Terra Informa

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 ★

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

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 ★

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 ★

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 ★

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 ★

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 ★

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 ★

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 ★

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

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 ★

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 ★

  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 ★

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 ★

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 ★

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 ★

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 ★

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 ★

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 ★

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 ★