2021 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate><enclosure url="https://api.spreaker.com/download/episode/43817863/episode_2_7_multilateral_agreements_and_institutions_in_global_ecopolitics.mp3" length="45047866" type="audio/mpeg"/><itunes:author>voicEd Radio</itunes:author><itunes:subtitle>Dr. Yixian Sun (University of Bath), and Dr. Matthew Paterson (University of Manchester), explain how the world's most powerful countries – from Great Powers in the G7 to emerging powers in the BRICS – shape ecopolitical outcomes on the global stage.</itunes:subtitle><itunes:summary><![CDATA[Dr. Yixian Sun (University of Bath), and Dr. Matthew Paterson (University of Manchester), explain how the world's most powerful countries – from Great Powers in the G7 to emerging powers in the BRICS – shape ecopolitical outcomes on the global stage.]]></itunes:summary><itunes:duration>2816</itunes:duration><itunes:keywords>belt and road,brazil,brics,carbon emissions,china and south africa,climate change,decarbonization,devestment,dieter helm,earth negotiations bulletin,electric vehicles,ethical oil,great power politics,india,international institute for su,international political econom,international relations,kyoto protocol,liberal institutionalism,low carbon economy</itunes:keywords><itunes:explicit>false</itunes:explicit><itunes:image href="https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/a733db346a3ebb600d275d0ce9107ca7.jpg"/><itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType></item><item><title>Episode 2.5: Global Ecopolitics After COVID-19: Social Movements and International ENGOs</title><link>https://www.spreaker.com/episode/episode-2-5-global-ecopolitics-after-covid-19-social-movements-and-international-engos--43720533</link><description><![CDATA[There's no denying COVID-19 has had a major impact on the climate movement. After non-governmental organizations worked so hard to access global climate decision-making, being without the ability to organize protests and the like has left the movement disconnected from the major decision-makers again. But it's an important year for climate decisions. In this episode, we speak with Dr. Jen Allan, Lecturer in the School of Law and Politics at Cardiff University to get a better sense of how NGOs are navigating COVID, and the potential opportunities that may arise for climate decisions post-COVID.]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.ecopoliticspodcast.ca/?post_type=podcast&amp;p=861</guid><pubDate>Tue, 02 Mar 2021 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate><enclosure url="https://api.spreaker.com/download/episode/43720533/episode_2_5_global_ecopolitics_after_covid_19_social_movements_and_international_engos.mp3" length="42878310" type="audio/mpeg"/><itunes:author>voicEd Radio</itunes:author><itunes:subtitle>There's no denying COVID-19 has had a major impact on the climate movement. After non-governmental organizations worked so hard to access global climate decision-making, being without the ability to organize protests and the like has left the movement...</itunes:subtitle><itunes:summary><![CDATA[There's no denying COVID-19 has had a major impact on the climate movement. After non-governmental organizations worked so hard to access global climate decision-making, being without the ability to organize protests and the like has left the movement disconnected from the major decision-makers again. But it's an important year for climate decisions. In this episode, we speak with Dr. Jen Allan, Lecturer in the School of Law and Politics at Cardiff University to get a better sense of how NGOs are navigating COVID, and the potential opportunities that may arise for climate decisions post-COVID.]]></itunes:summary><itunes:duration>2680</itunes:duration><itunes:keywords>allies,biodiversity,bob paehlke,chemicals,climate action network,climate justice now,climate negotiations,covid-19,desertification,earth negotiations bulletin,engos,environmental social movements,fast fashion,gender day,green new deal,greta thunberg,high speed rail,international institute for su,international non-governmental,pandemic</itunes:keywords><itunes:explicit>false</itunes:explicit><itunes:image href="https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/9d847dc0c786abb94fedcc68a03f45f9.jpg"/><itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType></item><item><title>Episode 2.4: Eco-colonialism and Environmental Justice in the Global South</title><link>https://www.spreaker.com/episode/episode-2-4-eco-colonialism-and-environmental-justice-in-the-global-south--43608669</link><description><![CDATA[In this episode, we explore the theme of wildlife conservation and the tensions that exist between how people in the global north tend to view these issues versus how they are perceived and experienced by the rural people who live alongside wild animals in countries like Botswana in southern Africa. To discuss these themes, we speak with Joseph E. Mbaiwa, Professor of Tourism Studies at University of Botswana, and Chris Brown, Associate Professor in the Department of Political Science at Carleton University about Botswana's 2014 hunting ban on African elephants. Through this example, we explore the political and eco-colonial contexts that influenced both the institution of the ban, as well as the ban's impact on communities within Botswana.]