Western On Earth
Welcome to Western On Earth, EnviroWestern's radio show. Stay tuned for our new show time that will be announced in September 2011.
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Originally broadcasted January 28, 2011
LEED, Caribou, and Bees!
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This week’s Enviro Hero was Tiffany Roshcove who runs ecoLIVING London. To find out more about the cool initiatives they run throughout London check out their website.
We also introduced the LEED Building tours that EnviroWestern has been working on for the last few months. Tours are now being held every Friday afternoon for free. The tours are at Claudette MacKay-Lassonde Pavilion, McIntosh Gallery, and Stevenson Hall. To learn more and to sign up for a tour go to Physical Plant's website.
We had stories on the Oil Sands in Alberta and the new monitoring program the government wants to put into place, some poll facts about what British Columbians think about water followed by The Life Cycle of Water Part 1: How water reaches our taps here in London (listen in next show for Part II: What happens to our water after).
After the break we had stories about the caribou in Ontario and how new legislation that exempts the forestry, mining, and hydro industries from being held accountable under the Ontario’s Endangered Species Act (ESA).
Jonathan spoke to some of his friends about the upcoming sustainability forum on February 7th from 3-5pm in the McKellar Theatre in the UCC. There will be a diverse set of speakers tackling the subject from many directions. Be sure to attend!!
We ended the show with a story about bees and a call for neonicotinoid pasticides to be banned world wide to help prevent bees from extinction. Go to the AVAAZ website to sign a petition to pressure leaders world wide.
Originally broadcast November 26, 2010
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Today on Western on Earth we focused on sustainability. We had stories on Cathy Douglas and Mike Nickerson, two great environmentalists with equally great campaigns. We also followed the Life Cycle of a Tim Horton’s Cup...make sure you get your free reusable coffee cup at Info Source and the Spoke on Campus. As well be had a story put together by Toban Black on Ada Lockridge, one of the two Aamjiwnaang people who filed a lawsuit against Suncor and an industry-friendly Ministry of the Environment. As well we quickly discussed Bill C-311 that was just rejected by the Canadian Senate (This story will be readdressed next show as we ran out of time and have much more to say on this topic!). We concluded with a great rant about 'stuff' and how we don’t really need it.
Originally broadcast November 12, 2010
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This week’s environmental hero featured on Western on Earth was Wangari Maatai. Following that we focused on some issues around bottled water with an overview of the documentary “Tapped”. We concluded the first half with the life cycle of Gatorade. In the second half, the theme was switched to some food issues and covered stories about veganism and oregano helping to reduce cow’s methane production to name a couple.
Project Team Leader: Jessica He