Click below to play, unfortunately the audio player is limited therefore the best way to follow us is to subscribe via iTunes below, but either way thanks for listening! This episodes run time is 52:58. We’ve officially hit half a year, and with that produce what is very likely our weirdest podcast yet. Never has more time been spent talking to you about what we are doing with the podcast. Never has there been so many complete jumps in topic and time being recorded. Never shall we have another p...
May 20, 2014
Click below to play, unfortunately the audio player is limited therefore the best way to follow us is to subscribe via iTunes below, but either way thanks for listening! This episodes run time is 38:49. We’ve officially hit half a year, and with that produce what is very likely our weirdest podcast yet. Never has more time been spent talking to you about what we are doing with the podcast. Never has there been so many complete jumps in topic and time being recorded. Never shall we have another p...
May 14, 2014
Click below to play, unfortunately the audio player is limited therefore the best way to follow us is to subscribe via iTunes below, but either way thanks for listening! This episodes run time is 42:49. Wind farms are evil! There is a chorus of opposition against wind farms across North America. Daryn and Stefan discuss this group of activists and the merits of opposing renewable energy installations. We also discuss where the line exists between protecting the rights of municipalities and fight...
May 06, 2014
Click below to play, unfortunately the audio player is limited therefore the best way to follow us is to subscribe via iTunes below, but either way thanks for listening! This episodes run time is 48:37. This episode is all about food waste. David, Daryn and Stefan explore their thoughts on the Hot Docs documentary Just Eat It , which explores just how much food is wasted in our society and the reasons for it. We jump around from the importance of localism, who not to blame, and a few ideas of ju...
Apr 29, 2014
Click below to play, unfortunately the audio player is limited therefore the best way to follow us is to subscribe via iTunes below, but either way thanks for listening! This episodes run time is 48:40. In this episode Daryn interviews James from Extra Creditz about video games and having a sense of agency in the world. The second portion of the show has a guest appearance by friend of the show Corey, as we discuss the importance of feeling like you can have an impact on the world around you and...
Apr 22, 2014
Click below to play, unfortunately the audio player is limited therefore the best way to follow us is to subscribe via iTunes below, but either way thanks for listening! This episodes run time is 38:24. Stefan and David discuss the ideas of deep ecology and the ethical implications that accepting such a philosophy would have on the world. From this jump off point, we cover the possibility of a secular environmental viewpoint, and whether all such concerns must be anthropocentric in nature. As pr...
Apr 15, 2014
Click below to play, unfortunately the audio player is limited therefore the best way to follow us is to subscribe via iTunes below, but either way thanks for listening! This episodes run time is 34:21. Much of this episode was lifted from the Green Majority’s short lived video project ‘Over the Green Line’ which in some ways acted as a precursor to this podcast. In this episode we speak with Tim Nash, the Sustainable Economist . This will act as a precursor to some future discussions with Tim a...
Apr 08, 2014
Click below to play, unfortunately the audio player is limited therefore the best way to follow us is to subscribe via iTunes below, but either way thanks for listening! This episodes run time is 48:39. Stefan and Daryn debate whether or not the Ontario Green Party should ever consider folding into another political party to support green ventures. This discussion boils down to how the Green Party sees itself and how best it can serve the environmental movement. We are also lucky enough to be mo...
Apr 01, 2014
Click below to play, unfortunately the audio player is limited therefore the best way to follow us is to subscribe via iTunes below, but either way thanks for listening! This episodes run time is 43:13. Will hipsters save the world? We tackle the question of the ethics and societal implications of found fashion and make it work decor. We discuss the concept of Jugaad , the three other R’s (refuse, repair and repurpose) and what each can do for the health of our planet. As mentioned in the podcas...
Mar 26, 2014
Click below to play, unfortunately the audio player is limited therefore the best way to follow us is to subscribe via iTunes below, but either way thanks for listening! This episodes run time is 51:07. The Dave is back in town! Co-host of the podcast David Hostetter is back in this episode after a two week break. We get his thoughts on the side benefits of environmentalism and then jump into the question of how to generate real change. In other exiting news, we now have a logo! We are still wor...
Mar 18, 2014
Click below to play, unfortunately the audio player is limited therefore the best way to follow us is to subscribe via iTunes below, but either way thanks for listening! This episodes run time is 45:22. In this meandering episode of our podcast, Daryn and Stefan discuss the food system, farming and what true solutions to the problems we face are. It is becoming too much of a trend that farmers feel like their livelihoods are being attacked when in reality they are not the problem. We also briefl...
Mar 11, 2014
Click below to play, unfortunately the audio player is limited therefore the best way to follow us is to subscribe via iTunes below, but either way thanks for listening! This episodes run time is 44:36. We had a packed house for this episode, Stefan and Daryn are joined in studio by Green Majority co-host Kevin Farmer and the President of Toronto 350 Stuart Basden. This show is all about the tertiary benefits of environmental and sustainable action. We aren’t just creating a better world for not...
Mar 04, 2014
Click below to play, unfortunately the audio player is limited therefore the best way to follow us is to subscribe via iTunes below, but either way thanks for listening! This episodes run time is 52:45. In this special episode we are joined by friend of the Green Society Campaign, Maya Fromstein, who enlightens me on all the burning food system related questions you might have. I was lucky enough to attend the Canadian Organic Growers Conference and it left me with a few questions of my own. Top...
Feb 25, 2014
Click below to play, unfortunately the audio player is limited therefore the best way to follow us is to subscribe via iTunes below, but either way thanks for listening! This episodes run time is 53:44. In this episode we went to the Canadian International AutoShow and bring back our thoughts, impressions and anecdotes. This segues into who controls the invisible hand of the market and what can be done to push forward sustainable change within our current system. Unfortunately we are currently e...
