Radio Ecoshock

URBAN MELTDOWN Councillor Clive Doucet on exodus from "refugee cities" - in America. Plus family versus civic values. Speech Vancouver 080114 53 min CD Quality 50 MB or Lo-Fi 12 MB

EcoCity Design Richard Register on KCSB Sustainable World Long-time designer & advocate for eco-friendly cities. 58 min CD Quality 52 MB or Lo-Fi mono 6 MB

GREEN BUILDING WORKSHOP Save climate & economy with green buildings. Standards like LEEDS and "Living Buildings" explained. Workshop with Jessica Woolliams of Cascadia, in Vancouver 081004 59 min
CD Quality 54 MB or Lo-Fi 14 MB

GREEN PORTLAND Mayor Sam Adams moves citizens from cars to bikes & streetcars. Many other green city tips recorded in Vancouver, Canada April 24th, 2009. Speech
Lo-Fi 31 7 MB 31 min.; Q and A 13 MB 53 min; or 1 hour Brown Bagger radio show (OK to rebroadcast) Speech plus 30 min Q and A Lo-Fi 14 MB

BUILDING SANITY A one hour workshop on super-low energy houses, office & municipal buildings with Dr. Guido Wimmers. Over 12,000 already built in Europe. Reduce Fossil fuel consumption, bills & emissions (!) by 90%. Ecoshock Show 080613 1 hour CD Quality (56 MB) or Lo-Fi (14 MB)

BUILDING MADNESS Buildings emit 48% of fossil CO2 killing the climate. Six voices on cities, "eco-density," green architecture, and city fascism. Anthony Perle, Richard Register, Larry Franks, Sir Norman Foster, Derrick Jensen, Al Gore, Guido Wimmers. Is the global stampede to cities sustainable - or just a bubble? Hard info on Israeli electric cars & why suburbs make people fat. Ecoshock Show 080606 1 hour CD quality (56) MB or Lo-Fi (14 MB) New music: "Dirty Town" by Vancouver group "Mother Mother"

"Transport Revolutions: Moving People & Freight Without Oil" Speech March 18 by Richard Gilbert and Anthony Perl. How new oil economy reshapes air, road, rail, & shipping toward sustainable power. 080328 show 1 hr
CD Quality 56 MB or Lo-Fi 14 MB

URBAN MELTDOWN II People fleeing malfunctioning cities - not just Katrina's New Orleans, but Detroit, Philadelphia, Phoenix, & more. Clive Doucet, Councilor of Ottawa City and author of "Urban Meltdown". Leads to new wave of homeless people. Guest host Allart interviews Harold C. Joe, producer of homeless film "Broken Down". Plus world news & zany clips, including preview from "Detroit Ground Zero" from You tube's george4title. Ecoshock 090424 1 hour CD quality 56 MM or Lo-Fi 14 MB

RESILIENT CITIES Responding to Peak Oil & Climate Change Kick-off book lecture by Australian expert Dr. Peter Newman. As oil declines and climate goes weird, he acknowledges possibility of "Mad Max" social chaos, or armed eco-barracks for the rich. Newman sees way to make sustainable cities. Realistic but hopeful speech at SFU Vancouver 090109 Ecoshock Show 090116 1 hour CD Quality 56 MB or Lo-Fi 14 MB

End of the Age of Oil James Howard Kunstler lecture as 1st visiting scholar to Simon Fraser Urban Studies 080124 From the Long Emergency to new measures after Peak Oil. Part 1 of 2. Ecoshock show 080201 1 hour CD Quality 56 MB or Lo-Fi 14 MB End of speech plus Q and A next week.

End of the Age of Oil Part 2 James Howard Kunstler Conclusion of speech + lively Q and A. What will it be like as oil runs out? Audience reacts with tough questions for author and now urban planner, Kunstler, as first visiting scholar to Urban Studies Program at SFU. Recorded 080124 by Ecoshock. Ecoshock Show 080208 1 hour CD Quality 56 MB or Lo-Fi 14 MB

RESILIENT CITIES Urban Strategies for Transition Times. Gaining Ground Summit, Vancouver, Canada. October 20-22, 2009. www.gaininggroundsummit.com

Tues Oct 20
Vancouver Mayor Gregor Robertson - new green plan 10 min Lo-Fi 2 MB

Greening Portland - Mayor Sam Adams, Susan Anderson, Erin Flynn, intro by Rob Abbot - plus 6 min Susan Severn, Nike's climate effort. 1 hour CD quality 56 MB or Lo-Fi 14 MB

Greening Nike - Sarah Severn 26 min Lo-Fi 6 MB

Paul Hawken - author of "Ecology of Commerce" "Natural Capitalism" & "Blessed Unrest" on "A Resilient Future" 39 min CD Quality 36 MB or Lo-Fi 9 MB

Wed Oct 21
Richard Register "Times of Crisis: When the Visionary Becomes the Practical, an Ecocity Thesis" 25 min CD Quality 23 MB or Lo-Fi 6 MB

Dr. Bill Rees, co-intentor of "ecological footprint" - "What If Can Do - Can't?" 38 min
CD Quality 36 MB or Lo-Fi 9 MB.

Anita Burke, former Shell Oil exec., "Shifting Corporate Culture" (activist delight) 26 min
CD Quality 24 MB or Lo-Fi 6 MB

Nola-Kate Seymoar, Pres. Sustainable Cities "The Psychology of Change" 23 min 6 MB Lo-Fi

John Knott Jr., Pres Noisette Co. socially responsible developer from N. Carolina "Development is Community" 30 min 7 MB Lo-Fi

POST CARBON CITIES "Urban Resilience in a Post Carbon World" presented by the Post Carbon Institute, Oct 20 2009 Vancouver, Canada.
Warren Karlenzig, author of "How Green is Your City? The SustainLane US City Rankings" 28 min CD Quality 26 MB or Lo-Fi 6 MB

Bill Rees, co-inventor of "ecological footprint" 24 min CD Quality 22 MB or Lo-Fi 6 MB

Lively 1 hour panel Q and A, with author/host Daniel Lerch of PCI, speakers above, and guest Bryn Davidson. CD Quality 56 MB or Lo-Fi 14 MB (occasional poor sound quality)

Climate Change

PASSIVHAUS NET ZERO WORKSHOPS #1 Architect Guido Wimmers on Passivhaus & Olympic's Austria House. Workshop 100320 Vancouver. Part 1 49 min CD Quality 46 MB or Lo-Fi 11 MB; Part 2 CD Quality 39 MB or Lo-Fi 9 MB

Guido Wimmers Ecoshock interview from 100402 show, 21 min CD Quality 20 MB or Lo-Fi 5 MB

#2 Jamee DeSimone on Net Zero construction building in Ontario, Canada. Straw bale insulation, sustainable materials. Vancouver 100313 1 hour CD Quality 56 MB or Lo-Fi 14 MB

Tom Pittsley solar mass windows, video page.

CAR CULTURE MAKES US FAT, STUPID & DEAD City planner Jeff Tumlin says cities are designed for cars - even though we know they increase deaths, disease, and decrease the social contact that makes us smarter & happier. Speech recorded by Alex Smith at the Gaining Ground conference in Vancouver, Canada October 7, 2010 "Alive Transportation: Fitness, Safety, Community, and Trust". 21 min. From Radio Ecoshock show 101105
CD Quality 20 MB or Lo-Fi 5 MB