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Oxbow Park, one of the few remaining natural spaces on Carleton’s Campus. Credit. This morning on the show we heard from Sarah Walker about the Oxbow Park Naturalization Project, and took a trip to the archives to hear about Dana Meise, who is walking across Canada on the Trans-Canada Trail. Sarah Walker: . . . → Read More: February 17, 2011: Oxbow Park Naturalization Nature can make you happier – hear about Lisa Nisbet’s research from her presentation called ‘Green is the Colour of Happiness’ Credit. This morning on the show we heard from two of the presenters at the Yes You Can conference: Lisa Nisbet on the physical and psychological benefits to spending time in nature, and . . . → Read More: January 27, 2011: ‘Green is the Colour of Happiness’  Owen Temby: Greenhouse Gas Regulations in the US and Canada [13:25] Play Now | Play in Popup | DownloadFor our first show in the new year, we played a couple of features from our archives. One about jobs in geography, and another with Michael Runtz, on a talk he gave last year entitled ‘Sex, Flies, and Videotape’. Also, next week is the Yes You Can! conference at Carleton, with SPF’s Robyn Penney . . . → Read More: January 6, 2011: Happy New Year David Suzuki, answering questions during his Legacy Lecture given as part of the 2010 Writer’s Festival. The David Suzuki Legacy Lecture: Writer’s Festival 2010 By: Robyn Penney & Henry Hawkins, Regular SpF Contributors David Suzuki was in Ottawa this past week as part of the annual Writer’s Festival, and gave his Legacy Lecture speech. . . . → Read More: September 30, 2010: The David Suzuki Legacy Lecture A map of the Petitcodiac River, with its 4 main tributaries highlighted in light blue. From time to time on SPF we like to highlight the work of volunteer organizations that work to promote environmental protection and restoration. Today we put the spotlight on Lake Ontario Waterkeeper, an organization that promotes public education and . . . → Read More: September 2, 2010: Petitcodiac River A polar bear and young cub; hear about the danger of extinction facing polar bears in the Hudson Bay region in the Environmental News This week on the show we heard from Sean Carey, professor of Geography at Carleton University and head of the Cold Regions Hydrology lab. He recently won the Young Scientist . . . → Read More: July 15, 2010: Sean Carey This week on the show, Henry Hawkins spoke with Dana Meise, who is travelling across Canada on the Trans Canada Trail. He began in Newfoundland in 2008, and has been walking (minus winters) ever since. He has now made it to Ottawa, and we checked in with him to hear about how his travels . . . → Read More: May 27, 2010: Dana Meise: Trans Canada Traveller This morning on the show we heard a special report from Briyan Grimwood entitled ‘Soundscapes of the North’. Bryan has been part of an SSHRC funded research project, travelling to Gjoa Haven, Nunavut as part of a research initiative for the International Polar Year. This segment documents some of the diverse soundscapes of the . . . → Read More: March 18, 2010: Research in the North This morning Henry talked with Edward Lai, Professor of Analytical Chemistry here at Carleton University. Along with Banu Ormeci, he has been working on a technology to purify water of estrogenic compounds, otherwise known as female sex hormones. These compounds are found in water supplies, and are not filtered out in the traditional processes. . . . → Read More: February 25, 2010: Water Purification and Michael Runtz On today’s show we looked into the geography of voting. Many of us take “one person, one vote” for granted, but Stewart Fast explained how our votes can make more, or less, of a difference based on where we cast them. He spoke with Andy Blair and Yannick Carrière of Fair Vote Canada. Then, . . . → Read More: November 19, 2009: Voter Representation and Environmental Justice |
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