Terra Informa - Podcast
800 FOLLOWERS
Terra Informa delivers weekly environmental news program covering environmental news from around Canada and around the world. This podcast brings you in depth examinations of major environmental issues and events.
Terra Informa - Podcast
2h ago
This episode originally aired on April 18, 2022: This week Elizabeth Dowdell and some other Terra Informers dive into the history of Earth Day, their feelings on the holiday, and show some appreciation for our big (shared) hunk of rock!
Program log.
★ Support this podcast ..read more
Terra Informa - Podcast
1w ago
This episode originally aired on February 11, 2019:
This week on Terra Informa, Sofia Osborne (a Terra Informer herself) reads us a piece she recently wrote for The Tyee, an independent, Canadian, online magazine. The story recounts Sofia's experience being isolated on Saturna Island during the worst wind storm in BC Hydro history. The storm rocked BC's west coast this past December, while Sofia's article was just released. We’ll chat about the piece, the future of dealing with these massive storms, and journalism! ★ Support this podcast ★
★ Support this podcast ..read more
Terra Informa - Podcast
3w ago
This episode originally aired on May 4, 2020: This week several Terra Informers reflect on the changing seasons, and what spring means to them. Listen in for some great ambient spring sounds and grateful reflections on the warmer air around us.
Download the program log.
★ Support this podcast ★
★ Support this podcast ..read more
Terra Informa - Podcast
1M ago
This episode originally aired on August 26, 2021: Are you looking for a story of resource extraction, community, and hope? In this episode, Terra Informers Katherine Rogers, Hannah Cunningham, Elizabeth Dowdell, and Sara Chitsaz discuss Dr. Suess' children's story, The Lorax. The Lorax provides a simplified story of some impacts of the exploitation of natural resources, and of hope for recovering these resources. Join us as we discuss key takeaways, strengths and weaknesses of The Lorax book (first published in 1971) and film adaptation (released in 2012), and compare it to the current F ..read more
Terra Informa - Podcast
1M ago
This episode was originally aired on July 8, 2019:
This week on Terra Informa, we discuss solar energy, including topics such as the definition of solar, how it works, the pros and cons to solar, and who the solar power leaders are around the world.
Program log.
★ Support this podcast ★
★ Support this podcast ..read more
Terra Informa - Podcast
1M ago
This episode originally aired on January 21, 2019: This week we present a single interview, between Terra Informer Sofia Osborne and Sharon Riley, an investigative journalist covering energy and the environment in Alberta for The Narwhal, an independent online magazine that reports on the basis that climate change is a real and happening issue.
Download program log here.
★ Support this podcast ..read more
Terra Informa - Podcast
1M ago
In this week's archive episode (which originally aired on April 19, 2021), we take you on an auditory journey into the swamp, where we do a little science communication about the Ghost Orchid. We were inspired by the short documentary, Chasing Ghosts, and dig into the flower, film, and scientific research about this rare and endangered plant.
Download the program log here
★ Support this podcast ★
★ Support this podcast ..read more
Terra Informa - Podcast
2M ago
In this week's archive episode, we revisit a Terra Informa review of the film Metamorphosis, a climate change documentary, along with an interview with the creators of the film.
Program log.
★ Support this podcast ..read more
Terra Informa - Podcast
2M ago
When's the last time you went to the zoo? This week, Sonak Patel is joined by guest Jamie Dorgan of the Wilder Institute/Calgary Zoo to discuss the evolution of zoos and their role in biodiversity conservation.
Program log.
★ Support this podcast ★
★ Support this podcast ..read more
Terra Informa - Podcast
2M ago
This episode originally aired on April 23, 2018: This week on Terra Informa we discuss sustainable agriculture and what its like farming in the north. How much sun do they get?!
Download program log here.
★ Support this podcast ..read more