Best Scara Podcasts (2025)

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Revisiting: I'm Dreaming of a Green Christmas with Special Guest Janina Fuchs 29:18

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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 Fuchs shares her work on renewable energy perspectives between German and Alber…

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Revisiting: Looking Back on the Light and Dark in 2020 29:11

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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 what has made them thankful in the past year, and for inspiration we share "Praise Song for the Unloved Animals" by M…

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Ep. 38 - MS Pick Up Lines - Ew 19:04

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What happens when an 8th grader brings a handwritten list of pickup lines to school… and a teacher confiscates it? Scara and Sly read through a real list of middle school pickup lines that absolutely should not exist in the wild. They are awkward. They are hilarious. They are mildly horrifying. And yes, they were actually passed around by an 8th gr…

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Got Questions? We’re Asking a Principal and Superintendent 1:23

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Teachers, parents, and school staff. This one’s for you. In an upcoming episode of Bad Teacher Tales, I’ll be sitting down with a former principal and an area superintendent, and I want your questions leading the conversation. What have you always wanted to ask administration but never felt safe asking? What policies don’t make sense from the class…

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Ep. 37 - What DO Librarians do all day?! 24:51

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People think librarians sit quietly and read all day. Jess is here to gently… and accurately… destroy that myth. From managing chaos to supporting students in ways no one sees, this clip breaks down what librarians actually do during a school day. Spoiler: it’s not silent, slow, or simple. If you’ve ever underestimated a school librarian, or if you…

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Revisiting: Christmas Trees - Then and Now 28:53

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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, to bring it all home, Elizabeth Dowdell regales us with a childhood tale of making the harrowing journ…

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BONUS - Field Trip to Antarctica! 10:31

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Welcome to a special bonus episode of Bad Teacher Tales where things get a little… chillier than usual. 🧊 Today, I’m putting my son in the hot seat — or frozen tent — and asking him questions about one very serious topic: if he could plan a field trip, what would it be? He chose Antarctica. 🧊❄️ I asked him to explain how they’d get there and his an…

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Revisiting: XC Ski With Me 29:10

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This episode originally aired on February 15, 2021: This week Charlotte Thomasson hosts us on a cross-country ski tour around Edmonton, Alberta. Elizbeth Dowdell joins with some facts about the Canadian Birkebeiner and the two inspire you to get outside and explore the beauty of winter. Small-town rivalries, poetry, and the origin of two classic Ca…

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Ep. 36 - Lockdown Drill Disaster 29:35

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In this episode of Bad Teacher Tales, Scara shares a teacher's experience with a lockdown “drill” that wasn’t. Teachers and students panicked, and the chaos was 100% real — even if the danger wasn’t. Scara breaks down the fallout, the frantic texts, and the moments that made everyone question the outcome. ✨ Welcome to Bad Teacher Tales The storytel…

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Revisiting: Fisheries Coexistence on the Great Slave Lake 29:10

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This episode originally aired on March 22, 2021: On the Great Slave Lake in the Northwest Territories, K'atl'odeeche First Nation is taking steps to create opportunities for their members to make their livelihoods through fishing. In our second episode on Indigenous-led fisheries management, we are joined by PhD student Kristine Wray. We investigat…

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Ep. 35 - Is it Burnout or Disillusion? - BONUS 6:48

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Are teacher's leaving due to burnout or disillusionment? We are now on YouTube!!! CLICK HERE to watch! IT'S YOUR TURN! To submit your own story to be featured use this link: BTT Submissions Email us: [email protected] Follow us! @BadTeacherTales (TikTok) @BadTeacherTales (Instagram) Bad Teacher Tales - Podcast (Facebook) To support financia…

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Revisting: Indigenous Fishing Livelihoods in Atlantic Canada 29:10

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This episode originally aired on March 15, 2021: In the management and conservation of resources, what does it mean to coexist? This week on Terra Informa we are joined by PhD student Krista Tremblett to bring you a story on Indigenous-led approaches to fisheries management in Atlantic Canada. We explore the historical precedence and Treaty commitm…

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Ep. 34: Overworked and Underpaid! NOW ON YOUTUBE! 25:03

