Tree Planters: A podcast about change for a better world
by Simcoe County Greenbelt Coalition
July 9, 2025 2:00 am
We live in a world running out of space, resources, and time. There are solutions. We can build a better world – a world that is fair, healthy, and prosperous. But this requires transformative change. Why Tree Planters Podcast you ask? Well, there’s a great proverb that goes as follows:“A society grows great when old men plant trees whose shade they know they shall never sit in.”We feel there’s a scarcity of tree planters in positions of power these days. Each month we look at problems and solutions relating to how we live in modern society, including those of sprawl and associated consumption patterns and behaviour, climate change, habitat degradation and species loss, community development and empowerment, knowledge of and connection to place, leadership and accountable governance, among others.We welcome you to join us on our journey. Please don’t hesitate to connect with us if you have suggestions or questions.
Recent Episodes
The Mailbag Edition - Adam, Margaret, and Amrit.
2 weeks agoLooking Back at a Career in Environmental Activism — Claire Malcolmson
1 month agoThe Grassroots Fight to Protect the Oak Ridges Moraine, with Debbe Crandall and Robert Brown
1 month agoBill 5 and Advocating for the Local — Taylor Nicole
2 months agoLiving on the Oro Moraine, with Virginia Gingras
2 months agoThe Tree Planters Re-Boot, and Lessons from a Life of Leadership in the NGO World — David Jeffery
2 months agoIn Conversation with Catherine McKenna
1 year agoState of the Lake, with Rescue Lake Simcoe Coalition's Claire Malcolmson
2 years agoThe Corruption Episode! (On the Greenbelt Land Take-Outs, and more...)
2 years agoSeptember 2023: Greenbelt Public Forum
2 years ago