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The Nature of Things - Season 11

Episode List

"The Last Stand: Western Mountain Parks"
E1 - "The Last Stand: Western Mountain Parks"

Aired: November 02, 1970

The first in a four-part series entitled The Last Stand. The series looks at a variety of areas in the world set aside as specially protected areas of wilderness and natural wildlife. The first program is about western mountain parks and the work being done by biologists and scientists to save mountain wildlife.

"The Last Stand: The Everglades of Florida"
E2 - "The Last Stand: The Everglades of Florida"

Aired: November 09, 1970

The Everglades, unique in the world, are dependent entirely on water. But the beautiful birds and animals in the park are threatened by land development and a new airport, whose drainage policies are drying up the area.

The Last Stand: Point Pelee
E3 - The Last Stand: Point Pelee

Aired: November 16, 1970

The third in a four-part series entitled "The Last Stand." Point Pelee is a tiny peninsula in southwestern Ontario, jutting into Lake Erie, which contains a fresh water marsh full of wildlife of all kinds. It is also the last stronghold of the southern deciduous forest in Canada and contains southern species of plants and animals not found anywhere else in the country.

The Last Stand: The Southwestern Desert
E4 - The Last Stand: The Southwestern Desert

Aired: November 23, 1970

The last in a four-part series entitled The Last Stand. This program looks at Sonoran Desert in US Southwest and in Mexico.

A Sense Of Time: The Age Of The Universe
E5 - A Sense Of Time: The Age Of The Universe

Aired: December 07, 1970

The first in a three-part series entitled "A Sense of Time". This examines past and present ideas on questions of how old is universe.

A Sense Of Time: The Age Of The Earth
E6 - A Sense Of Time: The Age Of The Earth

Aired: December 14, 1970

This program focuses on a new geophysical concept of our planet.

A Sense Of Time: The Age Of Man
E7 - A Sense Of Time: The Age Of Man

Aired: December 21, 1970

Planet Earth has supported life for some three billion years; but Man, characterized by his powers of thought and other other intelligent faculties, has shown greatest development.

The Great Lakes
E8 - The Great Lakes

Aired: February 01, 1971

Sociologists tell us that Great Lakes are basis for civilization around them. If lakes fail.

The Great Lakes
E9 - The Great Lakes

Aired: February 08, 1971

Immediate implementation of pollution control in our Great Lakes is urgently needed if we are to preserve our most vital waterway.

Population Problems: Everybody'S Baby
E10 - Population Problems: Everybody'S Baby

Aired: February 15, 1971

Population: Everybody's Baby" examines projected consequences of overpopulation and-controversy surrounding population control.

Population Problems: Tomorrow'S Child
E11 - Population Problems: Tomorrow'S Child

Aired: March 01, 1971

Featuring a national opinion poll on public attitudes in Canada towards population growth.

Who Help Themselves
E12 - Who Help Themselves

Aired: March 15, 1971

Dealing with McGill University Settlement Mental Health Unit project in Montreal..

Psychiatry: Heavy Night
E13 - Psychiatry: Heavy Night

Aired: March 22, 1971

Psychiatry: Heavy Night

Psychiatry: Street Fighting Mad
E14 - Psychiatry: Street Fighting Mad

Aired: March 29, 1971

A visit to Montreal's Allan Memorial Institute, where a disturbed teenager responds to treatment.

Psychiatry: Human Potential
E15 - Psychiatry: Human Potential

Aired: April 05, 1971

A look at Vancouver-area encounter groups.