Referencing: The Fragile Earth - writing from The New Yorker on climate change edited by David Remnick and Henry Finder Old Man On His Back - portrait of a prairie landscape by Sharon Butala Featuring: Less Mowing, More Growing by Heather McLeod …
Betty Carpick: Take pride in being able to go forth with a shared legacy of care and compassion that’s really about people and the planet. - I think in this community we have this amazing trifecta. We have Lake Superior, we have the bo…
Muriel Squires: -I look at this bunch of stuff and I think, “what am I going to do with it? What can I make?” It really gets the creative juices going far more than if I went out and bought a pattern. -I think back to my childhood. The…
Summer StevensonSustainability Coordinator, City of Thunder Bay: -It’s not just about reducing emissions. It’s about improving the lives of everyone. -How the city works determines how we work in it. How do we help make the way the cit…
Charla Robinson, president of the Thunder Bay Chamber of Commerce: -local business is the life blood of a community… jobs, taxes, charitable organizations all benefit. Choosing TBay First really does provide a money back guarantee for all of…
Bren Smith https://www.greenwave.org/team -We need to draw down carbon by lifting up people. I'll tell you what a just transition is not: a soulless empty job or money alone. A just transition is about meaning and culture, jobs that pe…
1.3 Food Futures Brendan Grant of Sleepy G Farm -Vote for the world you want to live in. If we really had the will to feed ourselves, it is a lot more possible than you might think. Thunder Bay district has a lot more agricultural potential. - I…
1.2 Tips for Change Makers Erin Beagle of Roots to Harvest: -Roots to Harvest is like the bus. And I get to drive the bus. It is really nice to already have the vehicle to be doing some change making in. I'm not trying to be a voice on my ow…
Quotes from conversations in the podcast that stuck in my head so I I wrote them on my wall 1.1 Genesis I cried because I cried for the planet because we're killing stuff for no good reason-Ben I do try to stay hopeful.. and the first thing that …
Recommended Head & Heart Nourishment: Featured Thunder Bay initiatives: Roots to Harvest //www.rootstoharvest.org/Sleepy G Farm http://www.sleepygfarm.ca/Thunder Bay Chamber of Commerce https://www.tbchamber.ca/Thunder Bay citizens engagement …