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With a dozen album's to his name and a new one coming one coming out soon Mark has been the foundation for music in the Bulkley Valley and beyond for decades. He sings and tours with extremely talented musicians and many of his songs have become anthems of the North. Every spring I get his "Springtime" stuck in my head and during a long, tough winter I think of "this is gonna be my year" to help get me through. Mark's music is fun, uplifting and relatable with some more sobering songs mixed in. He tells stories about the north and clearly loves where he's from. In this interview we talk about his songs, his experiences on the road, qualities that shaped him and the process of his songwriting.
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Mike Medicoff and Danien Vince are Cofounders of Change Toothpaste. Change is a a sustainable toothpaste company which comes in tablet form in a compostable bag, eliminating the need for a tube that you throw away. This was a fun conversation and I got to learn a lot about what goes into to starting a business and how careful planning can create a smoothly running business and avoid unnecessary stress. The pair met playing poker over a decade ago and were inspired by their children for the idea of toothpaste tablets.
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Alex Haro is the editor of The Inertia, an online surf and outdoor magazine. He made the transition to writer and later editor after spending years forest fire fighting and being an arborist. Originally form Vancouver Island, he took an internship with Surfer magazine which meant living in his Van in California for four months. He later built a cabin on his aunts property which burnt down just as he was nearly done building it in a massive California wildfire. Now he's back on Vancouver Island working for the Inertia from home nearly ten years after his writing career began.
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Zack Shoom is an Environmental Activist and Founder of Obabika. A Non Profit Environmental Conservation Organization based in Vancouver B.C. Zack has dedicated his life to protecting the planet with a special dedication towards Salmon and Whales. Zack was working as a manager of Environmental Activism for Patagonia before starting his own business. In this episode Zack shares stories from time he's spent outdoors, people he's met along the way and the first major impact he had on conserving his surroundings.
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Captain Paul Watson is most commonly known as the Founder of Sea Shepherd, an anti-poaching organization that uses direct action to fight for marine protection. Paul is also the author or numerous books, a poet, a world traveler, a father and a husband. In this episode we talk about: his upbringing, having to drop out of school as a young boy to help raise his younger siblings and running away from homes a teenager. We talk about some of the unique situations he's found himself in-like almost having a harpooned whale fall on his boat, travelling around the world without any papers and walking up to the owner of a Spanish whaling fleet and telling him "I sank half your fleet, you son of a bitch". Paul has had an exceptional life as he follows his commitment to protect the ocean and it's creatures, he's started a movement, amassed a fleet of ships and garnered support from the public and Celebrities.
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My guest this week is filmmaker, writer, content creator and environmental activist Elena Jean. Elena is currently co-producing and directing "Coextinction", a documentary film about the declining Southern resident Killer Whale population in The Pacific Northwest. I talked with her about how she ended up working on this project, where it's taken her, the environmental challenges Killer Whales face and what we can do to help. We also talk about working all over Africa taking pictures, getting to meet amazing people along her journey and how to fulfill your dreams- even if you have no idea what you're doing.
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Jamie is the Physical Performance Lead and Technical Push Coach for Bobsleigh Canada. Before that he worked with The U.S. Paralympic Ski team and Alpine Canada. Jamie has played University football and been on bobsleigh Canada himself as an athlete. In this episode he talks about being bullied as a boy, then learning to to defend himself and others. He talks about growing up in a small town and later moving back there to start a family, what it's like working with Paralympian's, getting in a massive bar fight the first day on the job as a bouncer with another bouncer who ended up becoming a life long friend, how he managed to play high level football without ever playing growing up, finding the woman of his dreams, crazy stories from his youth and what it takes to become successful.
