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Revisiting: Fisheries Coexistence on the Great Slave Lake

terra@cjsr.com (CJSR 88.5 FM) — Mon, 01 Dec 2025 00:00:00 -0700

This episode originally aired on March 22, 2021: On the Great Slave Lake in the Northwest Territories, K'atl'odeeche First Nation is taking steps to create opportunities for their members to make their livelihoods through fishing. In our second episode on Indigenous-led fisheries management, we are joined by PhD student Kristine Wray. We investigate the management structures that govern the Great Slave Lake commercial fishery, and identify pathways towards the coexistence of a sustainable commercial and livelihood fishery. Our thanks to Kristine Wray for her contributions to this episode.

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Revisting: Indigenous Fishing Livelihoods in Atlantic Canada

terra@cjsr.com (CJSR 88.5 FM) — Mon, 24 Nov 2025 00:00:00 -0700

This episode originally aired on March 15, 2021: In the management and conservation of resources, what does it mean to coexist? This week on Terra Informa we are joined by PhD student Krista Tremblett to bring you a story on Indigenous-led approaches to fisheries management in Atlantic Canada. We explore the historical precedence and Treaty commitments that guarantee Indigenous rights to fish for a moderate livelihood. And we investigate the recent conflict that erupted between non-Indigenous commercial fishers and Indigenous fishers following the self-regulated moderate livelihood fishery launched by Sipekne'katik First Nation.

Many thanks to our guest Krista Tremblett for contributing her knowledge to this episode. You can learn more about the Sipekne'katik moderate livelihood fishery and how you can support their ongoing efforts here.

To learn more about Indigenous fishing livelihoods in a different context, the Mi'gmaq of Listuguj, Quebec, check out the new documentary series Gespe'gewa'gi - the Last Land, directed by Chisasibi filmmaker Ernie Webb.

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terra@cjsr.com (CJSR 88.5 FM) — Mon, 27 Oct 2025 00:00:00 -0600

This episode originally aired on August 2, 2021: In this episode, Sofia speaks with Dr. Bill Adams about his article "How the search for mythical monsters can help conservation in the real world", and Curt speaks with Nathan Niigan Noodin Adler about his novel Wrist and short story collection Ghost Lake.

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Revisiting: Communicating Energy Systems with Dr. Valerie Miller

terra@cjsr.com (CJSR 88.5 FM) — Mon, 20 Oct 2025 00:00:00 -0600

terra@cjsr.com (CJSR 88.5 FM) — Mon, 28 Jul 2025 00:00:00 -0600

This episode originally aired on July 12, 2021: Have you ever considered feeding insects to your dogs? Maybe that's too easy, how about purchasing a cricket muffin for yourself at a local cafe? Producers Nhu Ho and Bethany Godreau take a dive into the world of insect protein close to home. Bringing perspectives from Brad Ewankiw of Enterra Corp on the impacts of insect protein production and Serge Boutet, a Montreal-based agronomist with a passion for critters both four-legged and centi-legged. Listen up for information on the environmental implications of insect protein and how it might affect you.

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CSL Documentary: From Petri Dish to Our Plate - Cellular Agriculture (Revisiting)

terra@cjsr.com (CJSR 88.5 FM) — Mon, 21 Jul 2025 00:00:00 -0600

This episode originally aired on September 18, 2023: This week on Terra Informa, we explore the industry of cellular agriculture (cell-ag), and its impacts on farming, the environment, and people. Megan Posyluzny and Jenny Kim interview Dr. Yadira Tejeda Saldana, director of Responsible Research and Innovation at New Harvest to learn more about how biotechnology is shaping the future of food systems – beginning with the new institute of Cell-Ag that is currently in development at the U of A.

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Revisiting: Heat Wave Hive Inspection

terra@cjsr.com (CJSR 88.5 FM) — Mon, 14 Jul 2025 00:00:00 -0600

This episode originally aired on July 19, 2021: This episode we visit Aspen Ridge Greenhouses to talk with former Terra Informer Dylan Hall. Dylan is a beginner beekeeper and welcomed Hannah and Elizabeth for a hive inspection. We also talk about the impact of heatwaves on different important pollinator insects.

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Production, script, interview - Elizabeth Dowdell
Script, interview, research - Hannah Cunningham

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Revisiting: A Little Grain and a lot of Birds

terra@cjsr.com (CJSR 88.5 FM) — Mon, 07 Jul 2025 00:00:00 -0600

This episode originally aired on February 27, 2017: In this week's episode, the Terra Informers travel to a grain terminal in the City of Edmonton to see some rare birds of prey and meet the folks who watch and photograph them there.

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Revisiting: Metamorphosis - Cinema on Climate and Change

terra@cjsr.com (CJSR 88.5 FM) — Mon, 30 Jun 2025 00:00:00 -0600

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.

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Revisiting: Guest Documentary: What's All The Buzz About? Exploring Urban Beekeeping in Edmonton

terra@cjsr.com (CJSR 88.5 FM) — Mon, 23 Jun 2025 00:00:00 -0600

This episode originally aired on February 21, 2022: This week, we are airing an audio documentary created by Madelyn Lux and Mario Rodriguez for an agricultural economics class that had a community-service learning component at the University of Alberta. Through interviews with beekeepers and business owners, this documentary explores how urban beekeeping has changed the city of Edmonton. After that, we introduce an interesting product that was developed with bee conservation in mind, that may have ended up being a bit of a flop.

Previous episodes on beekeeping:
Heat Wave Hive Inspection
Urban Beekeeping with David Whitaker

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Revisiting: REDesign Engineering

terra@cjsr.com (CJSR 88.5 FM) — Mon, 16 Jun 2025 00:00:00 -0600

This episode originally aired on November 18, 2019: This week on Terra Informa, Matthew Danyluik and Daniel Alexander from Renewable Energy Design (RED), a student engineering group aiming to make university a greener place through developing net-zero products, talk about the inspiration for starting the group and current sustainability design projects such as a solar phone charging station scheduled for installation in SUB.

Find out more about RED here: https://alberta.campuslabs.ca/engage/organization/red
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Revisiting: Cycling and a Couple of Queers

terra@cjsr.com (CJSR 88.5 FM) — Mon, 09 Jun 2025 00:00:00 -0600

This episode originally aired on June 24, 2019: Terra Informer Charlotte Thomasson speaks with Mackenzy Albright, one of the founders of SNAQCS, a Slow Nice And Queer Cycloventure Squad based out of Victoria, British Columbia that creates a welcoming space for members of the LGBTQIA2S community who want to have fun and ride bikes! Tune in to hear Charlotte and Mackenzy share cycling stories, talk about businesses and queerbaiting, the binary of the outdoors community, and how SNAQCS is pushing the boundaries.

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Revisiting: Reimagining Futures with Climate Fiction

terra@cjsr.com (CJSR 88.5 FM) — Mon, 02 Jun 2025 00:00:00 -0600

This episode originally aired on February 8, 2021: The power of storytelling gives us a way to cope with the uncertainty of our climate future. This week on Terra Informa we’re exploring those stories about the future worlds that are not so different from our own. While you may be familiar with science fiction, genres like speculative fiction, climate fiction, or cli-fi, Afro-futurism, and Indigenous futurism are reimagining oppressive realities and re-envisioning our climate future. In this discussion episode, Terra Informers Hannah Cunningham and Elizabeth Dowdell are joined by special guest and Terra Informa alum, Chris Chang-Yen Phillips to share why they find themselves reaching for these books, and what these genres mean to them. A reading list of the books mentioned in this episode plus some of our other favourites can be found here.

Some of our favourite voices sharing visions of Indigenous futures include Cree poet and author Billy-Ray Belcourt, Cree author Larry Loyie, and Chelsea Vowel, Metis writer and host of a Terra Informa team podcast favourite, Métis in Space.

In this episode, we highlight the recent lifetime achievement of speculative fiction author Nalo Hopkinson, who is the first Black woman to be honoured with the Damon Knight Grand Master Award by the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America (SFWA). Hopkinson is the author of the acclaimed 1998 work Brown Girl in the Ring.

You'll also hear about a climate fiction short story contest launched by Grist Magazine, Imagine 2200: Climate fiction for future ancestors. Story submission closes on April 12th.

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Revisiting: Spring Confessional

terra@cjsr.com (CJSR 88.5 FM) — Mon, 26 May 2025 00:00:00 -0600

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.

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Revisiting: Crackin' a Cold One (sustainably)

terra@cjsr.com (CJSR 88.5 FM) — Mon, 19 May 2025 00:00:00 -0600

This episode originally aired on May 17, 2021: Terra Informers Curt Blandy and Liam Harrap explore sustainable brewing with Steve Beauchesne at Beaus Brewing. They also chat with Christine O'Grady, from UCalgary’s Advancing Canadian Water Assets, and Jeremy McLaughlin, Head Brewer, on the Village Brewery project on making beer with waste water! We also get to listen to a local Edmonton beer song called Beer Tastes Better (When The Work's All Done) by the Denim Daddies.

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Revisiting: Soakin’ Up The Sun With Solar Power

terra@cjsr.com (CJSR 88.5 FM) — Mon, 12 May 2025 00:00:00 -0600

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Revisiting: De-Extinction - Should We Resurrect Extinct Animal Species?

terra@cjsr.com (CJSR 88.5 FM) — Mon, 05 May 2025 00:00:00 -0600

This episode originally aired on January 14, 2019:

What if we could bring extinct animal species back from the dead? This week, Terra Informer Sofia Osborne brings us a story about de-extinction: Sofia brings us a story about de-extinction: the use of selective breeding, cloning, and genetic engineering to “resurrect” extinct species. This technology poses a lot of moral and ethical questions—would these “de-extincted” animal species be authentic? Could they ever be wild? Do we owe it to the species we’ve driven to extinction to bring them back? And who should decide whether we use this technology?

Extra resources suggested by Sofia:

How to Clone a Mammoth by Beth Shapiro
"The Perils if De-extinction" by Ben Minteer
The IUCN SSC Guiding Principles on Creating Proxies of Extinct Species for Conservation Benefit

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Revisiting: Spring Confessional

terra@cjsr.com (CJSR 88.5 FM) — Mon, 28 Apr 2025 00:00:00 -0600

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Revisiting: Cycling and the Environment

terra@cjsr.com (CJSR 88.5 FM) — Mon, 21 Apr 2025 00:00:00 -0600

This episode originally aired on June 2, 2020: June is Bike Month in Edmonton and lots of other cities, so we're bringing you the right content for the season! On this episode Terra Informer Curtis Blandy talks to Bike Edmonton Executive Director Chris Chan and LuGr Enterprises Founder Luke Grayston. Chan talks about his inspiration for, and experiences of, cycling in Edmonton. Grayson gives us the lowdown on Beet 55, an innovative deicer used to keep roads safe for winter cycling.

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Revisiting: An Ode to Beavers

terra@cjsr.com (CJSR 88.5 FM) — Mon, 14 Apr 2025 00:00:00 -0600

This episode originally aired on March 21, 2022: Have you ever come face to face with the majestic beaver? Have you ever thought about just how impactful the little dam-builders are to the ecosystems they inhabit? This week, Sara Chitsaz, Hannah Cunningham, and Dylan Hall (a Terra Informa alum!) discuss Glynnis Hood's book The Beaver Manifesto, as well as our general thoughts about the popular, and sometimes not-so-popular, rodent. At the end of the episode, Sara also gives us a run-down on what beavers have been up to in the Alaskan tundra.

Link to the University of Alberta's free online Indigenous Canada course, as mentioned in the introduction of the episode.

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Revisiting: The Evolution of Climate Language

terra@cjsr.com (CJSR 88.5 FM) — Mon, 07 Apr 2025 00:00:00 -0600

This episode originally aired on August 9, 2021: Finding the language to build sustained public engagement on the climate crisis is one of the greatest challenges faced by science communicators today. In this episode, Terra Informers Sonak Patel and Elizabeth Dowdell consider the role that language plays in communicating the climate crisis and how it getting it wrong may contribute to continued climate inaction. To get further insight into the big picture of climate change communication, they spoke to Sean Holman, Professor of Journalism at Mount Royal University.

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Revisiting: All about BIRDS

terra@cjsr.com (CJSR 88.5 FM) — Mon, 31 Mar 2025 00:00:00 -0600

This episode originally aired on June 3, 2019: This week, Charlotte Thomasson talked to resident Nature Nut, John Acorn, about local bird songs and birding stories, with audio captured by Terra Informers live in Edmonton, Alberta, near Drumheller, Alberta, and on Saturna Island in British Columbia.

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Revisiting: Menstruation Innovation

terra@cjsr.com (CJSR 88.5 FM) — Mon, 24 Mar 2025 00:00:00 -0600

This episode originally aired on April 29, 2019: This week on Terra Informa, we're talking about periods. Own very own Terra Informer Sydney Karbonik recently hosted an educational event about the environmental, social and economic impact of menstrual products and what other options exist for women.

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Revisiting: What's your conservation inspiration?

terra@cjsr.com (CJSR 88.5 FM) — Mon, 17 Mar 2025 00:00:00 -0600

This episode originally aired on August 2, 2020: Human intervention in our environment often comes with damaging consequences, and today we're taking some time to learn about the history of the regions that are special to us and turning a critical eye on efforts to "protect" these spaces, efforts with a colonial history and present. Listen to our very own Terra Informers Elizabeth Dowdell, Curt Blandy, Andy Silva, and Daniel Pietraszewski as they share some personal stories about natural places and species that are significant to them. You'll hear about the history of the Sturgeon River region and how the ecosystem has been transformed by industry and development, the Milk River and a visit to Writing-on-Stone Provincial Park, and one journey from connoisseur of online otter content, to advocate for Alberta's own River Otter.

Sara Cannon - Decolonizing Conservation: A Reading List
Indigenous Circle of Experts Resources
The Indigenous Guardians Toolkit

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Revisiting: Fun Guys Looking at Fungi

terra@cjsr.com (CJSR 88.5 FM) — Mon, 10 Mar 2025 00:00:00 -0600

This episode originally aired on November 22, 2021: This week on Terra Informa we jump into the giant world of the fungi kingdom. Charlotte Thomasson sings a song, and interviews Josh Smith and Mike Schultz, members of the Alberta Mycological Society. Daniel Pietraszewski shares a fun story about Vilna, AB. You're not going to want to miss this.

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Check out the Alberta Mycological Society to learn more about their important work!

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Revisiting: Urban Beekeeping

terra@cjsr.com (CJSR 88.5 FM) — Mon, 03 Mar 2025 00:00:00 -0700

This episode originally aired on March 8, 2021: In this episode, we speak with urban beekeeper David Whitaker about how he picked up this unique hobby and the benefits of bees in the City.

Learn more about beekeeping from the City of Edmonton and how to avoid the hype of bee-washing. To get your hands on some sweet, sweet, local honey email davesurbanhoney@shaw.ca!

Thanks to:
Sonak Patel for research + writing + hosting
Andrea Miller for music
Elizabeth Dowdell for interview + hosting + production

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Revisiting: The Energy War Room - A Deep Dive into the Canadian Energy Centre Ltd.

terra@cjsr.com (CJSR 88.5 FM) — Mon, 24 Feb 2025 00:00:00 -0700

This episode originally aired on February 3, 2020: This week, we're bringing you part one of a two-part series on the Canadian Energy Centre Ltd., alternatively known as the Energy War Room introduced by Alberta's UCP government. In this episode, Terra Informers Sonak Patel and Hannah Cunningham discuss what the centre is, why it was created, the funding and organization behind it, and its staff. We also feature audio from a talk on the Canadian Energy Centre done as part of the Parkland Institute's 2019 Fall Conference by David Climenhaga and Dave Cournoyer.

Stay tuned for next week, where the second episode will focus on the work that the Canadian Energy Centre does, and the implications it has for environmental journalism.

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Revisiting: Music

terra@cjsr.com (CJSR 88.5 FM) — Mon, 17 Feb 2025 05:10:19 -0700

This episode originally aired October 10, 2022: Who do you think of when you think about environmentalism and music?

This week, Jasinta Rweyongeza is joined by Rasheena Fountain, a poet and essayist, to talk about the lack of mainstream recognition of Black musicians in the world of environmentalism in music, as well how specific genres of music that are underrecognized in their ability to tell stories about environmental relationships, environmental vulnerability, and environmental justice.

Rasheenafountain.com ☆ TreeSong Workshop: Decolonizing Senses ☆ Program Log

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Revisiting: Ghost Orchid Hunters!

terra@cjsr.com (CJSR 88.5 FM) — Mon, 10 Feb 2025 00:00:00 -0700

This episode originally aired on April 19, 2021: This week on Terra Informa 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.

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Revisiting: Lichen, Caribou, & Science Communication

terra@cjsr.com (CJSR 88.5 FM) — Mon, 03 Feb 2025 00:00:00 -0700

This episode originally aired on August 16, 2020: This week, Andrea Miller debuts her news training piece. She sits down with Ashley Hillman to discuss her research on lichen and how it is an essential part of the ever elusive and endangered woodland caribou. Tune in to hear more!

Download the program log here. Here are links to Ashley's article on lichen cover and the article discussed in the piece on being a person of colour in ecology. Production of CJSR 88.5FM in Amiskwaciy.

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Revisiting: Job Creation or Job Loss? at the Parkland Institute Fall 2022 Conference

terra@cjsr.com (CJSR 88.5 FM) — Mon, 27 Jan 2025 00:00:00 -0700

This episode originall aired on March 27, 2023: This week on Terra Informa we bring you the first installment of our reporting and recording from the Parkland Institute's Fall 2022 Conference: Doing Democracy Better: Challenging the Politics of Fear and Resentment which took place on November 18-20, 2022 at the University of Alberta. This week's episode includes a talk given by Parkland Institute Research Manager Ian Hussey entitled "Job Creation or Job Loss? Big Companies Use Tax Cut to Automate Away Jobs in the Oil Sands"

Parkland Institute YouTube channel
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Revisiting: Speak for Trees

terra@cjsr.com (CJSR 88.5 FM) — Mon, 20 Jan 2025 00:00:00 -0700

This episode originally aired on August 31, 2020: This week on Terra Informa, Charlotte Thomasson and guests talk trees. On both an individual and collective level, the protection of these leafy giants has always been important, and the urgency to protect these ancient species only grows with the increasing threats of climate change, wildfire, industry, and development. Indigenous land-defenders have long led the effort to protect endangered old-growth trees on a large scale. But as we’ll hear today, you can be called to speak up for the trees right in your own backyard. We'll hear from Kelci Mohr, environmental advocate and resident of Nelson, British Columbia, as well as Terra Informer Dylan Hall and Troy Sebastian, a contractor for the Ktunaxa Nation.

