Podcast
Green Justice
Hosted by Greg Simmons, Paula Hirschmann and Mark Vardy · EN
Paula, Mark and Greg, three green criminologists at Kwantlen Polytechnic University (KPU) engage a range of guests on issues of environmental, ecological and climate justice and education.
Theme music composed and performed by Greg Simmons.
Cover Art by Dan Lett.
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Making change meaningful: Honey Mathew and the KPU Sustainability Club
Jul 2400:40:40Tap to summarizeIn this episode, Mark speaks with the dynamic Honey Mathew who initiated KPU's Sustainability Club in 2024 while she was a student in KPU's graduate program in Green Business Management and Sustainability. Check out the video that the Sustainability Club made here https://youtu.be/gl4n93RmS9c?feature=sharedAnd here is the info for the movie 2018, which Honey mentions, and that is based on the 2018 floods in Kerala https://www.imdb.com/title/tt9006564/For more info on the Sustainability Club, check out their Instagram site https://www.instagram.com/sustainability_club_kpu or email kpusustainabilityclub@gmail.com.
Transcribe →S2 E9 Robert Jago on Environmental Racism, Green Colonialism, and Indigenous Belonging
Mar 26, 202500:47:27Tap to summarizeRobert Jago, citizen of Kwantlen First Nation and Indigenous Journalist and Writer in Residence at KPU for Spring 2025, speaks with Mark about environmental and Indigenous justice. We cover a wide range of topics, including environmental racism, green colonialism, and Indigenous belonging to land. Check out the links below for the articles that we talk about, and listen in for Robert's wisdom and wit! The Warrior Society rises: how a mercury spill in Canada inspired a movementCanada’s National Parks Are Colonial Crime Scenes The Hungry People
Transcribe →Organic, local and fresh: A KPU student's view on Green Criminology
Feb 24, 202500:37:48Tap to summarizePaula and Mark chat with Aramayis, a KPU Criminology Major who took CRIM 3911: Green Criminology with Paula, about eco-philosophies, action projects, touching trees, the joys of leading kid's nature camps, and the heavy weight of capitalism. In addition to hearing about Aramayis's experience with green criminology, we also get insight from Paula about how she teaches green crim!
Transcribe →Holding Fossil Fuel Giants to Account: Andrew Gage on the Campaign to Sue Big Oil
Feb 2, 202500:35:59Tap to summarizeGreg talks with Andrew Gage, staff lawyer at West Coast Environmental Law, on the Sue Big Oil campaign and the grassroots effort to hold fossil fuel companies to account for the costs of climate change.Sign the declaration and get involved here: https://suebigoil.ca
Transcribe →Charting a Green Course: Alexandra Taylor and Alicia Gowan on Fostering Sustainability at KPU (Part 2)
Jan 27, 202500:49:16Tap to summarizeMark and Paula continue their conversation with Alexandra Taylor and Alicia Gowan on KPU's "Sustainability Hub" and work underway to nurture sustainability at the institution and beyond.https://www.instagram.com/sustainablekpu
Transcribe →Charting a Green Course: Alexandra Taylor and Alicia Gowan on Fostering Sustainability at KPU (Part 1)
Jan 14, 202500:36:46Tap to summarizePart 1 of a conversation with Alexandra Taylor and Alicia Gowan on KPU's "Sustainability Hub" and work underway to nurture sustainability at the institution and beyond.https://www.instagram.com/sustainablekpu
Transcribe →Leading the Climate Strategy Effort at KPU: A conversation with Brett Favaro, KPU Climate Strategy Lead
Dec 27, 202400:42:30Tap to summarizeDr. Brett Favaro, Climate Strategy Lead at KPU, discusses his unique role aimed at driving concerted, pro-active and solutions-focused climate action within the university.https://wordpress.kpu.ca/climatestrategy/about-the-climate-strategy/
Transcribe →Dissecting Transborder Mobilities: Conrad King on Transcending Borders in a Globalized World
Dec 5, 202400:48:56Tap to summarizeMark and Greg are joined by Dr. Conrad King, a faculty member in Political Science at KPU. King, an expert in issues of transborder mobilities, delves into the complexities of governance in a globalized world, particularly in regard to climate change and sustainability. He speaks on the implications of international public policies and their influence on various "mobilities" -- people, goods, capital, and even ideas -- across national borders.
Transcribe →Polyphonic Voices: Translating Climate Change and Sustainable Development (Part 2)
Dec 5, 202400:29:50Tap to summarizeGreen Justice's second part of Polyphonic Voices continues to explore the personal views of KPU students on nature, climate change, and sustainable development from a linguistic perspective -- as part of the Climate+ Challenge and Teaching and Learning Commons UN SDG Champions initiative.A huge thanks again to all everyone who took the time to share their thoughts!
Transcribe →Polyphonic Voices: Translating Climate Change and Sustainable Development (Part 1)
Dec 5, 202400:32:41Tap to summarizeThis episode of Green Justice features discussions with KPU students as part of the Climate+ Challenge and Teaching and Learning Commons UN SDG Champions initiative. Students offered unique insights on discussing climate change and sustainable development in languages other than English. They reveal both similarities and differences in framing human relationship to nature in their home languages, demonstrating insights into sustainable practices and more relational, rather than hierarchical, ways of viewing nature. Discussion also ranges to linguistic differences in regard to humanizing nature and its presence as a refuge.A huge thanks to all everyone who took the time to share their thoughts!
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