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.ecopoliticspodcast.ca/?post_type=podcast&amp;p=841</guid><pubDate>Tue, 23 Feb 2021 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate><enclosure url="https://api.spreaker.com/download/episode/43608669/episode_2_4_eco_colonialism_and_environmental_justice_in_the_global_south.mp3" length="48418749" type="audio/mpeg"/><itunes:author>voicEd Radio</itunes:author><itunes:subtitle>In this episode, we explore the theme of wildlife conservation and the tensions that exist between how people in the global north tend to view these issues versus how they are perceived and experienced by the rural people who live alongside wild...</itunes:subtitle><itunes:summary><![CDATA[In this episode, we explore the theme of wildlife conservation and the tensions that exist between how people in the global north tend to view these issues versus how they are perceived and experienced by the rural people who live alongside wild animals in countries like Botswana in southern Africa. To discuss these themes, we speak with Joseph E. Mbaiwa, Professor of Tourism Studies at University of Botswana, and Chris Brown, Associate Professor in the Department of Political Science at Carleton University about Botswana's 2014 hunting ban on African elephants. Through this example, we explore the political and eco-colonial contexts that influenced both the institution of the ban, as well as the ban's impact on communities within Botswana.]]></itunes:summary><itunes:duration>3027</itunes:duration><itunes:explicit>false</itunes:explicit><itunes:image href="https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/8558e6d53df58787ddf3f2a8e33183dd.jpg"/><itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType></item><item><title>Episode 2.3: Theory and Method in Global Environmental Politics</title><link>https://www.spreaker.com/episode/episode-2-3-theory-and-method-in-global-environmental-politics--43496402</link><description><![CDATA[What are some of the main theoretical approaches and methods used in the study of Global Ecopolitics? In this episode Dr. Raul Pacheco-Vega (FLACSO) provides some very helpful answers and further explains the relationship between theory and method for students of Global Ecopolitics.]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.ecopoliticspodcast.ca/?post_type=podcast&amp;p=821</guid><pubDate>Tue, 16 Feb 2021 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate><enclosure url="https://api.spreaker.com/download/episode/43496402/episode_2_3_theory_and_method_in_global_environmental_politics.mp3" length="28729506" type="audio/mpeg"/><itunes:author>voicEd Radio</itunes:author><itunes:subtitle>What are some of the main theoretical approaches and methods used in the study of Global Ecopolitics? In this episode Dr. Raul Pacheco-Vega (FLACSO) provides some very helpful answers and further explains the relationship between theory and method for...</itunes:subtitle><itunes:summary><![CDATA[What are some of the main theoretical approaches and methods used in the study of Global Ecopolitics? In this episode Dr. Raul Pacheco-Vega (FLACSO) provides some very helpful answers and further explains the relationship between theory and method for students of Global Ecopolitics.]]></itunes:summary><itunes:duration>1796</itunes:duration><itunes:keywords>double-grid framework,dr. amanda murdie,emission reduction,environmental ngos,environmental public policy,institutionalism,institutional theory,interdisciplinary,international relations,method,negative commons,north american commission for ,north american environmentalis,political ecology,realism theory,resource governance,the commons,theory,university of georgia</itunes:keywords><itunes:explicit>false</itunes:explicit><itunes:image href="https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/d728daa72dfa18f6c4bdc7868e8996c2.jpg"/><itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType></item><item><title>Episode 12: The Politics of Decarbonization</title><link>https://www.spreaker.com/episode/episode-12-the-politics-of-decarbonization--43237202</link><description><![CDATA[Proposing a new metaphor for decarbonization, Dr. Steven Bernstein (Toronto) and Dr. Matthew Hoffmann (Toronto) discuss how we might challenge carbon lock-in from local action to global governance.]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.ecopoliticspodcast.ca/?post_type=podcast&amp;p=557</guid><pubDate>Mon, 01 Feb 2021 23:27:51 +0000</pubDate><enclosure url="https://api.spreaker.com/download/episode/43237202/episode_12_the_politics_of_decarbonization.mp3" length="44379513" type="audio/mpeg"/><itunes:author>voicEd Radio</itunes:author><itunes:subtitle>Proposing a new metaphor for decarbonization, Dr. Steven Bernstein (Toronto) and Dr. Matthew Hoffmann (Toronto) discuss how we might challenge carbon lock-in from local action to global governance.