Terra Informa

In this episode writer, editor, and former Terra Informer Sofia Osborne catches us up on a story originally pitched for TI, a story about the Sims 4 Eco-Lifestyle expansion pack. Sofia reads her article on the game, titled " How the Sims Reflects The Inadequacy of Eco-Capitalism ", published August 2020 in the magazine Passage. ★ Support this podcast ★

We're baaaaaaack! This week, Terra Informers Elizabeth Dowdell, Hannah Cunningham, Sonak Patel, and Charlotte Thomasson catch you up on some of the environmental news headlines you may have missed while we were taking our fall break. Tune in to hear about some energy headlines, a name change (and more?) to the Alberta Fish and Wildlife conservation officers, a new plan for an Alberta to Alaska rai...

This week, we're airing an archive episode that originally aired on April 23, 2018. Download program log here.  ★ Support this podcast ★

This week, we're airing an archive episode that originally aired on January 21, 2019. Download program log here. ★ Support this podcast ★

This week, we're bringing you an archive episode that originally aired on July 22, 2019. Download program log here. ★ Support this podcast ★

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

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. Download program log here.   ★ Support this podcast ★

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

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-...

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 pekiwe...

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.  ★ Support this podcast ★

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. The evidence of oil and gas development on Alberta's landscape appears in various forms across the province. Much of oil and gas extraction requires drilling a well into the ground to reach subt...

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 ou...

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 de...

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...

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 Edm...

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...

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, contami...

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...

This week the Terra Informa crew discuss the 2019 film, The Whale and the Raven, directed by German filmmaker Mirjam Leuze. In the heart of British Columbia's coastal Great Bear Rainforest, whale researchers and Gitga’at Nation community members share the screen with their non-human kin, orcas and humpback whales, whose homewaters are also a proposed liquefied natural gas tanker route. Terra Infor...

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 environmenta...

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...

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