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Revisting: Pacific Salmon the Sequel - Salmon Health & Aquaculture

terra@cjsr.com (CJSR 88.5 FM) — Mon, 13 Jan 2025 00:00:00 -0700

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terra@cjsr.com (CJSR 88.5 FM) — Mon, 16 Dec 2024 00:00:00 -0700

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Revisiting: XC Ski With Me

terra@cjsr.com (CJSR 88.5 FM) — Mon, 09 Dec 2024 07:12:22 -0700

P. S. the second past-time is snowshoeing, and Liz says it's better than xc skiing.

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Revisiting: Fashion and Sustainability with Dr. Anne Bissonnette

terra@cjsr.com (CJSR 88.5 FM) — Mon, 02 Dec 2024 00:00:00 -0700

Dr. Anne Bissonnette: https://apps.ualberta.ca/directory/person/ambisson

Anne Lambert Clothing and Textiles Collection: https://www.ualberta.ca/museums/museum-collections/clothing-and-textiles.html

United Nations Alliance for Sustainable Fashion: https://unfashionalliance.org/

Further listening:
The Less-Than-Fabulous Footprint of Fashion - https://terrainforma.ca/120

Music:

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Revisiting: Astro Informa

terra@cjsr.com (CJSR 88.5 FM) — Mon, 25 Nov 2024 00:00:00 -0700

This episode originally aired on September 19, 2022: In this week's episode, Sonak Patel and Hannah Cunningham discuss some of the current theories around the possibility of finding an Earth 2.0, some of the current contenders, and reflect on why Earth 1.0 is worth fighting for.

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Revisting: Don't Look Up Discussion

terra@cjsr.com (CJSR 88.5 FM) — Mon, 18 Nov 2024 00:00:00 -0700

This episode originally aired on March 7, 2022: This week Hannah Cunningham, Sara Chitsaz, and Lizzy Baron share their hot and medium takes on the Adam McKay-directed film Don't Look Up. This film is an obvious climate change satire that received a lot of mixed opinions when it came out. Hear what Terra Informers have to say about it in this review/discussion/analysis.

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Revisiting: An Ode to Beavers

terra@cjsr.com (CJSR 88.5 FM) — Mon, 11 Nov 2024 00:00:00 -0700

Link to the University of Alberta's free online Indigenous Canada course, as mentioned in the introduction of the episode.

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terra@cjsr.com (CJSR 88.5 FM) — Mon, 14 Oct 2024 00:00:00 -0600

This episode originally aired on October 7, 2019: This week, Terra Informer Sonak Patel sits down with Kenneth Tam to discuss the ins and outs of science communication, and nuances of working in that field. Kenneth is the communications associate for Future Energy Systems (FES) at the University of Alberta. FES is one of the largest research initiatives at the university, with 127 researchers, and about 506 graduate students.

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Revisiting: There’s Something in the Water - A Dive into Environmental Racism in the African Nova Scotian Diaspora

terra@cjsr.com (CJSR 88.5 FM) — Mon, 07 Oct 2024 00:00:00 -0600

This episode originally aired on July 20, 2020: In the film, acclaimed actor Elliot Page, inspired by a book by Ingrid Waldron that also lends its name to the documentary, travels across their home province of Nova Scotia to explore cases of environmental racism. This week, we are talking about environmental racism, which specifically refers to the environmental injustice that is based on race.

We reached out to Dr. Ingrid Waldron, a professor and author of the book “There’s Something in the Water”. We had the pleasure of sitting down with Dr. Waldron to discuss environmental racism towards Black communities in Nova Scotia and what liberation could look like.

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Revisiting: Indigenous Food Sovereignty: Wild Meat, Wild Stories

terra@cjsr.com (CJSR 88.5 FM) — Mon, 30 Sep 2024 00:00:00 -0600

This week we’re bringing you a radio documentary that originally aired on February 18, 2019: This documentary was produced by Roisin Graham. It was produced as a part of a CSL project for the course AREC 173 at the University of Alberta. This short documentary explores the challenges to Indigenous food sovereignty. Roisin interviewed indigenous activist, Nigel Henri-Robinson, and treaty 8 consultant, Jessica Cardinal.

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Revisiting: Alberta's Orphan Wells

terra@cjsr.com (CJSR 88.5 FM) — Mon, 23 Sep 2024 00:00:00 -0600

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terra@cjsr.com (CJSR 88.5 FM) — Mon, 19 Aug 2024 00:00:00 -0600

This episode originally aired on November 18, 2019: Matthew Danyluik and Daniel Alexander from Renewable Energy Design (RED), a student engineering group aiming to make the university a greener place through developing net-zero products, talk about the inspiration for starting the group and current sustainability design projects such as a solar phone charging station scheduled for installation in SUB.

Find out more about RED here: https://alberta.campuslabs.ca/engage/organization/red

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terra@cjsr.com (CJSR 88.5 FM) — Mon, 01 Jul 2024 00:00:00 -0600

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Revisiting: Fisheries Coexistence on the Great Slave Lake

terra@cjsr.com (CJSR 88.5 FM) — Mon, 24 Jun 2024 00:00:00 -0600

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Revisiting: Heat Wave Hive Inspection

terra@cjsr.com (CJSR 88.5 FM) — Mon, 17 Jun 2024 00:00:00 -0600

In this week's archive episode, we go back to warmer days to visit past Terra Informer Dylan Hall for a honeybee hive inspection and to talk about the impact of high heat events on beehives and other important pollinator insects.

For the full episode description, visit the original show notes here.

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Revisiting: Queerness and the Environment

terra@cjsr.com (CJSR 88.5 FM) — Mon, 10 Jun 2024 00:00:00 -0600

This episode originally aired on June 22, 2020: We are exploring the relationship between queer people and the natural environment. This week we are going to share with you an interview that Terra Informer Elizabeth Dowdell held with Kevin McBean. Kevin will share with us his experience as a gay man, an outdoor enthusiast, and a member of the board of directors of Camp Maskepetoon.

A few queer members of the Terra Informa team had the chance to reflect on their relationship with the environment and their identities as sexual minorities. For some of us, urban spaces can bring comfort and familiarity. Seeing a rainbow sticker or a trans flag in businesses or as part of urban art is a reminder that this is our space too. But what happens when we explore the natural environment? We tend to still think of the environment as a very heteronorNmative space, but we need to actively work to change that and you’ll get to hear Kevin’s perspective on how we can do just that!

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Revisiting: Hannah Grows a Garden

terra@cjsr.com (CJSR 88.5 FM) — Mon, 03 Jun 2024 00:00:00 -0600

This episode originally aired on June 20, 2022: It's growing season baby! In this week's episode, Terra Informer Hannah Cunningham leads us through the process of how she started a vegetable garden on her own for the first time. Flowers more your thing? Edmonton flower farmer Mia Coco has you covered, as they describe what it's like to have 600 (yes, that many) flower seedlings in your living room, and why flowers are just the best.

Wâposo-Wâti Park and Community Garden

Mia Coco on Instagram!

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Revisiting: All About Birds Continued!

terra@cjsr.com (CJSR 88.5 FM) — Mon, 27 May 2024 00:00:00 -0600

This episode originally aired on June 10, 2019: We were so amazingly overwhelmed with bird-related content for our June 4, 2019 episode that we didn't have a chance to use all of it, so we're bringing it to you this week. This time, it's PERSONAL - that is, lots of lovely stories about why people love birds, which birds are their favourites, and wild encounters. ★ Support this podcast ★

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Revisiting: De-Extinction - Should We Resurrect Extinct Animal Species?

terra@cjsr.com (CJSR 88.5 FM) — Mon, 20 May 2024 00:00:00 -0600

This episode originally aired on January 14, 2019:

Extra resources suggested by Sofia:

How to Clone a Mammoth by Beth Shapiro
"The Perils if De-extinction" by Ben Minteer
The IUCN SSC Guiding Principles on Creating Proxies of Extinct Species for Conservation Benefit

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Revisiting: Communicating the Science Behind the Biofluorescent Platypus

terra@cjsr.com (CJSR 88.5 FM) — Mon, 13 May 2024 00:00:00 -0600

This episode originally aired on December 7, 2020:
Science is cool. You may agree, since you're listening to a podcast that talks a lot about science of the environmental variety. But, science can be hard to understand, and research can be hard to access. Here at Terra Informa, we asked ourselves, how could we help track down, and break down, new scientific discoveries for our listeners, and make it fun to listen to and easy to understand?

In this week's episode, we talk about a recent science communication workshop the team did with CJSR Podcast Coordinator and Terra Informa alumni, Chris Chang-Yen Phillips. Then, we dig into science - what is it? How does one... well, do it? Finally, we practice our science communication skills as we explain the science behind a very peculiar trait of an equally peculiar animal.

If you enjoyed this episode, and want to hear more new research findings in the future, let us know by sending an email to terra@cjsr.com!

If you’re passionate about environmental news and stories, consider volunteering for Terra Informa. We’re always looking for new team members. Email terra@cjsr.com and tell us a little about yourself.

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Revisiting: The 2020 EuroBirdoVision Identification Competition

terra@cjsr.com (CJSR 88.5 FM) — Mon, 06 May 2024 00:00:00 -0600

This epsiode originally aired on December 14, 2020: Listeners, we know you're all very upset that Eurovision was cancelled this year due to COVID. So, we decided to host something similar ourselves on the radio. This week, we bring to you the first ever EuroBirdoVision Identification Competition. You'll hear Terra Informers Charlotte Thomasson, Elizabeth Dowdell, and Sonak Patel try to guess the difference between the names of European birds and bands. You'll also hear some bird songs, and bird facts.

terra@cjsr.com (CJSR 88.5 FM) — Mon, 25 Mar 2024 00:00:00 -0600

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terra@cjsr.com (CJSR 88.5 FM) — Mon, 05 Feb 2024 00:00:00 -0700

To help celebrate the end of a brutal coldsnap here on the Canadian prairies, this week's episode features an archive that is all about green and growing things! We'll hear Terra Informer Amanda Rooney speak with Dr. Natasha Meyers, a professor of anthropology at York University, about our relationships with plants and how we might be able to re-conceptualize them.

After reading an article entitled “How to grow livable worlds: Ten not-so-easy steps“, Terra Informer Amanda Rooney wanted to share the idea of the Planthropocene with listeners! Amanda got to speak with the author of the paper, Natasha Myers, about her relationship with plants, planthropology and how you might reconceptualize your relationship with plants.

We will also hear from Terra Informers Sonak Patel, Hannah Cunningham, and new recruit Curtis Blandy about some of their most memorable chlorophyll-ed relationships.

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Revisiting: Seeds!

terra@cjsr.com (CJSR 88.5 FM) — Mon, 29 Jan 2024 00:00:00 -0700

This episode originally aired on May 24, 2021: It's spring, which means you may have started your own garden, or maybe you know someone who started bringing up little seedlings months ago. Seeds are where all home gardens and farmers' fields begin - but there are some key differences between the seeds that large agro-corporations sell and the ones that you can choose to plant in your backyard or balcony.

This week, we speak with Denise O'Reilly, the head of operations at A'Bunadh Seeds and get down to the root of questions like, what does it mean to save seeds, and why is it important? What's an heirloom variety? Is that different than a hybrid?

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Revisiting: Exploring the Unseen Environment

terra@cjsr.com (CJSR 88.5 FM) — Mon, 22 Jan 2024 00:00:00 -0700

This week on Terra Informa, we revisit a beloved episode from our archives that originally aired on March 18, 2019. This episode's format is a round-table discussion, in which the each member of the team brought something different to the table- something related to The Unseen Environment. Mysterious.

Charlotte Thomasson and Amanda Rooney brought together a handful of Terra Informer's for a discussion about mysterious natural events, Nematodes, paleoburrows, and so much more.

Additionally, Ben Hollihan talks about a news story for this week: how grocery stores are struggling to adapt to COVID-19.

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From the Archives: Revisiting Indigenous Resistance

terra@cjsr.com (CJSR 88.5 FM) — Mon, 15 Jan 2024 00:00:00 -0700

In a 2012 piece, Annie Banks speaks with Erin Konsmo of the Native Youth Sexual Health Network, an organization by and for Indigenous youth that works within the full spectrum of sexual and reproductive health, rights, and justice across the United States and Canada. Oftentimes pollution is thought of as impacting the land and the water but what about the impacts that pollution, industry, contaminants and environmental degradation have on nearby communities and individuals and their sexual and reproductive health? And why is this critical for environmentalists to learn more about? What is environmental violence and how are communities defining, responding to and resisting environmental violence?

Chris Chang-Yen Phillips spoke with Sierra Jamerson during a live taping at the St. John’s Institute of Edmonton in 2013. Sierra Jamerson was born into a family of talented leaders and gifted musicians, and she’s been performing professionally since the tender age of eleven, singing traditional Black Gospel, jazz, soul and R&B music. Part of that talented family of hers is in the Tahltan Nation in British Columbia. You might have heard of the Sacred Headwaters in Tahltan territory. It’s the origin point for three powerful rivers that run through British Columbia—the Stikine, the Skeena and the Nass. When the oil and gas industry tried to start mining in the area, Sierra’s family was at the forefront of Tahltan resistance.

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Revisiting: More Than a Game

terra@cjsr.com (CJSR 88.5 FM) — Mon, 08 Jan 2024 00:00:00 -0700

For more information about this archive episode, links to resources, and a link to the program log, visit the original episode page here.

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terra@cjsr.com (CJSR 88.5 FM) — Mon, 23 Oct 2023 00:00:00 -0600

Link to the University of Alberta's free online Indigenous Canada course, as mentioned in the introduction of the episode.

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Revisiting: The Whale and the Raven Film Discussion

terra@cjsr.com (CJSR 88.5 FM) — Mon, 16 Oct 2023 00:00:00 -0600

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Revisiting: Discussing The Mushroom at the End of the World

terra@cjsr.com (CJSR 88.5 FM) — Mon, 09 Oct 2023 00:00:00 -0600

The Mushroom at the End of the World: On the Possibility of Life in Capitalist Ruins by Anna Tsing is about mushrooms. Matsutake mushrooms, to be exact. But it's about a lot of other things too, including capitalism and hope for how we might live in a future marked by human destruction.

This week, Hannah Cunningham and Sara Chitsaz discuss this book, some of the concepts in it, and how it made them feel.

Link to the book.

Here is the article referencing pericapitalist spaces that Hannah mentioned in the episode.

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Revisiting: Fat Bear Week 2021

terra@cjsr.com (CJSR 88.5 FM) — Mon, 02 Oct 2023 00:00:00 -0600

This episode originally aired on October 11, 2021: If you're a follower of the annual Fat Bear Week put on by Katmai National Park, you're probably just as excited as we are about this week's episode!

This week, we're joined by Lian Law, Visual Information Specialist at Katmai National Park, who tells us all about this very unique park and the stars of Fat Bear Week. What makes these bears so dang BIG? Let's find out!

Fat Bear Week website (2023 voting runs October 4 - 10)
Explore.org bear live cams

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Summer 2023 News Roundup

terra@cjsr.com (CJSR 88.5 FM) — Mon, 25 Sep 2023 00:00:00 -0600

Tune in as Elizabeth Barron, Lauren Spielmann, and Jasinta Rweyongeza recap environmental news headlines from the past few months!

In this episode, we cover Canada's worst wildfire season on record, a recent study on the benefits of urban green spaces, the City of Edmonton's new waste reduction bylaw, an ongoing shortage of Huy Fong Foods' Sriracha hot sauce, extreme heat during the 2023 U.S. Open, and a new report published on the significant threat posed by invasive species.

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P.S. Don't forget to listen to Terra Informa's Fat Bear Week 2021 episode and participate in Fat Bear Week 2023 voting in October!

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CSL Documentary: From Petri Dish to Our Plate - Cellular Agriculture

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terra@cjsr.com (CJSR 88.5 FM) — Sun, 02 Jul 2023 22:46:27 -0600

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Revisiting: Hannah Grows a Garden

terra@cjsr.com (CJSR 88.5 FM) — Mon, 26 Jun 2023 00:00:00 -0600

This episode originally aired June 20, 2022:
It's growing season baby! In this week's episode, Terra Informer Hannah Cunningham leads us through the process of how she started a vegetable garden on her own for the first time. Flowers more your thing? Edmonton flower farmer Mia Coco has you covered, as they describe what it's like to have 600 (yes, that many) flower seedlings in your living room, and why flowers are just the best.

Wâposo-Wâti Park and Community Garden

Mia Coco on Instagram!

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Revisiting: History of the Edmonton River Valley Part II

terra@cjsr.com (CJSR 88.5 FM) — Mon, 19 Jun 2023 00:00:00 -0600

This episode originally aired on July 12, 2020: Terra Informers Sonak Patel and Elizabeth Dowdell take us on a tour of the River Valley history in Amiskwaciy or "Beaver Hills", otherwise known as Edmonton, Alberta. After recapping Part I of this topic, the episode delves into themes of cultural values, Indigenous displacement, and respect for both our natural spaces and each other. We hear the voices of Amber Paquette, historian laureate of Edmonton, and Dr. Dwayne Donald, associate professor in the Faculty of Education at the University of Alberta as they uncover their hopes for the future of the River Valley.