</itunes:subtitle><itunes:summary><![CDATA[Proposing a new metaphor for decarbonization, Dr. Steven Bernstein (Toronto) and Dr. Matthew Hoffmann (Toronto) discuss how we might challenge carbon lock-in from local action to global governance.]]></itunes:summary><itunes:duration>2774</itunes:duration><itunes:keywords>carbon budget,carbon dioxide,carbon lock-in,climate change,climate impacts,coal,collective action,combustion engine,common pool resources,decarbonization,fossil energy,fractal,gregory c. unruh,interlocking scales,international trade,mark jaccard,metaphor,natural gas,nautilus shell,rebecca solnit</itunes:keywords><itunes:explicit>false</itunes:explicit><itunes:image href="https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/541ff5da5611716983764d162af33556.jpg"/><itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType></item><item><title>Episode 2.2: Introduction to Global Ecopolitics – Part 2</title><link>https://www.spreaker.com/episode/episode-2-2-introduction-to-global-ecopolitics-part-2--43370632</link><description><![CDATA[In this episode, we speak with Dr. Hayley Stevenson, Associate Professor in the Department of Political Science and International Relations at l’Universidad Torcuato Di Tella in Buenos Aires, and Dr. Simon Dalby, Professor at the Balsillie School of International Affairs, Wilfrid Laurier University. From defining the field of global ecopolitics to delving into the concept of environmental security (and calling ‘bullshit' on the greenwashing policies in between), this wide-ranging conversation helps set the scene for Season 2 of The EcoPolitics Podcast.]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.ecopoliticspodcast.ca/?post_type=podcast&amp;p=807</guid><pubDate>Mon, 18 Jan 2021 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate><enclosure url="https://api.spreaker.com/download/episode/43370632/episode_2_2_introduction_to_global_ecopolitics_part_2.mp3" length="46817480" type="audio/mpeg"/><itunes:author>voicEd Radio</itunes:author><itunes:subtitle>In this episode, we speak with Dr. Hayley Stevenson, Associate Professor in the Department of Political Science and International Relations at l’Universidad Torcuato Di Tella in Buenos Aires, and Dr. Simon Dalby, Professor at the Balsillie School of...</itunes:subtitle><itunes:summary><![CDATA[In this episode, we speak with Dr. Hayley Stevenson, Associate Professor in the Department of Political Science and International Relations at l’Universidad Torcuato Di Tella in Buenos Aires, and Dr. Simon Dalby, Professor at the Balsillie School of International Affairs, Wilfrid Laurier University. From defining the field of global ecopolitics to delving into the concept of environmental security (and calling ‘bullshit' on the greenwashing policies in between), this wide-ranging conversation helps set the scene for Season 2 of The EcoPolitics Podcast.]]></itunes:summary><itunes:duration>2927</itunes:duration><itunes:keywords>anthropocene,argentina,brazil,build back better,carbon tax,china,climate change,commodity chains,decoupling,denmark,donald trump,emissions trading scheme,environmentalist,environmental problems,fossil fuel subsidies,geopolitics,global ecopolitics,global environmental politics,green new deal,green washing</itunes:keywords><itunes:explicit>false</itunes:explicit><itunes:image href="https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/c4da509957728d8b872111f128d7b57b.jpg"/><itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType></item><item><title>Episode 2.1: Introduction to Global EcoPolitics – Part 1</title><link>https://www.spreaker.com/episode/episode-2-1-introduction-to-global-ecopolitics-part-1--43370631</link><description><![CDATA[In this episode, Peter and Ryan give listeners a sneak peak at what's in store for Season 2 of The EcoPolitics Podcast!]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.ecopoliticspodcast.ca/?post_type=podcast&amp;p=804</guid><pubDate>Thu, 14 Jan 2021 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate><enclosure url="https://api.spreaker.com/download/episode/43370631/episode_2_1_introduction_to_global_ecopolitics_part_1.mp3" length="15893965" type="audio/mpeg"/><itunes:author>voicEd Radio</itunes:author><itunes:subtitle>In this episode, Peter and Ryan give listeners a sneak peak at what's in store for Season 2 of The EcoPolitics Podcast!</itunes:subtitle><itunes:summary><![CDATA[In this episode, Peter and Ryan give listeners a sneak peak at what's in store for Season 2 of The EcoPolitics Podcast!]]