Terra Informa

Terra Informa episodes:

• 04.22.2024

  Revisiting: I <3 You Terra

  This episode originally aired on April 18, 2022: This week Elizabeth Dowdell and some other Terra Informers dive into the history of Earth Day, their feelings on the holiday, and show some appreciation for our big (shared) hunk of rock!...

  
• 04.15.2024

  Revisiting: Dad’s World Was My Refuge

  This episode originally aired on February 11, 2019: This week on Terra Informa, Sofia Osborne (a Terra Informer herself) reads us a piece she recently wrote for The Tyee, an independent, Canadian, online magazine. The story recounts Sofia's experience being...

  
• 04.08.2024

  Revisiting: The Line with Anthony Goertz

  This episode originally aired on November 23, 2020: At Terra Informa, we've talked trash before. Back in 2017, we even went on a tour of the Edmonton Waste Management Centre. But, one thing we haven't talked about are the people...

  
• 04.01.2024

  Revisiting: Spring Confessional

  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...

  
• 03.25.2024

  Revisiting: Resource Extraction and Hope - The Lorax Discussion

  This episode originally aired on August 26, 2021: Are you looking for a story of resource extraction, community, and hope? In this episode, Terra Informers Katherine Rogers, Hannah Cunningham, Elizabeth Dowdell, and Sara Chitsaz discuss Dr. Suess' children's story, The...

  
• 03.18.2024

  Revisiting: Soakin’ Up The Sun With Solar Power

  This episode was originally aired on July 8, 2019: This week on Terra Informa, we discuss solar energy, including topics such as the definition of solar, how it works, the pros and cons to solar,  and who the solar power...

  
• 03.11.2024

  Revisiting: Investigating in Alberta

  This episode originally aired on January 21, 2019: This week we present a single interview, between Terra Informer Sofia Osborne and Sharon Riley, an investigative journalist covering energy and the environment in Alberta for The Narwhal, an independent online magazine...

  
• 03.04.2024

  Revisiting: Ghost Orchid Hunters!

  In this week's archive episode (which originally aired on April 19, 2021), we take you on an auditory journey into the swamp, where we do a little science communication about the Ghost Orchid. We were inspired by the short documentary,...

  
• 02.26.2024

  Revisiting: Metamorphosis - Cinema on Climate and Change

  In this week's archive episode, we revisit a Terra Informa review of the film Metamorphosis, a climate change documentary, along with an interview with the creators of the film. Program log.  ★ Support this podcast ★

  
• 02.19.2024

  Revisiting: Zoos and Conservation

  When's the last time you went to the zoo? This week, Sonak Patel is joined by guest Jamie Dorgan of the Wilder Institute/Calgary Zoo to discuss the evolution of zoos and their role in biodiversity conservation. Program log. ★ Support...

  
• 02.12.2024

  Archive: Farming in Canada's North

  This episode originally aired on April 23, 2018: This week on Terra Informa we discuss sustainable agriculture and what its like farming in the north. How much sun do they get?! Download program log here.  ★ Support this podcast...

  
• 02.05.2024

  Revisiting: Conspiring with Plants

  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...

  
• 01.29.2024

  Revisiting: Seeds!

  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'...

  
• 01.22.2024

  Revisiting: Exploring the Unseen Environment

  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...

  
• 01.15.2024

  From the Archives: Revisiting Indigenous Resistance

  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...

  
• 01.08.2024

  Revisiting: More Than a Game

  In this archive episode from October 2020, Terra Informer Elizabeth Dowdell interviews alumnus Sofia Osborne about the popular video game The Sims and a newly released environmental-ish expansion pack. For more information about this archive episode, links to resources, and...

  
• 01.01.2024

  Revisiting: Film Discussion - Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind

  This episode originally aired on October 26, 2020: 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.  ★ Support this podcast ★

  
• 12.25.2023

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

  This episode originally aired on December 16, 2019: This week we talk about energy transitions strategies and what young people are doing to push the movement. Terra Informers Sonak and Elizabeth give a background on energiewende, ABBY-Net, and student-researcher Janina...

  
• 12.18.2023

  Revisiting: Looking Back on the Light and Dark in 2020

  This episode originally aired on December 28, 2020: 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...

  
• 12.11.2023

  Revisiting: Christmas Trees - Then and Now

  This episode originally aired on December 21, 2020: 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,...

  
• 12.04.2023

  Revisiting: Sara Goes Birdwatching!

  This episode originally aired on July 11, 2022: 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...

