Why the climate movement needs more history nerds

Pop quiz! Who were the world's very first treehuggers? Story producer Jennifer Wilson hated history class, but she’s giving it another chance. She has been studying up on the people and events that paved the way for today’s climate movement and sits down with host Laura Lynch to discuss what lessons these stories hold for people taking climate action today. NOTE: This podcast has been edited to correct an error identifying Governor General Mary Simon as First Nations. She is Inuk.

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Why the climate movement needs more history nerds is an episode from What On Earth by CBC.

This episode is 00:27:17 long.

This episode was published on Mar 28, 2026.

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