></itunes:summary><itunes:duration>994</itunes:duration><itunes:keywords>botswana,elephants,global ecopolitics,indigenous knowledges,maya</itunes:keywords><itunes:explicit>false</itunes:explicit><itunes:image href="https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/2b26f8ca2b6485aa935622b582b0da9d.jpg"/><itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType></item><item><title>Episode 16: Pathways to Sustainable Food Systems</title><link>https://www.spreaker.com/episode/episode-16-pathways-to-sustainable-food-systems--43237181</link><description><![CDATA[The global food system is a very complex set of systems that look incredibly different in different parts of the world. 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In this episode, we take a look at food systems in Nairobi, Kenya, and in Newfoundland, Canada with our guests, Helena...</itunes:subtitle><itunes:summary><![CDATA[The global food system is a very complex set of systems that look incredibly different in different parts of the world. In this episode, we take a look at food systems in Nairobi, Kenya, and in Newfoundland, Canada with our guests, Helena Shilomboleni, PhD, CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture, and Food Security (CCAFS) East Africa at the International Livestock Research Institute in Nairobi, Kenya, and Sarah J. Martin, Assistant Professor in the Department of Political Science at Memorial University.]]></itunes:summary><itunes:duration>3284</itunes:duration><itunes:keywords>africa,african green revolution,african union development agen,agriculture,agroecology,agrofood corporations,alliance for food sovereignty ,bill and melinda gates foundat,california,chemchina,chemical fertilizer,climate change,covid-19,crop monocultures,desert locusts,environmental crisis,feed lots,food sovereignty,food systems; global north,g7</itunes:keywords><itunes:explicit>false</itunes:explicit><itunes:image href="https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/a353fc36e8d3eaa79fc26aa8aff43614.jpg"/><itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType></item><item><title>Episode 15: Climate Action in and by Canada: ENGO Voices</title><link>https://www.spreaker.com/episode/episode-15-climate-action-in-and-by-canada-engo-voices--43237185</link><description><![CDATA[What role do ENGOs, or Environmental Non-Governmental Organizations, play in the Canadian ecopolitical sphere? In this episode, we ask this question of Catherine Abreu, Executive Director of Climate Action Network Canada, and Colleen Thorpe, Executive Director of Équiterre. Together they walk us through the roles that their respective organizations play in fighting for climate policy and shifting the cultural norms of Canadian citizens toward a greener and more just society.]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.ecopoliticspodcast.ca/?post_type=podcast&amp;p=621</guid><pubDate>Tue, 17 Nov 2020 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate><enclosure url="https://api.spreaker.com/download/episode/43237185/episode_15_climate_action_in_and_by_canada_engo_voices.mp3" length="49905377" type="audio/mpeg"/><itunes:author>voicEd Radio</itunes:author><itunes:subtitle>What role do ENGOs, or Environmental Non-Governmental Organizations, play in the Canadian ecopolitical sphere? 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Dr. Hamish van der Ven (McGill) helps us understand these concepts before walking us through two case studies.]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.ecopoliticspodcast.ca/?post_type=podcast&amp;p=603</guid><pubDate>Tue, 10 Nov 2020 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate><enclosure url="https://api.spreaker.com/download/episode/43237193/episode_14_corporate_social_responsibility.mp3" length="49958014" type="audio/mpeg"/><itunes:author>voicEd Radio</itunes:author><itunes:subtitle>Greenwashing, or legitimate Corporate Social Responsibility? Dr. Hamish van der Ven (McGill) helps us understand these concepts before walking us through two case studies.</itunes:subtitle><itunes:summary><![CDATA[Greenwashing, or legitimate Corporate Social Responsibility? Dr. Hamish van der Ven (McGill) helps us understand these concepts before walking us through two case studies.]]></itunes:summary><itunes:duration>3123</itunes:duration><itunes:keywords>alberta energy regulator,amazon,animal protection,ben &amp; jerry's,beyond greenwash: explaining c,bird-friendly coffee,branding,canadian association of petrol,canadian centre for policy alt,canadian tar sands,carbon emissions,carbon footprint,carbon negative,carbon neutral,cfc,climate change,coca-cola,corporate social responsibilit,costco,david vogel</itunes:keywords><itunes:explicit>false</itunes:explicit><itunes:image href="https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/c9c54f74c8d267f88ab911e98133da72.jpg"/><itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType></item><item><title>Episode 13: Corporate Sustainability in Canada</title><link>https://www.spreaker.com/episode/episode-13-corporate-sustainability-in-canada--43237187</link><description><![CDATA[In this episode we get real about corporate social responsibility, or what Rory MacAlpine of Maple Leaf Foods calls his company's "shared value" for all its stakeholders.]