Guest: Daphne Bramham, journalist
Daphne Bramham just returned from an eye-opening voyage through the Northwest Passage.
“We went through the southern Northwest Passage – the famous passage that Franklin couldn't get through, that hundreds of people died looking for Franklin, every year clogged up, even ten years ago clogged up. We never saw ice. That was the most shocking thing for me, to never see ice.”
Bramham points out that life in the arctic revolves around ice. Without it, the cycle of life changes for all living creatures. On the same journey were scientists from the Vancouver Aquarium testing for microplastics that are invading the oceans like a fog and consumed by every species. If you eat fish, that includes you.
We invited Omri Haiven of the Clean Energy Research Group to join us for a Conversation That Matters about the potential agrivoltaics offers to farmers.
We invited Dr. Sally Aitken of the Department of Forest and Conservation Sciences at UBC to join us for a Conversation That Matters about working with our trees to ensure they have long and healthy lives.
We invited Lasse Gustavsson, the CEO of Ocean Wise, to join us for a Conversation That Matters about the vital role the ocean plays in our survival, the risks the world’s oceans face, and how we can mitigate those harms.
We invited Mark Jaccard, the author of “The Citizen’s Guide to Climate Success: Overcoming Myths that Hinder Progress” and the Chair and CEO of the BC Utilities Commission, to join us for a Conversation That Matters about finding a path to open dialogue and realistic strategies to address our climate challenges.