Green Justice
Paula, Mark and Greg, three green criminologists at Kwantlen Polytechnic University (KPU) engage a range of guests on issues of environmental, ecological and climate justice and education. Theme music composed and performed by Greg Simmons. Cover Art by Dan Lett.
Episodes
Green Justice goes full nepo right out of the gate, interviewing our very own Mark Vardy on his ethnographic work behind the scenes at the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC).
Climate, Science and Society: A Primer, to which Mark is both a co-editor and contributor, is available now from Routledge: www.routledge.com/Climate-Science-and-Society-A-Primer/Baker-Law-Vardy-Zehr...
Lee Beavington on KPU Wild Spaces, an interdisciplinary teaching and learning hub that focuses on ecological place-based education.
https://wordpress.kpu.ca/wildspaces/
Production assistance and editing: Kiana Holland.
Research: Aramayis Harandi.
Cover Art courtesy of Dan Lett.
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Dale Tracy of KPU's English Department on her work as a coordinator of the Climate+ Challenge, a "KPU-wide initiative that engages students, staff and faculty in learning about climate change, through an empathetic and solutions-oriented lens."
https://wordpress.kpu.ca/climatepluschallenge/
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Richard Pierre, Sdemokeltel, Indigenous Knowledge Keeper in Residence at Kwantlen Polytechnic University (KPU), talks with Green Justice about his personal journey, passion for sharing Indigenous ecological knowledge and commitment to Indigenous-led environmental stewardship.
We talk with David Sadoway, faculty member and teacher in Kwantlen's Geography and Environment Department, on the manifold nature of climate (in)justice and using narrative with students to work through the “double exposures” of social, economic and ecological risk and find mobility, food and housing solutions. Topics range widely from the imaginaries of automobility, the scales of climate justice, the inequities of ris...
Dr. Philip Aghoghovwia, faculty in the KPU English Department, joins Green Justice to discuss his work on literary depictions of place and life in the context of resource extraction, with a particular focus on oil, violence, and resistance the Niger Delta. This region, once ecologically rich, has suffered extreme degradation and social deprivation due to the "resource curse". Dr. Aghoghovwia explores the violence of oil p...
Our final episode of the season features “streeters” – a series of short spontaneous interviews we conducted with six KPU staff and students, and one VP, at a KPU-wide Research Showcase that focused on sustainability. Interviewees were all asked the question, "What does sustainability mean to you?" Greg, Paula and Mark listen back, and use the responses as jumping off points for discussions on the intersections between social and e...
This episode of Green Justice features discussions with KPU students as part of the Climate+ Challenge and Teaching and Learning Commons UN SDG Champions initiative. Students offered unique insights on discussing climate change and sustainable development in languages other than English. They reveal both similarities and differences in framing human relationship to nature in their home languages, demonstrating insights into sustain...
Green Justice's second part of Polyphonic Voices continues to explore the personal views of KPU students on nature, climate change, and sustainable development from a linguistic perspective -- as part of the Climate+ Challenge and Teaching and Learning Commons UN SDG Champions initiative.
A huge thanks again to all everyone who took the time to share their thoughts!
Mark and Greg are joined by Dr. Conrad King, a faculty member in Political Science at KPU. King, an expert in issues of transborder mobilities, delves into the complexities of governance in a globalized world, particularly in regard to climate change and sustainability. He speaks on the implications of international public policies and their influence on various "mobilities" -- people, goods, capital, and even ideas -- across...
Dr. Brett Favaro, Climate Strategy Lead at KPU, discusses his unique role aimed at driving concerted, pro-active and solutions-focused climate action within the university.
https://wordpress.kpu.ca/climatestrategy/about-the-climate-strategy/
Part 1 of a conversation with Alexandra Taylor and Alicia Gowan on KPU's "Sustainability Hub" and work underway to nurture sustainability at the institution and beyond.
https://www.instagram.com/sustainablekpu
Mark and Paula continue their conversation with Alexandra Taylor and Alicia Gowan on KPU's "Sustainability Hub" and work underway to nurture sustainability at the institution and beyond.
https://www.instagram.com/sustainablekpu
Greg talks with Andrew Gage, staff lawyer at West Coast Environmental Law, on the Sue Big Oil campaign and the grassroots effort to hold fossil fuel companies to account for the costs of climate change.
Sign the declaration and get involved here: https://suebigoil.ca
Paula and Mark chat with Aramayis, a KPU Criminology Major who took CRIM 3911: Green Criminology with Paula, about eco-philosophies, action projects, touching trees, the joys of leading kid's nature camps, and the heavy weight of capitalism. In addition to hearing about Aramayis's experience with green criminology, we also get insight from Paula about how she teaches green crim!
Robert Jago, citizen of Kwantlen First Nation and Indigenous Journalist and Writer in Residence at KPU for Spring 2025, speaks with Mark about environmental and Indigenous justice. We cover a wide range of topics, including environmental racism, green colonialism, and Indigenous belonging to land. Check out the links below for the articles that we talk about, and listen in for Robert's wisdom and wit!
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