The Nature of Things

Season 11

15 episodes · Nov 2, 1970

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  • S11E1

    "The Last Stand: Western Mountain Parks"

    Nov 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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  • S11E2

    "The Last Stand: The Everglades of Florida"

    Nov 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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  • S11E3

    The Last Stand: Point Pelee

    Nov 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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  • S11E4

    The Last Stand: The Southwestern Desert

    Nov 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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  • S11E5

    A Sense Of Time: The Age Of The Universe

    Dec 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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  • S11E6

    A Sense Of Time: The Age Of The Earth

    Dec 14, 1970

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

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  • S11E7

    A Sense Of Time: The Age Of Man

    Dec 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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  • S11E8

    The Great Lakes

    Feb 1, 1971

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

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  • S11E9

    The Great Lakes

    Feb 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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  • S11E10

    Population Problems: Everybody'S Baby

    Feb 15, 1971

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

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  • S11E11

    Population Problems: Tomorrow'S Child

    Mar 1, 1971

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

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  • S11E12

    Who Help Themselves

    Mar 15, 1971

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

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  • S11E13

    Psychiatry: Heavy Night

    Mar 22, 1971

    Psychiatry: Heavy Night

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  • S11E14

    Psychiatry: Street Fighting Mad

    Mar 29, 1971

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

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  • S11E15

    Psychiatry: Human Potential

    Apr 5, 1971

    A look at Vancouver-area encounter groups.

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