Archives - Ӱԭ Centre for Community Innovation /3ci/category/ecopolitics/ Ӱԭ University Tue, 22 Jul 2025 21:30:54 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.3.1 Ecopolitics Podcast Episode 4.8: Mindful Approaches to Ecopolitics /3ci/2025/ecopolitics-podcast-episode-4-8-mindful-approaches-to-ecopolitics/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=ecopolitics-podcast-episode-4-8-mindful-approaches-to-ecopolitics Tue, 22 Jul 2025 21:30:54 +0000 /3ci/?p=4911 A field of people's heads embedded in trees.  A sunset or sunrise is on the horizon. There is a blue sky behind it with clouds at the top of the image.

In this powerful and personal episode, host Peter Andrée is joined by Dr. Jeff Ganohalidoh Corntassel (University of Victoria, Cherokee Nation) and Dr. James Rowe (University of Victoria, author of Radical Mindfulness) to explore how mindfulness, ceremony, and heart-centred practices offer resources for witnessing and metabolizing the emotional grief associated with environmental and social injustice.

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ECOPOLITICS PODCAST EPISODE 4.3: Sustainability through Philanthropy? /3ci/2025/ecopolitics-podcast-episode-4-3-sustainability-through-philanthropy/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=ecopolitics-podcast-episode-4-3-sustainability-through-philanthropy Wed, 26 Feb 2025 19:16:42 +0000 /3ci/?p=4890

Join Dr. Peter Andrée as he explores the critical role of philanthropic organizations in advancing sustainability with two leading experts: Beth Hunter, Director at FoodBridge, and Lorne Johnson, Vice President at the IVEY Foundation. Discover how successful philanthropic efforts can be aligned with ecological goals, such as promoting sustainable agriculture in Canada. Our guests explain philanthropy’s “sweet spot” in, as Hunter puts it, being “strategic,” “flexible,” “taking risks,” and moving sustainability experiments “towards scaling.” Along the way, Johnson and Hunter discuss their “theories of change,” including how environmental activists (supported by foundations) interact with corporations and governments to achieve social and environmental change.

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Ecopolitics Podcast Season 4 Has Launched /3ci/2025/ecopolitics-podcast-season-4-has-launched/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=ecopolitics-podcast-season-4-has-launched Mon, 20 Jan 2025 21:30:07 +0000 /3ci/?p=4861 Co-hosted by Prof. Peter Andrée (Ӱԭ, 3ci) and Prof. Ryan Katz-Rosene (U of Ottawa), the is the leading podcast series for students and practitioners of environmental politics in Canada.

is entitled the Politics of the Anthropocene”.

, called “We’re Back! Talking about the Anthropocene”, looks back on the first three seasons and provides a sneak preview on the topics and guests we’ll be covering in season 4.

is entitled “Axe the tax, or face the Facts?” Featuring Dr. Kathryn Harrison and Dr. Andrew Leach, this episode delves into the intricacies of the current debate over the federal carbon tax in Canada.

The artwork below was created for Season 4 by Adam Gibbard. This season of the Ecopolitics Podcast is produced by DGES PhD Student Kaleigh McIntosh.

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Ecopolitics podcast EPISODE 2.10: DAIRY COWS, CLIMATE CHANGE AND SETTLER COLONIALISM: INSIGHTS FROM AOTEAROA/NEW ZEALAND /3ci/2021/ecopolitics-podcast-episode-2-10-dairy-cows-climate-change-and-settler-colonialism-insights-from-aotearoa-new-zealand/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=ecopolitics-podcast-episode-2-10-dairy-cows-climate-change-and-settler-colonialism-insights-from-aotearoa-new-zealand Wed, 14 Apr 2021 21:28:56 +0000 /3ci/?p=3922

In this episode we talk about dairy farming and climate change in Aotearoa/New Zealand, focusing on how settler-colonial dynamics shape this complex story. New Zealand’s dairy sector contributes 1/4 of that country’s greenhouse gas emissions. Dr John Reid, Senior Research Fellow at the Ngāi Tahu Research Centre at University of Canterbury, and Dr. Hugh Campbell, Professor of Sociology at University of Otago, tell us how this came to be, bringing their personal histories and research insights, as Māori and Pākehā (non-Māori New Zealanders) respectively. The episode, hosted by Ӱԭ Political Science Professor and 3ci co-director Dr. Peter Andrée, shows how Indigenous sustainability values are having a growing influence on the agricultural sector today. To hear episode 10, please .

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Ecopolitics Podcast Episode 5 on NGOs and Global Ecopolitics After COVID-19 is Now Online /3ci/2021/ecopolitics-podcast-episode-5-on-ngos-and-global-ecopolitics-after-covid-19-is-now-online/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=ecopolitics-podcast-episode-5-on-ngos-and-global-ecopolitics-after-covid-19-is-now-online Wed, 03 Mar 2021 21:04:18 +0000 /3ci/?p=3874

There’s no denying COVID-19 has had a major impact on the climate movement. After non-governmental organizations worked so hard to access global climate decision-making, being without the ability to organize protests and the like has left the movement disconnected from the major decision-makers again. But it’s an important year for climate decisions. In this episode, we speak with Dr. Jen Allan, Lecturer in the School of Law and Politics at Cardiff University to get a better sense of how NGOs are navigating COVID, and the potential opportunities that may arise for climate decisions post-COVID.

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