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This week, The Gravity Well welcomes members of the Alberta Council for Environmental Education. Andrea Murphy is an environmental social worker with anti-oppressive, evidence-based practice expertise. Kip Monaghan and Nicole Chang work for ACEE directly and focus on the "Green Jobs" program to highlight green opportunities for students. And Lise Mayne, a 32-year retired teacher turned bluebird habitat restoration volunteer organizer. Each of us explores what led us to our work, what drives us, and what common principles bring us together.
Welcome to The Gravity Well where you break down heavy ideas into small buckets you can handle! Your mission is simple: help us work through your dilemmas in conversation and process. Together you and your community will face your dilemmas and make the world a better place for all! In the spirit of truth, I acknowledge I am a settler on stolen Blackfoot Treaty 7 territory and Metis Districts 5 and 6 lands. I take reconciliACTION by seeking the wisdom of elders and individuals who aim to restore water, air, land, life, or community. A healthy living relationship with the earth and each other is our guide.
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This was a wonderful opportunity to sit down with Brad Chapin, the director of clinical services in the behavioural health department in Topeka, Kansas. Brad helped us start The Gravity Well podcast, he was our second official guest in Episode 2! Brad's work is critical to everyone's success and therefore vital for the social, environmental, and economic transition. You cannot listen or learn if you do not feel safe.
Shout out to Mary Gordy, I am so grateful for your commitment to SafeBrain and Behavioral Health and Safety.
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Every person needs clean water to live and Alberta's provincial water laws are not being upheld. The water regulations are being delegated to the municipal level and altered to support industry (mining and gravel). Neil, Joyce, and Christina join us from Mountain View, Dale and Adele from Red Deer, and Ian and Mike from Sturgeon Counties to explain the multidecade battle they have fought to protect Alberta's alluvial (gravel) aquifers. A must-watch!
Welcome to The Gravity Well where you break down heavy ideas into small buckets you can handle! Your mission is simple: help us work through your dilemmas in conversation and process. Together you and your community will face your dilemmas and make the world a better place for all!
In the spirit of truth, I acknowledge I am a settler on stolen Blackfoot Treaty 7 territory and Metis Districts 5 and 6 lands. I take reconciliACTION by seeking the wisdom of elders and individuals who aim to restore water, air, land, life, or community. A healthy living relationship with the earth and each other is our guide.
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Bruce Smedley, who co-hosted episode 19 with Shannon Stunden Bower of Niche Canada on Drought and Agriculture History in Western Canada, joins us again to discuss the letter he issued to the Government of Alberta on what is needed to look after Alberta's freshwater resource.
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Ryan First Diver joins us to speak about the transfer of responsibility within the Blackfoot community. The transfer of a bundle is not just stories but guidelines for carrying out a role for the community. It requires the support of your network to succeed both financially and socially. Then Ryan concludes with a story of scarcity, explaining how the Blackfoot changed hunting styles after buffalo were scarce for a significant time.
Welcome to The Gravity Well where you break down heavy ideas into small buckets you can handle! Your mission is simple: help us work through your dilemmas in conversation and process. Together you and your community will face your dilemmas and make the world a better place for all!
In the spirit of truth, I acknowledge I am a settler on stolen Blackfoot Treaty 7 territory and Metis Districts 5 and 6 lands. I take reconciliACTION by seeking the wisdom of elders and individuals who aim to restore water, air, land, life, or community. A healthy living relationship with the earth and each other is our guide.
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After exploring the "why" of The Gravity Well conversation in Round 1, and questioning "Who-is-who-in-the-Zoo" in Round 2, you explore our collective goals in Round 3. You are part of an Imperial | Colonial system that focuses on extracting resources at the expense of communities and the environment. This system prevents us from the human experience of love and compassion for one another. The remedy is to promote local action and economy. Embrace the solidarity community, and care for one another, while holding leaders accountable for the continued exploitation of the environment and her people. Common ground is here for the taking, join a local community organization focused on standing up for the innocent or the environment. Be a part of a future you may be proud of!
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Walaa Katoue of the Watermelon Foundation, Wesam Khalid of Justice for Palestine, and Beau Shaw of Independent Jewish Voices join The Gravity Well conversation to share insights into the solidarity movement in Calgary for Palestine. You will hear their responses to the rhetoric around the history, and racism, as well as, a description of the occupation and what reconciliation needs to look like.
Welcome to The Gravity Well where you break down heavy ideas into small buckets you can handle! Your mission is simple: help us work through your dilemmas in conversation and process. Together you and your community will face your dilemmas and make the world a better place for all!
