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Putting the ECO in the Economy
Last week, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau removed 'climate change' from the name of the 'Environment, Climate Change and Energy' cabinet committee, renaming it the 'Environment and Clean Growth' committee. So we went to our archives to unearth a piece that looks at the how the environment and economy interact. David Suzuki and Jeff Rubin talked to Terra Informer Hamdi Assawi in 2012 when they were touring Rubin's book "The End of Growth".
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Posted in Archive Show, Audio format and tagged david suzuki, Hamdi Assawi, jeff rubin, Justin Trudeau, The End of Growth on 3 September 2018 by terrainforma. Leave a comment
ECOnomics and ECOlogy with David Suzuki and Jeff Rubin
This week's episode from our archives shines the spotlight on two environmental guru's from Canada: David Suzuki and Jeff Rubin. Dr. David Suzuki is a celebrated scientist, broadcaster, and environmentalist who's perhaps best known for his role on the long running CBC series, The Nature of Things. Jeff Rubin, formerly the chief economist at CIBC financial markets, is the author of Why Your World Is About to Get a Whole Lot Smaller and more recently The End of Growth. In 2012, when this episode first aired, Suzuki and Rubin were touring from coast-to-coast on a book tour promoting 'The End Of Growth'. In the recent federal election in 2015, leaders from every federal party were promoting the necessity of economic growth, showing that little has changed in mainstream political thought, and making this episode as timely as ever.
David Suzuki and Jeff Rubin – The End of Growth
On May 28, Random-House Canada and Greystone Books announced that Jeff Rubin and Dr. David Suzuki would be visiting cities across Canada to deliver a message…one that you can't afford to miss. Jeff Rubin, formerly the chief economist and strategist at CIBC World Markets, is the author of Why Your World Is About to Get a Whole Lot Smaller and more recently The End of Growth. David Suzuki is the celebrated scientist, broadcaster, and environmentalist who's perhaps best known for his role on the long running CBC series The Nature of Things. His latest book, Everything Under The Sun: Toward a Brighter Future on a Small Blue Planet, examines the interconnected nature of life on earth, and our role in it. Together, they're turning heads as they tour the country to tell Canadians that a sustainable future is still possible, but only if we're willing to change the way we currently understand the economy and the environment.
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Posted in Archive Show, Uncategorized, Audio format and tagged climate change, david suzuki, environment, Growth, jeff rubin, news on 11 July 2016 by terrainforma. Leave a comment
The End of Growth – Suzuki and Rubin
This week, David Suzuki and Jeff Rubin join us in studio for a story at the heart of the way we live: the end of growth. Are we reaching limits to our economic system? What principles could guide us instead?
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David Suzuki and Jeff Rubin are touring Canada to discuss Rubin's new book about the natural limits to our economy.
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On May 28, Random-House Canada and Greystone Books announced that Jeff Rubin and Dr. David Suzuki would be visiting cities across Canada to deliver a message…one that you can't afford to miss. Jeff Rubin, formerly the chief economist and strategist at CIBC World Markets, is the author of Why Your World Is About to Get a Whole Lot Smaller and more recently The End of Growth. David Suzuki is the celebrated scientist, broadcaster, and environmentalist who's perhaps best known for his role on the long running CBC series The Nature of Things. His latest book, Everything Under The Sun: Toward a Brighter Future on a Small Blue Planet, examines the interconnected nature of life on earth, and our role in it. Together, they're turning heads as they tour the country to tell Canadians that a sustainable future is still possible, but only if we're willing to change we way currently understand the economy and the environment.
More on this story: Canada Newswire, Jeff Rubin's Smaller World, Greystone Books
Breaking Ground: Women, Oil and Climate Change
An international women's delegation will spend 8 days touring energy projects in Western Canada. Led by American Peace Laureate Jody Williams, the group will tour the Alberta oil sands and proposed Northern Gateway pipeline route in British Columbia. Delegation members include Canadian singer-songwriter Sarah Harmer, award-winning Kenyan environmentalist Ikal Angelie, and climate scientist Marianne Douglas from the University of Alberta. The group starts their tour in Fort McMurray on October 9th, and ends in Vancouver on October 16th, where they will share their findings at a press conference. They will meet with women community and First Nation leaders, as well as women government and industry officials to hear how energy projects are impacting the lives and livelihoods of women and communities. The tour is organized by the Nobel Women's Initiative. In September, they wrote a letter to President Obama asking him to block the proposed Keystone KX Pipeline, and calling on Stephen Harper to use federal powers to halt further expansion of the tar sands.
More on this story: Nobel Women's Initiative, Breaking Ground: Women, Oil and Climate Change, The Globe and Mail
A Passing: Barry Commoner
Barry Commoner, a founder of modern ecology, and one of the central leaders of the anti-nuclear-testing movement in the U.S., died in Manhattan, on Sunday September 30th. He was 95. His training as a cellular biologist combined with his grounding in Marxist theory, made him a made him a powerful critic of capitalism and its systems of production in industry, agriculture, energy and transportation that emphasized profits and process with little regard for environmental consequences. He worked to connected the dots between ecology and social justice and believed that environmental pollution, war, and racial and sexual inequality needed to be addressed as related issues of a central problem. He was one of the founders of a survey of baby teeth in St. Louis that assessed the levels of strontium-90 in the teeth and showed how children were absorbing radioactive fallout from nuclear bombs that were being tested.
He made the science of ecology accessible. Among his works were "Making Peace with the Planet" and "Science and Survival."
More on this story: The Globe and Mail, Calgary Herald, Columbia University
Posted in Uncategorized and tagged david suzuki, economics, jeff rubin on 7 October 2012 by terrainforma. Leave a comment
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About Terra Informa
Each week Terra Informa delivers coverage of breaking environmental news from across Canada and around the world. From corporate wrongdoings to tips on living a little greener, we're your source for the news that the mainstream media missed.
The show is currently in its thirteenth season and is broadcast in more than 50 communities from coast to coast to coast. If there's a story in your community that you think we should cover, drop us a line at terra@cjsr.com.
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