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Future Mending RadioFuture Mending Radio5 Meals for a DollarHow much food is wasted in Canada?  Where does food waste happen and why?  What are some potential solutions?This episode takes a quick look at two for-profit solutions to food waste – the Odd Bunch produce delivery box and Sobey’s Food Hero app -- and concludes with an inspiring interview with Mike Layton of Second Harvest, a food rescue charity in Toronto that turns every dollar in donations into five meals for hungry people.Donate to Second Harvest Here: https://www.secondharvest.ca/donatePlan a party with Echoage: https://echoage.com/charit...2025-06-1123 minFuture Mending RadioFuture Mending RadioGood News, Everyone!Matt interviews Yara El Murr, the Managing Editor of the Green Line, an innovative Toronto news outlet that is making community-driven, hyper-local news.Our information ecosystem is full of misinformation and news fatigue and Yara shares insights on how journalists can produce useful and compelling journalism that responds to these growing challenges.Learn about the 4-step action journey that structures their monthly reporting.Learn More: The Green Line: https://thegreenline.to/Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@thegreenlinetoInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/tglhelps/2025-05-2133 minFuture Mending RadioFuture Mending RadioScarborough's Hidden GemsMatt goes treasure hunting in Scarborough (a suburb of Toronto), using the amazing maps produced by the Scarborough Environmental Association.After visiting a restaurant, a second-hand clothing shop and a repair cafe and clothing swap organized by the Scarborough Environmental Association (SEA), Matt sits down with SEA's co-founder Krissan Veerasingam. Krissan shares insights into effective community organizing, insights that modern political parties should take note of if the want to win back public trust and respect!  Krissan argues that door-knocking should be the LAST thing you do, and his reasoning is sound.Check o...2025-04-3027 minFuture Mending RadioFuture Mending RadioPut Your Eggs in Several Smaller BasketsKarma Coop has been selling ethical, organic food in Toronto for more than 50 years. Matt visits the store and interviews its General Manager, Zach Weingarten.Zach explains how they source products and why having a wide variety of smaller producers and sellers increases the resilience of our food system.Find out more on their website: https://www.karmacoop.org/The subreddit Zach mentions is https://www.reddit.com/r/loblawsisoutofcontrol/The article is Follow the Thing: Papaya by Ian Cook.  https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/j.1467-8330.2004.00441.x2025-04-0932 minFuture Mending RadioFuture Mending RadioThe Four Reminders for IndividualsMending the future will require system change and personal change. And we can start with nudges in the right direction, because much of what we need already exists. The 4 reminders for individuals can help us live better and spend less time in the more toxic areas of modern society.1. Be Where You Are2. The Entire World is Real3. Find the Others4. Plant TreesThis episode is a companion to the 'Four Factors for Organization' which laid out the guidelines Matt uses to pick organizations.Find the others...2025-03-2621 minFuture Mending RadioFuture Mending RadioSwoop! There it is.Spring is here and the birds are returning.  You can hear them if you slow down and listen.  In this episode, Matt and his old friend Alex play and discuss the calls of a dozen common birds that you can see and hear even in the city.Alex Eddington is a composer, sound designer, theatre artist and amateur birder.  Learn more about Alex and his work here: https://www.alexeddington.com/Bird Resources:https://www.bird-sounds.net/https://birdsoftheworld.org/bow/homeBirdnet App: https://birdnet.cornell.edu...2025-03-1240 minFuture Mending RadioFuture Mending RadioThe Joyful Burden of Making Good ChocolateMatt visits Chocosol Traders on St. Clair, gets a hot chocolate and learns about their deep commitment to ethical and sustainable chocolate from Mathieu McFadden, Chocosol's 'Chief Chocolate Pedaller.' Chocosol takes real care of their entire supply chain from bean to bar, developing meaningful human relationships and supporting regenerative agriculture.Matt and Matt talk about bikes, solar roasters, pumpkin seeds, popular education efforts in Mexico, forest gardens and more. It's surprising how many different problems chocolate can solve if you make it right!Learn more at: https://chocosoltraders.com/Book a Virtual...2025-02-2627 minFuture Mending RadioFuture Mending RadioThe Four Factors for OrganizationsWhen I pick an organization for the podcast or the map at Futuremending.com, I’m not just picking businesses out of a hat – I have a system for evaluating orgs which I call the Four Factors for Organizations. The Four Factors are Multi-solving, Sharing, Sufficiency and Transparency.This episode is in two parts. The opening minutes are a bit of an emotional check-in to see how people are processing the unprecedented political turmoil in the United States. The second part of the podcast discusses the Four Factors for Organizations and why seeking out certain vect...2025-02-1222 minFuture Mending RadioFuture Mending RadioA Bad Time for Bars (but a Good Bar for the Times)Matt visits a Silent Book Club at Danu Social House on Queen Street West. Afterwards, he sits down with both Harresh Sivamohan the organizer of Toronto's Silent Book Club chapter and Josh Zachariah the owner and operator of Danu Social House a Parkdale bar with an deep commitment to community and civil society.Danu Social House:https://www.danusocialhouse.ca/https://www.instagram.com/danusocialhouse/Silent Book Club Toronto: https://www.meetup.com/toronto-silent-book-club-meetup-group/https://www.instagram.com/torontosilentbookclub/If you d...2025-01-2933 minFuture Mending RadioFuture Mending RadioStop Imagining the ApocalypseIf we want a better future, we need to stop imagining the apocalypse and start imagining winning. Solarpunk is an emergent science fiction genre and social movement that asks us to do just that.Matt sits down with podcaster and solarpunk author Susan Kaye Quinn to discuss utopia, dystopia and everything in-between. The episode includes a reading from T.K. Rex's story A Holdout in the Northern California Designated Wildcraft Zone and a vision of what Toronto might look like in 2060 if we built better housing and transportation options starting today.Susan's Website: https://susankayequinn...2025-01-1538 minFuture Mending RadioFuture Mending RadioA New New Year's Tradition for 2025This episode looks back on 2024 and ahead to 2025 and also shares how to make a 'Good Things Jar' where you can capture all the good things that happen to you in 2025 so you can spend New Year's Day 2026 practicing a little gratitude about the previous year.The snippet from our family Good Things Jar opening may leave you with a few questions -- like 'where exactly do I get the best momo's in the world?' -- so I'm planning to annotate that section on our discord.Music Credits:'Epilogue' by...2025-01-0123 minFuture Mending RadioFuture Mending RadioThe GiftThe Gift is a small pouch of medicine designed to be consumed and then re-gifted. This episode includes all the beauties of this good earth, plus an exclusive musical performance by Myrtle Millares. Please pass it on to friends and family.  Its the perfect present for anyone on your list.Eventually, this episode will be deleted from our hosting service, but you should always be able to find it here: https://www.futuremending.com/topsecretMusic Credits:'Epilogue' by The Slow Motions.  Used with permission of th...2024-12-1831 min