Articles tagged with: climate change
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The journalist Gwynne Dyer discusses his new column collection, Crawling from the Wreckage (Random House, 2010), with Joseph Planta; they also discuss world affairs, climate change, identity, and more.
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The bestselling author Adria Vasil talks to Joseph Planta about her new book Ecoholic Home: The Greenest, Cleanest and Most Energy-Efficient Information Under One (Canadian) Roof (Vintage, 2009), offering tips on how to live better with green tips to help us save the world and some money at the same time.
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SFU communications professor Donald Gutstein discusses his book Not a Conspiracy Theory: How Business Propaganda Hijacks Democracy (Key Porter, 2009), with Joseph Planta; highlighting some of the notable think tanks in Canada and their relationships with big business, and just how they in turn influence what’s reported in the media.
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James Hoggan of the PR firm Hoggan and Associates talks about his new book (co-written with Richard Littlemore), Climate Cover-Up: The Crusade to Deny Global Warming (Greystone, 2009), with Joseph Planta.
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Michael Byers, UBC professor of global politics and international law and bestselling author (Intent for a Nation: What is Canada For?) discusses his new book Who Owns the Arctic? Understanding Sovereignty Disputes in the North (Douglas & McIntyre, 2009), with Joseph Planta; other than the politics and issues of Arctic sovereignty, they also discuss whether Byers will run federally again.
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Dianne Whelan, an adventurer, filmmaker and author discusses her 2,000 kilometre journey in the Arctic, with Joseph Planta; she discusses what it’s like travelling with Canadian rangers charged with patrolling the Arctic, climate change, Arctic sovereignty, as well as her new book, This Vanishing Land: A Woman’s Journey to the Canadian Arctic (Caitlin Press, 2009), and her new film, This Land, which screened at the Vancouver International Film Festival.
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Dr. Mark Jaccard, a professor at Simon Fraser University’s School of Resource and Environmental Management and a former member of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, discusses the essay he contributed to the Thomas Homer-Dixon edited book Carbon Shift: How the Twin Crises of Oil Depletion and Climate Change Will Define the Future (Random House, 2009), as well as the current provincial election campaign especially the NDP’s plan to axe the carbon tax, with Joseph Planta.
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The author and journalist Alanna Mitchell talks to Joseph Planta about her new book, Sea Sick: The Global Ocean in Crisis (McClelland & Stewart, 2009).
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The host of Discovery Channel Canada’s Daily Planet, Jay Ingram discusses his new book, The Daily Planet Book of Cool Ideas: Global Warming and What People Are Doing About It (Penguin, 2008) with Joseph Planta.
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Rafe Mair, the legendary broadcaster and author, discusses his work with Save Our Rivers, why he’s voting for the NDP in May 2009, and offers his thoughts on current affairs: the business in Ottawa and electoral reform in BC.
