Nature's Past: Canadian environmental history podcast
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Nature's Past: Canadian environmental history podcast is a monthly episodic audio podcast
about the environmental history
research community in Canada
, sponsored by the Network in Canadian History and Environment
. The podcast was first produced out of the University of British Columbia
in Vancouver, BC. It is now produced in Calgary, Alberta from the Department of Humanities at Mount Royal University. New episodes are released each month, usually in the third week of the month. Listeners can subscribe to the podcast through RSS
or iTunes
.
It is the first audio podcast to focus on Canadian environmental history. The podcast launched on 10 December 2008 with an episode about the history of Toronto's Don River. Since then, episodes have explored issues in environmental history, including dam construction in British Columbia, wildlife management in the Northwest Territories, environmental justice in Hamilton, Ontario, e-waste, and natural resource conflicts. The podcast has a wide audience of listeners from Canada, the United States, the UK, Australia, New Zealand, Japan, and many other places. It has been reviewed positively on a number of history blogs.
Nature's Past is licensed under a Creative Commons
Attribution-Noncommercial 2.5 Canada License. In October 2009, all past episodes were stored in the Internet Archive
.
Podcast
A podcast is a series of digital media files that are released episodically and often downloaded through web syndication...
about the environmental history
Environmental history
Environmental history, a branch of historiography, is the study of human interaction with the natural world over time. In contrast to other historical disciplines, it emphasizes the active role nature plays in influencing human affairs. Environmental historians study how humans both shape their...
research community in Canada
Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
, sponsored by the Network in Canadian History and Environment
Network in Canadian History and Environment
The Network in Canadian History and Environment based at the University of Western Ontario was established in 2004 as a confederation of scholars working in the field of Canadian environmental history and Canadian-based scholars working in the fields of historical geography and environmental...
. The podcast was first produced out of the University of British Columbia
University of British Columbia
The University of British Columbia is a public research university. UBC’s two main campuses are situated in Vancouver and in Kelowna in the Okanagan Valley...
in Vancouver, BC. It is now produced in Calgary, Alberta from the Department of Humanities at Mount Royal University. New episodes are released each month, usually in the third week of the month. Listeners can subscribe to the podcast through RSS
RSS
-Mathematics:* Root-sum-square, the square root of the sum of the squares of the elements of a data set* Residual sum of squares in statistics-Technology:* RSS , "Really Simple Syndication" or "Rich Site Summary", a family of web feed formats...
or iTunes
ITunes
iTunes is a media player computer program, used for playing, downloading, and organizing digital music and video files on desktop computers. It can also manage contents on iPod, iPhone, iPod Touch and iPad....
.
It is the first audio podcast to focus on Canadian environmental history. The podcast launched on 10 December 2008 with an episode about the history of Toronto's Don River. Since then, episodes have explored issues in environmental history, including dam construction in British Columbia, wildlife management in the Northwest Territories, environmental justice in Hamilton, Ontario, e-waste, and natural resource conflicts. The podcast has a wide audience of listeners from Canada, the United States, the UK, Australia, New Zealand, Japan, and many other places. It has been reviewed positively on a number of history blogs.
Nature's Past is licensed under a Creative Commons
Creative Commons
Creative Commons is a non-profit organization headquartered in Mountain View, California, United States devoted to expanding the range of creative works available for others to build upon legally and to share. The organization has released several copyright-licenses known as Creative Commons...
Attribution-Noncommercial 2.5 Canada License. In October 2009, all past episodes were stored in the Internet Archive
Internet Archive
The Internet Archive is a non-profit digital library with the stated mission of "universal access to all knowledge". It offers permanent storage and access to collections of digitized materials, including websites, music, moving images, and nearly 3 million public domain books. The Internet Archive...
.