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/

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

Music: 

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 

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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.

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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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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.

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.

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

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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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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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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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.