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Revisiting: History of the Edmonton River Valley Part I

terra@cjsr.com (CJSR 88.5 FM) — Mon, 12 Jun 2023 00:00:00 -0600

Terra Informers Sonak Patel and Elizabeth Dowdell take us on a tour of the River Valley history, following global trends in the local sphere of Amiskwaciy or "Beaver Hills", otherwise known as Edmonton, Alberta. The River Valley was not always the lush park we think of today. In fact, it's gone through many transformations! We hear the voices of Amber Paquette, historian laureate of Edmonton, and Dr. Dwayne Donald, associate professor in the Faculty of Education at the University of Alberta. Paquette and Donald provide fresh perspective on the braided pathway of the River Valley from gathering place to trading post to smelly town to the "ribbon of green" we know and love today. Throughout its many transformations, the Edmonton River Valley has always been an important meeting place and true local gem.

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Revisiting: A Warming World

terra@cjsr.com (CJSR 88.5 FM) — Mon, 05 Jun 2023 00:00:00 -0600

Written by Sonak Patel, hosted by Liam Harrap and Sonak Patel, edited and produced by Elizabeth Dowdell.

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Revisiting: Lichen, Caribou, & Science Communication

terra@cjsr.com (CJSR 88.5 FM) — Mon, 29 May 2023 00:00:00 -0600

This episode originally aired on August 17, 2020: This week, Andrea Miller debuts her news training piece. She sits down with Ashley Hillman to discuss her research on lichen and how it is an essential part of the ever-elusive and endangered woodland caribou.

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Revisiting: Communicating Energy Systems with Dr. Valerie Miller

terra@cjsr.com (CJSR 88.5 FM) — Mon, 22 May 2023 00:00:00 -0600

Check out the Future Energy Systems website for upcoming events and featured research, and keep up with the outreach initiatives on the Future Energy Systems Youtube Channel.

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Revisiting: The 2020 EuroBirdoVision Identification Competition

terra@cjsr.com (CJSR 88.5 FM) — Mon, 15 May 2023 00:00:00 -0600

The bird songs in this episode are from DiBird and Avi-base.

The bands mentioned in this episode are: Eugent Bushpepa, Nemra, Lasgo, Irfan, Osmi Putnik, Monsieur Doumani, Priessnitz, Kellermensch, Mana Mana, Poll, Goran Gora, and Telectu.

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Revisiting: Community Gardens and Consumer’s Habits - How Are They Connected? (Guest Documentary)

terra@cjsr.com (CJSR 88.5 FM) — Mon, 08 May 2023 00:00:00 -0600

This episode originally aired on February 14, 2022: This week we are airing an audio documentary created by Shaneen Jamal, Olivia Mitchell, and Breanne Palmer for an agricultural economics class that had a community-service learning component at the University of Alberta. This documentary explores how community gardens affect consumer choices by examining the connections between peoples’ experiences in community gardens and their individual habits.

Rupertsland Centre for Metis Research podcast on Soundcloud
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Spring 2023 News Roundup

terra@cjsr.com (CJSR 88.5 FM) — Mon, 01 May 2023 00:00:00 -0600

Tune in this week as the Terra Informa team rounds up environmental news from the past few months!

In this episode, we cover anti-coal protests in Germany, dolphin sightings in the New York City, the recent uproar over gas stoves, a new UN High Seas Treaty, bear season in Canada, the federal government's Just Transition plan, and the newest Indigenous Protected and Conserved Area (IPCA) in British Columbia.

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Revisiting: Crackin' a Cold One (sustainably)

terra@cjsr.com (CJSR 88.5 FM) — Mon, 24 Apr 2023 00:00:00 -0600

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Revisiting: Communicating the Science Behind the Biofluorescent Platypus

terra@cjsr.com (CJSR 88.5 FM) — Mon, 17 Apr 2023 00:00:00 -0600

This episode originally aired on December 7, 2020: Science is cool. You may agree, since you're listening to a podcast that talks a lot about science of the environmental variety. But, science can be hard to understand, and research can be hard to access. Here at Terra Informa, we asked ourselves, how could we help track down, and break down, new scientific discoveries for our listeners, and make it fun to listen to and easy to understand?

If you enjoyed this episode, and want to hear more new research findings in the future, let us know by sending an email to terra@cjsr.com!

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Revisiting: Speak for Trees

terra@cjsr.com (CJSR 88.5 FM) — Mon, 10 Apr 2023 00:00:00 -0600

This episode originally aired on August 31, 2020:
This week on Terra Informa, Charlotte Thomasson and guests talk trees.

On both an individual and collective level, the protection of these leafy giants has always been important, and the urgency to protect these ancient species only grows with the increasing threats of climate change, wildfire, industry, and development. Indigenous land-defenders have long led the effort to protect endangered old-growth trees on a large scale. But as we’ll hear today, you can be called to speak up for the trees right in your own backyard. We'll hear from Kelci Mohr, environmental advocate and resident of Nelson, British Columbia, as well as Terra Informer Dylan Hall and Troy Sebastian, a contractor for the Ktunaxa Nation.

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Building Just Transitions from the Ground Up and Q&A at the Parkland Institute Conference

terra@cjsr.com (CJSR 88.5 FM) — Sun, 02 Apr 2023 23:42:58 -0600

This week on Terra Informa we bring you the second installment of our reporting and recording from the Parkland Institute's Fall 2022 Conference: Doing Democracy Better: Challenging the Politics of Fear and Resentment which took place on November 18-20, 2022 at the University of Alberta. This week's episode includes a talk given by Iron & Earth Communities Director and Just Transition Lead Ana Guerra Marin entitled "Navigating Polarization and Fear While Building Just Transitions from the Ground Up" as well as a Q&A excerpt with Ana and Ian (from last week's episode).

Parkland Institute YouTube channel
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Job Creation or Job Loss? at the Parkland Institute Fall 2022 Conference

terra@cjsr.com (CJSR 88.5 FM) — Mon, 27 Mar 2023 00:00:00 -0600

This week on Terra Informa we bring you the first installment of our reporting and recording from the Parkland Institute's Fall 2022 Conference: Doing Democracy Better: Challenging the Politics of Fear and Resentment which took place on November 18-20, 2022 at the University of Alberta. This week's episode includes a talk given by Parkland Institute Research Manager Ian Hussey entitled "Job Creation or Job Loss? Big Companies Use Tax Cut to Automate Away Jobs in the Oil Sands"
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Music: Kingly by Ketsa is licensed under a Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.

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Revisiting: Spring Confessional

terra@cjsr.com (CJSR 88.5 FM) — Mon, 20 Mar 2023 00:00:00 -0600

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Revisiting: What's your conservation inspiration?

terra@cjsr.com (CJSR 88.5 FM) — Mon, 13 Mar 2023 00:00:00 -0600

This episode originally aired on August 2, 2020: As we continue to stay home to protect ourselves and others, the natural world carries on without us. Human intervention in our environment often comes with damaging consequences, and today we're taking some time to learn about the history of the regions that are special to us and turning a critical eye on efforts to "protect" these spaces, efforts with a colonial history and present. Listen to our very own Terra Informers Elizabeth Dowdell, Curt Blandy, Andy Silva, and Daniel Pietraszewski as they share some personal stories about natural places and species that are significant to them. You'll hear about the history of the Sturgeon River region and how the ecosystem has been transformed by industry and development, the Milk River and a visit to Writing-on-Stone Provincial Park, and one journey from connoisseur of online otter content, to advocate for Alberta's own River Otter.

Sara Cannon - Decolonizing Conservation: A Reading List
Indigenous Circle of Experts Resources
The Indigenous Guardians Toolkit

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Revisiting: Fun Guys Looking at Fungi

terra@cjsr.com (CJSR 88.5 FM) — Mon, 06 Mar 2023 00:00:00 -0700

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Check out the Alberta Mycological Society to learn more about their important work!

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Revisiting: Urban Beekeeping

terra@cjsr.com (CJSR 88.5 FM) — Mon, 27 Feb 2023 03:34:33 -0700

In this episode from March 8, 2021, Terra Informers Sonak Patel, Andrea Miller, and Elizabeth Dowdell speak with urban beekeeper David Whitaker about how he picked up this unique hobby and the benefits of bees in the City.

Learn more about beekeeping from the City of Edmonton and how to avoid the hype of bee-washing. To get your hands on some sweet, sweet, local honey email davesurbanhoney@shaw.ca!

Thanks to:
Sonak Patel for research + writing + hosting
Andrea Miller for music
Elizabeth Dowdell for interview + hosting + production

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Revisiting (August 10, 2020): Alberta's Orphan Wells

terra@cjsr.com (CJSR 88.5 FM) — Mon, 20 Feb 2023 00:00:00 -0700

This episode originally aired on August 10, 2020:
This week on Terra Informa, Sonak Patel and Skylar Lipman, joined by Morrigan Simpson-Marran from the Pembina Institute and Daniel Schiffner from the University of Alberta, discuss orphan wells in Alberta.

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Revisiting: There’s Something in the Water - A Dive into Environmental Racism in the African Nova Scotian Diaspora

terra@cjsr.com (CJSR 88.5 FM) — Mon, 13 Feb 2023 00:00:00 -0700

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Revisiting: Thinking Like A Plant

terra@cjsr.com (CJSR 88.5 FM) — Mon, 06 Feb 2023 00:00:00 -0700

In this archive episode we explore: What is it like to be a plant? Do plants make choices? Do they...think? We turn to Charly Blais' interview with Megan Ljubotina, a graduate student at the University of Alberta to find out about the ways plants make decisions to improve their vitality, survival and fitness.

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Revisiting: Houseplants, Green Spaces, & Our Health

terra@cjsr.com (CJSR 88.5 FM) — Mon, 30 Jan 2023 00:00:00 -0700

This episode originally aired on April 12, 2021: Is plant parenthood a big part of your life? Have you acquired some recent plant purchases to spruce up your new virtual workplace or classroom? This week, our guest is Eric Gibson, co-owner of the Little Plant Shop. We're asking, how do our houseplants and all things green make us feel? We explore the connection between our houseplants and our health, along with the effects of spending time in public green spaces and bringing nature into the design of our built environment. You'll also hear some of the Terra Informers' favourite plant stories.

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Revisiting: XC Ski With Me

terra@cjsr.com (CJSR 88.5 FM) — Mon, 23 Jan 2023 00:00:00 -0700

In this archive episode, Charlotte Thomasson hosts us on a cross-country ski tour around Edmonton, Alberta. Elizbeth Dowdell joins with some facts about the Canadian Birkebeiner and the two inspire you to get outside and explore the beauty of winter. Small-town rivalries, poetry, and the origin of two classic Canadian winter past-times are shared in this episode.

P. S. the second past-time is snowshoeing, and Liz says it's better than xc skiing.

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Revisiting: The Evolution of Climate Language

terra@cjsr.com (CJSR 88.5 FM) — Mon, 16 Jan 2023 01:00:00 -0700

In this archive episode, Terra Informers Sonak Patel and Elizabeth Dowdell consider the role that language plays in communicating the climate crisis and how getting it wrong may contribute to continued climate inaction. To get further insight into the big picture of climate change communication, they spoke to Sean Holman, Professor of Journalism at Mount Royal University.

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Revisiting: A Little Grain and a lot of Birds

terra@cjsr.com (CJSR 88.5 FM) — Mon, 26 Dec 2022 16:35:43 -0700

In this week's archive episode, the Terra Informers travel to a grain terminal in the City of Edmonton to see some rare birds of prey and meet the folks who watch and photograph them there.

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Revisiting: Soakin’ Up The Sun With Solar Power

terra@cjsr.com (CJSR 88.5 FM) — Mon, 19 Dec 2022 18:43:05 -0700

In this week's archive episode, the Terra Informers 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.

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terra@cjsr.com (CJSR 88.5 FM) — Mon, 07 Nov 2022 00:00:00 -0700

In this week's archive episode, we revisit being inspired to learn more about the elusive and enchanting Ghost Orchid, a rare species of orchid that grows in the swamp forests of Florida.

For more information and for links from this episode, visit the original episode post here.

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Scara Informa 2022: The Graveyard of Extinct Animals

terra@cjsr.com (CJSR 88.5 FM) — Mon, 31 Oct 2022 00:00:00 -0600

Where do all the extinct animals since the beginning of time go to rest? A very spooky graveyard, and this year, we're getting the grand tour from the Cryptkeeper himself. What kind of animals are buried here, and what monster lurks at the center of the graveyard? Tune in to find out!

Our annual Halloween episode was produced for CJSR 88.5 FM's Fundrive, which is happening right now! Our home station is volunteer-run and relies on donations to stay on the air. If you want to keep shows like Terra Informa running for another year, consider donating to CJSR, we would really appreciate it! You can donate on CJSR's website, linked here!

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Archive: The Line with Anthony Goertz

terra@cjsr.com (CJSR 88.5 FM) — Mon, 24 Oct 2022 00:00:00 -0600

In this week's archive episode, we're revisiting The Line, a film by Anthony Goertz that focuses on the employees of Quality One Training and Support, a program that connects people with barriers to employment including a criminal record, newcomer status, or addictions or mental illnesses with employment opportunities at the Edmonton Waste Management Centre.

For more information on the episode, visit the original show page here.

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Beyond Blathers: Dunkleosteus

terra@cjsr.com (CJSR 88.5 FM) — Mon, 17 Oct 2022 00:00:00 -0600

In this week's episode, Sofia Osborne and Olivia DeBourcier from the Beyond Blathers podcast go way back in time to talk about the dunkleostus - a crazy prehistoric fish!

terra@cjsr.com (CJSR 88.5 FM) — Mon, 15 Aug 2022 00:00:00 -0600

This week, we are revisiting a film discussion episode from October 2020 where the Terra Informers talked about the 1984 Hayao Miyazaki film, Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind.

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Beyond Blathers: Mole Cricket

terra@cjsr.com (CJSR 88.5 FM) — Mon, 08 Aug 2022 00:00:00 -0600

Terra Informa is on a break for the month of August! To kick us off, our friends Olivia deBourcier and Sofia Osborne have shared an episode of Beyond Blathers with us - their podcast about the insects, fish, and fossils of Animal Crossing: New Horizons. This episode is about the mole cricket!

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July 2022 News Roundup

terra@cjsr.com (CJSR 88.5 FM) — Mon, 01 Aug 2022 00:00:00 -0600

Summer is in full swing, and there's lots going on in environmental news! This week, we've got headlines about Vancouver city council's vote on a climate crisis litigation fund, a lost peacock in Jasper National Park, a dangerous frog army (??), as well as several headlines about sharks.

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Hydrogen 101

terra@cjsr.com (CJSR 88.5 FM) — Mon, 25 Jul 2022 00:00:00 -0600

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Guest Doc! From Bags to Bins: Edmonton’s Change to a New Waste Management System

terra@cjsr.com (CJSR 88.5 FM) — Mon, 18 Jul 2022 00:00:00 -0600

In this audio documentary, Cindy Eisman and Christie Kwan, Community Service Learning students from the University of Alberta, explore why the City of Edmonton made the switch to a new cart system for management of household waste in 2021.

Want an update on which single-use plastics are on track to be banned in Canada? Check out our June news roundup episode!

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Sara Goes Birdwatching!

terra@cjsr.com (CJSR 88.5 FM) — Mon, 11 Jul 2022 00:00:00 -0600

In this week's episode, Terra Informer Sara Chitsaz takes us along as she swoops into the world of birdwatching! We also hear from bird enthusiast Kitty Rogers, who shares some insight on purple martins and tips for birdwatching.

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June 2022 News Roundup

terra@cjsr.com (CJSR 88.5 FM) — Mon, 04 Jul 2022 00:00:00 -0600

It's the end of another month, which means its time for another news roundup episode! This week, we've got everything from US Supreme Court decisions, single-use plastic bans, sea lice in BC salmon farms, carbon bombs (what are those??), and the terrible implications that a certain pollutant have on the male reproductive system.

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terra@cjsr.com (CJSR 88.5 FM) — Mon, 06 Jun 2022 00:00:00 -0600

This is an archive episode from August 2021. For more information about this episode and resources on sustainable fashion, visit the original episode page here.

We'll be back next week with a brand new episode!

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terra@cjsr.com (CJSR 88.5 FM) — Mon, 25 Apr 2022 00:00:00 -0600

This week we're bringing you the environmental news headlines you may have missed in the month of April!

Psst! We're taking a break for the month of May! You'll still see archive episodes come up on your feed, but there won't be any new episodes until June. Happy spring!

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I <3 You Terra

terra@cjsr.com (CJSR 88.5 FM) — Mon, 18 Apr 2022 11:57:33 -0600

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!

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Discussing The Mushroom at the End of the World

terra@cjsr.com (CJSR 88.5 FM) — Mon, 11 Apr 2022 00:00:00 -0600

This week, Hannah Cunningham and Sara Chitsaz discuss this book, some of the concepts in it, and how it made them feel.

Link to the book.

Here is the article referencing pericapitalist spaces that Hannah mentioned in the episode.

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terra@cjsr.com (CJSR 88.5 FM) — Mon, 14 Mar 2022 00:00:00 -0600

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terra@cjsr.com (CJSR 88.5 FM) — Mon, 14 Feb 2022 00:05:00 -0700

This week we are airing an audio documentary created by Shaneen Jamal, Olivia Mitchell, and Breanne Palmer for an agricultural economics class that had a community-service learning component at the University of Alberta. This documentary explores how community gardens affect consumer choices by examining the connections between peoples’ experiences in community gardens and their individual habits.

Rupertsland Centre for Metis Research podcast on Soundcloud
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Guest Documentary: The Pandemic's Affects on Local Farmers Markets

terra@cjsr.com (CJSR 88.5 FM) — Mon, 07 Feb 2022 00:00:00 -0700

This week, we are airing an audio documentary created by Sabrina Strelkov and Ryleigh Alexander for an agricultural economics class that had a community-service learning component at the University of Alberta. This documentary dives into how the COVID-19 pandemic has affected Edmonton’s Old Strathcona farmer’s market, as well as the importance of farmers markets and sustainable and local foods.

Documentary on Soundcloud.
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January 2022 News Roundup

terra@cjsr.com (CJSR 88.5 FM) — Mon, 31 Jan 2022 00:05:00 -0700

We’re back after our winter break! The Terra Informers took some time to breathe as the new year rolled in, and now we’re ready to bring you new episodes, starting with a roundup of some of the environmental news headlines that you may have missed while we were away.

