Faculty of Environment graduate student Sivakumar Kuppuswamy speaks to his local radio station in Chennai India about his involvement in COP21 and the impact climate change is having in his hometown.

Sivakumar Kuppuswamy COP21 Interview Chennai Live FM

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.

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

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!

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

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!

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

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!  

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

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).

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

Meet the amazing researchers in the Faculty of Environment at the University of Waterloo helping save the planet from environmental catastrophe. They also play ridiculous games with us. 

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