Episodes
June 28, 2022
1.9 Being Ancestors - season finale with Betty Carpick plus Ben & Sam
It’s really about people and the planet; Why go forth with pride, compassion and joy; How to help intergenerational, interdisciplinary, inclusive communities thrive; Celebrating the Thunder Bay trifecta; Slowing down & building our shared legacy; The nor...
June 21, 2022
1.8 Getting to Know Home - with Ledah McKellar
Why imagine the change you want to see; How to build on the three pillars of sustainability: reciprocity, interconnection and gratitude; what goes deeper than emissions reduction; why everybody has to get involved; how this is not really a science proble...
June 14, 2022
1.7 Times Change- with Muriel Squires (+ Sam, Ben & Arno)
Perspectives on how times change; what beauty makes; why reassure people; harking back to a pre-disposable economy; how to get the creative juices flowing; how to become an expert without training; the more you learn, the more you love to learn; what’s ...
June 7, 2022
1.6 Greening City with Summer Stevenson
Summer StevensonSustainability Coordinator for the City of Thunder BayHow the city works determines how we work in it; a million ton goal and 36 month count-down; engineering for unpredictable extremes; being Brene Brown about it; turtles live on this p...
May 31, 2022
1.5 The People in your Neighbourhood - with Charla Robinson, buy local
Featuring Charla Robinson, Thunder Bay Chamber of Commerce (plus Ben & Sam) How local business is the life blood of a community & has a money-back guarantee; The failed experiment fix that will transform Thunder Bay; Why cooperate with your competitors;...
May 24, 2022
1.4 The Pen is Mightier - Provincial Election thoughts
Featuring Judith Monteith-Farrell; Tracey MacKinnon & Rob Barrett.Referencing Bren Smith & William McDonough.Being the squeak; gather expertise and lift muzzles; there is a deficit of autonomy in our economy; draw down carbon by lifting up people; making our...
May 17, 2022
1.3 Food Futures - with Brendan Grant of Sleepy G Farm
Why food is the most important thing; What it takes to achieve food security in Thunder Bay; Why Thunder Bay is a misnomer; why stop complaining and make it happen ourselves; What blows Brendan’s mind in every teaspoon of living soil; How Thunder Bay far...
May 10, 2022
1.2 Tips for Change Makers - with Erin Beagle
Featuring Erin Beagle of Roots to HarvestLet’s get to ‘yes’; changing our understanding of success; why driving a bus is better than going it alone; how climate change in Thunder Bay is like the trash compactor in Star Wars; giving people a place they c...
May 3, 2022
1.1 Genesis - with Ben & Sam
Change is Needed and Change is Being SeededBen & Sam remember with Heather the night Ben cried and why. Heather asks them to imagine the Thunder Bay they want that is fossil-fuel-free and prepared to weather the climate emergency. Heather introduces the books that she found in her climate-anxiety…