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The Green Planet Monitor

David Kattenburg

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58:49

Green Planet Monitor Podcast

The Green Planet Monitor ·

2023/07/30

Bacteria in your gut tweak your brain. Sometimes friendly, sometimes not. The hundred-day genocide in Rwanda -- recalling the mayhem on its 29th anniversary. And, armed drones. Canada wants to buy some.

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58:54

Green Planet Monitor Podcast

The Green Planet Monitor ·

2023/07/23

Artificial Intelligence: existential threat to humanity, or just to basic civil rights? Personal DNA testing – you never know what you’ll find. And, Forever Chemicals in the blood of pregnant mums and their babies.

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58:05

Green Planet Monitor Podcast

The Green Planet Monitor ·

2023/07/17

After years of study, a scientific panel proposes a formal definition of the Anthropocene, naming the spot where humanity’s fingerprints are best observed in the rock record. A Canadian geologist relishes the moment. And, a First Nations elder reflects on the lake of her dreams and memories.

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59:14

Green Planet Monitor Podcast

The Green Planet Monitor ·

2023/07/09

Nothing woolly-headed or Utopian about it: A universal, guaranteed basic income. A hundred years later, memories of war that do not fade. And, one of humanity’s great revolutions – the 1950s Great Acceleration has transformed Earth’s surface completely, hurtling our planet into an uncertain future.

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59:33

Green Planet Monitor Podcast

The Green Planet Monitor ·

2023/07/02

Humanity’s impact on Planet Earth has a name: the Anthropocene. The start of Earth’s human age can be pinpointed in ice and biological cores, and the bottom sediments of bays and lakes -- including a small lake in southern Ontario. But human beings have no control. And now we stand at catastrophe’s door.

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58:52

Green Planet Monitor Podcast

The Green Planet Monitor ·

2023/06/25

Powerful new antibiotics discovered using artificial intelligence. Sitting in a restaurant, staring at a piece of fish -- Is it really that expensive kind? Pull out your DNA barcode reader, and find out! And, sex and the brain; women’s and men’s are wired differently; men’s brains are sexualized before they’re born.

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59:21

Green Planet Monitor Podcast

The Green Planet Monitor ·

2023/06/18

A US Supreme Court ruling throws American wetlands under the bus. In the oven, wheat and corn flour turn into bread and tortillas; spread on farm fields, rock flour reacts with carbon dioxide, turning into carbonates that get stored – forever. And, sharp questions off his tongue and a smartphone in hand, a Canadian activist ambushes politicians.

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58:29

Green Planet Monitor Podcast

The Green Planet Monitor ·

2023/06/11

Underground fungal networks, pulsating with nutrients; storing mountains of carbon. On Lebanese hilltops, ancient cedars grow, against all odds. And, looking back at a cosmic event of colossal proportions, that rippled space-time.

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57:27

Green Planet Monitor Podcast

The Green Planet Monitor ·

2023/06/04

Long Covid -- a complex ailment driving lots of people down. Moms, babies and bacteria; the relationship starts before you’re born, then you’re colonized. And, Canadian forests – net CO2 source, not sink.

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59:16

Green Planet Monitor Podcast

The Green Planet Monitor ·

2023/05/28

“War is not healthy for children and other living things.” It isn’t healthy for Planet Earth’s climate system either. The cradle of crop diversity here on Planet Earth – Ethiopia. And, Israel-Palestine – a discreet toponym, six syllables tripping off the tongue.

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58:33

Green Planet Monitor Podcast

The Green Planet Monitor ·

2023/05/21

The roots of the US anti-abortion movement -- misogyny, racism and hatred of immigrants. On the edge of a big Canadian city, an oasis of calm where wildlife thrives. And, the latest report from the World Meteorological Organization; its lead author is scared.

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54:49

Green Planet Monitor Podcast

The Green Planet Monitor ·

2023/05/14

Turning tall cane stalks into small, supple reeds for woodwind instruments. Decarbonizing construction; tons of carbon are embodied in buildings; there’s plenty of ways to decarbonize them. And, the Palestinian village of Jubbet al-Dibh. Last week, the Israeli military bulldozed its elementary school!.

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59:13

Green Planet Monitor Podcast

The Green Planet Monitor ·

2023/05/07

We’ve heard it before: Eat less meat. People lucky enough to eat, should eat less of everything. Microbe magic! Having fun with microbes. Growing them! And, Jerusalem, Jerusalem! Israel’s eternal, undivided capital. For Jewish Israelis, not for indigenous Palestinians.

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54:59

Voices From The Vault

The Green Planet Monitor ·

2023/05/03

The Earth Chronicles -- Trees & Earth. Something I produced back in 1993. Still makes sense.

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55:10

Green Planet Monitor Podcast

The Green Planet Monitor ·

2023/04/30

Extinction Rebellion protests pack London streets; human beings have commandeered an astonishing quarter of Earth’s natural productivity, decimating biodiversity and polluting the planet; bacteria, on the other hand, are the foundation of life on Earth. Most are harmless, and even helpful.

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50:51

Green Planet Monitor Podcast

The Green Planet Monitor ·

2023/04/22

A Palestinian village called Battir -- food culture under settler-colonial rule. What were humans like a hundred thousand years ago, and what have they done to the planet? And, the restorative powers of sleep. For both body and mind.

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56:23

Green Planet Monitor Podcast

The Green Planet Monitor ·

2023/04/10

Fermented foods -- very nutritious, very magic. Taking stock of biological diversity, using DNA barcodes. And, a frightening vision of a warming planet – Hothouse Earth.

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56:48

Green Planet Monitor Podcast

The Green Planet Monitor ·

2023/04/04

Ice sheets melting, oceans rising, currents shifting … Sex and the brain; women’s and men’s brains are different … and sonic violence in Lebanese airspace; Israeli fighter jets and drones invade Lebanese skies, every day, every night.

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45:39

Green Planet Monitor Podcast

The Green Planet Monitor ·

2023/03/26

The geology of cities. Built out of stuff mined from the ground. That’s where all cities will end up -- broken down and fossilized. Forever chemicals, they’re called. In non-stick cookware, cosmetics, clothing. They last forever, and they’re toxic. And ... All those bacteria living on us and in us, delivering crucial services. Nothing more amazing than the bacteria in the gut of a pregnant woman, steering healthy fetal development.

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46:47

Green Planet Monitor Podcast

The Green Planet Monitor ·

2023/03/21

Old songs linger in your head. Mobile phones are covered in germs. On the path to zero carbon emissions, hydrogen is a no-brainer.

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