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terra@cjsr.com (CJSR 88.5 FM) — Mon, 03 Jan 2022 00:00:00 -0700

This is an archive episode from March 2021. For an update on this story, listen to our 'tying up loose ends' episode that aired on December 27, 2021. We'll be back with new episodes in February. Happy new year!

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Wrapping Up 2021 With Loose Ends

terra@cjsr.com (CJSR 88.5 FM) — Mon, 27 Dec 2021 00:00:00 -0700

Can you believe 2021 is over already? Time truly flies when you're having fun... and also when you're not... but we hope that your year was full of fun despite the general circumstances.

To wrap up the year, we are tying up some loose ends left by stories that we've previously covered, including Indigenous fishing rights and conflict on the east coast, the actions of the Canadian Energy Centre, climate education in Alberta, and melting ice!

Over the next month, we will be airing these past stories as we take a break to get ready for 2022. So, if you were particularly interested in any of the updates shared in this episode, make sure you stay tuned throughout January! If you want to check out the older episodes now, here are the links:

From the whole Terra Informa team, have a happy holidays and a great end to the year!

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Democracy and the Climate Crisis

terra@cjsr.com (CJSR 88.5 FM) — Mon, 20 Dec 2021 00:00:00 -0700

In this week's episode, Terra Informer Sonak Patel asks the question: is the democratic system of Canada failing to address the climate crisis? To dive into this question, Sonak is joined by Gisela Ruckert of Fairvote Canada, a national non-partisan advocacy organization with expertise in electoral reform that campaigns for proportional representation. One of the issues they discuss is Canada’s climate performance.

Sonak and Gisela explain how Canada's election system works, issues with the current system, and how they impact government action, or inaction, on the climate crisis.

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Pacific Salmon the Sequel: Salmon Health & Aquaculture

terra@cjsr.com (CJSR 88.5 FM) — Mon, 13 Dec 2021 00:00:00 -0700

This week, we're plunging back into the world of Pacific salmon! In this episode, our salmon friends, Francis and Finley, join us again to teach us a bit more about Pacific salmon and salmon aquaculture. Then, Sara Chitsaz is joined by Andrew Bateman, who is the Salmon Health Manager for the Pacific Salmon Foundation (PSF), to learn more about the health of wild Pacific salmon and about salmon farming in BC.

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The Wild World of Pacific Salmon

terra@cjsr.com (CJSR 88.5 FM) — Mon, 06 Dec 2021 00:00:00 -0700

In this week's episode, we're diving into the wild world of salmon! First, we're joined by Francis and Finley, two salmon who take us on the exciting journey of growing up on the pacific coast. Then, Sara Chitsaz is joined by Emmie Page, who is the Marine Campaigner for Pacific Wild, an organization that supports environmental conservation in the Great Bear Rainforest and the Pacific Northwest.

Make sure to stay tuned for next week's episode, where we'll continue talking about salmon as well as aquaculture on the coast of British Columbia.

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November 2021 News Roundup

terra@cjsr.com (CJSR 88.5 FM) — Mon, 29 Nov 2021 00:00:00 -0700

There was a LOT happening in environmental news this month, and we're diving into some of the big stories this week. In this month's news roundup episode, we cover the storms and flooding in British Columbia, land and water defender updates from across BC and south of the border, and give you the details on what went down at COP26.

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terra@cjsr.com (CJSR 88.5 FM) — Mon, 04 Oct 2021 00:00:00 -0600

The Terra Informa team is back from our fall break, and this week we're bringing you a roundup of environmental news headlines you may have missed from the month of September. In this episode, we cover what another Liberal minority government might mean for climate policy in Canada, a meeting between bitcoin miners and oil and gas executives, China's pledge to end their involvement in coal-fired power plants overseas, updates from land and water defenders, and.... potato milk??

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terra@cjsr.com (CJSR 88.5 FM) — Mon, 30 Aug 2021 00:00:00 -0600

It's the end of the month, which means it's time for another news roundup episode.
This week, we're bringing you a breakdown of news headlines you've probably seen, and then diving into some that you may have missed. August was a busy month - the most recent IPCC report was released, a snap federal election was called in so-called Canada, and land and water defenders continue to work in opposition of extractive resource projects across Turtle Island. In other news, we'll dive into the increasingly shallow waters of the Mead Lake Reservoir in the southwest United States, aquaculture in coastal British Columbia, a rare orchid find in Australia, and a small Alberta brewery incorporating CO2 capture technology into its production lines.

PS. We're taking a break in September! You'll be hearing some archive episodes for the next couple of weeks, but we'll be back in October to talk about the federal election results and bring you a fresh batch of new episodes. Take it easy!

Links:
IPCC Sixth Assessment Report
IPCC Sixth Assessment Report - Headlines for Policymakers
IPCC Interactive Map
National Observer Canada 2021 Election Parties' Plan to Fight Climate Change
Macleans Federal 2021 Election Platform Guide
Refinery29 Election 2021 Platform Review

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Fashion and Sustainability with Dr. Anne Bissonnette

terra@cjsr.com (CJSR 88.5 FM) — Mon, 23 Aug 2021 00:00:00 -0600

What's more comfortable than leggings? Sustainability!
This week we’re speaking with Dr. Anne Bissonnette, a professor and fashion historian currently based at the University of Alberta, about sustainability in the fashion industry especially with regards to fast fashion and athleisure. Listen in for a very engaging conversation about what we wear and its impact!

Dr. Anne Bissonnette: https://apps.ualberta.ca/directory/person/ambisson

Anne Lambert Clothing and Textiles Collection: https://www.ualberta.ca/museums/museum-collections/clothing-and-textiles.html

United Nations Alliance for Sustainable Fashion: https://unfashionalliance.org/

CSL Documentary: Looking Fly - The Inside Scoop on Insect Protein

terra@cjsr.com (CJSR 88.5 FM) — Mon, 12 Jul 2021 00:00:00 -0600

Have you ever considered feeding insects to your dogs? Maybe that's too easy, how about purchasing a cricket muffin for yourself at a local cafe? Producers Nhu Ho and Bethany Godreau take a dive into the world of insect protein close to home. Bringing perspectives from Brad Ewankiw of Enterra Corp on the impacts of insect protein production and Serge Boutet, a Montreal-based agronomist with a passion for critters both four-legged and centi-legged. Listen up for information on the environmental implications of insect protein and how it might affect you.

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Pandemic Walks

terra@cjsr.com (CJSR 88.5 FM) — Mon, 05 Jul 2021 00:00:00 -0600

Terra Informer Sofia Osborne speaks with Dr. Holli-Anne Passmore and researcher Emily Rugel about pandemic walks, mental health, and accessibility to nature. We also hear from a few other Terra Informers about their pandemic walk rituals!

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June 2021 News Roundup

terra@cjsr.com (CJSR 88.5 FM) — Mon, 28 Jun 2021 00:01:00 -0600

We're halfway through the year! This week we're closing out the month of June with the environmental headlines you might have missed from the past four weeks. We've got coverage of the Keystone XL cancellations, land and water defender updates from across Turtle Island, and some headlines about some allegedly environmentally-conscious beverage and food producers.

June was Pride Month and Indigenous People's Month here in so-called Canada! To keep the celebrations going, here are some two-spirit and queer Indigenous artists and authors you might want to check out!
Billy-Ray Belcourt, writer and academic
Aria Evans, dancer and artistic director of Political Movement
Brian Solomon, dancer, media and visual artist
Jeremy Dutcher, musician and composer

Land and Water Defender Updates - Resources
Stop Line 3
Unicorn Riot coverage of June actions

Fairy Creek Updates:
@fairycreekblockade on Instagram
@rainforestflyingsquad on Instagram

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There's Something In The Water Revisited

terra@cjsr.com (CJSR 88.5 FM) — Mon, 21 Jun 2021 00:00:00 -0600

This week we're airing an archive episode from 2020.

In the film, acclaimed actor Elliot Page, inspired by a book by Ingrid Waldron that also lends its name to the documentary, travels across their home province of Nova Scotia to explore cases of environmental racism. This week, we are talking about environmental racism, which specifically refers to the environmental injustice that is based on race.

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Cycling and the Environment Revisited

terra@cjsr.com (CJSR 88.5 FM) — Mon, 14 Jun 2021 00:00:00 -0600

June is Bike Month in Edmonton and lots of other cities, so we're revisiting an episode from June 2020 on the topic! In this archive episode, Terra Informers Charlotte Thomasson and Katherine Rogers listen to Curtis Blandy's 2020 interviews with Bike Edmonton Executive Director Chris Chan and LuGr Enterprises Founder Luke Grayston. Chan talks about his inspiration for, and experiences of, cycling in Edmonton. Grayson gives us the lowdown on Beet 55, an innovative deicer used to keep roads safe for winter cycling.

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CSL Documentary: Outdoor Gardens - What They Bring to Edmontonians

terra@cjsr.com (CJSR 88.5 FM) — Mon, 07 Jun 2021 00:00:00 -0600

This week we’re bringing you a documentary where CSL students Brook Kelela and Ashley Krehut explore the significance of outdoor gardens in our communities. Listen in for discussions of food security, food sovereignty, and more!

Original broadcast: 5 May 2021

Prairie Urban Farm: http://www.prairieurbanfarm.ca/

Veg in YEG: https://veginyeg.ca/

Further listening:

Seeds! https://terrainforma.ca/220

Urban Beekeeping https://terrainforma.ca/209

Indigenous Food Sovereignty: Wild Meat, Wild Stories https://terrainforma.ca/102

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May 2021 News Roundup

terra@cjsr.com (CJSR 88.5 FM) — Mon, 31 May 2021 00:00:00 -0600

It's the end of May - time to round up the environmental news headlines from the past month! This week, we cover a Super Typhoon that broke records in the Philippines, an Extinction Rebellion blockade of a bridge in Vancouver, an increase of old-growth logging approvals in British Columbia, and a story about a hummingbird that temporarily halted a pipeline. We also provide an update on land and water defenders that is focused on the Fairy Creek blockade and forest protection camps.

Instagram accounts providing updates on Fairy Creek:
fairycreekblockade
rainforestflyingsquad

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Seeds!

terra@cjsr.com (CJSR 88.5 FM) — Mon, 24 May 2021 00:00:00 -0600

It's spring, which means you may have started your own garden, or maybe you know someone who started bringing up little seedlings months ago. Seeds are where all home gardens and farmers' fields begin - but there are some key differences between the seeds that large agro-corporations sell and the ones that you can choose to plant in your backyard or balcony.

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Crackin' a Cold One (sustainably)

terra@cjsr.com (CJSR 88.5 FM) — Sun, 16 May 2021 23:31:13 -0600

Terra Informers Curt Blandy and Liam Harrap explore sustainable brewing with Steve Beauchesne at Beaus Brewing. They also chat with Christine O'Grady, from UCalgary’s Advancing Canadian Water Assets, and Jeremy McLaughlin, Head Brewer, on the Village Brewery project on making beer with waste water! We also get to listen to a local Edmonton beer song called Beer Tastes Better (When The Work's All Done) by the Denim Daddies.

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Water Rights and Relationship with Dr. Leila Harris

terra@cjsr.com (CJSR 88.5 FM) — Mon, 10 May 2021 00:05:00 -0600

This week on Terra Informa we do a little social science communication with Dr. Leila Harris, Professor at IRES (and more), at the University of British Columbia. Way back in January, we got the chance to interview Dr. Harris after she gave a talk titled "Human Right to Water & Ongoing Challenges: Equity, Implementation, and Shifting State-Society Relations”, at the UofA.

We'll be talking about the U.N. Human Right to Water, what hydro-social relationships look like, and how water has more than just material dimensions. We'll learn what socio-ecological systems theory is, the concept of hydro-social relationships... and what is an ontology, again?

Script, background - Andrea Miller
Editing, interview - Elizabeth Dowdell
Production - Sofia Osborne

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A Warming World

terra@cjsr.com (CJSR 88.5 FM) — Mon, 03 May 2021 00:05:00 -0600

This episode, Terra Informers Sonak Patel and Liam Harrap guide you through some of the impacts that a warming world will have on our blue planet. Drawing from estimates and predictions made in the IPCC Special Report, in this episode we prepare ourselves for what global warming and the climate crisis will mean to Alberta, Canada, and the rest of the world. It's not a heartwarming episode, but we are in this together.

Written by Sonak Patel, hosted by Liam Harrap and Sonak Patel, edited and produced by Elizabeth Dowdell.

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April 2021 News Roundup

terra@cjsr.com (CJSR 88.5 FM) — Mon, 26 Apr 2021 00:00:00 -0600

It's the end of April already! Tune in this week as the Terra Informa team rounds up environmental news headlines from the past month. In this episode, we cover Ottawa's constitutional carbon tax, the concerns of Parkland County residents' concerns over a church development near a local lake, an update on grizzly bear populations in Alberta, tensions over a forestry blockade in Fairy Creek BC, and a land and water defender update from northwestern BC.

Resources
Narwhal article by Matt Simmons on the Gitanyow's fight for a salmon-saving Indigenous protected area

fRI Research Grizzly Project Summary Report
fRI Research Grizzly Project Website

The Niitsítapi Water Protectors have partnered with The New Gallery in Calgary and are looking to collaborate with an artist or artists who are Indigenous to the Treaty 7 area. They are looking for a piece of visual art to be displayed on a billboard at The New Gallery in the historic Chinatown in Calgary over the summer months.

The prompt for artists is: Water is Life.

Applications are due by May 2nd at 11:59pm, and the work is due by May 15th.

Link to the artist application here.

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Ghost Orchid Hunters!

terra@cjsr.com (CJSR 88.5 FM) — Mon, 19 Apr 2021 00:05:00 -0600

This week on Terra Informa 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.

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Houseplants, Green Spaces, & Our Health

terra@cjsr.com (CJSR 88.5 FM) — Mon, 12 Apr 2021 00:00:00 -0600

Is plant parenthood a big part of your life? Have you acquired some recent plant purchases to spruce up your new virtual workplace or classroom? This week on the show, our guest is Eric Gibson, co-owner of the Little Plant Shop. We're asking, how do our houseplants and all things green make us feel? We explore the connection between our houseplants and our health, along with the effects of spending time in public green spaces and bringing nature into the design of our built environment. You'll also hear some of the Terra Informers' favourite plant stories.

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Terra Misinforma 2021

terra@cjsr.com (CJSR 88.5 FM) — Mon, 05 Apr 2021 00:00:00 -0600

This week, we're bringing you our annual Terra Misinforma episode!
A mysterious tape has been found in the woods, and its origins and contents remain a mystery. However, they might suggest some shocking insight into the very nature of life on planet earth.

April fools!

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March 2021 News Roundup

terra@cjsr.com (CJSR 88.5 FM) — Mon, 29 Mar 2021 00:00:00 -0600

Spring has sprung, and it's time for another news roundup episode!

This week, the Terra Informa team covers some of the environmental news you may have missed from the month of March. We start with the introduction of a new bill that aims to address the legacy of environmental racism in Nova Scotia, as well as a story on conflict between First Nations and Ducks Unlimited over water control structures in Manitoba and Saskatchewan. Then, we introduce a new recurring segment that will be featured in our monthly news roundup episodes where we provide updates on land and water defenders from across Turtle Island. Lastly, we bring you a dose of good news in the coverage of a baby boom for North Atlantic Right Whales.

Links and Resources:
Braided Warriors on Instagram (@braidedwarriors)
Raven Trust Site C Dam Campaign
Niitsítapi Water Protectors
The ENRICH Project
Black Environmental Initiative

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Fisheries Coexistence on the Great Slave Lake

terra@cjsr.com (CJSR 88.5 FM) — Mon, 22 Mar 2021 00:00:00 -0600

On the Great Slave Lake in the Northwest Territories, K'atl'odeeche First Nation is taking steps to create opportunities for their members to make their livelihoods through fishing. In our second episode on Indigenous-led fisheries management, we are joined by PhD student Kristine Wray. We investigate the management structures that govern the Great Slave Lake commercial fishery, and identify pathways towards the coexistence of a sustainable commercial and livelihood fishery. Our thanks to Kristine Wray for her contributions to this episode.

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terra@cjsr.com (CJSR 88.5 FM) — Mon, 22 Feb 2021 00:05:00 -0700

Dear Listeners,
My most sincere apologies but I could not secure the interview I needed for the new episode we had planned this week. Instead, we'll keep working on new content and invite you to listen to a deep dive on the Canadian Energy Centre, better known as the Alberta War Room. While you listen, maybe look at the news, and ask yourself what happens when an Emperor goes to war without his clothes?

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XC Ski With Me

terra@cjsr.com (CJSR 88.5 FM) — Mon, 15 Feb 2021 00:05:00 -0700

This week Charlotte Thomasson hosts us on a cross-country ski tour around Edmonton, Alberta. Elizbeth Dowdell joins with some facts about the Canadian Birkebeiner and the two inspire you to get outside and explore the beauty of winter. Small-town rivalries, poetry, and the origin of two classic Canadian winter past-times are shared in this episode.

P. S. the second past-time is snowshoeing, and Liz says it's better than xc skiing.

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Reimagining Futures with Climate Fiction

terra@cjsr.com (CJSR 88.5 FM) — Mon, 08 Feb 2021 00:00:00 -0700

The power of storytelling gives us a way to cope with the uncertainty of our climate future. This week on Terra Informa we’re exploring those stories about the future worlds that are not so different from our own. While you may be familiar with science fiction, genres like speculative fiction, climate fiction, or cli-fi, Afro-futurism, and Indigenous futurism are reimagining oppressive realities and re-envisioning our climate future. In this discussion episode, Terra Informers Hannah Cunningham and Elizabeth Dowdell are joined by special guest and Terra Informa alum, Chris Chang-Yen Phillips to share why they find themselves reaching for these books, and what these genres mean to them. A reading list of the books mentioned in this episode plus some of our other favourites can be found here.

You'll also hear about a climate fiction short story contest launched by Grist Magazine, Imagine 2200: Climate fiction for future ancestors. Story submission closes on April 12th.

