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Looking for Guelph local interest? The Breezy Breakfast Radio Hour is podcast version of Breezy Breakfast: Guelph’s Community Conversation, a weekly community gathering where we welcome both guest experts and audience participation to discuss topics important to Guelph residents.
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Monday Nov 22, 2021
Monday Nov 22, 2021
Last year, Chief Financial Officer Tara Baker and Deputy CAO Trevor Lee guest starred in the #1 financial thriller of 2020, "Multi-Year Budgets."
Last Thursday, Breezy Breakfast presented the much anticipated sequel, "Multi-Year Budgets OR: How I learned to stop worrying and love city finances."
Once again, Tara Baker and Trevor Lee answered our inquiries to boost our immunity against break-through budget bewilderment.
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Sunday Nov 14, 2021
Sunday Nov 14, 2021
This Thursday, we had a crash course in composting from Karen Houle, philosophy professor, author, environmental activist, and one of the Compost Queens of the Royal City.
This past summer, these scholars of soil treated the Huron Street Community Garden to a "compost makeover."
Karen was broadcasting from the compost site, which made for an action-packed breezy breakfast!
This formula for finer fertilizer is fascinating.
Don't be milquetoast; compost!
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Monday Nov 08, 2021
Monday Nov 08, 2021
Did you know that 50% of Guelph's emissions are due to the burning of natural gas in order to heat and provide hot water for residential and commercial buildings? One way to lower our emissions is to implement energy efficiency retrofit projects.
That's where Our Energy Guelph (OEG) comes into the picture. OEG endorses a program called PACE: Property-Assessed Clean Energy. A property owner borrows money through the municipality, uses it for an energy or water efficiency project, and then repays it over an extended period of time through property taxes.
A local climate bank (LCB) is another tool that Guelph can use to transition to the post-carbon economy. In a nutshell, the money saved using retrofits is invested in Guelph to produce green energy for Guelph.
Alex Chapman, Executive Director of OEG, got us up to date on Guelph's initiatives regarding climate change.
David de Weerdt, Catalyst and founder of the Local Climate Bank Working Group, an initiative under development in Canada and Kenya, talked about LCBs.
Rob Kerr, former Community Energy Manager (2007 to 2017) for the City of Guelph, shared his experiences working as an energy and climate services consultant to Canadian municipalities.
Councillor Leanne Caron told us of a climate motion coming to Guelph city council on December 6th. Contact your city councillors to show your support!
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Monday Nov 01, 2021
Monday Nov 01, 2021
Last week, we got the scoop on all things COVID-19 from Danny Williamson and Anna Vanderlaan of WDG Public Health.
Skyler Williams gave us a brief history of and shared the latest news about Land Back Lane. He answered our questions about consultations, growth, proposed developments and the Greenbelt. Did you know that the only communities that are NOT growing are those on reservations?
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Sunday Oct 24, 2021
Sunday Oct 24, 2021
Did you know that 70% of greenhouse gases come from cities? Greenhouse gas emissions must be cut in half by 2030 if we want to avoid living in an apocalyptic hellscape; while cities are a large part of the problem, they have the power to be an even larger part of the solution.
What is the Race to Zero? The goal of this global campaign - comprised of a coalition of cities, regions, businesses, and other institutions - is to increase support for a shift to a decarbonized economy PRIOR to the COP26 Climate Change Conference in November. The members of this coalition are committed to halving their carbon emissions by 2030 and reaching net zero by 2050.
Guelph councillors Leanne Caron and James Gordon discuss the "Race to Zero" climate motion they are bringing to city council on December 6th.
Evan Ferrari, Executive Director of eMERGE, imparts his knowledge of the climate emergency and inspires us to take immediate action to lower our GHG emissions.
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Sunday Oct 17, 2021
Sunday Oct 17, 2021
This week, we learned about the Guelph Neighbourhood Support Coalition (GNSC) and the North End Harvest Market (NEHM). Our guests were Brendan Johnson, Executive Director of the GNSC and Barb McPhee, Market Manager and Volunteer Coordinator of the North End Harvest Market.
The GNSC is comprised of 13 neighbourhood groups, sponsoring agencies, and program partners. The goal is to collaborate, advocate, and share information and collective resources to meet specific community needs.
The NEHM is a GNSC program. It relies entirely on grants, donations, and fundraising campaigns to provide healthy food to those in need. Low income families and individuals may access market produce every two weeks.
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Friday Oct 08, 2021
Friday Oct 08, 2021
The Baker Street Reconstruction is finally underway. The archaeological excavation of the Wyndham and Baker Street parking lots started a few days ago; construction is to begin in the spring of 2022.
Our guests are Scott Stewart (CAO of the City of Guelph) and Jayne Holmes (Deputy CAO of infrastructure, development and enterprise services). They are ready to teach us everything we wanted to know about parking lots, graveyards, and archaeology but were afraid to ask.
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Monday Oct 04, 2021
Monday Oct 04, 2021
Thursday September 30, 2021 was the first National Day for Truth and Reconciliation.
Our guest was Sara Sayyed, the City's new senior advisor of Equity, Anti-Racism and Indigenous Initiatives. Because she and several others left early to attend a blanket exercise, this episode is one hour long.
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Sunday Sep 26, 2021
Sunday Sep 26, 2021
Learn about the Greenbelt, the loss of farmland to development in the "Whitebelt," food production, and much more. With special guests Bethanee Jensen (full-time farmer and Board Director of the Christian Farmers Federation of Ontario), Mike Marcolongo (local "gentleman" farmer and member of Guelph's Protect Our Moraine coalition), and Dr. Ralph Martin (retired University of Guelph professor and author of Food Security: From Excess to Enough).
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Tuesday Sep 21, 2021
Tuesday Sep 21, 2021
This week we talked about Clair-Maltby, cycling in Guelph, downtown parking, the budget, and the archaeological investigation of the Baker Street parking lot.
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