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What must you do to be paid your worth? We are now on YouTube!!! CLICK HERE to watch! IT'S YOUR TURN! To submit your own story to be featured use this link: BTT Submissions Email us: [email protected] Follow us! @BadTeacherTales (TikTok) @BadTeacherTales (Instagram) Bad Teacher Tales - Podcast (Facebook) To support financially, visit our Pa…

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Revisiting: Guest Doc! From Bags to Bins: Edmonton’s Change to a New Waste Management System 28:54

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This episode originally aired on July 18, 2022: In this audio documentary, Cindy Eisman and Christie Kwan, Community Service Learning students from the University of Alberta, explore why the City of Edmonton made the switch to a new cart system for management of household waste in 2021. Program log. ★ Support this podcast ★…

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Revisiting: The Line with Anthony Goertz 29:05

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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 who do the incredibly important job of sorting and processing our garbage. This week at Terra Informa, we interview filmm…

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Revisiting: Scara Informa Spooks Again 29:11

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This episode originally aired on November 2, 2020: Do you feel that? The chill in the air, the feeling of a hand brushing your shoulder? Scara Informa is back and it's spookier than ever! This year, the Terra Informers will take you on a haunted tour of the world as we visit haunted forests around the globe - apparently there's lots of them. Scara …

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Revisiting: Cryptozoology and Conservation 28:48

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This episode originally aired on August 2, 2021: 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 ★…

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Revisiting: Communicating Energy Systems with Dr. Valerie Miller 29:10

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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 of policymakers, energy practitioners, communities and members of the public, a…

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Revisiting: Sustainable Menstruation 29:08

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Just like the gendered impacts of the covid19 crisis are getting little media attention, environmental issues that predominantly affect women are not talked about enough. This week on Terra Informa we revisit an episode that features headline news, research, and audio from an event organized last April (2019) by then-Terra Informer Sydney Karbonik.…

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Revisiting: Fashion and Sustainability with Dr. Anne Bissonnette 29:10

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This episode originally aired on August 23, 2024: 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 fo…

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Revisiting: Alberta's Orphan Wells 29:01

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This episode originally aired on August 10, 2020: 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…

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Revisiting: A Warming World 29:11

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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 in the IPCC Special Report, in this episode we prepare ourselves for what global warming and the climate crisis w…

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Revisiting: Canadian Curriculum and Climate Organizing 29:37

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This episode originally aired on September 23, 2019: This week on Terra Informa, we discuss the second part of a 2 part mini-series on youth education in the climate crisis. On September 20, 2019, Youth For Climate and other climate organizers staged a “die-in” in downtown Edmonton as a start to the International Week of climate action. Listen in f…

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Revisiting: Canadian Curriculums in the Face of Climate Change 29:37

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This episode originally aired on September 16, 2019: This week on Terra Informa, we're bringing you part one of a two-part series on youth and the climate crisis. ★ Support this podcast ★By CJSR 88.5 FM

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Revisiting: Discussing In the Land of Dreamers 29:11

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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 photography and video footage to talk about the cultural and ecological importance of the Muskwa-Kechika, a large area of und…

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Revisiting: The Whale and the Raven Film Discussion 29:11

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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 researchers and Gitga’at Nation community members share the screen with their non-human kin, orcas and hum…

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Revisiting: Film Discussion - Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind 29:03

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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 ★By CJSR 88.5 FM

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Revisiting The Wildfires in the Amazon and Conservation in Brazil 29:08

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The devastating bushfires in Australia have been front and center in the news this month, with a total area of around 8.4 million hectares burned as of the 6th of January. The images of smoke plumes visible from space and eerie orange skies reminded us here at Terra Informa of the wildfires in the Amazonian rainforest this past summer. So, this wee…

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CSL Documentary: Outdoor Gardens - What They Bring to Edmontonians (Revisiting) 29:04

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This episode originally aired on June 7, 2021: 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 2021 Prairie Urban Farm: http://www.prairieurban…

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CSL Documentary: Looking Fly - The Inside Scoop on Insect Protein (Revisiting) 28:59

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This episode originally aired on July 12, 2021: 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 …

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CSL Documentary: From Petri Dish to Our Plate - Cellular Agriculture (Revisiting) 28:53

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This episode originally aired on September 18, 2023: 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 Harvest to learn more about how…

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Revisiting: Heat Wave Hive Inspection 29:20

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This episode originally aired on July 19, 2021: 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…

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Revisiting: A Little Grain and a lot of Birds 29:01

