Every Wednesday at 6:30pm we are privileged to air our show, From the Ground Up, on CFCR 90.5FM - Saskatoon's Community Radio Station. We're really grateful to have this platform to engage with folks in Saskatoon and beyond on bringing attention to local climate news and initiatives and in participating in national and even global... Continue Reading →
We are excited to be co-sponsoring the launch of Seth Klein's recently published book A Good War: Mobilizing Canada for the Climate Emergency. The event will be taking place online on Wednesday, September 30 from 7-9pm. The evening will feature a reading from and Q&A with Seth Klein, a panel discussion featuring local climate activists... Continue Reading →
Register here! Fall is arriving, and as you no doubt know this fall brings both provincial and municipal elections to Saskatchewan. We want to make sure climate change is on the political agenda for these upcoming campaigns. However, we know climate change can be difficult to discuss during the best of times, and it... Continue Reading →
It's now been more than three and a half years since the provincial government announced that it was shuttering the Saskatchewan Transportation Company, and more than two years since Greyhound Canada announced that it was withdrawing from Western Canada, leaving prairie residents with few options for intercity transit. Now, in the midst of a global... Continue Reading →
The Saskatchewan government recently announced it would be making a $4 billion investment in expanding irrigation out of the Diefenbaker reservoir. As John Pomeroy, head of the Global Water Futures project at the University of Saskatchewan, said in a recent interview, this project is "massive" and has significant implications for our approach and contribution to... Continue Reading →
The COVID-19 pandemic has already had far-reaching social and economic impacts, and it is as yet unclear how profound those impacts will be. The pandemic has presented a classic 'shock doctrine' moment, which Naomi Klein has described as periods of crisis that open opportunities for rapid transformational change; while corporations often try to exploit such... Continue Reading →
Dear friends, We hope this message finds you well in these trying times. We know these past several weeks have been overwhelming, and that people have been focused on adapting and looking after their communities and loved ones. We've also seen that this pandemic has shifted the way many people think about the climate crisis... Continue Reading →
We stand in solidarity with the Wet’suwet’en hereditary chiefs and those who seek to protect their traditional territory from pipeline development. Their ongoing, peaceful resistance to unwanted exploitation of their unceded land is to be expected and supported. In seeking to protect corporate interests over those of the people who have lived on this land... Continue Reading →
Dear friends, Please support Indigenous communities on the front lines of Wet’suwet’en territory by donating and/or sharing this info. We have organized a prize draw for folks in Saskatchewan to encourage direct donations to the Unist'ot'en camp as they continue to resist colonial incursions on their land and law. To be entered in the draw,... Continue Reading →
In the fall of 2016 we took the opportunity to hit the airwaves weekly on CFCR 90.5FM, Saskatoon's community radio station. A little over three years later, From the Ground Up is still going strong, and we just recently broadcast our 150th episode! It's been an amazing experience and opportunity to promote and provide a local... Continue Reading →