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.ecopoliticspodcast.ca/?post_type=podcast&amp;p=601</guid><pubDate>Mon, 09 Nov 2020 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate><enclosure url="https://api.spreaker.com/download/episode/43237187/episode_13_corporate_sustainability_in_canada.mp3" length="36280724" type="audio/mpeg"/><itunes:author>voicEd Radio</itunes:author><itunes:subtitle>In this episode we get real about corporate social responsibility, or what Rory MacAlpine of Maple Leaf Foods calls his company's "shared value" for all its stakeholders.</itunes:subtitle><itunes:summary><![CDATA[In this episode we get real about corporate social responsibility, or what Rory MacAlpine of Maple Leaf Foods calls his company's "shared value" for all its stakeholders.]]></itunes:summary><itunes:duration>2268</itunes:duration><itunes:keywords>animal safety,brandon manitoba,canada's food guide,carbon credits,carbon footprint,carbon neutral,cell cultured meat,contaminated meat,corporate social responsibilit,covid-19,customers,dietary patterns,food banks,food insecurity,food manufacturing,food production,food safety,food security,food supply system,government policy</itunes:keywords><itunes:explicit>false</itunes:explicit><itunes:image href="https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/c9c54f74c8d267f88ab911e98133da72.jpg"/><itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType></item><item><title>Episode 11: Environmental Political Economy</title><link>https://www.spreaker.com/episode/episode-11-environmental-political-economy--43237196</link><description><![CDATA[What is the relationship between capitalism and the environment? In this episode Dr. Laurie Adkin, Professor of Political Science at the University of Alberta, provides some answers by guiding us on a journey through the world of ‘environmental political economy'.]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.ecopoliticspodcast.ca/?post_type=podcast&amp;p=541</guid><pubDate>Mon, 19 Oct 2020 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate><enclosure url="https://api.spreaker.com/download/episode/43237196/episode_11_environmental_political_economy.mp3" length="47600720" type="audio/mpeg"/><itunes:author>voicEd Radio</itunes:author><itunes:subtitle>What is the relationship between capitalism and the environment? In this episode Dr. Laurie Adkin, Professor of Political Science at the University of Alberta, provides some answers by guiding us on a journey through the world of ‘environmental...</itunes:subtitle><itunes:summary><![CDATA[What is the relationship between capitalism and the environment? In this episode Dr. Laurie Adkin, Professor of Political Science at the University of Alberta, provides some answers by guiding us on a journey through the world of ‘environmental political economy'.]]></itunes:summary><itunes:duration>2975</itunes:duration><itunes:keywords>a-growth,alberta,capitalism,corporate mapping project,democratic reform,democratization,d-growth,green new deal,just recovery,just transition,political economy</itunes:keywords><itunes:explicit>false</itunes:explicit><itunes:image href="https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/e4e1146f0f7f0d9350660aa6ae6eab0f.jpg"/><itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType></item><item><title>Episode 10: Treaty Relations and Environmental Politics in Canada</title><link>https://www.spreaker.com/episode/episode-10-treaty-relations-and-environmental-politics-in-canada--43237203</link><description><![CDATA[Reflecting on the history and relationships that underpin two documentary films they made together, Dr. Sherry Pictou and Dr. Martha Stiegman discuss how the Mi’kmaq work to assert treaty rights over their land and fisheries in the face of colonialism and neoliberalism.]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.ecopoliticspodcast.ca/?post_type=podcast&amp;p=521</guid><pubDate>Wed, 07 Oct 2020 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate><enclosure url="https://api.spreaker.com/download/episode/43237203/episode_10_treaty_relations_and_environmental_politics_in_canada.mp3" length="53085229" type="audio/mpeg"/><itunes:author>voicEd Radio</itunes:author><itunes:subtitle>Reflecting on the history and relationships that underpin two documentary films they made together, Dr. Sherry Pictou and Dr. Martha Stiegman discuss how the Mi’kmaq work to assert treaty rights over their land and fisheries in the face of colonialism...</itunes:subtitle><itunes:summary><![CDATA[Reflecting on the history and relationships that underpin two documentary films they made together, Dr. Sherry 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Ecology</title><link>https://www.spreaker.com/episode/episode-9-ecofeminism-and-queer-ecology--43237192</link><description><![CDATA[Dr. Catriona Sandilands and Dr. Sherilyn McGregor share with us the ways in which ecofeminism, and queer ecology, serve to diversify and deepen how we look at the policies and day-to-day practices of environmental politics.]