Podcasts

news

Wade Davis's Crusade to Preserve the Wild Stikine

Famous anthropologist is gathering images and facts to defend a land he loves.

By Christopher Pollon, 13 Jan 2011

opinion

A Tyee Series

Patrick Moore, Proud Heretic

Why did fellow Greenpeace founders shun him? He defends nuclear power, corporate forestry and other eco-bugaboos. A Trees and Us podcast.

By Mark Leiren-Young, 26 Mar 2010

books

A Tyee Series

'Wild Foresting'

New book by UVic profs Drengson and Taylor is a guide to 'practicing nature's wisdom.' A Trees and Us podcast.

By Mark Leiren-Young, 2 Feb 2010

opinion

A Tyee Series

He Sees Our Hot Future

A 'Trees and Us' podcast with botanist geologist Richard Hebda.

By Mark Leiren-Young, 19 Jan 2010

opinion

A Tyee Series

How Adbusters Grew on Trees

Kalle Lasn on how his fight against Big Timber and Big Media sparked creative dissent. A Trees and Us podcast.

By Mark Leiren-Young, 16 Sep 2009

opinion

A Tyee Series

Betty Krawczyk, Proud Fanatic

The queen of protest on activism, prison life and second acts after raising kids. A Trees and Us podcast.

By Mark Leiren-Young, 1 Jun 2009

artsculture

A Tyee Series

Leiren-Young and His 'Green Chain'

Filmmaker discusses BC premiere of his movie on love of forests. A Trees and Us podcast.

By David Beers, 6 Mar 2009

life

Are Farmer Suicides in India Your Fault?

Deconstructing Dinner presents Palagummi Sainath, author of 'Everybody Loves a Good Drought.'

By Jon Steinman, 27 Feb 2009

opinion

A Tyee Series

Reviving Forest Protests in BC

Kenneth Wu is working hard to make it happen. A Trees and Us podcast.

By Mark Leiren-Young, 25 Feb 2009

life

Hungry for Change

Podcast:'Deconstructing Dinner' goes to Edmonton for a week of local and global food education.

By Jon Steinman, 8 Feb 2009

life

Inside the Fish Farm Industry

Podcast: 'Deconstructing Dinner' host gets some fishy facts on a salmon farm tour.

By Jon Steinman, 27 Jan 2009

life

The Future of Farmed Salmon

Podcast: Proposed salmon farm expansion shaping up to be hot election issue.

By Jon Steinman, 19 Jan 2009

life

Local, Organic and Costly

Podcast: Farmers' market advocate Brent Warner on why good food doesn't come cheap.

By Jon Steinman, 11 Jan 2009

life

Tainting the Purest Taste Buds

Podcast: 'Deconstructing Dinner' weighs in on the Whopper Virgins controversy.

By Jon Steinman, 24 Dec 2008

life

Tourist Season on the Farm

'Deconstructing Dinner' on whether agritourism is good business, or a necessary evil.

By Jon Steinman, 16 Dec 2008

life

Homeland (Food) Security

Podcast: 'Deconstructing Dinner' features sustainability strategist Richard Balfour.

By Jon Steinman, 1 Dec 2008

life

The Oldest Profession

'Deconstructing Dinner' presents writer Luanne Armstrong and her thoughts on the farmer, past and present.

By Jon Steinman, 16 Nov 2008

life

Harvest Revival

'Deconstructing Dinner' celebrates harvest time with a West Kootenays grain co-op.

By Jon Steinman, 9 Nov 2008

life

GE-Free in the Kootenays

Podcast: 'Deconstructing Dinner' reports from the campaign to ban genetically engineered seed in the Kootenays.

By Jon Steinman, 4 Nov 2008

life

GE-Free: Could Your Town be Next?

Podcast: 'Deconstructing Dinner' follows the GE-Free movement from California to the Kootenays.

By Jon Steinman, 26 Oct 2008