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The Greenpeace Podcast brings you sound-rich environmental stories that travel across borders. Engaging listeners through storytelling, this podcast builds environmental literacy in a way that inspires, amuses and empowers. Listen to monthly 15 minute episodes that break down some of today's hottest and most controversial environmental issues. Greenpeace is an independent, campaigning organisation which uses non-violent, creative confrontation to expose global environmental problems, and to ...
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Ep.31: The Great Bear Rainforest, Spirit Bears & Scientists At the Movies
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Eduardo Sousa walks us through an incredible, historical agreement on the Pacific Coast of Canada to protect a rainforest the size of Belgium. Bonus: What exactly is a Spirit Bear? Andrew Norton answers the questions you never knew you had on the new podcast: #CompletelyOptionalKnowledge. This story: What pisses off scientists the most in the movie…
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Ep.30: Médecins Sans Frontières Greenpeace & Refugee Rescue Operation + Indigenous Knowledge
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A joint operation to rescue refugees risking their liveson the dangerous sea crossing between Turkey and Greece has been launched by the international medical organisation Médecins Sans Frontières/Doctors without Borders, and Greenpeace. Winona LaDuke talks about Indigenous knowledge & reciprocity, and rights vs responsibility in modern Western soc…
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Ep.29: What to Say? Climate Change VS Global Warming + What's At Stake for The Great Barrier Reef
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A quick study on when to say "climate change" vs "global warming", quick hint: audience matters! And what's at stake for The Great Barrier Reef off the North-East coast of Australia with the proposed Carmichael coal mine.By Greenpeace
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Ep.28: Breaking Down the Upcoming Climate Summit
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New York reporter Isabel Angell breaks down the key players, key terms and key issues of the upcoming Paris Climate Summit - translated into language we can actually use when talking about it with folks in our lives.By Greenpeace
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Ep.27: Neighbourhood Design for Climate Change & Xeriscaping
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What about cities which have too much water that they can’t prevent, like too much rainfall. Copenhagen decided to use design to help keep the capital of Denmark, from continually flooding.Xeriscaping is a landscaping, gardening word which means that your garden relies only on the water from the sky and not the garden hose.…
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Ep.26: The Film How To Change The World and Women in Greenpeace History
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Newsweek named How to Change the World one of the top 15 documentaries to watch of 2015. Listen to clips from the film and revisit the 1971 Amchitka fundraising concert that started Greenpeace, featuring music from James Taylor and Joni Mitchell. Hear stories about women in the early days of Greenpeace, heroines such as Ann Marie Horn and Bobbi Hun…
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Ep.25: Best Of Greenpeace Podcast: How To Buy Eggs & Apps for Activism
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Looking at favorite stories from the last year: Mark Floegel from GPUS slices through the fog of confusion over organic, free range or nasty eggs. JP Davidson looks at how environmental activists are using apps to create citizen scientists.By Greenpeace
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Ep.24: India's Crackdown on Environmentalists & Carbon Sink
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What is going on in in the world’s largest democracy? Many non governmental organizations (NGOs) are being leaned on by the Indian Ministry of Home Affairs. One of them is Greenpeace. Ancient forests and oceans are both huge "carbon sinks". But what does that mean, really?By Greenpeace
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Ep.23: Air Pollution Goes Viral & New Climate Canaries
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Chai Jing's YouTube video about the air she's breathing had 200 million views within days, and was later taken down by the Chinese Government. Dragonflies are the new climate canaries, and what does the Air Quality Index measure exactly?By Greenpeace
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Ep.22: Worst Foods Game Show & Seasonal Eating
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Food is the door to a lot of conversations about how we live. The Worst Foods Game Show shares some ideas about how to eat and sustain the planet, not just yourself! Even if you live in the north you can follow global seasons, we talk with a chef to give you the best tips. And "Shifting Baseline Syndrome", wow our perception of the world changes, f…
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Ep.21: Dirty Oil in Europe and The Energy East Pipeline
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When is dirty oil not dirty? When you call it something else. We rarely talk about the other markets the tar sands people have in their sights. One of them is Europe.The proposed pipeline for moving tar sands oil across Canada is called Energy East. Robert Van Waarden, photographer, decided to go along the proposed route and see what people thought…
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Ep.20: Apps for Activism & Fish Factory Trawlers
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Fish factory trawlers are the modern face of industrial fishing. A vessel that can stay on the oceans for months and whose destructive fishing methods are needlessly and recklessly killing marine life.Interpol - the international police force - looks into slavery on the High Seas. Greenpeace is asked to report. We speak to the woman who has seen th…
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Ep.19: Vote For A Sustainable World With Your Wallet
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An app to help you buy food which reflects your morals. If you are trying to shop ethically it’s confusing and hard to keep up. Is there an app for how to detox your shopping? Smartphone apps Ethical Barcode and Buycott can help sort out the greenwash.Genetically Modified Food - you may have heard the acronym but what on earth are GMOs, exactly?It’…
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Ep.18: Why Falcons Patrol SF's Dump & Recycling Medicines, Harder Than it Should Be
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How do you keep plastic out of the ocean? Let falcons patrol the city dump!How do you make composting work properly?Recycling medicines: a win/win For more episodes and information on any of these stories, visit: www.greenpeace.ca/podcastBy Greenpeace
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Ep.17: Who’s Killing Canada’s Lakes? Coping with Tricky Party Convos
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You may take long showers but you are not the big water waster...find out who is. A “Tailings Pond” is a dead lake. Who killed it?Tricky convos: What to say to climate change denier at a party.For more episodes and information on any of these stories, visit:www.greenpeace.ca/podcastBackground image: WJiri Rezac / Greenpeace…
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Ep.16: Mining the Ocean Floor & Is There Shark in Your Face Cream?
