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The Nature of Things
The Nature of Things

Season 11

November 2, 1970

15 Episodes

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Episodes

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E1

"The Last Stand: Western Mountain Parks"

November 2, 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.

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"The Last Stand: The Everglades of Florida"

November 9, 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.

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The Last Stand: Point Pelee

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.

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The Last Stand: The Southwestern Desert

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.

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A Sense Of Time: The Age Of The Universe

December 7, 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.

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A Sense Of Time: The Age Of The Earth

December 14, 1970

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

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A Sense Of Time: The Age Of Man

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.

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The Great Lakes

February 1, 1971

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

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The Great Lakes

February 8, 1971

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

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Population Problems: Everybody'S Baby

February 15, 1971

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

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Population Problems: Tomorrow'S Child

March 1, 1971

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

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E12

Who Help Themselves

March 15, 1971

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

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Psychiatry: Heavy Night

March 22, 1971

Psychiatry: Heavy Night

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Psychiatry: Street Fighting Mad

March 29, 1971

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

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Psychiatry: Human Potential

April 5, 1971

A look at Vancouver-area encounter groups.