In the spirit of truth, I acknowledge I am a settler on stolen Blackfoot Treaty 7 territory and Metis Districts 5 and 6 lands. I take reconciliACTION by seeking the wisdom of elders and individuals who aim to restore water, air, land, life, or community. A healthy living relationship with the earth and each other is our guide.
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Janet Pennington and Kristy Jackson rejoin to share concerns, thoughts, and wants for the economy of the future. Financial psychologist and Peace River native turned Calgarian, Lori Curtiss joins us to explain why your biases and beliefs impact your decision-making.
Welcome to The Gravity Well where you break down heavy ideas into small buckets you can handle! Your mission is simple: help us work through your dilemmas in conversation and process. Together you and your community will face your dilemmas and make the world a better place for all!
In the spirit of truth, I acknowledge I am a settler on stolen Blackfoot Treaty 7 territory and Metis Districts 5 and 6 lands. I take reconciliACTION by seeking the wisdom of elders and individuals who aim to restore water, air, land, life, or community. A healthy living relationship with the earth and each other is our guide.
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Shannon Stunden Bower, an associate professor at the University of Alberta, and a NiCHE Canada executive and editorial board member, joins us to educate you on the history of drought and the intersection of the dirty thirties and unsustainable agricultural practices. Bruce Smedley, a Concerned Calgarians on Climate Change group member, joins us to share his concerns, ideas, and questions.
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Jenny asks Harley, "When considering the restoration of our environment, what is missing in my thinking?" Harley answers, a lot! Harley Bastien is an Indigenous knowledge leader and owner of the Buffalo Rock Tipi Camp in Piikani Reserve, Blackfoot Territory, Southern Alberta.
Welcome to The Gravity Well where we break down heavy ideas into small buckets anyone can handle! Our mission is simple, to work through our differences and collaborate with others through conversation and process. Together we can face our dilemmas and make the world better for all. In the spirit of reconciliation, we acknowledge we are in Blackfoot Treaty 7 territory and Metis District 15 lands. We take reconciliACTION by seeking the wisdom of elders and individuals who aim to restore water, air, land, life, and community. A healthy living relationship with our homeland and each other is our guide.
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Regan Boychuk, of the Polluter Pay Federation rejoins us to speak about Alberta's laws, and how the Orphan Program is the safety net the industry designed to ensure Albertans that they will clean up when needed. To learn more about the Orphan Program and Alberta's oil and gas laws, please watch Mark Dorin and Regan Boychuk explain further here: https://youtu.be/wGS772Th3MY
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Alex and Jenny take an episode to reflect upon where we are in The Gravity Well process. Throughout 2024, Alex and Jenny break down the conversations we host using the DelftX complex decision-making course we took together. Analyzing the issues in the Province of Alberta systematically, inviting people into conversation who have a crisis, and helping us, and our audience, understand the context of other problems we see.
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Thank you to Gerry, Mark, Colin, Muriel, Lyse, Jody, Adele, Dale, Neil, Joyce, Christina, Mark, Shantel, and Ryan who helped us consider the power structure in Alberta and the people within it.
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Combining conversations with Gerry Bietz of the Bighill Creek Preservation Society with the voices of other Bighill Springs, Sundre (South McDougal Flats), and Red Deer County (Medicine Flats) residents.
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We are joined again by Ryan First Diver (formerly Ryan Heavy Head) to hear the origin and history of the Beaver Bundle story. The story describes the decision-making and relationship-building process used by the Blackfoot Nations historically and currently.
The story is a great lesson to understand the importance of intentional respect for our land and all inhabitants.
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Disabled children advocate Shantel Sherwood joins Alex and Jenny to discuss how children fall through the cracks in Alberta's education system. Shantel co-founded Hold My Hand Alberta, a volunteer-led support group for parents with disabled children. We discuss privileges and shortcomings and how the system reinforces them. Thank you, Shantel, we look forward to speaking about private schools next.
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Thank you, Fridays for Future Calgary, for inviting Jenny to speak.
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Mark Dorin and Colin Smith help Jenny understand the gravel pit mining impacts on local communities and the ultimate risks to downstream users. We hear from residents and advocates for the Bighill Springs near Cochrane, the South McDougal Flats near Sundre, and the Medicine Flats in Red Deer County.
Clarification: Lyze highlights that gravel companies around Bighill Springs are supposed to stop one meter before the waterline.
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Colin Smith joins us again to discuss our shared concerns for the state of our watersheds and efforts to understand and advocate for solutions.
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Gerry Bietz asks that we appreciate the value and risks to water conservation should the province continue to let gravel extraction in the area proceed.
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