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Podchat 37 | Learning from Indigenous Worldviews to Build a Better Tomorrow with Gisele Martin

In many ways, the world today seems to be in shambles, and it’s easy to assume that humans are the cause of it all…but it’s not all humans. Instead, many of the destructi

Podchat 36 | Building Reciprocity & Right Relationship as Settlers with Julian Hockin-Grant

What does Indigenous Stewardship look like in the modern age?How can Settler communities form Right Relationship with their Indigenous neighbours? How can participating

Podchat 35 | Kelp Ecology and Restoration for Vibrant Marine Ecosystems with Tom Campbell

Kelp has been getting a ton of publicity lately, from it's use in cosmetics and food, to it's role in mitigating the impacts of climate change. In short, kelp is pretty d

Podchat 34 | Policy Failures, Propaganda and Ongoing Old Growth Logging with Dr. Rachel Holt

Dr. Rachel Holt is a renown forest ecologist who has been working for the past 30 years on protecting old growth forests in BC. After witnessing the first Old Growth Stra

Podchat 33 | Progressive rebellion for connection, place and belonging with Rande Cook

Rande Cook is an Indigenous wood carver and artist, a hereditary chief of the Ma'amtagila Nation, a progressive / rebellious visionary, and one heck of an inspiring human

Undercurrents 11.11.25 | Potential life on mars, and the evolution of life on earth

Undercurrents is a podcast series from Nerdy About Nature where we discuss recent studies, reports and news from the world of environment, ecology and climate which all i

Podchat 32 | Marine Stewardship, Education & Building Connection with Laura Griffith-Cochrane

Out on the west coast of Vancouver Island exists an awesome little non-profit that siphons sea water from the harbour into tanks on land, which briefly house some of the

Podchat 31 | Better Fiber Sourcing to Protect our Forests with Val Langer

Forests are incredibly important ecosystems on our planet for many different reasons from carbon storage to biodiversity, and yet they face constant pressure to meet huma

Podchat 30 | The Majesty of Killer Whales with Fred, The Orca Man

Whale, we've shore got a fun chat lined up for y'all today! Sea what I did there? Silly puns aside, we're talking all about Orcas, or Killer Whales, with the infamous Or

Podchat 29 | Melding Indigenous Knowledge & Western Science with Leigh Joseph

There is a lot of talk these days about the melding of Indigenous knowledge with Western Science, and I couldn't think of anyone better to get into the weeds (pun intende

Undercurrents 1.31.25 | Science Funding in trump's America

This is yet another special edition of Undercurrents - instead of sharing and discussing recent science news, articles or studies here, Julia & Ross discuss important rec

Podchat 28 | Indigenous Knowledge, Science, Arts and Community with Awi'nakola (Rande Cook & Mark Worthing)

We face a variety of critical issues these days that all seem to be culminating at one big crossroads, and the interconnection of them all can make it very difficult to f

Undercurrents 11.8.24 | The US Election Takeaways & Thoughts

This is a special edition of Undercurrents - instead of sharing and discussing recent news, articles or studies here, Julia & Ross delve into their thoughts and reflectio

Thought Snacks | Post-Political Campaign Reflections and Thoughts

In case you missed it, I took a brief hiatus from your regular programming to run for MLA of the Mid Island - Pacific Rim riding as the Green Party of BC Candidate and wh

Podchat 27 | Tla-O-Qui-Aht Land Vision & Indigenous Stewardship with Saya Masso

Over the past 40 years, Tla-O-Qui-Aht First Nation has been fighting relentlessly for their traditional unceded territory with the colonial government of BC / Canada so t

Podchat 26 | Deconstruction, Reducing Waste & Re-envisioning How We Build with Adam Corneil

For the past couple hundred years, buildings and homes in North America have been constructied using virgin timber from the vast forest resources that once stretched acro

Podchat 25 | The power of Economic Reconciliation with Michelle Laviolette

What is economic reconciliation, why is it important, and what does it have to do with protecting lands and empowering communities? I sat down with Michelle Laviolette,

Podchat 24 | Managing our forests for a better future - Ecoforestry with Barry Gates

Forestry is a large part of the culture and economy of the PNW in both the US and Canada, but over a century of poor forest management has led to some of the largest issu

Undercurrents 4.16.24 | Heatwave trends, bad winters, forest fires and better management in a changing climate

Undercurrents is a podcast series from Nerdy About Nature where we discuss recent studies, reports and news from the world of environment, ecology and climate which all i

Undercurrents 3.27.24 | Boiling Microplastics, Oil & Gas Gaslighting, Issues with Glyphosate, and Ridiculous Climate Bandaid Solutions

Undercurrents is a podcast series from Nerdy About Nature where we discuss recent studies, reports and news from the world of environment, ecology and climate which all i