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The enormous implications of mining the floor of the deep sea. It's starting.It's calledr "squalene" and is in lots of beauty products. It's usually bits of sharkMelina Laboucan-Massimo on It Starts With Us, a new website to commemorate missing and murdered Indigenous women in Canada.For more information on any of these stories visit:www.greenpeace…
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Ep.15: How Tuna Became the Buffet Star & Tips On Buying Eggs
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How tuna became the "go to" fish for every occasion.Tips on buying Eggs (Free range vs Organic vs Cage Free).Why a NYC Seminary got on board with divestment from fossil fuel.For more information on any of these stories visit:www.greenpeace.ca/podcastPhoto Banner: Alex Hofford / GreenpeaceBy Greenpeace
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Ep.14: Nflders Protest Fracking with Art & What Are Fugitive Emissions?
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Creative ways of protesting fracking in Newfoundland.What the heck are "fugitive emissions"? (Hint: connected to fracking)For more information on any of these stories visit:www.greenpeace.ca/podcastBy Greenpeace
We share our favourite Greenpeace Canada Podcast stories:Why have narwhals captured our imaginations?A story of a special queen bee.What is killing our bees?For more episodes and information on any of these stories visit: www.greenpeace.ca/podcastBy Greenpeace
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Ep.12: The Best of The Greenpeace Podcast: Plastics +birds, plastics+you
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We share our favourite podcast stories:Looking in the belly of an albatross and finding things you recognize. Like lighters. A practical guide to going plastic free.What toxin to watch out for in the bathroom.For more episodes and information on any of these stories visit: http://www.greenpeace.ca/podcastPhoto courtesy of Kris Krüg:http://www.krisk…
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Ep.11: Organic Gardening 101 & Beware the pesticide Roundup
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How to grow veggies without using pesticides. Even in a small plot.Why you don't you want Roundup in your gardenFor more information on any of these stories visit:http://www.greenpeace.ca/podcastBy Greenpeace
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Ep.10: Revolving Doors Rule, How A Building Wins a LEED seal? Green Renos
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Saving energy with revolving doors.How a building is considered environmentally progressive and win a LEED seal of approval?How to stay green while doing a home renovation.For more episodes and information on any of these stories visit: www.greenpeace.ca/podcastBy Greenpeace
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Ep.09: Detoxing Kids Toys, Parabens in the Bathroom and Talking Like William Shatner
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Detoxing kids toys.What toxin to watch out for in the bathroom.We celebrate "Talk Like William Shatner Day."For more episodes and information on any of these stories visit: www.greenpeace.ca/podcastBackground image: David Dennis CC BY-SA 2.0By Greenpeace
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Ep.08: Life in Fukushima 3 yrs later & Who Pays the Nuclear Bill
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March 11 2013 marks the anniversary of the Fukushima nuclear disaster, or more accurately it marks the start of this ongoing disaster in Japan. Tens of thousands of residents were displaced. Kenichi Hasegawa wrote a book to express his fury over how his government mislead the victims. He talked to us from his abandoned farm 15km north-east of Fukus…
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Ep.07: Going Undercover to Keep the Arctic 30 safe & What is a RHIB?
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The amazing story of a photographer going undercover in Russia to get the shot. Captain Peter Wilcox tells us about something called a RHIB.For more episodes and information on any of these stories visit www.greenpeace.ca/podcastBy Greenpeace
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Ep.06: A Car Free Life & What is Dilbit? (Not a Cocktail Snack)
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Breaking up with your car to live a car free life.What exactly is in pipelines? (Dilbit plus)For more episodes and information on any of these stories visit www.greenpeace.ca/podcastBy Greenpeace
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Ep.05: Trekking to the North Pole, The World's Fridge
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Trekking to the North Pole. Produced by Rob RosenthalHow is the Arctic the World's fridge?Why you shouldn't cook bacon in the Arctic.For more episodes and information on any of these stories visit http://www.greenpeace.ca/podcastBy Greenpeace
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Ep.04: Renewable Energy in a Nuclear Neighbourhood & Suing Environmentalists
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Ontario's reliance on nuclear energy means renewable energy is happening on a community level. Suing environmentalists to silence them. For more episodes and information on any of these stories visit www.greenpeace.ca/podcastBy Greenpeace
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Ep.03: The Rainbow Warrior & FADS. Out of Fashion Fishing,
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The Rainbow Warrior comes home to Vancouver. Is this ship iconic in the city where Greenpeace began?What is a FAD or Fish Aggregating Device? We hear who really came up with the name Greenpeace and why.For more episodes and information on any of these stories visit www.greenpeace.ca/podcastBy Greenpeace
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Ep.02: Save the Bees & Going Plastic Free
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The worried buzzing about bees.what is a "neonicotinoid"?Which household items are in the belly of an albatross?A practical guide to going plastic freeFor more episodes and information on any of these stories visit http://www.greenpeace.ca/podcastBy Greenpeace
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Ep.01: Narwhals, Great Bear Rainforest & Feller Buncher
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We get to know the most popular Arctic mammal—the narwhal, get wild in the Great Bear Rainforest and learn a phrase that sounds adorable but is far from it. Music credits:Special thanks to http://soundcloud.com/deebhttps://soundcloud.com/deeb/01-deeb-thru-naturehttps://soundcloud.com/dansternofbeyer/underneath-the-mountainhttps://soundcloud.com/dan…
