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Alternatives Podcast

Alternatives Podcast

Since 1971 Alternatives Journal has been Canada's informed voice of environmentalism to everyday readers. Our podcast complements AJ's bi-monthly peer-reviewed print issues. Segments will include contributor interviews, in depth discussions of feature articles, and an editorial overview of the current and upcoming issues.
Alternatives Podcast
Alternatives Podcast

A\J 39.3: Interviews with Giles Slade and Franke James

May 14, 2013
| Daryn Caister interviewed author Giles Slade and artist Franke James. Excerpts of each of their new books are featured in the May/June 2013 issue of A\J.
Length: 50:46 minutes (46.49 MB)
Alternatives Podcast
Alternatives Podcast

A\J Issue 39.2: Greenbelts part 2

March 31, 2013
| Interviews with Earth Day Canada president Jed Goldberg and director Kat Cizek.
Length: 35:50 minutes (32.83 MB)
Alternatives Podcast
Alternatives Podcast

A\J Issue 39.2: Greenbelts

March 10, 2013
| The Greenbelts edition of the A\J podcast features favourite memories of greenbelts around the world.
Length: 45:42 minutes (41.86 MB)
Alternatives Podcast
Alternatives Podcast

A\J Issue 39.1: Life Cycles

January 31, 2013
| Interview with Dr. Katey Walter Anthony on methane, and interview with Jo-Anne McArthur and Liz Marshall on the Ghosts in Our Machine.
Length: 43:11 minutes (39.56 MB)
Alternatives Podcast
Alternatives Podcast

A\J Issue 38.6: Education

December 23, 2012
| How can messages of environmental justice be properly communicated? Why should southern Ontario residents be worried about current pipeline proposals? Find out on this episode of the A\J podcast.
Length: 55:37 minutes (50.93 MB)
Alternatives Podcast
Alternatives Podcast

A\J Issue 38.5: In Defence of Science

November 28, 2012
| To go with our hardest-hitting issue yet, the In Defence of Science podcast features frank interviews and discussion on the state of science in Canada.
Length: 1:01:00 minutes (55.87 MB)
Alternatives Podcast
Alternatives Podcast

Issue 38.4: Ecotourism

August 21, 2012
| Alternatives Podcast Issue 38.4 on ecotourism -- with Emily Slofstra, Daryn Caister, Joe Pavelka and Dan Kellar.
Length: 40:18 minutes (36.91 MB)
Alternatives Podcast
Alternatives Podcast

Issue 38.3: Art and Media

May 28, 2012
| The podcast for Alternatives Journal issue 38.3 looks at arts, media and the environment and features interviews with Justin Langlois, Iain Baxter& and Nicole Rycroft.
Length: 45:05
Alternatives Podcast
Alternatives Podcast

Issue 38.2: Green buildings

March 16, 2012
| The podcast for Alternatives Journal issue 38.2 looks at green buildings and features interviews with Steve Carpenter of Enermodal Engineering, Andre Roy and Stephen Svenson.
Length: 45:53
Alternatives Podcast
Alternatives Podcast

Issue 38.1: Inside forestry

January 18, 2012
| Alternatives' "Inside forestry" podcast looks at Parks Canada's 100th anniversary, the Canadian Boreal Forest Agreement and 10 global forest hotspots.
Length: 43:41