E018 Tova Davidson U.N. Sustainable Development Goals
Let’s Be Well Together Podcast - Episode 18
Date: May 31, 2022
Participants: John Webster, Sammy Damaren, Cameron Earnshaw and Sheila Webster
Guest: Tova Davidson
Start times and Segment Segments:
[0:00:19] What’s On Your Mind: Sammy and John love the environment. There are little things each of can do ourselves to help: keeping our community clean, not littering, not putting contaminants in water, not making things worse.
[0:09:22] Expanding Minds Interview: [Environmental Wellness] Tova Davidson talks to us about the United Nations 17 Sustainable Development Goals – a set of goals that each person and organization must move forward to have a just, clean and prosperous future on this planet.
See the U.N. 17 SDGs: Click Here
[0:26:17] Adventures of the Starving Artist: Cameron was happy to get back to a live show with rock band Shy Harry, even if it was a very long day and night.
[0:32:29] Move That Body: Sheila loves to swim. She chat’s about it.
[0:38:01] Running Popup: John sees a difference between complex and complicated, which helps in his approach to balance and wellness.
[0:42:11] Flipside of the Coin: Sheila and John chat about economic wellness in the context of a new adventure in Collingwood, Ontario.
Quotes and Take-Aways:
Tova – Canadians have the highest emissions per capita (per person) of the entire G-20. We are three times higher than the average of the G-20. So that means we are actually the worst emitters in the whole world per person.
Tova – We are extracting fossil fuels from the oil sands and it is dirty and resource intensive to get that out. The bitter irony is that we are creating high carbon emissions to pull out fossil fuels to make carbon emissions.
Tova – I’m worried about the survival of humanity. The earth will bounce back. I’m not sure we will.
Tova – It is the affluent who have created climate change, and it is the less privileged who are more impacted by climate change. It is the people we need to think about.
Bulletin Board Quote brought to you by Sammy: You better get out of the car and go pick that up!
Guest Information: Tova leads Sustainable Waterloo Region by developing its strategic direction, supporting team members and building key relationships throughout Waterloo region. She brings her experience in public relations and communications to creatively approach sustainability opportunities. Paired with her business background she collaborates with organizations in Waterloo Region to drive change locally and provincially to help our environment. Tova was selected by The Guelph Mercury for Top 40 Under 40, and was the recipient of the Mayor’s Award of Excellence. She leads by example while inspiring others to do the same.
Tova’s Twitter @tova_sustygal
Sustainable Waterloo Region Website: https://www.sustainablewaterlooregion.ca
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(-(-_(-_-)_-)-) Your wellness check-in team
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