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Welcome to Environmentally Speaking. The environment is everything, literally, and on this podcast, no environmental topic is off-limits. We are living in unprecedented times. Times of threats to our environment, our health, and our freedom. Environmental degradation has resulted in the loss of livelihoods, lives, cultures, knowledges, and heritages. We are in the midst of a global-scale environmental crisis…climate change. What are our leaders doing to fight against this? What are you doing to fight against this? For our returning listeners, we have rebranded. So you would have been with us from what is now Season 1, CovidChat, where we discussed the multidimensional impacts of the Covid-19 pandemic. Thank you for sticking with us. Follow us on Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook @Ourfootprintja. Visit our website www.ourfootprintja.org.

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Climate on the Ballot: Jobs

April 08, 2025 • Dahvia Hylton • Season 4 • Episode 2

On Today's ballot: jobs.

The climate is changing, and so is the work world. We are joined by Marissa Sheppard, Just Transition Officer at the International Labour Organization (ILO) and Sean Yates, Entrepreneur and Animal Science Instructor at the College of Agriculture, Science and Education (CASE), to explore what's missing from the conversation around the job market this election season.

It's not just the quantity but the quality of jobs that we want to see represented - ones that reflect the climate we are in now and give us active mechanisms to sustain our lives and livelihoods.

Want more? Join in on our live session (via Zoom) next Saturday April 19, 2025 at 11:30 am Ja time to weigh in, or stream Live on Youtube: Ourfootprintja

Can't make it? No worries. Write in your questions & comments to Ourfootprintja@gmail.com with the subject line: 'Climate on the Ballot'

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