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TGM #92: Can music save the environment? (July 4, 2008)
By canpod@gmail.com (Your (optional) podcast author name) | July 4, 2008
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his week:
- We feature the 2008 Hart House Stages Panel held at the University of Toronto on the music industry and its environmental practices, hopefully titled, “Can music save the environment?” The panel was organized by Mitchell Wong, Julia Lo and Brett Winestock. This coming together of minds on music and environmental issues involved a unique mix, ranging from label managers to student musicians. The panel included:
- Candace Alper: Creator / Executive Producer of Name Your Tune
- Jennifer Larry: Digital Media and Marketing Manager for Sunrise Records
- Liam O’Doherty: student organizer with the University of Toronto Environmental Resource Network (UTERN)
- Barzin Hosseini-Rad: Musical performer
The headlines in brief:
- Canada was ranked second to last among G8 coutries this week in a comprehensive climate change report performed by the WWF;
- PM Harper warned European countries that they will have to accept Canada’s model of environmental legislation due to increasing global recession;
- The European Commission will ask its member states to ban the importation of furs made from the skins of young seals hunted in Canada;
- Tens of thousands of farmed Atlantic salmon escaped into the Campbell River, posing a great threat to wild stocks;
- A new report has revealed dismal on-time performance for Via Rail last year, with delays affecting up to three-quarters of arrivals during some months;
- Canada’s first carbon tax has taken effect this week in B.C;
- The B.C. government has begun negotiations with American coastal states to develop alternative energies and a broader collective green strategy;
- An Ontario high school student has isolated a bacteria that can biodegrade plastic bags in less than six months.
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