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.ecopoliticspodcast.ca/?post_type=podcast&amp;p=494</guid><pubDate>Tue, 06 Oct 2020 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate><enclosure url="https://api.spreaker.com/download/episode/43237192/episode_9_ecofeminism_and_queer_ecology.mp3" length="56808776" type="audio/mpeg"/><itunes:author>voicEd Radio</itunes:author><itunes:subtitle>Dr. Catriona Sandilands and Dr. Sherilyn McGregor share with us the ways in which ecofeminism, and queer ecology, serve to diversify and deepen how we look at the policies and day-to-day practices of environmental politics.</itunes:subtitle><itunes:summary><![CDATA[Dr. Catriona Sandilands and Dr. Sherilyn McGregor share with us the ways in which ecofeminism, and queer ecology, serve to diversify and deepen how we look at the policies and day-to-day practices of environmental politics.]]></itunes:summary><itunes:duration>3551</itunes:duration><itunes:keywords>angela davis,bell hooks,bruce erickson,capitalism,caroline merchant,chris cooper,colonialism,donna haraway,environmental humanities,feminist economics,feminist political economy,feminist politics,feminist theory,gender norms,green new deal,interspecies politics,kimberlé williams crenshaw,lesbian national parks and ser,lorri millan,maeve cohen</itunes:keywords><itunes:explicit>false</itunes:explicit><itunes:image href="https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/6576e74d870455d3520d8e83747b1768.jpg"/><itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType></item><item><title>Episode 8: Indigenous Environmental Knowledge and Politics</title><link>https://www.spreaker.com/episode/episode-8-indigenous-environmental-knowledge-and-politics--43237200</link><description><![CDATA[Larry McDermott (Shabot Obaadjiwan First Nation and ED of Plenty Canada) and Dr. Dan Longboat (Turtle Clan member of the Mohawk Nation and Associate Professor at Trent University) discuss lessons for sustainability inherent in Indigenous knowledges as well as Indigenous interpretations of the Royal Proclamation of 1763 and other early treaties.]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.ecopoliticspodcast.ca/?post_type=podcast&amp;p=468</guid><pubDate>Thu, 01 Oct 2020 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate><enclosure url="https://api.spreaker.com/download/episode/43237200/episode_8_indigenous_environmental_knowledge_and_politics.mp3" length="62248133" type="audio/mpeg"/><itunes:author>voicEd Radio</itunes:author><itunes:subtitle>Larry McDermott (Shabot Obaadjiwan First Nation and ED of Plenty Canada) and Dr. Dan Longboat (Turtle Clan member of the Mohawk Nation and Associate Professor at Trent University) discuss lessons for sustainability inherent in Indigenous knowledges as...</itunes:subtitle><itunes:summary><![CDATA[Larry McDermott (Shabot Obaadjiwan First Nation and ED of Plenty Canada) and Dr. Dan Longboat (Turtle Clan member of the Mohawk Nation and Associate Professor at Trent University) discuss lessons for sustainability inherent in Indigenous knowledges as well as Indigenous interpretations of the Royal Proclamation of 1763 and other early treaties.]]></itunes:summary><itunes:duration>3891</itunes:duration><itunes:keywords>being human by martin lee muel,being salmon,british crown,catherine mckenna,chanie wenjack school for indi,colonialism,dish with one spoon,dr. reg crowshoe,environmental protection,ethical space,europe,general amherst,general brock,henry clay,idle no more,indigeneity,indigenous,indigenous knowledge,indigenous land,indigenous territory</itunes:keywords><itunes:explicit>false</itunes:explicit><itunes:image href="https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/3d8c1e2ac0b9f535034bca8b80957543.jpg"/><itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType></item><item><title>Episode 7: Canadian Environmental Law and Policy</title><link>https://www.spreaker.com/episode/episode-7-canadian-environmental-law-and-policy--43237201</link><description><![CDATA[Environmental law touches all parts of our lives. In this episode, we speak with Dr. Angela Lee, Assistant Professor of Law at Ryerson University, and Dr. Heather McLeod-Kilmurray, Professor of Law at the University of Ottawa, about Canada's environmental laws and the ways in which they successfully (or not so successfully) help protect the environment.]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.ecopoliticspodcast.ca/?post_type=podcast&amp;p=426</guid><pubDate>Fri, 11 Sep 2020 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate><enclosure url="https://api.spreaker.com/download/episode/43237201/episode_7_canadian_environmental_law_and_policy.mp3" length="52115528" type="audio/mpeg"/><itunes:author>voicEd Radio</itunes:author><itunes:subtitle>Environmental law touches all parts of our lives. In this episode, we speak with Dr. Angela Lee, Assistant Professor of Law at Ryerson University, and Dr. Heather McLeod-Kilmurray, Professor of Law at the University of Ottawa, about Canada's...