July 21 2025 CILU radio references

Grateful to be broadcasting this radio show from the traditional home of the Anishnaagbeg of Animikii - waajiw, signatories to the Robinson Superior treaty of 1850, gathering place of plenty for many peoples, on the shores of Gichi Gami protected by the mighty peninsula Nanabijou, with thanks to the people of this land for their stewardship and care.

Drawdown project: Support Carbon Sinks; Improve Society; Reduce Sources

Podcast Featured: Dr. Fay Martin & the Paulo Friere Two-Step

Reality: Climate Change now = extreme weather: unpredictable specifics: mudslides, snowloads, high winds, heavy rain, floods. And the predicable: rising sea levels, higher cost and risk of travel / transport goods, energy, tele-communications.

Not maybe nor someday. But happening now, the beginning of an era of transition. From Colonial inequity and trade as a tool of systematic insecurity to local-based sufficiencies. From hierarchy and mass management to inclusion as key to adaptation, leverage our diversity, collaborating on tailored and pro-active solutions. From extractive humans vs. nature to circular economy (no waste, every extraction appreciated and returned with interest so that our life too builds life net of all that we need to do to stay alive), humans re-integrated respectfully and holistically into nature, one planet, one life.

Example: PEI Coastline storm surges, rising sea levels, erosion- BC heat domes, wild fires, flooding, landslides; Arctic loss of sea-ice, permafrost, glaciers, increasing erosion, unpredictability and extremes.

Examples: Loss power to First Nations b/c Wild Fire (AID groups replenishing lost food); Flooding closes Trans Canada Wawa to Montreal River, increased need for cooling centres in Thunder Bay reported by PACE

MUSIC: Live on the Waterfront Wednesdays 6-9: Ukkon3n, Mother of Wolves, Goodnight Sunrise

Ukkon3n Renew from Comfort for the Contemporary

Means:

-combustion to electrification & storage; solar, wind, wave, geothermal, gravity & other eternal batteries

-infrastructure adapted to air filtration; energy efficiency, electric, living suitable for more inclusive community and family structures (not just 2 adults, 2 kids, silo'd)

-recycle repair repurpose and reimagine (service : product relationship)

-local food production, storage and community dining

-respectful welcome and support of climate refugees, honouring of lost ways and places

-education, skills and understanding

-locally led adaptions and innovation

-end of insurance (limited access risk "pooling") rise of collaborative, collective land management

The tragedy of the commons retold

Clip: Dance the Paulo Freire

Also a podcast - conversation w Dr. Fay Martin, community organizer since the 1960s, my conversation with whome on the podcast inspired that song. That conversation did not take long to get to Paolo Friere:

Clip: Fay Martin

news:

-NWClimate Gathering Stone Soup focus: Oct 17-18 Community Gathering. Theme:  Building Resilience in an Uncertain World. Seeking Volunteers! This year, we have Lloyd Alter, author of Living the 1.5 Degree Lifestyle, joining us at the Gathering. Lloyd is a writer, public speaker, and former architect, developer, and inventor. He has published over 14,000 articles on Treehugger and teaches sustainable design at Ryerson School of Interior Design. 

Lighthouse Carnival Sat (July 26) @ Porphyry Island. $140 w charter from Silver Islet dock. tribute to East Coast music: Great Big Sea. End of the World As We Know It

-Mushkegowuk chiefs designate Ring of Fire as homeland

-Indigenous Teaching program recently held @ LU

-Lakehead Conservation Authority developing a Coastal Resilience Management Plan

-Repair Cafe this Saturday July 26 10 - 1 at Waverley Library. Right to repair Last Sept Canada passed Right to Repair law allowing individuals and companies to by-pass copy-written computer coded "locks" https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/london/legislation-1.7380696

Concerns these new laws can be a false promise: up to you to figure out how to repair, and if you do you can't tell anyone else how to do the same repair. And doesn't address the "planned obsolesence" weak-link issue
https://h2compliance.com/canadas-right-to-repair/

In Quebec since 2023: Planned obsolescence is now illegal, thanks to the passage of Bill 29, “an Act to protect consumers from planned obsolescence and to promote the durability, repairability and maintenance of goods.” The law prohibits planned obsolescence techniques, introduces a new legal warranty for appliances and computing devices, and mandates the availability of spare parts and information.  

-New Solar Power and battery plant proposed for Dryden

-New Wind Farm possible in Shuniah

-Lac des Iles mine closing next year, palladium, First Nation "ambivalent"

-Second location for Thunder Bay Friendship Centre on Red River Rd (former BMO) w heat pump, high efficiency upgrades, fossil-fuel-free.

-Thurs & Fri in Ignace ask public what needed to ensure protection of people and the environment before they start their planning to store nuclear waste from Southern Ontario is the recently designed site between Ignace and Wabigoon First Nation.

-Shebandowan camp owners challenging routing of new electrical power lines - First Nations lost power grid connection when wildfire damaged poles.

-First Nation Leaders voicing concerns Bill C-5, Alvin Fiddler. Nine First Nations suing in opposition to both Provicial Bill 5 and Federal Bill C-5

-City decided on Miles St for Supported Shelter Village. Mayor now (kind of) on board. Over 20 organizations support

-Postal Workers start voting (forced), raise concerns voting process not sufficiently inclusive, labour negotiation process meddled with

-Greenstone opening public discussion: city council composition

-Rainy River encouraging immigration

-Kenora analyzing housing capacity, positioning for more funding

-Federal investment in local capacity for innovation and economic growth

-NDP provicial leader Marit Stiles in TBay today and tomorrow seeking conversation and insight

-improvements being made to Public Transit