According to Indigenous Clean Energy (ICE), over the past two decades, Indigenous communities, governments, and businesses have become among the most powerful clean energy proponents across Canada, on par with utilities and renewable energy…
The Mississauga Youth Seed Library (MYSL) was founded with the aim of providing the public with free access to open-pollinated and non-GMO seeds. The project emerged from the Young Urban Growers program run by local environmental organization…
On October 27, 2021, the University of Toronto announced that it would be divesting its $4 billion endowment fund from fossil fuels. While this announcement was momentous, it failed to adequately recognize the decade of student activism that had made…
The Earl Haig ECO Council is a student-led organization based out of Earl Haig Secondary School, located just outside of Toronto, Ontario. The ECO Council seeks to enhance eco-literacy among high school students and engage the school community in…
BIPOC voices (Black, Indigenous, and People of Colour) have been typically excluded from mainstream environmental movements, yet are crucial to building stronger, healthier, and more sustainable communities. For our first episode, we are in…
Welcome to Building Our Roots! In this introductory episode, we (Megan and Emiko), your hosts, sit down to introduce ourselves, acknowledge the lands that we are recording from, and give you some insight into all that you will hear on this podcast….
