Generation Green is the latest documentary from Heidi McKillop and ASN Productions. She is a proud transplanted Albertan from the maritimes, with a true passion for the west and western interests.

In this episode we trace Heidi's unorthodox journey into filmmaking, and then get right down to brass tax. We dissect Generation Green, which is available on youtube now. It begins with a focus on the big green push to a renewable future, but at what cost? It's a fantastic and well-balanced documentary, that ultimately becomes a film about citizens and how industrial projects can infringe on our everyday lives. As she goes on her investigative journey it takes her to Waterton National Park, where a massive wind turbine project, the Riplinger Wind Project from Trans Alta was proposing to build 37 wind turbines. This did not make the locals happy in the slightest, and as a journalist she ends up getting to know the determined folk of the areas that could end up affected .

She dives even further into the renewable rabbit hole as she speaks with the Executive Chairman of the African Energy Chamber, NJ Ayuk, on the poor working conditions in the Cobalt mining industry, a necessary ingredient for lithium ion batteries for EV's. Slave labour and corruption are rampant there, not to mention the mining industry in the Congo is primarily China-owned.

Some questions for us all-Are solar panels the answer, and are wind turbines the answer to climate change? Is climate change real? We dive deep into this conversation. What she ultimately discovers during her research for the film is that any new alternative energy source has only been augmented by fossil fuels, but it's a step. Is it necessary? Maybe. Should we always aim to be better in our treatment of the planet? 100% yes. Should the renewable sector be scrutinized to the same due diligence needed during the approval process that already applies to the energy sector? Also 100% yes. And what happens at the end of life for solar panels and wind turbines? Are they recyclable? Sounds like a future problem that needs to be handled now. This is something Alberta Premier Danielle Smith has been an advocate for, and we speak of that in here as well.

Please join me in this fantastic conversation primarily about Generation Green, and if you're a fan of documentaries, you definitely need to put this on your lists of must-watch!

To view Generation Green on Youtube:

https://youtu.be/ATw9mhQJ5UI?si=haaVKtqa10DXzM_F

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Claire Masikewich had the seemingly normal storybook tale of a healthy young family of four. Until the fateful day of May 26, 2023.

Sloane Masikewich, 5 and half years old and the youngest sibling to sister Indy, wasn't feeling very well one may long weekend. Her signs and symptoms didn't seem too serious for anybody to fuss about, but she kept on getting worse including fever, body aches and pains. No big deal right?

What started as a routine 811 call to Alberta Health Link, then a visit to Alberta Children's Hospital, it soon became apparent there was much more going on inside of little Sloane's body than met the eye.

She was devastatingly diagnosed with Stage 4 Neuroblastoma the next day, a rare and high risk form of cancer among children. There are only 1500 cases annually in Canada, or up to 237 in Alberta alone. She has had a long road of surgeries, chemo, radiation, stem cell transplants and immunotherapy since this time.

The question coming to mind now for the family is, why does there seem to be a lack of funding directly forwarded to pediatrics for research into childhood cancer, and to what risk are we leaving our children given these extreme doses to beat these diseases. Though Sloane is in remission a year later almost to the day, she is not out of the woods yet.

Claire has become an extremely vocal voice in the childhood advocacy space starting up campaigns such as "Strong Like Sloane", and "Heartbeats for Hope"

In this episode we tackle the entire journey for the Masikewich family.

For more information on Sloane and her journey through Strong Mum on instagram follow:

@therealclairem

To donate to the Strong Like Sloane Campaign, where a large contingent of runners run on behalf of Sloane, 182 to be exact, and where Sloane was going to run a year previous to being diagnosed:

https://raceroster.com/events/2024/74775/servus-calgary-marathon-2024/pledge/team/594604

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Hey Folks, in this episode I give it a crack on my own to give you, the listeners, an update on Great Northern Discussions.

I simply wanted to convey the point of the show, how I got here and where I hope to go with the show. I ramble for a good 25 minutes, wow I can yap! In addition I do have a couple of gripes regarding Politics, and the state of Canada as a whole right now.....weird eh?

Please Enjoy and Looking forward to many more episodes!!! I truly am thankful, and excited to see where we can take this together.

Cheers,

Tucker

Intro/Outro Tunes: Back on the Farm-Shoot the Lights Out

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Episode Sponsor: Lonestar Directional Drilling:

https://lonestardirectional.com/

Studio Location: Calgary, Alberta, Canada:

https://www.studiolumayyc.com/