Greening campus, Star Wars and fatherhood with sustainability Tsar Mat Thijssen

Geography of allergies, healthy cities and social justice cinema with Susan Elliott

In the last FOE Show of the season, the esteemed Susan Elliott drops by to talk about creating Canada's first baseline study of food allergies in Canada. She also talks healthy cities and her favourite movies (incl. Wall-E).

Greening campus, Star Wars and fatherhood with sustainability Tsar Mat Thijssen

Waterloo's first sustainability officer, new father and Star Wars fan Mat Thijssen (pronounced Tyson) joins us to talk about the ways Waterloo is greening campus, and what it needs to do next. He debunks an idea to punish people for hurting the planet and of course we talk about The Force Awakens!

Maker spaces and what makes a tech economy resilient with Tara Vinodrai

When BlackBerry scaled back its once mighty operations, a lot of people thought its hometown Waterloo would become Canada's first high-tech ghost town. So far it hasn't. University of Waterloo researcher Tara Vinodrai joins the FOE to talk maker spaces, evolving economies and what makes a tech-based economy resilient. Also, more pirate talk!

COP summits, baked bads and a pirate's take on climate change with Sarah Burch

Sustainability superstar Sarah Burch drops by to talk about her popular book, what it's like on the ground at a COP negotiation and how an olde tyme pirate might react to climate change. Yargh... tis the FOE Show!

The Rock'nRoll life of an environmental researcher with Jenn Lynes

JennLynes (one word) fresh off a trip Down Under talks about helping musician Jack Johnson green his tour, her favourite fake band names and why one should always keep things between the burt and cranny.