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Scott Findlay on Why We Need Public Science
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Environmental News and Discussion. More by Erica Butler. Scott Findlay on Why We Need Public Science. Air date: March 07, 2014. Public science is taking a hit right now. An ongoing series of small but impactful cuts are reducing Canada's capacity for government research and experimentation. More stories to check out:. Standing up for public science in Canada. November 01, 2013. Why experiments still cant happen in the Experimental Lakes. October 25, 2013. October 11, 2013. November 23, 2012. Creative Com...
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The scapegoating of the grey seal and Vélo Québec's Route Verte
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Environmental News and Discussion. More by Erica Butler. The scapegoating of the grey seal and Vélo Québecs Route Verte. Air date: December 20, 2013. Halifax Media Coop journalist Robert DeVet. Interviews Linda Pannozzo about her book, " The Devil and the Deep Blue Sea: The Scapegoating of Canada's Grey Seals. And then Erica Butler speaks with Marc Jolicoeur of Vélo Québec about the province's 5000km Route Verte. And what Nova Scotia can do to create its very own Blue Route. More stories to check out:.
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Bikes and Cycling
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Environmental News and Discussion. More by Erica Butler. Bikes and Cycling RSS. The Annual Bike Week Panel! June 13, 2014. It's time for the annual bike week edition of Habitat, where we gather a panel of folks involved in biking in Halifax to talk about the state of cycling in the city. This year I was joined by:. Hanita Koblents, HRM's Active Transportation. Ben Wedge, Halifax Cycling Coalition. Ben Buckwold, Bicycle NS Blue Route. Photo: https:/ www.flickr.com/photos/urbanmkr/. December 20, 2013.
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Reclaiming the Commons for the Common Good: Heather Menzies
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Environmental News and Discussion. More by Erica Butler. Reclaiming the Commons for the Common Good: Heather Menzies. Air date: May 30, 2014. The key thing about the commons and the notion of reclaiming it is we're reclaiming responsibility for habitat, social and natural.". This episode of Habitat features an interview with Heather Menzies. Author of Reclaiming the Commons for the Common Good. Which focuses on the need to reclaim common resources to work together to build a better society. In Halifax, NS.
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100 in 1 Day Halifax brings citizen-led interventions to the streets
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Environmental News and Discussion. More by Erica Butler. 100 in 1 Day Halifax brings citizen-led interventions to the streets. Air date: May 28, 2015. An interview with Julia Kemp and Melissa Laverdure about 100 in 1 Day Halifax. The interview took place in Titus Park in Fairview on Monday May 25, 2015. More stories to check out:. Comments powered by Disqus. Get the Habitat Newsletter. Subscribe to the Habitat podcast via. Subscribe to the Coastal Citizen podcast via. Subscribe to the Tide podcast via.
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Energy
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Environmental News and Discussion. More by Erica Butler. Donald Cameron on the legal right to a clean environment. March 28, 2014. This week on Habitat:. In Canada we don't have the right to clean air or clean water. I speak with journalist Silver Donald Cameron. About his latest project, GreenRights.com. Which looks the ideas of incorporating rights for the natural world, as well as the right to a healthy environment, into our constitution. GM apples in BC and GM bananas in Uganda. March 14, 2014. Plus,...
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Climate Change
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Environmental News and Discussion. More by Erica Butler. Halifax as Solar City, Transit 101, and Talking Energy. February 28, 2014. On this episode of Habitat:. We hear from Julian Boyle of Halifax's Solar City. Program. Solar City celebrates it's first year of operations this weekend with a Solar Fiesta at the Dartmouth Sportsplex. About 250 homeowners have installed solar hot water systems in HRM in the past year, all with the help of the city's Solar City program. Produced out of CHUO in Ottawa. Live ...
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Garbage/Waste
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Environmental News and Discussion. More by Erica Butler. Daylighting Sawmill River and Cleaning Up McNabs Island. June 06, 2014. Part 1: Daylighting the Sawmill River. A river linking Halifax Harbour with the Shubenacadie Canal system has been buried for 40 years. Now there's a movement to uncover the river. And restore its capacity to both handle flooding and provide habitat for fish and microorganisms. Oh, and it will also look better! Part 2: Cleaning up McNab's Island. March 28, 2014. David Boyd, one...
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Halifax Cycling Coalition's Next Big Idea
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Environmental News and Discussion. More by Erica Butler. Halifax Cycling Coalitions Next Big Idea. Air date: November 29, 2013. Emily McDonald, co-chair of the Halifax Cycling Coalition joined me in studio to talk about the HCC's birthday party. The Coalition asked for pitches from members for the next big campaign idea, racked up 25 pitches covering everything from repealing of helmet laws to 100 kilometres of segregated bike lanes by 2025. Apologies for the static in this audio. June 13, 2014.