Feb 18, 2014
Click below to play, unfortunately the audio player is limited therefore the best way to follow us is to subscribe via iTunes below, but either way thanks for listening! This episodes run time is 46:34. By popular demand, our hosts dive into some more personal aspects of their environmentalism in this episode. We talk about why we do what we do, what we honestly think can be accomplished and if there can be a secular argument for environmentalism/ethics in general. We also briefly argue about th...
Feb 11, 2014
Click below to play, unfortunately the audio player is limited therefore the best way to follow us is to subscribe via iTunes below, but either way thanks for listening! This episodes run time is 56:14. We cover a variety of topics this episode including responding to a comment we received on one of our previous podcasts. Unfortunately due to our ongoing technical difficulties (which will hopefully be solved within the next week) the comment is not visible under the other posts and therefore can...
Feb 04, 2014
Click below to play, unfortunately the audio player is limited therefore the best way to follow us is to subscribe via iTunes below, but either way thanks for listening! This episodes run time is 50:38. This is a unique birthday episode for the Beyond Green Podcast. Our hosts jump around from topics of the democratization of media and how this could impact the environmental movement to why people like sports. We’ll be back on the full environment kick next week, but we hope you enjoy this more r...
Jan 28, 2014
Click below to play, unfortunately the audio player is limited therefore the best way to follow us is to subscribe via iTunes below, but either way thanks for listening! This episodes run time is 50:41. We have three people in the studio in this episode, with a returning David Hostetter joining us to discuss both what Beyond Green means to him as well as to help answer the question of why we as environmentalists are failing to get our message headed. This episode also spends a while talking abou...
Jan 21, 2014
Click below to play, unfortunately the audio player is limited therefore the best way to follow us is to subscribe via iTunes below, but either way thanks for listening! This episodes run time is 50:57. In this episode we dive into the question of why environmental news stories never seem to change. With oil spills, train derailments, and growing concerns of species extinction seeming in a mind numbing rotation, we ask why isn’t anything being done? Do we answer that question? You’ll have to lis...
Jan 14, 2014
Click below to play, unfortunately the audio player is limited therefore the best way to follow us is to subscribe via iTunes below, but either way thanks for listening! This episode’s runtime is: 50:29. The Beyond Green Podcast is back after our two week, partially ice-storm related, holiday break. This episode features fellow GSC Director David Hostetter and explores the line from a Martin Luther King speech: “The arc of the moral universe is long but it bends toward justice”. In the podcast, ...
Jan 07, 2014
Click above to play, unfortunately the audio player is limited therefore the best way to follow us is to subscribe via iTunes below, but either way thanks for listening! In this episode we speak to another Beyond Green presenter, Lorne from PowerBarr ! We discuss the conference, what PowerBarr is, where it hopes to go as well as how it can act as a beginning for a more sustainable energy grid in the future. It also includes discussion of the maker community and how becoming a creator can make yo...
Dec 17, 2013
Click above to play, unfortunately the audio player is limited therefore the best way to follow us is to subscribe via iTunes below, but either way thanks for listening! This episode was inspired by the CBC’s recent panel discussion on ‘Generation Screwed’ , a term currently being used for those of us in the 20-30 range who find ourselves in a very different world than our parents did when they were our age. Our hosts take exception to the use of terminology and discuss the problems of judging t...
Dec 11, 2013
Click above to play, unfortunately the audio player is limited therefore the best way to follow us is to subscribe via iTunes below, but either way thanks for listening! In this weeks podcast we are joined by our first Beyond Green Conference Presenter, Nicole from The Green Student ! The episode focuses on how (and why) the mainstream media is failing to properly report on the environment, as well as how new modern social networks are changing the way we absorb and share what is happening in th...
Dec 04, 2013
Click above to play, unfortunately the audio player is limited therefore the best way to follow us is to subscribe via iTunes below, but either way thanks for listening! Episode 4 of our Beyond Green podcast is our first special philosophy edition! (For those not interested in philosophy I promise it’s accessible, for those interested in philosophy you may not even consider this philosophy). This episode is largely based off the article ‘Learning How to Die in the Anthropocene’ , a pop-philosoph...
Nov 26, 2013
In episode 3 of our collaborative podcast with the Green Majority we tackle whether you can be an environmentalist while still eating meat, Jon Stewart vs. MSNBC and personalizing environmentalists and the environment itself. This weeks request is for you to tell us what you want episode 5 to be about? First comment will get their wish, second and third comments will receive episode 6 and 7. So let us know what you want! Or if you just have something to say about this episode, be sure to comment...
Nov 19, 2013
Welcome to episode 2 of our collaborative podcast with Green Majority Media . In this show we tackle the idea of what makes someone an environmentalist in today’s climate changed world. We look into the most contentious issues within environmentalism, the problems that act as dividers within the movement itself, and try to come out the other side with an answer to the question. But we want to hear your answers! What do you personally think makes someone an environmentalist, or perhaps excludes t...
Nov 12, 2013
The inaugural episode of our podcast! This podcast, created in collaboration with Green Majority Media , focuses on environmental issues, the future of our environment and the future of environmentalism. In some respects the podcast was inspired by Earth Day Canada’s Beyond Green conference that was held in Toronto in late October of 2013. It should be noted that we are not affiliated with Earth Day Canada nor do we speak for them. This podcast aims to continue the conversations that were held a...
Nov 05, 2013
This is an example of the type of conversation you might expect from this on going podcast. It was recorded a few weeks before the Beyond Green summit and begins a bit abruptly due to the fact it started as a part of the third ‘Over the Green Line’ episode. Look out for our actual first episode of the Beyond Green podcast in the upcoming days.
Oct 29, 2013
