Christie McLeod: Advocating for Climate Change

Stuart talks with an emerging human rights activist who is the Founder of the Human Rights Hub Winnipeg. Christie McLeod is currently an articling student at Miller Thompson, a policy advisor at Fossil Fuel Non-Proliferation Treaty and volunteers with Lawyers for Climate Justice. She is a top 30 under 30 Sustainability Leader. With a focus on Environmental and Indigenous Law, we talk about why it is important to be part of the climate change discussion, how to use your grassroots influence to get the government's attention on climate legislation and why pipelines to transmit oil to market are not required. Recommendations from Christie https://virungamovie.com/ (Netflix Documentary) https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/52557002-a-good-war (Book - A Good War: Mobilizing Canada for the Climate Emergency) https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/27070585-i-m-right-and-you-re-an-idiot?ac=1&from_search=true&qid=51leBsQzeW&rank=3 (Book - I'm Right and You’re an Idiot) See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.Click here for a transcript of this episode.