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Tying up Loose Ends: January 2021 News Roundup

terra@cjsr.com (CJSR 88.5 FM) — Mon, 01 Feb 2021 00:00:00 -0700

New year, same environmental headlines! Listeners, we're back from our break with a brand new episode. We're bringing you an update on some of the evolving environmental headlines we brought you in 2020, and a roundup of new stories we're following closely. We're covering the Biden administration's decision around the Keystone XL pipeline, a clickbait-worthy headline about river otters and contaminants in Alberta's oil sands, updates on the threatened closures of Alberta's provincial parks and recreation areas, and the risk of coal exploration in the eastern slopes of the Rocky Mountains.

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Treaty, Climate Change, and Relationships to the Land: Revisted

terra@cjsr.com (CJSR 88.5 FM) — Mon, 25 Jan 2021 00:00:00 -0700

It's the last week of our winter break! We're re-airing an archive episode from May 2019 that asks what treaty means for our relationships to land, the more-than-human, and to each other.

We'll be back next week with a brand new episode!

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CBC Change the Debate Revisted

terra@cjsr.com (CJSR 88.5 FM) — Mon, 18 Jan 2021 00:00:00 -0700

In this week's archive episode, we're airing a piece from July 2019, where we focus on the proposed climate action policies of each major federal party in the upcoming 2019 election, and speak with Stephen Buhler of Our Time, the group who organized "CBC Change the Debate" rallies across Canada just two weeks ago. We talk about the importance of climate action at the federal scale, why Canadians should be demanding the federal government seriously respond to the climate crisis, and share some audio from the Edmonton demonstration.

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Beyond Blathers Takeover: Scorpions

terra@cjsr.com (CJSR 88.5 FM) — Mon, 11 Jan 2021 00:00:00 -0700

While we're on break, Sofia Osborne and Olivia deBourcier of the podcast Beyond Blathers (and previously of Terra Informa!) are back to teach us about scorpions!

To listen to more episodes of Beyond Blathers, check out their website, or look them up on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Stitcher, or wherever you get your podcasts.

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De-extinction Revisted

terra@cjsr.com (CJSR 88.5 FM) — Mon, 04 Jan 2021 00:00:00 -0700

We're on a break this month! So this week, we're re-airing one of our favourite archive episodes produced by Terra Informa alum, Sofia Osborne.

Sofia brings us a story about de-extinction: the use of selective breeding, cloning, and genetic engineering to “resurrect” extinct species. This technology poses a lot of moral and ethical questions—would these “de-extincted” animal species be authentic? Could they ever be wild? Do we owe it to the species we’ve driven to extinction to bring them back? And who should decide whether we use this technology?

Extra resources suggested by Sofia:

How to Clone a Mammoth by Beth Shapiro
"The Perils if De-extinction" by Ben Minteer
The IUCN SSC Guiding Principles on Creating Proxies of Extinct Species for Conservation Benefit

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Looking Back on the Light and Dark in 2020

terra@cjsr.com (CJSR 88.5 FM) — Mon, 28 Dec 2020 00:05:00 -0700

This week we explore the meaning and significance of the winter solstice, reflecting on both the dark and the light so prominent at this time of year. The Terra Informa team shares what has made them thankful in the past year, and for inspiration we share "Praise Song for the Unloved Animals" by Margaret Renkl. Terra Informa will be rebroadcasting some favourite episodes for the next four weeks, with new content in February 2021. Take care!

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Christmas Trees: Then and Now

terra@cjsr.com (CJSR 88.5 FM) — Mon, 21 Dec 2020 00:00:00 -0700

This week on Terra Informa, Sonak Patel and Hannah Cunningham talk all about Christmas trees. When and where did this tradition begin? What was used to decorate the trees before electricity? And, to bring it all home, Elizabeth Dowdell regales us with a childhood tale of making the harrowing journey to harvest the family Christmas tree

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The 2020 EuroBirdoVision Identification Competition

terra@cjsr.com (CJSR 88.5 FM) — Mon, 14 Dec 2020 00:00:00 -0700

Listeners, we know you're all very upset that Eurovision was cancelled this year due to COVID. So, we decided to host something similar ourselves on the radio. This week, we bring to you the first ever EuroBirdoVision Identification Competition. You'll hear Terra Informers Charlotte Thomasson, Elizabeth Dowdell, and Sonak Patel try to guess the difference between the names of European birds and bands. You'll also hear some bird songs, and bird facts.

The bird songs in this episode are from DiBird and Avi-base.

The bands mentioned in this episode are: Eugent Bushpepa, Nemra, Lasgo, Irfan, Osmi Putnik, Monsieur Doumani, Priessnitz, Kellermensch, Mana Mana, Poll, Goran Gora, and Telectu.

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Communicating the Science Behind the Biofluorescent Platypus

terra@cjsr.com (CJSR 88.5 FM) — Mon, 07 Dec 2020 00:00:00 -0700

Science is cool. You may agree, since you're listening to a podcast that talks a lot about science of the environmental variety. But, science can be hard to understand, and research can be hard to access. Here at Terra Informa, we asked ourselves, how could we help track down, and break down, new scientific discoveries for our listeners, and make it fun to listen to and easy to understand?

If you enjoyed this episode, and want to hear more new research findings in the future, let us know by sending an email to terra@cjsr.com!

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terra@cjsr.com (CJSR 88.5 FM) — Mon, 02 Nov 2020 00:00:00 -0700

Do you feel that? The chill in the air, the feeling of a hand brushing your shoulder? Scara Informa is back and it's spookier than ever! This year, the Terra Informers will take you on a haunted tour of the world as we visit haunted forests around the globe - apparently there's lots of them.

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Film Discussion: Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind

terra@cjsr.com (CJSR 88.5 FM) — Mon, 26 Oct 2020 00:00:00 -0600

This week on Terra Informa, Elizabeth Dowdell, Charlotte Thomasson, and Hannah Cunningham discuss the 1984 Hayao Miyazaki film Nausicä of the Valley of the Wind.

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terra@cjsr.com (CJSR 88.5 FM) — Mon, 14 Sep 2020 00:00:00 -0600

In this archive episode, we bring you some reading inspiration while we're on our break! This episode originally aired on February 13, 2017.

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Archive: Canadian Curriculums in the Face of Climate Change

terra@cjsr.com (CJSR 88.5 FM) — Mon, 07 Sep 2020 00:00:00 -0600

It's the first week of our fall break! While we prepare new episodes, take a listen to this archive episode from September 2019 about Canadian youth and the climate crisis.

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A little update from the team

terra@cjsr.com (CJSR 88.5 FM) — Fri, 04 Sep 2020 18:31:22 -0600

We're taking a break! Catch you October 12 with a brand new episode!

Speak for Trees

terra@cjsr.com (CJSR 88.5 FM) — Mon, 31 Aug 2020 07:50:18 -0600

This week on Terra Informa, Charlotte Thomasson and guests talk trees.
On both an individual and collective level, the protection of these leafy giants has always been important, and the urgency to protect these ancient species only grows with the increasing threats of climate change, wildfire, industry, and development. Indigenous land-defenders have long led the effort to protect endangered old-growth trees on a large scale. But as we’ll hear today, you can be called to speak up for the trees right in your own backyard. We'll hear from Kelci Mohr, environmental advocate and resident of Nelson, British Columbia, as well as Terra Informer Dylan Hall and Troy Sebastian, a contractor for the Ktunaxa Nation.

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News Roundup August 2020

terra@cjsr.com (CJSR 88.5 FM) — Mon, 24 Aug 2020 00:00:00 -0600

This week, Terra Informers Elizabeth Dowdell, Sonak Patel, Hannah Cunningham, and Curtis Blandy are covering some recent positive news stories that will leave you feeling optimistic during this challenging time. Tune in to hear about the WindCharger energy storage project; the growth of renewable energy in remote communities; the public outcry and campaigns for Alberta parks protection; and pekiwewin camp, a solidarity relief and prayer camp against police violence here in amiskwaciy.

Donate to pekiwewin camp at blmyeg@gmail.com with note "pekiwewin", and support the camp on Instagram @pekiwewin and Twitter @pekiwewinyeg

Add your name to the Alberta NDP's "Don't Go Breaking My Parks" campaign, and learn more about parks protection from the Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society.

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terra@cjsr.com (CJSR 88.5 FM) — Sun, 26 Jul 2020 00:00:00 -0600

It's time for the Terra Informa monthly news roundup. This week, Terra Informers Hannah Cunningham, Curtis Blandy, Sonak Patel, and Andrea Miller are bringing you in-depth coverage of four energy-themed headlines.

Two stories that we're watching closely are headlines we first introduced during our June news roundup. The Government of Alberta's Critical Infrastructure Defence Act, or Bill 1, was dealt a constitutional challenge by the Alberta Union of Provincial Employees, and the Alberta Energy Regulator resumes environmental monitoring in Alberta's oilpatch.

We are also bringing you coverage of the Grassy Mountain coal project public hearing announcement, and some pipeline news, including the ordered shutdown of the Dakota Access Pipeline (DAPL) and updates on Keystone XL and the Trans Mountain Pipeline.

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There’s Something in the Water - A Dive into Environmental Racism in the African Nova Scotian Diaspora

terra@cjsr.com (CJSR 88.5 FM) — Mon, 20 Jul 2020 00:00:00 -0600

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History of the Edmonton River Valley Part II

terra@cjsr.com (CJSR 88.5 FM) — Sun, 12 Jul 2020 00:00:00 -0600

Terra Informers Sonak Patel and Elizabeth Dowdell take us on a tour of the River Valley history in Amiskwaciy or "Beaver Hills", otherwise known as Edmonton, Alberta. After recapping Part I of this topic, the episode delves into themes of cultural values, Indigenous displacement, and respect for both our natural spaces and each other. We hear the voices of Amber Paquette, historian laureate of Edmonton, and Dr. Dwayne Donald, associate professor in the Faculty of Education at the University of Alberta as they uncover their hopes for the future of the River Valley.

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History of the Edmonton River Valley Part I

terra@cjsr.com (CJSR 88.5 FM) — Sun, 05 Jul 2020 00:00:00 -0600

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terra@cjsr.com (CJSR 88.5 FM) — Mon, 08 Jun 2020 00:00:00 -0600

This week Terra Informa debuts a new show format we're calling a 'News Roundup'. Very original title, no? We do in-depth coverage and a little bit of Terra Informa opinion-piece on major environmental news headlines from Alberta. Listen to find out why we wanted to make these specific news episodes, and learn about changes in Alberta Parks and public land management, the suspension of environmental monitoring requirements for the Alberta energy sector, and what the new Critical Infrastructure Defense Act means for local environmentalists looking to demonstrate their dissent through public protest.

Speaking of public protest, in response to Black Lives Matter demonstrations taking place across the United States, Canada, and many other countries, we take some time in this episode to connect the dots between environmental issues and systemic oppression. Here is a list of Anti-Racist Environmental Resources we compiled and used in this episode, and as part of our ongoing learning.

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Cycling and the Environment

terra@cjsr.com (CJSR 88.5 FM) — Tue, 02 Jun 2020 09:00:00 -0600

June is Bike Month in Edmonton and lots of other cities, so we're bringing you the right content for the season! On this episode Terra Informer Curtis Blandy talks to Bike Edmonton Executive Director Chris Chan and LuGr Enterprises Founder Luke Grayston. Chan talks about his inspiration for, and experiences of, cycling in Edmonton. Grayson gives us the lowdown on Beet 55, an innovative deicer used to keep roads safe for winter cycling.

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The Green New what?

terra@cjsr.com (CJSR 88.5 FM) — Mon, 25 May 2020 00:00:00 -0600

Revisiting the perils and responsibilities of science communication

terra@cjsr.com (CJSR 88.5 FM) — Mon, 13 Apr 2020 00:00:00 -0600

Figure out your purpose.
Eat, sleep, and exercise.
Make a plan

We’ll hear from Terra Informers Sonak Patel, Andrea Miller, and Elizabeth Dowdell as they share thoughts on the talk, put this advice into practice, and cope with climate grief.

If you're feeling climate grief, visit our website for a list of resources related to this episode.

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Reject Teck Part 2: All of My Relations

terra@cjsr.com (CJSR 88.5 FM) — Mon, 02 Mar 2020 00:00:00 -0700

This week on Terra Informa we share the second part of an interview with Eriel Deranger, co-founder and Executive Director of Indigenous Climate Action, where we talk about what it means to live in relation to each other and the environment.

Sort of.

Teck rejected itself in a letter published February 23, where it removed it's application for environmental approval.

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Reject Teck Part 1: Who is Teck?!

terra@cjsr.com (CJSR 88.5 FM) — Mon, 24 Feb 2020 00:05:00 -0700

This week on Terra Informa we share the first part of an interview with Eriel Deranger, Executive Director and co-founder of Indigenous Climate Action, one of the organizations behind Reject Teck. Reject Teck a grassroots campaign challenging the Teck Frontier oilsands project and the Canadian government, that has made headlines at COP25, Fire Drill Fridays, and in other news. Eriel has a lot of knowledge to share about the Teck project, the larger resource development process in Canada and Alberta, and organizing to protect the environment and take climate action.

Update: As of February 23, 2020, the Teck Resources Ltd has withdrawn the Frontier mine project from the environmental assessment approval process.

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The Many Forms of Climate Action

terra@cjsr.com (CJSR 88.5 FM) — Mon, 17 Feb 2020 00:00:00 -0700

This week, Terra Informers Charlotte Thomasson, Andy Silva, and Shawn Hou discuss the different forms that climate action can take. What are the differences between collective and individual action, and is one more important than the other?

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The Energy War Room Part Two: CEC Activities and Implications for Environmental Journalism

terra@cjsr.com (CJSR 88.5 FM) — Mon, 10 Feb 2020 00:00:00 -0700

This week, we’re bringing you the second and final part of a two-part series on the Canadian Energy Centre Ltd., alternatively known as the Energy War Room introduced by Alberta’s UCP government. In this episode, Terra Informers Sonak Patel and Hannah Cunningham discuss what the CEC does, and its potential implications for environmental journalism. We also feature more audio from a talk on the Canadian Energy Centre done as part of the Parkland Institute’s 2019 Fall Conference by David Climenhaga and Dave Cournoyer.

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The Energy War Room: A Deep Dive into the Canadian Energy Centre Ltd.

terra@cjsr.com (CJSR 88.5 FM) — Mon, 03 Feb 2020 00:00:00 -0700

This week, we're bringing you part one of a two-part series on the Canadian Energy Centre Ltd., alternatively known as the Energy War Room introduced by Alberta's UCP government. In this episode, Terra Informers Sonak Patel and Hannah Cunningham discuss what the centre is, why it was created, the funding and organization behind it, and its staff. We also feature audio from a talk on the Canadian Energy Centre done as part of the Parkland Institute's 2019 Fall Conference by David Climenhaga and Dave Cournoyer.

Stay tuned for next week, where the second episode will focus on the work that the Canadian Energy Centre does, and the implications it has for environmental journalism.

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Revisiting a Conversation with Stephen Jenkinson

terra@cjsr.com (CJSR 88.5 FM) — Mon, 27 Jan 2020 00:00:00 -0700

This week, we’re bringing you an archive episode from October 2018, featuring Terra Informer Dylan Hall and author Stephen Jenkinson. In this episode, they explore concepts related to elder-hood, age, grief and death, and what these evoke when viewed through eyes apprehending the relentless destruction of diversity.

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Revisiting Conspiring with Plants

terra@cjsr.com (CJSR 88.5 FM) — Mon, 20 Jan 2020 00:00:00 -0700

We will also hear from Terra Informers Sonak Patel, Hannah Cunningham, and new recruit Curtis Blandy about some of their most memorable chlorophyll-ed relationships.

terra@cjsr.com (CJSR 88.5 FM) — Mon, 23 Dec 2019 00:00:00 -0700

This week on Terra Informa, we're bringing you the first of two weeks of archive episodes as we take a brief break for the holiday season. In this episode, we revisit our 'All About Birds' episode that originally aired in June of this year, where Terra Informer Charlotte Thomasson talked to resident Nature Nut, John Acorn, about local bird songs and birding stories, with audio captured by Terra Informers live in Edmonton, Alberta, near Drumheller, Alberta, and on Saturna Island in British Columbia.

