TOM BABIN'S YOUTUBE CHANNEL ON ALL THINGS BIKE COMMUTING. LISTEN OR DOWNLOAD APRIL 25 ECOCENTRIC HERE: Solita Work from the West Kootenay Cycling Coalition cohosts the show.  Lisa Phillips, operations manager with local School District 8 talks about school buses and whether they can help with other transit. Former Nelson City Councillor Nicole Charlwood, the provincial … Continue reading April 25 2023. Why do bike routes take so long? Can school buses help with public transit. Guest host Solita Work finds out more.

CANADIAN EMISSIONS ROSE FROM 2020 TO 2021 BUT LOWER THAN 2019 BEFORE PANDEMIC. DOWNLOAD OR LISTEN TO EPISODE HERE: is the Nelson's Climate Resilience Planner, Natalie Douglas, discusses new building code standards in the City to reduce energy use and emissions from new buildings. Mayor Janice Morrison invites input to City Council's strategic planning. Tom … Continue reading April 18 2023. Nelson’s environmental building codes, comment on Canada’s stubborn climate emissions

NELSON ART DAYS PROTEST OF BC FRACKING, PIPELINES AND LNG DEVELOPMENT. SIMILAR ART PROTESTS TOOK PLACE IN OVER 40 COMMUNITIES ALL AROUND BC ON MARCH 26 AND 27TH. DOWNLOAD OR LISTEN TO APRIL 4TH ECOCENTRIC HERE: LINKS FROM THE SHOW Sign the petition to tell RBC to stop financing the Coastal GasLink Pipeline. bit.ly/3Kifxrl More … Continue reading April 4, 2023. Protesting Royal Bank fossil fuel financing, problems with LNG in BC, Small Modular Reactors… nuclear power in Alberta?

LISTEN OR DOWNLOAD FEB 28 2023 SHOW HERE: Kingston, Ontario father Tom Flood thinks it's not too much to ask that his kids should be able to bike or walk to school safely. Co-Host Solita Work talks to Tom Flood about 'reframing' the road-safety, road-violence, discussion. RCMP Constable Mike Moore spent some 20 years as … Continue reading February 28, 2023. Road safety, road violence, sharing the road with cars, pedestrians and bicycles.

LISTEN OR DOWNLOAD MARCH 21 SHOW The Regional District of the Central Kootenay has signed on to the climate goal of 100% renewable energy by 2050.  Now the RDCK has come out with a detailed climate adaptation and mitigation plan. Paris Marshall-Smith from the RDCK tells us a bit about it. The Wildsight organization has … Continue reading March 21 2023. RDCK launches climate plan. Youth Climate Ambassadors coming to Nelson. Eby government oks new LNG plant

PROTECTING OLD GROWTH FORESTS RALLY IN NELSON DRAWS A WIDE CROWD. DOWNLOAD OR LISTEN TO THE FULL MARCH 4 SHOW HERE: Sounds and voices from the Last Stand West Kootenay Save Old Growth rally held Saturday, March Fourth. Clips for rally talks by Lance Ledger, Judith Fearing from Doctors and Nurses for Planetary Health Kootenay … Continue reading March 7, 2023. Nelson rally for old growth. Women benefit in just transition? Province looking for clean transport ideas.

PASSENGER TRAINS BUILT CANADA, NOW WE NEED THEM BACK. LISTEN OR DOWNLOAD HERE:

STILL WATER OF THE KOOTENAY RIVER WITH ROSE BERRIES. LISTEN OR DOWNLOAD HERE: We find out about how to stay in tjouch with activities in the City of Nelson.  New councillor Leslie Payne talks about how to follow along with all the discussions and meetings in the City. A new local group is starting up … Continue reading FEBRUARY 21, 2023 Nelson Councillor Leslie Payne on access to local government. Dave Gregory tells us about Nelson and Area Action Group for Better Public Transportation

REPORT LOOKS AT BIIG OIL'S CARBON CAPTURE EFFECTIVENESS AND WHO IS PAYING THE COSTS. LISTEN OR DOWNLOAD FEBRUARY 14 ECOCENTRIC HERE: $60 million in fines handed out to Teck Coal from the Elk valley mountain removal mines.  Wyatt Petryshen from Wildsight gives us some details.  On Monday The Narwhat online environmental magazine announced it is … Continue reading February 14, 2023. Big oils carbon capture plan and Teck coal mines fined again for selenium pollution