  
• 11.27.2023

  Revisiting: Welcome to the Anthropocene Part 2

  This episode originally aired on May 17, 2020: Part 2 of Dylan and Amanda's series on the Anthropocene deals with our expression (and suppression) of emotions surrounding climate change and the Epoch we are living in. How do we cope...

  
• 11.20.2023

  Revisiting: Welcome to the Anthropocene Part 1

  This episode originally aired on May 11, 2020: What's in a name? This week, Amanda and Dylan dive in and explore the term being used to describe our current geological era - the Anthropocene. Why was this term chosen for...

  
• 11.13.2023

  Revisiting: Book Club - Silent Spring

  This episode originally aired on October 3, 2022: It's been 60 years since Rachel Carson's Silent Spring explored the dangers of pesticides and how humans are destroying our environment. This week, the Terra Informers discuss this classic book - why...

  
• 11.06.2023

  Revisiting: Astro Informa

  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 a Earth 2.0, some of the current contenders, and reflect on why...

  
• 10.30.2023

  Revisiting: Music

  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...

  
• 10.23.2023

  Revisiting: An Ode to Beavers

  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,...

  
• 10.16.2023

  Revisiting: The Whale and the Raven Film Discussion

  This episode originally aired on June 15, 2020: 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...

  
• 10.09.2023

  Revisiting: Discussing The Mushroom at the End of the World

  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...

  
• 10.02.2023

  Revisiting: Fat Bear Week 2021

  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...

  
• 09.25.2023

  Summer 2023 News Roundup

  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...

  
• 09.18.2023

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

  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...

  
• 09.11.2023

  Machine Learning and the Environment

  This week on Terra Informa we unpack how artificial intelligence, specifically machine learning, and environmentalism mesh. In the episode, Terra Informer Lizzy Barron interviews Dr. Martha White to learn about her machine learning expertise and experience working on the ISL...

  
• 09.04.2023

  Revisiting: Reject Teck Part 2 - All of My Relations

  This episode originally aired on March 2, 2020: 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...

  
• 08.28.2023

  Revisiting: Reject Teck Part 1 - Who is Teck?!

  This episode originally aired on February 24, 2020: 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...

  
• 08.21.2023

  Revisiting: Did we save the ozone layer? And can we save the climate too?

  This episode originally aired on June 27, 2022: In this week's episode, Sonak Patel and Hannah Cunningham discuss the Montreal Protocol and the environmental crisis that was the discovery of the depletion of the ozone layer. Did the Montreal Protocol...

  
• 08.14.2023

  Revisiting: Queerness and the Environment

  This epsiode 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....

  
• 08.07.2023

  Revisiting - Pacific Salmon the Sequel: Salmon Health & Aquaculture

  This episode originally aired on December 13, 2021: 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...

  
• 07.31.2023

  Revisiting: The Wild World of Pacific Salmon

  This episode originally aired on December 6, 2021: 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...

  
• 07.24.2023

  Revisiting: Discussing In the Land of Dreamers

  This episode originally aired on October 18, 2021: In this episode, some of the Terra Informers reflect on the film In the Land of Dreamers, which is an episode of the CBC Gem show, Absolutely Canadian. The film uses amazing...

  
• 07.17.2023

  Revisiting: The Many Forms of Climate Action

  This episode originally aired on February 17, 2020: 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...

  
• 07.10.2023

  Revisiting: Music

  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...

  
• 07.03.2023

  Revisiting: Hydrogen 101

  This episode originally aired July 25, 2022: It’s the most abundant material in the universe, it composes the majority of the sun, and it's number one on the periodic table. Now, some people think it could be the solution to...

  
• 06.26.2023

  Revisiting: Hannah Grows a Garden

  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...

  
• 06.19.2023

  Revisiting: History of the Edmonton River Valley Part II

  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...

  
• 06.12.2023

  Revisiting: History of the Edmonton River Valley Part I

  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...

  
• 06.05.2023

  Revisiting: A Warming World

  This episode originally aired on May 3, 2021: 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...

  
• 05.29.2023

  Revisiting: Lichen, Caribou, & Science Communication

  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...

  
• 05.22.2023

  Revisiting: Communicating Energy Systems with Dr. Valerie Miller

  This episode originally aired on November 15, 2021: This week, we’re speaking with an outreach and science communication professional to learn about a variety of strategies and mediums for effectively communicating energy research beyond the academy, to a wider audience...

  
• 05.15.2023

  Revisiting: The 2020 EuroBirdoVision Identification Competition

  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...