Tree Planters: A podcast about change for a better world
We live in a world running out of space, resources, and time. There are solutions. We can build a better world - a world that is fair, healthy, and prosperous. But this requires transformative change. Why Tree Planters Podcast you ask? Well, there's a great proverb that goes as follows:“A society grows great when old men plant trees whose shade they know they shall never sit in.”We feel there's a scarcity of tree planters in positions of power these days. Each month we look at problems and solutions relating to how we live in modern society, including those of sprawl and associated consumption patterns and behaviour, climate change, habitat degradation and species loss, community development and empowerment, knowledge of and connection to place, leadership and accountable governance, among others.We welcome you to join us on our journey. Please don't hesitate to connect with us if you have suggestions or questions.
Podcasting since 2019 • 26 episodes
Tree Planters: A podcast about change for a better world
Latest Episodes
In Conversation with Catherine McKenna
Margaret talks to former Canadian Environment Minister, Catherine McKenna, about the challenges of climate change, political polarization, and her experience as a woman in politics.
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Season 5
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Episode 1
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State of the Lake, with Rescue Lake Simcoe Coalition's Claire Malcolmson
This month we have Claire Malcolmson, of the Rescue Lake Simcoe Coalition, joining us.We talk about health of Lake Simcoe, the strange silence from this government on reviewing the Lake Simcoe Protection Plan (now several years overdue)...
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Season 4
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Episode 3
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The Corruption Episode! (On the Greenbelt Land Take-Outs, and more...)
Our October episode focuses on the scandal that was the Greenbelt land take-outs, the public backlash, and the fall out.There is the immediate problems around how land was given to developers, and there are more pervasive problems aroun...
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Season 4
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Episode 2
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September 2023: Greenbelt Public Forum
This is a recording of the public forum we held, addressing the assault by this government on the Greenbelt.Featuring:Jeff Monague, former Chief of the Beausoleil First Nation on Christian Island, former Director of Treaty Research ...
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Season 4
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Episode 1
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December 2022 - Bill 23, attack on the Greenbelt, and more.
Margaret and Adam talk about Ontario's controversial Bill 23, which drastically changes how communities are planned, about the Ford government's attack on the Greenbelt, which is a reversal from their often repeated promise to not touch it, as ...
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Season 4
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Episode 5
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