Mission Transition: Clean Energy and Beyond

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Nearly every day now, we hear of some new innovation moving the world toward clean energy. For many of us, this means installing solar panels, buying an electric vehicle or maybe giving up the car altogether. But this transition raises many questions most people haven't even started to consider. Your hosts Susan Elrington and Caitlyn Vernon of Sierra Club BC dive into these questions with thinkers and doers who are making the energy transition happen. Subscribe, join the conversation on social media with @SierraClubBC and get bonus material for each episode at sierraclub.bc.ca/podcast.

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A Green New Deal for Canada? (Season 2, Ep. 9)

Jul 16 2019 31 mins

The midterm elections in the United States brought a new kind of politician to Washington. Young people from all walks of life who are determined to use the transition to clean energy as a means to secure a better life for all. They’re calling it the Green New Deal. What does this emerging movement look like north of the border, and how can we tap it to get politicians onside

Riding into the Future (Season 2, Ep. 8)

Jul 09 2019 31 mins

We’re entering a brave new world with the transition to clean energy—one of challenge and opportunity. Few places is this more visible than in the world of transportation. While some people see the future as being primarily about electric vehicles, others are questioning our whole approach to getting around. In this episode, we explore what transportation could look like in t

Rethinking Land (Season 2, Ep. 7)

Jul 02 2019 33 mins

When colonizers first set foot on this land, their goal was to claim as much of it as possible for themselves. They paid no attention to the fact that Indigenous peoples here had their own governing structures and laws already in place. To the early settlers and explorers, land equaled money and power. To this day, some of us still view the value of land simply in terms of the mone

Follow the Money (Season 2, Ep. 6)

Jun 25 2019 34 mins

If there’s one thing we can all agree on about oil and gas, it’s that there’s big money in it. Governments invest big money, corporations make big money—and they stand to lose big money as solar and wind rise rapidly. And they spend big money to control the narrative about Canada’s energy and economic future. Mission Transition breaks down where your tax dollars are bei

Bearing the Burden (Season 2, Ep. 5)

Jun 18 2019 26 mins

Over the past few decades, oil and gas companies have fueled and financed the pumping of billions of tonnes of carbon into the atmosphere. They’ve cashed in, but who bears the cost now? Who’s responsible when thousands lose their homes to climate change fueled fires and floods? Who pays when crops fail in droughts? Who’s on the hook when house values plummet in hurricane zone

Taking Back Our Power (Season 2, Ep. 4)

Jun 11 2019 30 mins

Sometimes it seems as though we’re living in different worlds. Most people want solar panels and electric cars, yet our governments are buying pipelines and opening LNG plants. It seems no matter what communities want, bad energy choices are often being inflicted on them. Renewables offer a chance to change this. What would it mean to take back control over our power? Mission Tra

From the Ground Up: Haida Gwaii (Season 2, Ep. 3)

Jun 04 2019 28 mins

Haida Gwaii has a fossil fuel problem. Every year 30 million litres of diesel are ferried to the island to provide heat, power and gas for its 4,000 residents. The residents are determined to change this, aiming for zero diesel in just over 5 years. It’s an ambitious goal. Mission Transition takes you to Haida Gwaii to find out what fuels their passion for clean energy, how they�

What is Clean Energy? (Season 2, Ep. 2)

May 28 2019 28 mins

Every time we think we’ve seen how badly climate change is impacting us, we see another level of damage. The fall of 2018 saw the destruction of an entire California town by wildfires. Climate impacts are forcing millions of people worldwide to migrate. The need for the clean energy transition is clear, the debate is now about how fast and in what way it needs to happen. In thi

Youth Up Front (Season 2, Ep. 1)

May 21 2019 33 mins

Remember when you were 15 or 16? If you thought about your future, you could probably see a world of endless possibilities for travel, work and family. But youth today are confronted with the impacts of a climate crisis they didn’t create. And although they may feel overwhelmed now, they’re still thinking about a future filled with endless possibilities… just not the same p

Mission Transition Season 2 Trailer

May 21 2019 1 mins

Nearly every day now, we hear of some new innovation moving the world toward clean energy. For many of us, this means installing solar panels, buying an electric vehicle or maybe giving up the car altogether. But this transition raises many questions most people haven't even started to consider. What actually counts as clean energy? Who should make decisions about how it’s produ