Mar 3: Climate solutions for agriculture & The economics of public transit

Smart Prosperity: The Podcast

1. Growing food without growing emissions [min 1:04]
Agriculture accounts for 10% of Canada’s (and the world’s) total climate pollution – thanks to methane emissions from animal manure, Nitrous oxide emissions from fertilizer, and Carbon dioxide emissions from machinery. Can a change in farming practices turn agriculture into a climate solution?

• Karen Ross – Director, Farmers for Climate Solutions
• Brent Preston – Co-owner, The New Farm
  

2. The economics of public transit [min 13:25]
How does one of the most environmentally-friendly commuting options make ends meet? And what happens after COVID?

• Marco D’Angelo – President & CEO, Canadian Urban Transit Association
  

3. 60-Second Report: "Canada in a Changing Climate: Regional Perspectives Report – Prairie Provinces” [min 20:37]

• David Sauchyn – Director, Prairie Adaptation Research Collaborative and Professor of Geography and Environmental Studies, University of Regina

4. “Five Other Things Happening in the Green Economy This Week” [min 22:22]

• Mike Moffatt – Senior Director of Policy, Smart Prosperity Institute

For more info and links, go to: podcast.smartprosperity.ca