Podcasts by Rebalancing Act

Curse of the Resources? from 2022-03-25T12:00

Hearing lots of talk about oil dependency? Not sure what it means to have a resource based economy? Why does Banana Republic have such a problematic name? Does the resource curse impact climate ...

Housing a Climate Solution: Discussing Housing Affordability and Sustainability with Craig Ruttan from 2022-03-04T12:00

Housing affordability (or lack thereof) seems to be on the lips of all Canadians these days - or at least everyone Kiran and Leslie Anne know. Join Kiran for a conversation with Craig Ruttan, Po...

Housing as a Climate Solution: Discussing Housing Affordability and Sustainability with Craig Ruttan from 2022-03-04T12:00

Housing affordability (or lack thereof) seems to be on the lips of all Canadians these days - or at least everyone Kiran and Leslie Anne know. Join Kiran for a conversation with Craig Ruttan, Polic...

Climate (Super) Models from 2022-02-18T12:00

Leslie Anne takes a deep dive in this episode into climate models. How accurate are they? How do we test them? How should we be using them?

Green Finance #3: Turning Climate Risks into Rewards from 2021-12-10T12:00

In the final episode of Rebalancing Act's mini-season about climate finance, Kiran is joined by climate strategist Pete Richardson. Pete works at Manifest Climate, a fast-growing startup providi...

Green Finance #2: Personal Finance is Power! from 2021-11-26T14:00:25

In episode 2 of Rebalancing Act's mini-season focused on finance, Kiran and Leslie Anne discuss the power of personal finance. Are you looking for more ways to have a positive impact on the climate...

Green Finance #1: Divesting From a Negative Climate Future from 2021-11-12T12:00

We are back with a mini-season focused on finance! What is the financial system, how does it impact climate goals, and how can we use finance as a force to accelerate climate solutions? In this ...

Sustainability Olympics, Tokyo Edition! from 2021-10-16T17:29:46

After a long summer hiatus, Leslie Anne and Kiran are back with a new episode, and some more lined up coming soon. The olympics are always an awesome sporting event, but what is their carbon foo...

Water: Speaking for the fish with Professor Scott A. Bonar from 2021-07-16T11:00

Kiran recently had the pleasure of interviewing Scott A. Bonar. Scott is currently a professor at the University of Arizona  in the School of Natural Resources and the Environment, and he r...

Water - We're 70% what?! from 2021-07-02T11:00

Hear Leslie Anne chat with the Lake Ontario Waterkeeper about hidden gems on Lake Ontario, water literacy and the importance of environmental protection. 

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REPLAY: All they do is win win win: with Indigenous law, climate solutions and coral reefs from 2021-06-18T14:00:52

In honour of National Indigenous People’s Day next week we are replaying our first episode which focused on Indigenous law and climate change.

Water, water everywhere and Nature's revenge? from 2021-06-04T11:00

We want to acknowledge the tragedy that is the discovery of a grave of 215 children on the grounds of a residential school this past week. Leslie Anne thought hard about including an additional ...

Green beaches?! Advanced weathering - how volcanic rock can pull carbon from the sky from 2021-05-21T11:00

Baked into the net-zero model is the assumption that we will use carbon-negative tools and techniques to offset areas of life that are difficult to decarbonize. What kind of tools are available ...

Air - Renewables, Rocks and Margarine References? from 2021-05-07T13:00

This week Leslie Anne spoke with Mayor Boucher of Antigonish and Sean Fleming about AREA and renewable power!

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Air: A breath of fresh... wind? solar? - how renewables are a public health wonder from 2021-04-23T11:00

We all think we know why renewables are great, right? Zero carbon! On this episode of Rebalancing Act, Leslie Anne and Kiran add another "win" to that pile: the public health benefits of renewab...

Hot Air! An Interview with Daniel Bida of ZooShare, Canada's First Zoo Biogas Plant from 2021-04-09T11:00

First we bring you flame with a discussion about wildfires, now we bring you...gas?

Kiran interviews Daniel Bida, Executive Director of ZooShare, Canada's first zoo biogas plant. They tal...

Fire - Just gonna stand there and watch me burn and other fire management practices from 2021-03-26T11:00

We talked forest fires this week with Maria Sharpe of the Canadian Interagency Forest Fire Centre and Mike Flannigan of University of Alberta and Wildland Fire Service. 

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Fire - Cause I'm burnin' up, burnin' up, For Climate Solutions from 2021-03-12T12:00

This week Leslie Anne gets a little personal talking about forest fires. She talks about the role they've played in her life and the role they play in their ecosystems.

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Earth - The One With Poetry and Food? from 2021-02-26T12:00

We interview Brittany Maguire about regenerative farming, food security and how they interact with climate solutions. Brittany is currently working on food security issues at Meal Exchange. ...

Earth - How to Value Natural Capital With Rob Godfrey of Treeconomy from 2021-02-12T12:00

We know that trees store carbon. What's harder to figure out is how much, in what amount of time, and who should benefit from preserving and planting them. Treeconomy is a startup seeking to sol...

Earth - The Earthly Delight of Soil from 2021-01-29T12:00

Join us for our first episode of our second season! We talk all about the importance of soil and the living things all around us, the challenges that they in a changing climate, and what we can ...

Co-operating for Energy Democracy: renewables, investments and co-ops, oh my! from 2020-12-04T12:00

This week we talked energy co-ops and energy democracy! The co-ops: Co-Energy: http://coenergy.coop Ottawa Renewable Energy Co-operative: https://www.orec.ca Some academic articles Leslie Anne read...

Erasing Carbon Footprints: It's all just one step away from 2020-11-20T12:00

This week we talked carbon footprints and how valuable they really are in our minds...

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