Janine Benyus from the Biomimicry institute explains what biomimicry is and how it might spell the future of environmental sustainable technological advancement.

Montreal based journalist and blogger Mark Brooks speaks with Geoff Green of Students on Ice Expeditions which runs student trips to the Arctic and Antarctic to better understand the planet’s ecosystem.

And we rerun the story of Nauru, the Doomed Island, stripped bare to the point of extermination by mining. David Kendall set his novel Death Wish on Nauru and recounts its tragic demise.

Producer Daryn Caister speaks with Mark Mattson from Lake Ontario Waterkeeper about a proposed weakening by the CRTC of the rule that prohibits the broadcast of “false or misleading news.” This could have a negative impact on the quality of reporting of environmental issues.

In a segment originally aired in July producer Daryn Caister speaks with Stephanie Iris Weiss, the author of the book “Eco-Sex: Go Green Between the Sheets and Make Your Love Life Sustainable” to find out how your love life affects the environment and how romance can help save the planet… if you’re doing it right.

They stalked the prairie night, clad in black masks and black paws, until humans decimated their food source. But now, after twenty-five years, the black-footed ferret is back from the brink of extinction. Chris Hannay speaks with Kenton Vaughan, maker of the new documentary “Return of the prairie bandit.”

This week is part two of a set of interviews done surrounding the movie “The Economics of Happiness”. Last week we heard from Helena Norberg-Hodge, one of the producers of the film, and this week will be hearing from a food activist and local chef, Joshna Maharaj who was invited to join the panel here in Toronto after the film. Joshna joins us as a chef to talk about her thoughts on the film and her career as a Canadian food activist.