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My guest this week is Lilly Woodbury. Lilly is an enviromental activist and Chapter Manager of Surfrider Pacific Rim in Tofino. Lilly has a Bachelor of Arts with Honours in Environmental Studies from the University of Toronto. She has worked as a campaigner for Greenpeace in New Zealand and also does environmental consulting, writing and public speaking. In this episode we talk about her family, recently losing her Dad and what he was like, how she wishes she was more like her parents in some ways, why she cares so much about the environment and why she's so well suited to protect it. We also talk about the work she's doing with Surfrider: their curriculum for kids, cigarette butts and beach cleans, why you shouldn't drink bottled water, making plastic from mushrooms, seaweed and carbon pulled from the atmosphere, how corporations take advantage of times of crisis to push through their agenda and how racism and poverty play a role in climate change.
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In this episode I talk to Liz Clark, Author of the book "Swell". Liz is a surfer, sailor, writer, vegan, Patagonia ambassador, environmentalist and compassionate human being. Her book is about her voyage from Santa Barbara to the South Pacific in her boat Swell., but it takes on so much more than that. It covers most of her life and is a very vulnerable account of her relationships to surfing, men, her friends and her family. It's an extremely unique book and there's as much self discovery as there is surfing. From breaking her neck and becoming vegan to help heal her bones to rescuing a cat and living with it aboard Swell it's a book for anyone who enjoys surfing, adventure, sailing and self growth. We talk a lot about things that happen in the book in this interview, mainly because it encompasses so much of her life. I learned a lot from Liz and I hope she becomes a role model to those of us who listen!
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Thomas Kimber is a Chilean entrepreneur and environmentalist. At 19 Thomas dropped out of University where he was studying business and set out to do things differently and in a more sustainable way. Thomas accomplished a lot very quickly from starting his own company, to a hugely successful reforestation campaign in Patagonia, to creating Chile's first online platform dedicated to sustainability. Thomas' company Karün Eyewear makes sunglasses from plastic and metal waste found on the beaches of Patagonia and empowers its workers to start their own business's and protect their land. In this episode Thomas talks about the importance of working together to achieve goals, how he learned not to blame people for things, what we can learn from indigenous communities and the importance of love.
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This weeks guest is Nathan Cullen. Nathan spent 15 years working as a Member of Parliament for the N.D.P. He represented the riding of Skeena-Bulkley Valley. It's an area that he loves and has worked hard to protect. Some of Nathan's greatest political achievements so far have been to push back 'open net fish farms' , protect the Sacred Headwaters of The Skeena, Nass and Stikine Rivers (from Shell who would have liked the exploit the area for it's rich deposits of coal bed methane) and helped to stop the controversial Enbridge "Northern Gateway" Pipeline that would have put the local environment and Indigenous people's at risk. Nathan grew up in Toronto and took "International Development Studies and Environmental Studies' in University. He then went on to work with different NGO's all over the world from Central America, South America and Africa . Nathan talks about his experiences working in groups to effect change, why he almost quit being a politician, how it's easy for politicians to loose their integrity, working to get child soldiers out of Sierra Leone after the blood diamond conflict, the need for reconciliation in Canada, when to get out of the way, knowing when to stop talking and much more.
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This weeks guest is retired Physician Lothar Schaefer. Lothar was born in the Northwest Territories where he had an Igloo to play in as a child. He would later go back there to work and solidify his love of the outdoors. Wanting to do his part for the Climate crisis Lothar swore off flight trave. He and his girlfriend Debbie decided to do a trip of the americas on recumbent bicycles. The trip ended up taking over four years to complete and went from the west coast of Canada to the east, down through the eastern seaboard, back across the southern states, into Mexico and Central America, then to the tip of south America going down the west coast and back up on the east.In this episode we talk about going through Patagonia, the Andes, the jungle, the challenges you face on a trip like that, the people they met, what it's like being in a relationship on a challenging adventure and the effects of climate change that they saw first hand. Lothar is a great role model for adventures and environmentalists. This is a great listen to get you inspired to go on your own adventures, do your own exploration and have your own personal growth.