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I'm Dreaming of a Green Christmas with Special Guest Janina Fuchs

terra@cjsr.com (CJSR 88.5 FM) — Mon, 16 Dec 2019 00:00:00 -0700

This week on Terra Informa we’re talking about renewable energy and how students from across campuses, disciplines, and countries, are exploring what sustainability means to them, and to our shared future. In this episode, you’ll hear us chat with Janina Fuchs, a student from Ludwig Maximillion Universtat in Munich, Germany, about her research on student energy perspectives in Munich and Alberta. We’ll also give you some background on energiewende, the German renewable energy transition strategy, and ABBY-Net, a research exchange between German and Alberta students that Janina Fuchs and our very own Terra Informer Sonak Patel participated in this past summer.

https://www.bmwi.de/Redaktion/EN/Publikationen/vierter-monitoring-bericht-energie-der-zukunft-kurzfassung.pdf?__blob=publicationFile&v=16

https://amp.cnn.com/cnn/2019/12/11/media/time-person-of-the-year-2019/index.html

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2019/sep/21/across-the-globe-millions-join-biggest-climate-protest-ever

https://www.climatechangenews.com/2019/09/19/millions-expected-make-friday-climate-protest-largest-history/

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The Future of Alberta's Electricity System

terra@cjsr.com (CJSR 88.5 FM) — Mon, 28 Oct 2019 00:01:39 -0600

This week, guest contributor and former Terra Informer, Natalee Rawat, speaks with Severn over the phone about her experience in Rio 27 years ago, how to engage with our elected leaders, and her career evolution. ★ Support this podcast ★

Why Aren’t We Talking About the Climate Crisis?

terra@cjsr.com (CJSR 88.5 FM) — Mon, 21 Oct 2019 00:01:53 -0600

This week we talk about the roles and responsibilities of the media when it comes to reporting on the climate crisis and providing truthful information to the public about this global issue. Sean Holman, Associate Professor of journalism at Mount Royal University, and Dr. Joe Vipond, an emergency physician and Co-chair of Calgary Climate Hub, both argue that the media are failing to cover the climate crisis properly. ★ Support this podcast ★

Thoughts on the Extinction Rebellion “Bridge Out”

terra@cjsr.com (CJSR 88.5 FM) — Mon, 14 Oct 2019 00:01:07 -0600

For this week's episode, Terra Informers Sonak Patel, Carter Gorzitza, Andy Silva, and Charlotte Thomasson discuss the XR "bridge outs" and what this kind of civil disobedience means in terms of climate action. ★ Support this podcast ★

Science Communication with Kenneth Tam

terra@cjsr.com (CJSR 88.5 FM) — Mon, 07 Oct 2019 00:01:15 -0600

This week, Terra Informer Sonak Patel sits down with Kenneth Tam to discuss the ins and outs of science communication, and nuances of working in that field. Kenneth is the communications associate for Future Energy Systems (FES) at the University of Alberta. FES is one of the largest research initiatives at the university, with 127 researchers, and about 506 graduate students. ★ Support this podcast ★

Eco-anxiety and the Climate Strike

terra@cjsr.com (CJSR 88.5 FM) — Mon, 30 Sep 2019 00:01:32 -0600

This week on Terra Informa, we catch up with Dr. Holli-Anne Passmore to talk about eco-anxiety and the feelings that drive the sort of collective climate action we’ve seen over the last week. After an interview with Dr. Passmore, we've got audio and interviews from the September 27 Climate Strike on the Alberta Legislature grounds. ★ Support this podcast ★

Canadian Curriculum and Climate Organizing

terra@cjsr.com (CJSR 88.5 FM) — Mon, 23 Sep 2019 00:01:49 -0600

This week on Terra Informa, we discuss the second part of a 2 part mini-series on youth education in the climate crisis. On September 20, 2019, Youth For Climate and other climate organizers staged a “die-in” in downtown Edmonton as a start to the International Week of climate action. Listen in for some audio from the protest, as well as interviews with organizers of Youth for Climate. ★ Support this podcast ★

Canadian Curriculums in the Face of Climate Change

terra@cjsr.com (CJSR 88.5 FM) — Mon, 16 Sep 2019 00:01:13 -0600

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Energy Transition in the Face of Climate Crisis

terra@cjsr.com (CJSR 88.5 FM) — Mon, 09 Sep 2019 00:01:09 -0600

This week on Terra Informa we discuss Edmonton’s recent declaration of a Climate Emergency and what that means for the City, then Terra Informer Sonak Patel speaks with Sarah Van Wyngaarden about her work on district heating in the environmentally sustainable, zero-emission community of Blatchford - currently under development. ★ Support this podcast ★

Edmonton’s Waste Facility

terra@cjsr.com (CJSR 88.5 FM) — Mon, 02 Sep 2019 00:01:43 -0600

This week on Terra Informa, we talk trash! The Edmonton Compost Facility shut down on May 29, 2019 after it was discovered the roof was no longer structurally safe. As a tribute, we wanted to play a story about the facility's launch from 2009 but... it has mysteriously disappeared.... So instead we revisit a story from 2017 where Terra Informers Amanda Rooney and Tasmia Nishat took a tour of the Edmonton Waste Management Centre. ★ Support this podcast ★

The State of the Amazon and Conservation in Brazil

terra@cjsr.com (CJSR 88.5 FM) — Mon, 26 Aug 2019 00:01:13 -0600

This week on Terra Informa we discuss the current wildfire devastating the Amazon rainforest and Terra Informer Elizabeth Dowdell talks to interdisciplinary researcher Cristiana Seixas about her work on socio-ecological systems and protecting the environment in Brazil. ★ Support this podcast ★

Book Club: Streetfight

terra@cjsr.com (CJSR 88.5 FM) — Mon, 19 Aug 2019 00:01:15 -0600

Welcome to book club! This week, Terra Informers Elizabeth Dowdell and Hannah Cunningham chat about Streetfight: Handbook for an Urban Revolution by Janette Sadik-Khan and Seth Solomonow. ★ Support this podcast ★

The Climate Activist Experience

terra@cjsr.com (CJSR 88.5 FM) — Mon, 12 Aug 2019 00:01:15 -0600

This week on Terra Informa we talk with OurTime and Climate Justice Edmonton organizers Stephen, Madison, and Chen about who these organizations are and what they do, experiences from the front lines of climate action, and how each one found a community to keep them going. ★ Support this podcast ★

Planning for Resilience in a Changing Climate

terra@cjsr.com (CJSR 88.5 FM) — Mon, 05 Aug 2019 00:01:33 -0600

This week, we talk about the importance of resilience, or how to minimize the damage of the climate crisis. We will be providing you with some of the latest information on climate crisis and impacts. We’ll also hear from Terra Informer Sonak Patel sitting down with Nicole Bonnett to discuss her research into resilience planning on Vancouver Island. ★ Support this podcast ★

CBC Change the Debate

terra@cjsr.com (CJSR 88.5 FM) — Mon, 29 Jul 2019 00:01:46 -0600

This week on Terra Informa we focus on the proposed climate action policies of each major federal party in the upcoming 2019 election, and speak with Stephen Buhler of Our Time, the group who organized "CBC Change the Debate" rallies across Canada just two weeks ago. We talk about the importance of climate action at the federal scale, why Canadians should be demanding the federal government seriously respond to the climate crisis, and share some audio from the Edmonton demonstration. ★ Support this podcast ★

Reframing

terra@cjsr.com (CJSR 88.5 FM) — Mon, 22 Jul 2019 00:58:14 -0600

It is no question that art holds powerful implications for how we view our surroundings, others and ourselves. In 2019 communities of Indigenous artists are coming to the cultural forefront to dispel misrepresentations of Indigenous people as well as centering and celebrating indigenous resilience, sovereignty and cultures. Terra Informers spoke with Cree, Métis and Norwegian […] ★ Support this podcast ★

Workers and the Future of Energy

terra@cjsr.com (CJSR 88.5 FM) — Mon, 15 Jul 2019 00:01:18 -0600

This week on Terra Informa, Andrea Wiebe met with Lliam Hildebrand of the Iron and Earth Organization about their work advocating for oil and gas development to incorporate more renewable energy. They discussed how oil and gas sector workers can adapt to and support the low carbon transition. ★ Support this podcast ★

Soakin’ Up The Sun With Solar Power

terra@cjsr.com (CJSR 88.5 FM) — Mon, 08 Jul 2019 00:01:15 -0600

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. ★ Support this podcast ★

The Less-Than-Fabulous Footprint of Fashion

terra@cjsr.com (CJSR 88.5 FM) — Mon, 01 Jul 2019 00:01:01 -0600

This week on Terra Informa Dylan Hall ventures into the world of fashion. Dylan caught up with Jess Montgomery at the 2019 Congress of the Humanities and Social Sciences held at the University of British Columbia campus. Montgomery holds a BFA with Distinction in Art History from Concordia University, and a MA in the History and Theory […] ★ Support this podcast ★

Cycling and a Couple of Queers

terra@cjsr.com (CJSR 88.5 FM) — Mon, 24 Jun 2019 00:01:18 -0600

This week, Charlotte speaks with Mackenzy Albright, one of the founders of SNAQCS, a Slow Nice And Queer Cycloventure Squad based out of Victoria, British Columbia that creates a welcoming space for members of the LGBTQIA2S community who want to have fun and ride bikes! Tune in to hear Charlotte and Mackenzy share cycling stories, talk about businesses and queerbaiting, the binary of the outdoors community, and how SNAQCS is pushing the boundaries. ★ Support this podcast ★

The Perils and Responsibilities of Science Communication

terra@cjsr.com (CJSR 88.5 FM) — Mon, 17 Jun 2019 00:01:45 -0600

Image by: Discover Magazine Blogs This week on Terra Informa, we discuss some of the world’s big problems, like climate change and antimicrobial resistance, and how the communication of information about them can either be motivating or discouraging. Download episode now. It would be understandable if you used the word ‘apocalyptic’ to describe issues such […] ★ Support this podcast ★

All About Birds Continued!

terra@cjsr.com (CJSR 88.5 FM) — Mon, 10 Jun 2019 00:01:51 -0600

We were so amazingly overwhelmed with bird-related content for our June 4, 2019 episode that we didn't have a chance to use all of it, so we're bringing it to you this week. This time, it's PERSONAL - that is, lots of lovely stories about why people love birds, which birds are their favourites, and wild encounters. ★ Support this podcast ★

All about BIRDS

terra@cjsr.com (CJSR 88.5 FM) — Mon, 03 Jun 2019 08:00:43 -0600

Photo by: Rick Bohn This week, Charlotte Thomasson talked to resident Nature Nut, John Acorn, about local bird songs and birding stories, with audio captured by Terra Informers live in Edmonton, Alberta, near Drumheller, Alberta, and on Saturna Island in British Columbia. Download episode here Find out your bird name! Photo by Moore Laboratory of […] ★ Support this podcast ★

Sharing is Caring: Urban planning, entrepreneurship, and collaborative consumption

terra@cjsr.com (CJSR 88.5 FM) — Mon, 27 May 2019 00:01:01 -0600

This week on Terra Informa we’ll be discussing what sustainability means to urban planning and talking toolsharing with an entrepreneur interested in collaborative consumption. ★ Support this podcast ★

Endangered Habitat, Past and Present

terra@cjsr.com (CJSR 88.5 FM) — Mon, 20 May 2019 00:01:25 -0600

This week at Terra Informa we deep dive into the World Wildlife Foundation report on conservation lands, hear from University of Alberta professor Rene Belland about endangered species, and visit an archive from 2010 about a public land sale known as "Potatogate". ★ Support this podcast ★

Treaty, Climate Change, and Relationships to the Land

terra@cjsr.com (CJSR 88.5 FM) — Mon, 13 May 2019 00:01:07 -0600

This week we asked what treaty means for our relationships to land, the more-than-human, and to each other.

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Literature in the Face of Climate Crisis

terra@cjsr.com (CJSR 88.5 FM) — Mon, 06 May 2019 00:01:35 -0600

This week on Terra Informa, we’re diving into the world of storytelling and literature. How can the humanities help us prepare ourselves for the environmental troubles we are facing today and into the future? What do works of fiction have to do with environmental activism? ★ Support this podcast ★

Menstruation Innovation

terra@cjsr.com (CJSR 88.5 FM) — Mon, 29 Apr 2019 00:01:23 -0600

This week on Terra Informa, we're talking about periods. Own very own Terra Informer Sydney Karbonik recently hosted an educational event about the environmental, social and economic impact of menstrual products and what other options exist for women. ★ Support this podcast ★

The Sounds of Climate Activism

terra@cjsr.com (CJSR 88.5 FM) — Mon, 22 Apr 2019 00:01:41 -0600

This week on Terra Informa, our own Kesia Dias reads a self-written an open letter to Albertans about our complicated relationship with our environment, economy, and our future. We also provide a soundscape of content our Terra Informers collected at the youth climate strike that took place in Edmonton, Alberta on March 15, 2019 - sit back and picture yourself in the heart of the action as we bring you sounds, conversations, and interviews. ★ Support this podcast ★

In the grey —Alberta’s relationship with oil in a changing world

terra@cjsr.com (CJSR 88.5 FM) — Mon, 15 Apr 2019 00:01:15 -0600

Tune in to hear co-authors Elizabeth Gierl and Sofia Osborne read their feature article entitled “In the Grey”. They reflect on our relationship to oil and pose an important question - who's even buying? ★ Support this podcast ★

Elections and the Environment

terra@cjsr.com (CJSR 88.5 FM) — Mon, 08 Apr 2019 00:01:01 -0600

This week on Terra Informa, we talk about the recently released Canada's Changing Climate Report, which inspired us to revisit an archive about the 2013 flooding in Calgary. We also hear Alice Major recite some poetry from her book "Welcome to the Anthropocene", and get a run-down on Alberta's upcoming 2019 election. ★ Support this podcast ★

The Re Re Re Re Return of Terra Misinforma

terra@cjsr.com (CJSR 88.5 FM) — Mon, 01 Apr 2019 00:01:31 -0600

APRIL FOOLS HAS STRUCK AGAIN. Tune in to Terra Informa as we travel in time. Download episode now. What would the world look like if we made drastic changes and prevented climatic warming? How would politics change, stocks, resource market trends? How are people shopping now, what is the latest tech? Take a journey with […] ★ Support this podcast ★

Conspiring with Plants

terra@cjsr.com (CJSR 88.5 FM) — Mon, 25 Mar 2019 10:27:07 -0600

On the week's episode, York university associate professor Natasha Myers critiques 'the Anthropocene' and suggests that we radically conspire with plants ★ Support this podcast ★

Exploring the Unseen Environment

terra@cjsr.com (CJSR 88.5 FM) — Mon, 18 Mar 2019 08:51:02 -0600

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Avocado Toast and Environmentalism

terra@cjsr.com (CJSR 88.5 FM) — Mon, 11 Mar 2019 00:01:53 -0600

When you think of an environmentalist, what kind of person do you imagine? Does gender, race, or income influence this image? Is it all about eating organic avocado toast? Terra Informer Dylan Hall had the chance to investigate the complex and social ways we understand environmentalism and environmental practices by interviewing Dr. Emily Huddart Kennedy, sociology professor at the University of British Columbia. We hear a snippet of a talk given by Dr. Kennedy in February at the University of Alberta’s International Week, followed by a deeper investigation and interview with Dylan. ★ Support this podcast ★

Environmentalism and Student Politics

terra@cjsr.com (CJSR 88.5 FM) — Mon, 25 Feb 2019 10:00:27 -0700

This week on Terra Informa, we’re talking about all things Sustainability. Listen in to hear what our UAlberta undergraduate SU presidential candidates, Akanksha Bhatnagar and Andre Bourgeois are thinking about the future of sustainability resources on campus, the position they are taking on the environmental issues of today, and a sneak preview of their platform. […] ★ Support this podcast ★

Indigenous Food Sovereignty: Wild Meat, Wild Stories

terra@cjsr.com (CJSR 88.5 FM) — Mon, 18 Feb 2019 11:35:39 -0700

This week we’re bringing you a radio documentary produced by Roisin Graham. It was produced as a part of a CSL project for the course AREC 173 at the University of Alberta. This short documentary explores the challenges to Indigenous food sovereignty. Roisin interviewed indigenous activist, Nigel Henri-Robinson, and treaty 8 consultant, Jessica Cardinal. They […] ★ Support this podcast ★

Dad’s World Was My Refuge

terra@cjsr.com (CJSR 88.5 FM) — Mon, 11 Feb 2019 00:01:27 -0700

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 ★

Asking the questions and LICHEN the answers with Amanda Schutz

terra@cjsr.com (CJSR 88.5 FM) — Mon, 04 Feb 2019 00:01:51 -0700

This week on Terra Informa, we have an interview from illustrator and designer, Amanda Schutz. You may have seen her nature inspired artwork and whimsical designs all over Edmonton, particularly at the newly opened Royal Alberta Museum. Terra Informers Charlotte Thomasson and Kesia Dias got the chance to sit down with her and find out about all things lichen. ★ Support this podcast ★

Investigating in Alberta

terra@cjsr.com (CJSR 88.5 FM) — Mon, 21 Jan 2019 01:08:55 -0700

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. ★ Support this podcast ★

De-Extinction: Should We Resurrect Extinct Animal Species?

terra@cjsr.com (CJSR 88.5 FM) — Mon, 14 Jan 2019 00:01:24 -0700

What if we could bring extinct animal species back from the dead? This week, Terra Informer Sofia Osborne brings us a story about de-extinction: the use of selective breeding, cloning, and genetic engineering to “resurrect” extinct species. This technology poses a lot of moral and ethical questions—would these “de-extincted” animal species be authentic? Could they ever be wild? Do we owe it to the species we’ve driven to extinction to bring them back? And who should decide whether we use this technology? Listen now to dive into these questions and more. ★ Support this podcast ★

Myrtle and Charlie Ed, Revisited

terra@cjsr.com (CJSR 88.5 FM) — Mon, 07 Jan 2019 00:01:25 -0700

This week on Terra Informa, we return to The Ballad of Myrtle and Charlie Ed, a documentary from our archives, presented by Anthony Goertz. This is story about discovering a story - one filled with charm, heart, and a great elephant escape! Headlines cover Canada's reception at COP24, Chinese internment of Uyghurs and Muslims in East Turkistan, and new research on cooperative bat behaviour. ★ Support this podcast ★

Sponge Reefs of the Pacific Canadian Deep

terra@cjsr.com (CJSR 88.5 FM) — Mon, 17 Dec 2018 16:23:56 -0700

Terra Informer Jeremie Mahaux speaks with Nathan Grant, a graduate student at the University of Alberta. ★ Support this podcast ★

Winter Cycling & Christmas Tree Debacles

terra@cjsr.com (CJSR 88.5 FM) — Mon, 10 Dec 2018 00:01:05 -0700

This week we bring you two wintry archives! First a debate: which is "greener"? An artificial or a real Christmas tree? Carson Fong finds out! Then winter cycling - sounds scary? Turns out it might not be as awful as it sounds. ★ Support this podcast ★

Camping, climbing and COP24

terra@cjsr.com (CJSR 88.5 FM) — Mon, 03 Dec 2018 00:01:47 -0700

This week on Terra Informa, we dig in to COP24 and follow a conversation between new Terra Informer Kesia and outdoor enthusiast Yuliya Fakhr. Kesia and Yuliya explore the independence and liberation experienced in the Great Outdoors, the connection between spirituality and nature, and what it's like to be a first-time rock climber. ★ Support this podcast ★

Talking Indigenous-led Environmental Assessment with The Firelight Group

terra@cjsr.com (CJSR 88.5 FM) — Mon, 26 Nov 2018 14:22:08 -0700

This week on Terra Informa, we have an interview with Dr. Ginger Gibson, one of the directors and founders of the Firelight Group, an organization that works to support Indigenous peoples and governments defending their rights and their land. Terra Informer Dylan Hall spoke with Ginger about the Firelight Group and the successes they’ve seen, […] ★ Support this podcast ★