</itunes:subtitle><itunes:summary><![CDATA[Environmental law touches all parts of our lives. In this episode, we speak with Dr. Angela Lee, Assistant Professor of Law at Ryerson University, and Dr. Heather McLeod-Kilmurray, Professor of Law at the University of Ottawa, about Canada's environmental laws and the ways in which they successfully (or not so successfully) help protect the environment.]]></itunes:summary><itunes:duration>3258</itunes:duration><itunes:keywords>air quality,and good government,anthropocentric,aquadvantage salmon,being human: encountering the ,being salmon,biodiversity,blue dot program,canadian constitution,canadian environmental protect,carbon pricing,cepa,civil law,civil society,clean meat,commissioner of the environmen,conservation,co-operative federalism model,corporate law,david boyd</itunes:keywords><itunes:explicit>false</itunes:explicit><itunes:image href="https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/2f5a4b06ad17db544397a69e429a0d5e.jpg"/><itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType></item><item><title>Episode 1.6: Federalism, Party Politics and Environment</title><link>https://www.spreaker.com/episode/episode-1-6-federalism-party-politics-and-environment--46527263</link><description><![CDATA[The environmental policy process in Canada is complicated. With its division of powers between provinces and the federal government, Canada's federalist structure has tended to serve as a barrier to achieving consistent nation-wide environmental policy change. In this episode, Dr. Kathryn Harrison and Dr. Andrea Olive walk us through the various factors and players influencing policy development and implementation in Canada. Using carbon pricing as an example, they go into detail regarding how the federal system influences environmental policy in Canada.]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.ecopoliticspodcast.ca/?post_type=podcast&amp;p=401</guid><pubDate>Thu, 10 Sep 2020 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate><enclosure url="https://api.spreaker.com/download/episode/46527263/federalism_party_politics_and_environment.mp3" length="49235533" type="audio/mpeg"/><itunes:author>voicEd Radio</itunes:author><itunes:subtitle>The environmental policy process in Canada is complicated. With its division of powers between provinces and the federal government, Canada's federalist structure has tended to serve as a barrier to achieving consistent nation-wide environmental...</itunes:subtitle><itunes:summary><![CDATA[The environmental policy process in Canada is complicated. With its division of powers between provinces and the federal government, Canada's federalist structure has tended to serve as a barrier to achieving consistent nation-wide environmental policy change. In this episode, Dr. Kathryn Harrison and Dr. Andrea Olive walk us through the various factors and players influencing policy development and implementation in Canada. Using carbon pricing as an example, they go into detail regarding how the federal system influences environmental policy in Canada.]]></itunes:summary><itunes:duration>3078</itunes:duration><itunes:keywords>bitumen,carbon cap and trade,carbon pricing,climate action plan,climate change,climate movement,constitution,democracy,donald trump,emily eaton,emissions,emissions trading scheme,energy superpower,federalism,fossil fuels,greta thunberg,hillary clinton;,lobbying,low carbon fuel standards,national emissions trading pro</itunes:keywords><itunes:explicit>false</itunes:explicit><itunes:image href="https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/2e17a0d5a0622a15dca3791d2c9996cd.jpg"/><itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType></item><item><title>Episode 1.5: Environmental Political History in Canada</title><link>https://www.spreaker.com/episode/episode-1-5-environmental-political-history-in-canada--46527264</link><description><![CDATA[From ecopolitical history to tips on environmental activism techniques, this episode is the perfect primer on ecopolitics in Canada. Guided by the seasoned Robert Paehlke -- one of the founding voices in the field of environmental politics -- we discuss the environmental movement, and the ways in which the movement has changed over the past five decades.]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.ecopoliticspodcast.ca/?post_type=podcast&amp;p=400</guid><pubDate>Mon, 07 Sep 2020 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate><enclosure url="https://api.spreaker.com/download/episode/46527264/environmental_political_history_in_canada.mp3" length="36161769" type="audio/mpeg"/><itunes:author>voicEd Radio</itunes:author><itunes:subtitle>From ecopolitical history to tips on environmental activism techniques, this episode is the perfect primer on ecopolitics in Canada. Guided by the seasoned Robert Paehlke -- one of the founding voices in the field of environmental politics -- we...