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Éadin O'Mahony is a scientist, conservationist and an activist. She is currently taking her Masters in Marine Biology through St. Andrews University in Scotland. For her masters research project she is using drones to hover above whales as they breathe and collect their snot on a petri dish to see what she can learn from their DNA. During her undergraduate degree she would do field work during the summer months. Her travels have taken her to South Africa to reintroduce elephants and rhino's into game reserves, Ecuador to assess plant diversity in the territory of an Amazonian tribe to ward off pressures from the oil companies and to Japan to study squid sleep behaviour. Raised near the sea in Ireland Éadin formed a strong connection to the ocean that led her want to spend the rest of her life protecting it.
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Patty Slimmon is a good friend of mine. I sat down with him a couple months back to discuss his path in life and his experiences. Originally from Brandon, Manitoba Patty moved to Revelstoke for a winter soon after graduating high school. He then moved to Whistler, where he spent the next six winters, before gradually tiring of it and eventually deciding to go back to school to study engineering. Patty and I talk about how he got into snowboarding in Manitoba, growing up with a Veterinarian for a Dad and sometimes having strange animals like Cows in the house as well as some shocking stories working with his Dad. He also talks about his grandpa, who worked as a spy for M16 in India, recalling how a local legend built a snowboard park just outside his home town, his first job, his first time getting drunk and leaving home for the first time on a greyhound bus. Pat also talks about his Dad passing when he was 14, getting arrested in Whistler, answers some questions from best friend Craig McMorris and shares some amazing stories about the wild turkeys they had living with them and the adventures of his cat.
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In this week's episode I had the pleasure of talking to professional snowboarder Austin Sweetin. Austin has a contagious stoke for life and you can't help but feel uplifted just by talking to him! He's a great person and I'm honoured to call him a friend. In this episode we talk about growing up in Seattle skateboarding, getting sponsored at an early age, a big night that led him to quit drinking for a year, how he uses to his stoke to change his perspective and motivate himself and falling in love with Vancouver Island.
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In this episode professional snowboarder Robin Van Gyn talks about her life and the lessons she's learned. From childhood memories exploring the west coast of Vancouver Island by sailboat to snowboard guiding in Argentina, Robin reflects on what the mountains have taught her and the secret stresses of snowboarding.
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My guest Sarah Robinson is the owner of Rainwatch Advising, where she gives workshops on Indigenous/Canadian histories and advises on Indigenous affairs. Sarah is soon to be an Indigenous Rights lawyer and is currently finishing her law degree at UVic. In this episode we talk about what is was like for her growing up as an Aboriginal person, how her Mom and uncles were separated and taken to Residential Schools, dealing with cancer, mental health, racism and her path in life so far. We also look at what Indigenous Peoples have gone through in the past and how to move forward and accept eachother.
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In this episode I talk to the extremely kind and humble Peter Devries. Pete is a professional surfer from Tofino B.C. and was one of the people to really legitimize Canadian surfing. He's recognized around the world for his talent. In this episode we talk about how he got his surfing to where it is today, who influenced him, his family life, what it was like for him competing early on in his career and why he chose the non-competitive route.
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Sarah is a professional illustrator from London, England. Her artwork can be found on snowboards, event posters, T-shirts, restaurant walls, surfboard fins, back packs, goggles, food packaging, signs and more! Sarah is extremely nice and warm hearted!
An environmentalist and conservationist before all else, Sarah takes me through her life in England, art school, travels, first career as a scuba diving instructor, learning to snowboard and how she ended up on the west coast of Vancouver Island. -
Zoe is the owner of Zoe's Bakery and Cafe in Ucluelet B.C. She is a master baker, pasty chef and environmental steward. Zoe and I talk about a lot of different things including the following; her journey to becoming a baker, composting, picking up trash on remote beaches with Surfrider to getting through the Covid era with her mental health intact. Zoe is an exceptional human being and it was a pleasure to gain a little more insight into her life story.
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