Pinhole Cameras and Changing Oceans

terra@cjsr.com (CJSR 88.5 FM) — Mon, 19 Nov 2018 00:01:01 -0700

This week we dive into an interview with Natalie Baird, a Masters student using participatory art methods to document Inuit knowledge in Canada’s north, and explore how this knowledge can be applied to climate change. Natalie’s work takes place in Pangnirtung - an Inuit community in Nunavut, located on Baffin Island. In the interview, Hannah and Natalie talk about sharing local knowledge, the accessibility of climate change science, how to make a pinhole camera, and much more. Headlines include the launch of the brand new Energy Efficiency Canada program, and the announcement of new (and much-needed) funding for conservation of Species at Risk. ★ Support this podcast ★

Thinking Like A Plant

terra@cjsr.com (CJSR 88.5 FM) — Mon, 12 Nov 2018 16:44:08 -0700

What is it like to be a plant? Do plants make choices? Do they...think? This week on Terra Informa, we turn to Charly Blais' interview with Megan Ljubotina, a graduate student at the University of Alberta to find out about the ways plants make decisions to improve their vitality, survival and fitness. ★ Support this podcast ★

The Most Terra-fying FunDrive Yet!

terra@cjsr.com (CJSR 88.5 FM) — Mon, 05 Nov 2018 00:01:25 -0700

This week we're bringing you a ~ spooky ~ recap of our FunDrive episode that aired LIVE in Edmonton last week. FunDrive is CJSR 88.5fm's annual fundraiser and thanks to you we surpassed our goal! For this show, we summoned the ghosts of past terra informers and reminisced with these apparitions about the best parts of community radio and podcasting! ★ Support this podcast ★

Sassy Bats and Boss Moss

terra@cjsr.com (CJSR 88.5 FM) — Mon, 29 Oct 2018 01:11:01 -0600

This week on Terra Informa, we get batty for Calgary Bat Week with an archive discussing the challenges faced by our flying furry friends, plus we re-air an interview with Edmonton’s resident Moss Man, Dr. René Bellend, about the boss that is moss! ★ Support this podcast ★

Inside the IPCC with Debra Robertson

terra@cjsr.com (CJSR 88.5 FM) — Mon, 22 Oct 2018 00:01:03 -0600

This week on Terra Informa, we look back at the past two weeks of climate change news with the release of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change ’s most recent “Special Report,” which discusses the impacts of an increased mean global temperature of 1.5 degrees Celsius. We follow this with an archived interview with an IPCC working group co-chair from last March when we covered the panel’s cities and climate change conference here in Edmonton. ★ Support this podcast ★

Advice from Buffy Sainte-Marie

terra@cjsr.com (CJSR 88.5 FM) — Mon, 15 Oct 2018 15:17:48 -0600

This week on Terra Informa, we hear some of Buffy Sainte-Marie's advice for young people: words of wisdom for young activists, how music can be an expression of play, and how creativity is a connection to the Creator. Terra Informer Sydney Karbonik and three of her friends get to choose one question each to ask Sainte-Marie at the Edmonton Folk Fest this past summer. Then we get to dig into the archives and hear from Eriel Derange, an indigenous rights advocate and a member of the Athabasca Chipewyan First Nation. Deranger highlights the climate crises faced by Indigenous peoples of Alberta and the moral and legal obligation of governments to work with Indigenous peoples in building progressive and aggressive climate change solutions. ★ Support this podcast ★

Exploring the Strange and Wonderful

terra@cjsr.com (CJSR 88.5 FM) — Mon, 08 Oct 2018 00:01:37 -0600

This week on Terra Informa we explore the relationship between place and language with Nicholas Bradley, a Victoria based poet and educator. Bradley’s collection of poetry encourages readers to consider the strange, wonderful and concerning ways that humans across Western Canada and the pacific Northwest relate to the places we travel and inhabit. ★ Support this podcast ★

Stephen Jenkinson on Death, Grief, and the Withering World Tree

terra@cjsr.com (CJSR 88.5 FM) — Mon, 01 Oct 2018 00:58:29 -0600

In this episode, listen to culture worker Stephen Jenkinson speaking about death, age, and grief, particularly in relation to this time of environmental loss and trouble. Download episode What happens when we live in a culture that rejects aging, death, and any kind of frailty or limit? Why is grief largely absent, at least publicly, […] ★ Support this podcast ★

Following in Dad’s Low-Impact Footsteps

terra@cjsr.com (CJSR 88.5 FM) — Mon, 24 Sep 2018 00:01:17 -0600

This week on Terra Informa, we invite you to listen in on a chat between Terra Informer Sophia Osborne and her dad, David Osborne, who leads a low-impact life in the Gulf Islands of British Columbia. ★ Support this podcast ★

Revisiting Mary Schäffer (plus Alberta Climate Week events)

terra@cjsr.com (CJSR 88.5 FM) — Mon, 17 Sep 2018 17:13:06 -0600

This week, we're revisiting an archive interview about naturalist, photographer, writer, and artist Mary Schäffer. We're also bringing you lots of information about upcoming environmental events in Alberta, including the Alberta Climate Summit and related events across the province. ★ Support this podcast ★

Sustainability in Classrooms and Constitutions

terra@cjsr.com (CJSR 88.5 FM) — Mon, 10 Sep 2018 00:01:30 -0600

That bite in the September autumn air is a tell-tale sign of back to school. This week, we dug into our archives and uncovered a 2016 piece about sustainability in Alberta schools, as well as another archive that helps us consider the pros and cons of including the environment in national constitutions. ★ Support this podcast ★

Putting the ECO in the Economy

terra@cjsr.com (CJSR 88.5 FM) — Mon, 03 Sep 2018 00:02:40 -0600

Catch David Suzuki & Jeff Rubin in our archive this week about The End of Growth, in light of PM Trudeau removing "climate change" from the federal env committee. #growth #climatechange ★ Support this podcast ★

Revisiting Environmental Activists

terra@cjsr.com (CJSR 88.5 FM) — Mon, 27 Aug 2018 14:30:34 -0600

This week, we bring you two interviews from our archive with environmental activists from around the world. First, we pulled a story about activist Tzeporah Berman, who we talked to about bringing together activists and corporate interests. After that, we revisit the time we interviewed another prolific environmental activist, Dr. Vandana Shiva, a physicist, ecologist and author […] ★ Support this podcast ★

Smokey Skies and Gallant Grandmothers

terra@cjsr.com (CJSR 88.5 FM) — Mon, 20 Aug 2018 00:01:45 -0600

This week, we’re excited to air an interview done by fellow CJSR star Nigel Henri Robinson, host of the CJSR show Acimowin, who spoke with the English Bay Grandmothers about their work fighting against oil extraction and development on the Cold Lake First Nations. While we were preparing for this show we were surrounded by […] ★ Support this podcast ★

Building Greener

terra@cjsr.com (CJSR 88.5 FM) — Tue, 14 Aug 2018 20:13:41 -0600

This week on Terra Informa we take a visit to the Primed Mosaic Centre, Alberta’s first net-zero and LEED Platinum-certified building. This one-of-a-kind commercial building is located in Edmonton, Alberta and has won awards for building engineering and Innovation. Now formally known as the Primed Mosaic centre due to its recent change in ownership. The Primed company is a local medical products company that put there values to actions when they decided to invest in the LEED building. We hope this story will inspire any and all businesses to look at more sustainable work sites - if not for the solar panels, than for the live plant walls! ★ Support this podcast ★

Provoked by Poems

terra@cjsr.com (CJSR 88.5 FM) — Mon, 06 Aug 2018 00:01:12 -0600

This week on Terra Informa, amidst news of our earliest ever earth overshoot day, Terra Informers Dylan Hall and Amanda Rooney speak with poet Alice Major about her book entitled "Welcome to the Anthropocene". ★ Support this podcast ★

Responsible Recreation & Bioremediation

terra@cjsr.com (CJSR 88.5 FM) — Mon, 30 Jul 2018 00:01:01 -0600

This week on Terra Informa, we're focusing on looking after the world around us. First, Terra Informer Hannah Cunningham speaks with Sheryl Savard, a trail runner turned activist who will tell us how to responsibly recreate in our local natural spaces. Then, we're bringing back an archive piece where Leila Darwish talks about the use of bioremediation. ★ Support this podcast ★

Infrastructure for the People

terra@cjsr.com (CJSR 88.5 FM) — Mon, 23 Jul 2018 01:01:29 -0600

This week on Terra Informa we are talking about cycling! In this archive episode, Terra Informers Shelley Jodoin and Amanda Rooney speak with Vice Chair from Paths for People, Conrad Norbert, an Edmonton non-profit organization advocating for the creation of infrastructure with pedestrians and cyclists in mind. In June of 2017, Paths for People released […] ★ Support this podcast ★

Life in Plastic

terra@cjsr.com (CJSR 88.5 FM) — Mon, 16 Jul 2018 00:01:35 -0600

Did you know that July is Plastic-Free Month? This week, we’re bringing back two stories from our archives centred around plastic. One about a BC woman, Taina Uitto, who lived plastic-free for a whole year, and another in which we interview Laura Bamsey and Marnie Olsen from the Elements Society on a school pilot project […] ★ Support this podcast ★

Inspiring Canadian Environmentalists for Canada Day

terra@cjsr.com (CJSR 88.5 FM) — Mon, 02 Jul 2018 00:01:50 -0600

This week on Terra Informa, we're acknowledging Canada Day by bringing you two interviews from our archives that highlight two powerful female Canadian environmentalists. ★ Support this podcast ★

Metamorphosis – Cinema on Climate and Change

terra@cjsr.com (CJSR 88.5 FM) — Mon, 18 Jun 2018 08:47:46 -0600

Terra Informers watch and discuss Metamorphosis, a new climate change documentary, and also speak with its creators in this week’s episode. ★ Support this podcast ★

Co-Chairing the IPCC Science Process

terra@cjsr.com (CJSR 88.5 FM) — Mon, 11 Jun 2018 00:00:18 -0600

Chris Chang-yen Phillips talks to Valerie Masson-Delmotte, the Co-Chair of the IPCC – Working Group I. ★ Support this podcast ★

A Monster is Captured

terra@cjsr.com (CJSR 88.5 FM) — Mon, 04 Jun 2018 00:01:13 -0600

This week on Terra Informa, Sofia Osborne brings you an interview with Mark Leiren-Young, who is the author of a book about "The Killer Whale Who Changed the World". This book explores the story of Moby Doll, the first orca ever captured and put on display, right on the west coast. In this show, find out how the accidental capture of Moby Doll actually changed the world. ★ Support this podcast ★

The Ballad of Myrtle & Charlie Ed

terra@cjsr.com (CJSR 88.5 FM) — Mon, 28 May 2018 00:01:31 -0600

This week on Terra Informa, Anthony Goertz brings you an exclusive story about the great elephant escape of 1926. This true story entails an elephant stomping around Jasper Avenue in Edmonton's downtown core, and again on Calgary's stampede grounds. Listen on to find out how Canadians dealt with an elephant escape, and then decide for yourself whether or not this was the original Bonnie & Clyde for elephants. ★ Support this podcast ★

Living Outside the Box

terra@cjsr.com (CJSR 88.5 FM) — Mon, 07 May 2018 00:01:43 -0600

The recent IPCC Cities and Climate Conference in Edmonton gave David Draper the opportunity to finally answer his burning questions. Curious about urban development and the future of urban design, this show talks to Julian Daly (Executive Director of Boyle Street Community Services), David Miller (North American Regional Director, C40 Cities), and Don Iveson (Mayor of Edmonton). This show attempts to challenge your conception of why our cities exist as they do and get you to think, and live outside the box. ★ Support this podcast ★

Youth Voices on Climate Change

terra@cjsr.com (CJSR 88.5 FM) — Mon, 30 Apr 2018 00:01:05 -0600

In this week’s radio documentary, reporter Andrea Wiebe follows the experiences of youth from around the world as they collaboratively prepare and present a paper on climate change at the International Panel on Climate Change conference held in Edmonton in March. The group of students collaborated via video chat in the months leading up to […] ★ Support this podcast ★

Farming in Canada’s North

terra@cjsr.com (CJSR 88.5 FM) — Mon, 23 Apr 2018 00:01:24 -0600

This week on Terra Informa we discuss sustainable agriculture and what its like farming in the north. How much sun do they get?! Download episode now. Download program log here. Photo by: Le Refuge Farms ★ Support this podcast ★

IPCC Climate Talks: Indigenous Perspectives

terra@cjsr.com (CJSR 88.5 FM) — Mon, 16 Apr 2018 00:01:52 -0600

This week we are bringing you more stories from the conference on Cities and Climate Change that was held in Edmonton by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) from March 5th to 7th, 2018. In this episode, we have a conversation about renewable energy projects in the Beaver Lake Cree First Nation with Crystal Lameman, and talk with Laura Lynes of the Rockies Institute, a non-profit based in Canmore, Alberta. ★ Support this podcast ★

Public Participation and the Environment

terra@cjsr.com (CJSR 88.5 FM) — Mon, 09 Apr 2018 00:01:18 -0600

This week, we bring you a documentary by Terra Informer Caitlin Macnab on the new environmental impact assessment and what public participation means in the environmental sphere. Tune in for a deep dive on just one part of the recent federal environmental legislation changes. ★ Support this podcast ★

Terra Misinforma 2018

terra@cjsr.com (CJSR 88.5 FM) — Mon, 02 Apr 2018 00:01:16 -0600

his April fools tune in to be misinformed about solutions to cow farts, the revocation of your 'environmentalist' card, and other solutions to climate change. ★ Support this podcast ★

IPCC Climate Talks: Tech and Limits to Growth

terra@cjsr.com (CJSR 88.5 FM) — Mon, 26 Mar 2018 00:01:06 -0600

Is sustainable development a contradiction? Is capitalism sustainable? Are their limits to economic growth? Will technology save us? Do individual actions matter at all? This week on Terra Informa, we have two very different perspectives on these questions. At the Edmonton IPCC climate talks we spoke with Hoesung Lee, the Chair of the IPCC, and […] ★ Support this podcast ★

The bridge from science to practice

terra@cjsr.com (CJSR 88.5 FM) — Mon, 19 Mar 2018 00:01:16 -0600

This week on Terra Informa, we’re diving into another great interview from the conference on Cities and Climate Change that was held in Edmonton by the intergovernmental panel on climate change. Terra Informer Dylan Hall sat down with Debra Roberts, Co-Chair of the IPCC working group titled ‘Impacts, Adaptation, and Vulnerability.’ Listen on to learn about bridging science and practice, the importance of informality, and encouraging activism. ★ Support this podcast ★

International Non-Profits at the IPCC Conference

terra@cjsr.com (CJSR 88.5 FM) — Mon, 12 Mar 2018 00:01:01 -0600

This week on Terra Informa, we bring you the first instalment of our reporting on the 2018 Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Conference on Cities and Climate Change. This conference was hosted in Edmonton, AB from March 5-7th. We sent a team to dig up the best stories from the event, interviewing scientists, policy […] ★ Support this podcast ★

What’s the Deal with Canada’s updated Environmental Legislation?

terra@cjsr.com (CJSR 88.5 FM) — Mon, 05 Mar 2018 00:01:27 -0700

Terra Informer Caitlin Macnab sat down with Jason Unger to discuss the changes to the Canadian Environmental Assessment Act, the Fisheries Act, the Navigable Waters Act and the National Energy Board Act. If you want to understand if these changes spell out greater transparency, public participation and environmental protection. ★ Support this podcast ★

Homelessness in a Changing Climate

terra@cjsr.com (CJSR 88.5 FM) — Tue, 27 Feb 2018 14:03:14 -0700

Homelessness In a Changing Climate Terra Informer Hannah Cunningham spoke with undergraduate student Madeleine Stout. Madeleine is pursuing a BA in Planning and works as a research assistant for University of Alberta human geographer Dr. Damian Collins. Madeleine was awarded Undergraduate Research Initiative grant to look at homelessness and winter in Edmonton. She investigated topics […] ★ Support this podcast ★

Making Winter Cities Accessible

terra@cjsr.com (CJSR 88.5 FM) — Mon, 19 Feb 2018 00:01:33 -0700

This week we dug into the archives and found a story from last year. In February of 2017, Edmonton hosted the city’s second Winter City Shake Up – a conference that addresses how we can make our cities more lovable, healthy, safe, and accessible and ultimately how we can beat the odds and thrive in […] ★ Support this podcast ★

George Kourounis Chasing Climate

terra@cjsr.com (CJSR 88.5 FM) — Mon, 12 Feb 2018 00:01:23 -0700

Photo by: California National Guard This week on Terra Informa, we dip into the archives to bring back an interview with the infamous George Kourounis, a world-renowned storm chaser, adventurer, and host of the international TV show Angry Planet. His work has taken him around the world to document extraordinary natural events like tornadoes and bizarre […] ★ Support this podcast ★

What Oil Spills?

terra@cjsr.com (CJSR 88.5 FM) — Mon, 05 Feb 2018 00:01:48 -0700

This week on Terra Informa, we bring you an exclusive piece with non-profit ecologist Dr. Kevin Timoney about industrial oil spills in Alberta and how the Alberta Energy Regulator is misrepresenting the data. ★ Support this podcast ★

Innovating Environmental Education

terra@cjsr.com (CJSR 88.5 FM) — Mon, 29 Jan 2018 00:00:34 -0700

Recently, Terra Informer Sydney Karbonik spoke with Aaron Dublenko and James Stuart about their work founding and facilitating the award winning Innovate program at schools here in Edmonton. This program began when Aaron encouraged the Queen Elizabeth High School environmental club to try something different … and the result has been truly … innovative. You […] ★ Support this podcast ★

Remembering Father Goose

terra@cjsr.com (CJSR 88.5 FM) — Mon, 15 Jan 2018 00:01:29 -0700

Bill Lishman, known by many as ‘Father Goose’, passed on December 30 after a battle with Leukemia. Bill Lishman was an eccentric artist who found he had a strong affinity for birds after he began flying ultralight aircrafts. He found joy in flying alongside flocks of ducks and saw that he could use his unique […] ★ Support this podcast ★

