Terra Informa

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/ambissonAnne Lambert Clothing and Textiles Collection: https://www.ualberta.ca/museums/museum-collections/clothing-and-textiles.htmlUnited Nations Alliance for Sustainable Fashion: https://unfashionalliance.org/ Further listening: The Less-Than-Fabulous Footprint of Fashion - https://terrainforma.ca/120Music: I dunno by grapes (c) copyright 2008 Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution (3.0) license. http://dig.ccmixter.org/files/grapes/16626 Ft: J Lang, Morusque Program Log★ Support this podcast ★

Are you looking for a story of resource extraction, community, and hope? In this episode, Terra Informers Katherine Rogers, Hannah Cunningham, Elizabeth Dowdell, and Sara Chitsaz discuss Dr. Suess' children's story, The Lorax. The Lorax provides a simplified story of some  impacts of the exploitation of natural resources, and of hope for recovering these resources. Join us as we discuss key takeaways, strengths and weaknesses of The Lorax book (first published in 1971) and film adaptation (released in 2012), and compare it to the current Fairy Creek resource conflict in BC. Program Log. ★ Support this podcast ★

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.  Program Log★ Support this podcast ★

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.Program log here.★ Support this podcast ★

This week, we’re rounding up the environmental news headlines from the past month and cover flooding in Europe, wildfires in western Canada, orphaned wells in Saskatchewan and some good news about renewables and narwhals.Program log here.★ Support this podcast ★

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.Program log here.Production, script, interview - Elizabeth DowdellScript, interview, research - Hannah Cunningham★ Support this podcast ★

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.Program Log★ Support this podcast ★

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!Program Log★ Support this podcast ★

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 academicAria Evans, dancer and artistic director of Political MovementBrian Solomon, dancer, media and visual artistJeremy Dutcher, musician and composerLand and Water Defender Updates - ResourcesStop Line 3Unicorn Riot coverage of June actionsFairy Creek Updates:@fairycreekblockade on Instagram@rainforestflyingsquad on InstagramProgram Log★ Support this podcast ★

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.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.Program log linked here. ★ Support this podcast ★

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.Program Log★ Support this podcast ★

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 2021Prairie Urban Farm: http://www.prairieurbanfarm.ca/ Veg in YEG: https://veginyeg.ca/ Further listening: Seeds! https://terrainforma.ca/220Urban Beekeeping https://terrainforma.ca/209Indigenous Food Sovereignty: Wild Meat, Wild Stories https://terrainforma.ca/102 Program Log★ Support this podcast ★

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: fairycreekblockaderainforestflyingsquadProgram Log★ Support this podcast ★

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? Program Log★ Support this podcast ★

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. Download the program log here. ★ Support this podcast ★

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 MillerEditing, interview - Elizabeth DowdellProduction - Sofia OsborneProgram Log.★ Support this podcast ★

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.Program log.★ Support this podcast ★

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. ResourcesNarwhal article by Matt Simmons on the Gitanyow's fight for a salmon-saving Indigenous protected areafRI Research Grizzly Project Summary ReportfRI Research Grizzly Project WebsiteThe 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. Applic

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.Download the program log here ★ Support this podcast ★

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. Program log. ★ Support this podcast ★