</itunes:subtitle><itunes:summary><![CDATA[From ecopolitical history to tips on environmental activism techniques, this episode is the perfect primer on ecopolitics in Canada. Guided by the seasoned Robert Paehlke -- one of the founding voices in the field of environmental politics -- we discuss the environmental movement, and the ways in which the movement has changed over the past five decades.]]></itunes:summary><itunes:duration>2261</itunes:duration><itunes:keywords>1960s,1970s,activism,air pollution,amory lovins,barry's bay,bernie saunders,blue bin,bmw,electric car,elizabeth warren,environmental activism,environmental journalist,environmental justice,environmental protection agenc,environmental sociologist,environment canada,fridays for the future,gary potts,greta thunberg</itunes:keywords><itunes:explicit>false</itunes:explicit><itunes:image href="https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/6edd574ffbc8562dcdacd50e43c144da.jpg"/><itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType></item><item><title>Episode 1.4: Environmental Racism &amp; Justice in Canada</title><link>https://www.spreaker.com/episode/episode-1-4-environmental-racism-justice-in-canada--46527261</link><description><![CDATA[Racism and colonialism are deeply entrenched in the field of ecopolitics. In this episode, we talk with Dr. Andil Gosine, professor in the Faculty of Environmental and Urban Change at York University, and Tzazná Miranda Leal, Workers Rights Organizer and Community Artist with Justice For Migrant Workers about the ways in which racism is woven throughout Canadian environmental history and its impacts on Canadian environmental policy and research.]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.ecopoliticspodcast.ca/?post_type=podcast&amp;p=399</guid><pubDate>Tue, 01 Sep 2020 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate><enclosure url="https://api.spreaker.com/download/episode/46527261/environmental_racism_justice_in_canada.mp3" length="50231528" type="audio/mpeg"/><itunes:author>voicEd Radio</itunes:author><itunes:subtitle>Racism and colonialism are deeply entrenched in the field of ecopolitics. 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In this episode, we talk with Dr. Andil Gosine, professor in the Faculty of Environmental and Urban Change at York University, and Tzazná Miranda Leal, Workers Rights Organizer and Community Artist with Justice For Migrant Workers about the ways in which racism is woven throughout Canadian environmental history and its impacts on Canadian environmental policy and research.]]></itunes:summary><itunes:duration>3140</itunes:duration><itunes:keywords>andil gosine,black cultural studies,cheryl teelucksingh,climate change,colonial,colonialism,decolonization,doug ford,dr. benjamin chavis,dr. martin luther king,employment standards act,environmental justice,environmental management,environmental policy,environmental racism,farm,farmers,farming,farmworker organizing,hazardous waste</itunes:keywords><itunes:explicit>false</itunes:explicit><itunes:image href="https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/1d74a27f4790df5bc19b86b454630c7d.jpg"/><itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType></item><item><title>Episode 1.3: Environmental Change in Canada: Plastics Case Study</title><link>https://www.spreaker.com/episode/episode-1-3-environmental-change-in-canada-plastics-case-study--46527262</link><description><![CDATA[Plastics are everywhere - in the air we breathe, the water we drink, and even the food we eat. As products that essentially never disappear, plastics have a huge impact on both our environment and our health. In this episode, we talk plastic pollution, regulating waste, and green entrepreneurship with Jay Sinha, Author and Co-founder of Life Without Plastic. He shares with us the ways businesses, government, and even individuals can impact our plastic use, in Canada and abroad.]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.ecopoliticspodcast.ca/?post_type=podcast&amp;p=398</guid><pubDate>Mon, 31 Aug 2020 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate><enclosure url="https://api.spreaker.com/download/episode/46527262/environmental_change_in_canada_plastics_case_study.mp3" length="41405077" type="audio/mpeg"/><itunes:author>voicEd Radio</itunes:author><itunes:subtitle>Plastics are everywhere - in the air we breathe, the water we drink, and even the food we eat. As products that essentially never disappear, plastics have a huge impact on both our environment and our health. 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He sheds some light on how the environment became a defining...</itunes:subtitle><itunes:summary><![CDATA[In this episode, we speak with Dr. James Meadowcroft, Professor in both the School of Public Policy and Administration and in the Department of Political Science at Carleton University. 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