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This episode originally aired on February 27, 2017: In this week's episode, the Terra Informers travel to a grain terminal in the City of Edmonton to see some rare birds of prey and meet the folks who watch and photograph them there. ★ Support this podcast ★By CJSR 88.5 FM

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Revisiting: Metamorphosis - Cinema on Climate and Change 29:10

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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 ★By CJSR 88.5 FM

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Revisiting: Guest Documentary: What's All The Buzz About? Exploring Urban Beekeeping in Edmonton 29:11

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This episode originally aired on February 21, 2022: This week, we are airing an audio documentary created by Madelyn Lux and Mario Rodriguez for an agricultural economics class that had a community-service learning component at the University of Alberta. Through interviews with beekeepers and business owners, this documentary explores how urban bee…

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Revisiting: REDesign Engineering 29:04

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This episode originally aired on November 18, 2019: This week on Terra Informa, Matthew Danyluik and Daniel Alexander from Renewable Energy Design (RED), a student engineering group aiming to make university a greener place through developing net-zero products, talk about the inspiration for starting the group and current sustainability design proj…

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Revisiting: Cycling and a Couple of Queers 29:06

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This episode originally aired on June 24, 2019: Terra Informer Charlotte Thomasson speaks with Mackenzy Albright, one of the founders of SNAQCS, a Slow Nice And Queer Cycloventure Squad based out of Victoria, British Columbia that creates a welcoming space for members of the LGBTQIA2S community who want to have fun and ride bikes! Tune in to hear C…

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Revisiting: Reimagining Futures with Climate Fiction 29:08

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This episode originally aired on February 8, 2021: The power of storytelling gives us a way to cope with the uncertainty of our climate future. This week on Terra Informa we’re exploring those stories about the future worlds that are not so different from our own. While you may be familiar with science fiction, genres like speculative fiction, clim…

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Revisiting: Spring Confessional 29:08

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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 us. Download the program log. ★ Support this podcast ★ ★ Support this podcast ★…

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Revisiting: Crackin' a Cold One (sustainably) 28:58

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This episode originally aired on May 17, 2021: 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 …

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Revisiting: Soakin’ Up The Sun With Solar Power 28:59

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This episode 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 leaders are around the world. ★ Support this podcast ★ ★ Support this podcast ★By CJSR 88.5 FM

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Revisiting: De-Extinction - Should We Resurrect Extinct Animal Species? 29:05

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This episode originally aired on January 14, 2019: What if we could bring extinct animal species back from the dead? This week, Terra Informer Sofia Osborne brings us a story about de-extinction: Sofia brings us a story about de-extinction: the use of selective breeding, cloning, and genetic engineering to “resurrect” extinct species. This technolo…

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Revisiting: Cycling and the Environment 29:01

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This episode originally aired on June 2, 2020: 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 experi…

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Revisiting: An Ode to Beavers 28:58

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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, Hannah Cunningham, and Dylan Hall (a Terra Informa alum!) discuss Glynnis Hood's book The Beaver Manifesto, as …

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Revisiting: The Evolution of Climate Language 29:53

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This episode originally aired on August 9, 2021: 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 …

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Revisiting: All about BIRDS 29:01

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This episode originally aired on June 3, 2019: This week, Charlotte Thomasson talked to resident Nature Nut, John Acorn, about local bird songs and birding stories, with audio captured by Terra Informers live in Edmonton, Alberta, near Drumheller, Alberta, and on Saturna Island in British Columbia. ★ Support this podcast ★…

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Revisiting: Menstruation Innovation 29:00

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This episode originally aired on April 29, 2019: This week on Terra Informa, we're talking about periods. Own very own Terra Informer Sydney Karbonik recently hosted an educational event about the environmental, social and economic impact of menstrual products and what other options exist for women. ★ Support this podcast ★…

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Revisiting: What's your conservation inspiration? 29:02

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This episode originally aired on August 2, 2020: 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 our v…

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Revisiting: Fun Guys Looking at Fungi 29:11

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This episode originally aired on November 22, 2021: This week on Terra Informa we jump into the giant world of the fungi kingdom. Charlotte Thomasson sings a song, and interviews Josh Smith and Mike Schultz, members of the Alberta Mycological Society. Daniel Pietraszewski shares a fun story about Vilna, AB. You're not going to want to miss this. Do…