Mary Schäffer and Women, Wilderness, and Photography

terra@cjsr.com (CJSR 88.5 FM) — Mon, 08 Jan 2018 02:47:41 -0700

Who was Mary Schaffer? We learned about this famous feminist Albertan explorer with UofA historian Dr. Colleen Skidmore. ★ Support this podcast ★

The Cognitive Science behind Climate Change Denial

terra@cjsr.com (CJSR 88.5 FM) — Mon, 01 Jan 2018 00:01:32 -0700

This week on Terra Informa, we’re bringing you an interview with cognitive scientist Stephen Lewandowsky, who talks about the concept of a post-truth world. ★ Support this podcast ★

Growing together: fish and plants

terra@cjsr.com (CJSR 88.5 FM) — Mon, 25 Dec 2017 00:00:13 -0700

Happy holidays! Have you wondered what the heck aquaponics is?! Is it a fancy aquarium? Urban farming? Something marijuana related? We found out this week with Sea to Sky Aquaponics in #YEG, who are growing super plants with fish! ★ Support this podcast ★

Eco Cars at the U of A

terra@cjsr.com (CJSR 88.5 FM) — Mon, 18 Dec 2017 00:41:45 -0700

Come learn about eco cars with us! Download episode now. This week on Terra Informa, we give you an inside look at the University of Alberta’s EcoCar team. We had the pleasure of speaking with 3 team members (who are also students!) about their experiences on the team. Listen further if you’ve ever wondered “what […] ★ Support this podcast ★

Christmas trees and Bat issues

terra@cjsr.com (CJSR 88.5 FM) — Mon, 11 Dec 2017 21:21:38 -0700

This week on Terra Informa we'll revisit two notable stories. First we’ll take a look at how you can pick the most environmentally friendly Christmas tree for the upcoming season (the answers may surprise you), After that, we discuss the surprising challenges bats face today. ★ Support this podcast ★

The Role of Municipalities in Climate Adaptation

terra@cjsr.com (CJSR 88.5 FM) — Mon, 04 Dec 2017 00:00:03 -0700

This past June Amanda Rooney and Charly Blais sat down with Danielle Koleyak, an environmental project manager with the city of Edmonton. We talked about how municipalities are taking leadership in climate mitigation while also making strides for adaptation. ★ Support this podcast ★

Paths for People on Foot and Wheels

terra@cjsr.com (CJSR 88.5 FM) — Mon, 27 Nov 2017 00:05:40 -0700

More are biking than ever in Edmonton this Fall! Better bike paths could be why. This week, we're revisiting a conversation with Paths for People about biking in Edmonton. ★ Support this podcast ★

Fundrive: Studying, and Eating, Insects

terra@cjsr.com (CJSR 88.5 FM) — Mon, 13 Nov 2017 01:01:40 -0700

On Halloween night, Terra Informa went LIVE for our Fundrive episode, where we helped the station surpass its $105,000 fundraising goal! Thanks so much to our amazing donors. If you missed hearing the show live, or just loved it so much that you need to listen to it again, we've got you covered. And the best part? This episode is all about bugs. ★ Support this podcast ★

Chasing Climate on an Angry Planet

terra@cjsr.com (CJSR 88.5 FM) — Mon, 06 Nov 2017 00:02:53 -0700

Storms! Volcanoes! Climate Change! We spoke with George Kourournis about our angry planet. ★ Support this podcast ★

Something’s not “Right” with the Right Whale Population…

terra@cjsr.com (CJSR 88.5 FM) — Mon, 30 Oct 2017 00:00:12 -0600

This week, we’re going live for a one-hour special for FunDrive, our home station’s annual fundraiser. Stay tuned in the next two weeks for a recording of that show. But we still have news to share and a fantastic archive interview you need to hear! If you live in Edmonton and have been to West […] ★ Support this podcast ★

Growing super plants with fish!

terra@cjsr.com (CJSR 88.5 FM) — Mon, 16 Oct 2017 12:03:00 -0600

Have you wondered what the heck aquaponics is?! Is it a fancy aquarium? Urban farming? Something marijuana related? We found out this week with Sea to Sky Aquaponics in #YEG, who are growing super plants with fish! ★ Support this podcast ★

Wolves in Alberta’s Athabasca Oilsands

terra@cjsr.com (CJSR 88.5 FM) — Mon, 09 Oct 2017 00:01:02 -0600

Interested in environmental research? Wolves? Moose? Wolves eating moose? The oilsands? Maybe a bit of monkey chat? Well we've got an episode for you! ★ Support this podcast ★

RiverFest 2017 and Bioremediation

terra@cjsr.com (CJSR 88.5 FM) — Mon, 02 Oct 2017 00:01:24 -0600

This week on Terra Informa, we delve into the recent EPCOR RiverFest, chat with a man who trekked the entire River Valley, and look back on an archive piece about bioremediation. ★ Support this podcast ★

Bat Issues and Sustainability Classes

terra@cjsr.com (CJSR 88.5 FM) — Mon, 25 Sep 2017 00:01:14 -0600

This week on Terra Informa we bring you two stories. First we discuss the challenges facing bats today and then bring you to a new school pilot project centered around reducing single-use plastics. ★ Support this podcast ★

Icebergs: The Truth About the Melt

terra@cjsr.com (CJSR 88.5 FM) — Mon, 18 Sep 2017 00:01:57 -0600

This week on Terra Informa, we discuss the 5800 square kilometre iceberg that broke off this summer in the Antarctica. ★ Support this podcast ★

Cooking Up Better Food Policy in Canada

terra@cjsr.com (CJSR 88.5 FM) — Mon, 11 Sep 2017 00:01:10 -0600

This week on Terra Informa, we discuss the ongoing consultations about Canada's food policy with master food strategists Juanita Gnanapragasam and Kathryn Lennon. ★ Support this podcast ★

Paths for People… and Bikes?

terra@cjsr.com (CJSR 88.5 FM) — Mon, 04 Sep 2017 00:01:39 -0600

This week on Terra Informa, we discuss multi-use trails with Paths for People, a citizen's advocacy group here in Edmonton. In June 2017, Paths for People released some new multi-use trail policy recommendations. ★ Support this podcast ★

People’s Social Forum and Greenland Ice Sheet Melt

terra@cjsr.com (CJSR 88.5 FM) — Mon, 28 Aug 2017 00:01:08 -0600

This week on Terra Informa, we have two gems from our archives for you. First, we look back on the 2014 Peoples’ Social Forum and how that event brought diverse groups of people together to collaborate on building strategies to create social change. Next up, we have a story on the massive Greenland ice sheet melt of summer 2012, when 97% of the ice sheet melted in just four days. ★ Support this podcast ★

Right Whales: The “Canary in the Coal Mine”

terra@cjsr.com (CJSR 88.5 FM) — Mon, 21 Aug 2017 09:14:08 -0600

Terra Informer Amanda Rooney spoke with Sean Brilliant, the Canadian Wildlife Federation's senior conservation biologist, about right whales and what can be done to help conserve this iconic Canadian species. Amanda also touched base with Sean on the Canadian Wildlife Federation's campaign to reduce single use plastics. ★ Support this podcast ★

Beers and Icebergs

terra@cjsr.com (CJSR 88.5 FM) — Mon, 14 Aug 2017 00:01:25 -0600

Icy beers and icebergs, this week on Terra Informa we’re sharing two archive pieces. First, Terra Informer Nicole Wiart, a self-proclaimed beer-lover, talks to Neil Herbst, the co-owner of local Edmonton microbrewery Alley Kat about the challenges to their business’s sustainability efforts and with some University of Alberta experts on barriers to sustainability for small […] ★ Support this podcast ★

Finding Meaning in Nature

terra@cjsr.com (CJSR 88.5 FM) — Mon, 07 Aug 2017 00:06:30 -0600

This week on Terra Informa, we bring from the archives a piece on positive psychology. Last year, Terra Informer Dylan Hall spoke with PhD student Holli-Anne Passmore about how connecting with nature enhances our well-being and helps us find meaning in life. Holli-Anne's work has reached international audiences as well as psychology lectures at the University of British Columbia in Kelowna and MacEwan University in Edmonton. ★ Support this podcast ★

Forest Fires and Science Faction on Spider Silk

terra@cjsr.com (CJSR 88.5 FM) — Mon, 24 Jul 2017 00:01:38 -0600

This week, we have an archive show that delves into the science of forest fires and forest rejuvenation, and how climate change disrupts that cycle. Then on Science Faction, we learn about how spider silk can be used by humans in many strange and unexpected ways. Hear from Utah State University’s Dr. Randy Lewis & […] ★ Support this podcast ★

Your Fracking Answers

terra@cjsr.com (CJSR 88.5 FM) — Mon, 03 Jul 2017 00:01:31 -0600

This week on Terra Informa, we re-air an award winning episode answering questions about fracking. ★ Support this podcast ★

Gems from our Archives: Tale of the Evan’s Cherry

terra@cjsr.com (CJSR 88.5 FM) — Mon, 26 Jun 2017 00:01:52 -0600

This week on Terra Informa we re-air a piece from 2014 that we almost lost track of! It’s the tale of the Evan’s Cherry, a prolific fruit in the Edmonton region. This story takes you through the adventure of past Terra Informer, Danielle Dolgoy, who went to some lengths to figure out how this plant […] ★ Support this podcast ★

Climate Change Adaptation and Mitigation

terra@cjsr.com (CJSR 88.5 FM) — Mon, 19 Jun 2017 00:01:01 -0600

This week we have an interview about how municipalities are taking leadership in climate mitigation while also making strides for adaptation. Amanda Rooney and Charly Blais sat down with Danielle Koleyak, an environmental project manager with the city of Edmonton. Then we have a story about how the health care industry can mitigate its contribution […] ★ Support this podcast ★

Riding the Trans Canada Trail

terra@cjsr.com (CJSR 88.5 FM) — Mon, 12 Jun 2017 00:01:00 -0600

After spending the last two years on the Trans Canada Trail, Sarah Jackson is set to become the first woman on record to complete the 11,500 km hike. This week, we have a story about the Trans Canada Trail. We have an interview with Edmund Aunger, a cyclist with a petition to make the […] ★ Support this podcast ★

Reflecting on the Fort McMurray Wildfire

terra@cjsr.com (CJSR 88.5 FM) — Mon, 22 May 2017 00:01:23 -0600

This month marks one year since the disastrous Fort McMurray wildfire. In this week’s episode we air an archive about the fire. CJSR volunteers gathered first-hand accounts of people who had to flee and met people who opened up their hearts and wallets to help. Then a University of Alberta wildfire expert provides some analysis […] ★ Support this podcast ★

Alberta Rural Development Network

terra@cjsr.com (CJSR 88.5 FM) — Mon, 08 May 2017 00:01:15 -0600

This week Terra Informer Shelley Jodoin interviewed Joshua Bénard, a sustainable housing project manager with the Alberta Rural Development Network (ARDN). They discuss ARDN’s aim to create housing that is both sustainable and affordable. Download episode now. Alberta Rural Development Network This week Shelley Jodoin interviewed housing project manager of Alberta Rural Development Network (ARDN), […] ★ Support this podcast ★

There is no Planet B

terra@cjsr.com (CJSR 88.5 FM) — Mon, 24 Apr 2017 00:01:29 -0600

This week we explore the origins of Earth Day with an ecobabble that spans the decades from 1970 to the March for Science of 2017. Next, we're revisiting an interview with Chris Hadfield from our archives. ★ Support this podcast ★

Do It Yourself! A Tool Library Adventure.

terra@cjsr.com (CJSR 88.5 FM) — Mon, 17 Apr 2017 00:01:09 -0600

Have a DIY project you've been itching to do but just don't have the supplies? Striving to reduce consumerism? The Edmonton Tool Library has got you covered. We dive into what it's all about and how you can become a member! ★ Support this podcast ★

The Re-Re-Re-Return of Misinforma

terra@cjsr.com (CJSR 88.5 FM) — Mon, 03 Apr 2017 12:13:22 -0600

This week Terra Misinforma is back again, again! We discuss PM Justin Trudeau's follow-up plans for the removal of the transit tax credit, the reintroduction of an extirpated species by Parks Canada in an attempt to increase tourism, Trump's new environmental policies, and a little-known condition called Environmental Amnesia. As well, from an archive, we ask the question that is too controversial for you to ask yourself—do we really need water? Plus, a special investigative feature on Canada’s radical, extremist environmentalists. ★ Support this podcast ★

Farmtastic Food and Amazing Animals

terra@cjsr.com (CJSR 88.5 FM) — Mon, 27 Mar 2017 00:01:00 -0600

This week on Terra Informa, we discuss what makes an animal a pet and what makes them food, what makes a free range egg, and opportunities abroad beyond simply propagating the English language. ★ Support this podcast ★

The NEB & the Future of Energy in Canada

terra@cjsr.com (CJSR 88.5 FM) — Mon, 20 Mar 2017 00:01:47 -0600

This week on Terra Informa, Terra Informer Amanda Rooney chats with Hélène Lauzon, the co-chair on an expert panel set up by the federal government to work on investigating the modernization of the National Energy Board. Then, in an archive, Danielle Dalgoy and Riyah Lakhani catch up with electrical engineer Warren Sarauer from the Solar Energy Society of Alberta to talk about the future of renewables back in November 2014. ★ Support this podcast ★

Urban Week at the University of Alberta

terra@cjsr.com (CJSR 88.5 FM) — Mon, 13 Mar 2017 00:01:00 -0600

The Growroom, released by Space10 This week on Terra Informa, we hear from organizer Hayley Wasylycia about Urban week, and the environmental and planning fun that they will be whipping up around campus! Download episode now. Urban Week 2017 & The Growroom What is urban? Who is responsible for the urban environment? What’s the role of […] ★ Support this podcast ★

A Little Grain and a Lot of Birds

terra@cjsr.com (CJSR 88.5 FM) — Mon, 27 Feb 2017 03:01:00 -0700

This week is a special episode that was especially fun to make. Sometimes, when we have an extra cool story that the whole Terra Informa team is invested in, we all go on a field trip together. A couple Sundays ago, we travelled to a Grain Terminal in the City of Edmonton to see some rare birds of prey and meet the folks who watch and photograph them there. ★ Support this podcast ★

Just Sustainability: Social Justice and Nature’s Rights

terra@cjsr.com (CJSR 88.5 FM) — Sun, 19 Feb 2017 23:10:00 -0700

This week we are bringing sustainability-related pieces from the archives. First, we hear from Dr. Kelly Swing about how Ecuador has enshrined the rights of nature in its constitution. Then we hear an interview with Winona LaDuke, an indigenous economist about the effects of colonization on Indigenous economies and food systems. Finally, we bring you […] ★ Support this podcast ★

Words, Words, Words

terra@cjsr.com (CJSR 88.5 FM) — Sun, 12 Feb 2017 23:00:00 -0700

We discuss great environmental writing that captures our attention. First off, Gail Anderson-Dargatz, the author of The Spawning Grounds, tells us how she writes about the land as a character. Next, ecology graduate students discuss the different styles of two environmental writers during the conservation movement. Finally, Mika Minio-Paluello discusses co-writing the travelogue The Oil Road and reflects […] ★ Support this podcast ★

Crime, Bugs and the Physics of Fire Ants

terra@cjsr.com (CJSR 88.5 FM) — Mon, 30 Jan 2017 00:01:53 -0700

We all know bugs are important in the function of ecosystems but did you know about their importance in the world of forensics, or in the study of physics? This week on Terra Informa, we go to Chris Chang-Yen Phillips to discuss a murder investigation with a forensic entomologist. And after we hear about the […] ★ Support this podcast ★

Photos, Fires, Iron and Earth

terra@cjsr.com (CJSR 88.5 FM) — Sun, 22 Jan 2017 12:00:00 -0700

They say photos speak louder than words, but what words have the people taking the photos? This week, we’ll listen to the thoughts of photographers Edward Burtynsky and Sara Lindstrom. As well, Kerry Oxford, a spokeswoman for Iron & Earth, voices the environmental conscience of those who work in the Alberta Oil Sands, the men […] ★ Support this podcast ★

A Tour of Edmonton’s Waste Management Centre

terra@cjsr.com (CJSR 88.5 FM) — Mon, 16 Jan 2017 00:01:49 -0700

This week on Terra Informa, we bring you along on our field trip of Edmonton's Waste Management Centre, one of the leading waste management facilities in the world. ★ Support this podcast ★

Flora of the Rare, Indigenous, or Arctic Kind

terra@cjsr.com (CJSR 88.5 FM) — Sun, 08 Jan 2017 23:53:40 -0700

Download this episode now. How Arctic Plants Adapt Terra Informer Julianne Hayes explains how arctic plants adapt to a warming tundra. Maintaining the Biodiversity of Alberta’s plants We all know that even now species are going extinct at an alarming rate. Tasmia Nishat met with Jenine Pederson, a Master’s student in Renewable Resources at the University […] ★ Support this podcast ★

Speciesism + Science Faction

terra@cjsr.com (CJSR 88.5 FM) — Sun, 01 Jan 2017 23:00:49 -0700

This week’s theme is speciesism! Speciesism refers to the belief that the human species is superior to all other species. Mark Devries is the filmmaker behind “Speciesism: The Movie,” a film that documents the immense scale of pig farms in North Carolina using drone surveillance. Inspired by the animal rights discussion, we’ve included a […] ★ Support this podcast ★

Reflecting on 2016, Environmentally

terra@cjsr.com (CJSR 88.5 FM) — Mon, 26 Dec 2016 02:18:43 -0700

Happy Holidays everyone! This week we bring the holiday feels with some archive pieces – we discuss whether artificial or real trees are the way to go, and we speak to Tasmia Nishat’s bus driver on his experience growing up with chinooks. The Terra Informers also reflect on the year, environmentally, and their hopes for […] ★ Support this podcast ★

Standing Rock Unfolding

terra@cjsr.com (CJSR 88.5 FM) — Mon, 19 Dec 2016 08:49:01 -0700

This week on Terra Informa, we bring you a Standing Rock special. We got stories reported from Standing Rock, with a timeline of events up to the December 4th 2016 Denial of Easement from the Army Corps of Engineers. Terra Informa speaks with a Standing Rock Elder, a volunteer lawyer, a sacred fire keeper, participants […] ★ Support this podcast ★