Episode list

The Nature of Things

Earth Energy

Tue, Oct 18, 2005
Sculptor, aviator, inventor, and filmmaker Bill Lishman documents his journey around the globe in search of earth's renewable energy.
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Change of Heart
The stories of heart patients in the transplant ward at Toronto General Hospital are chronicled.
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The Secret Life of Babies
Ever wonder what babies think and do while they're waiting around to be born? Or young infants, who can't speak but still express a huge range of emotions? The Nature of Things examines the amazing powers of the fetus and infant.
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Port Hope: A Question of Power
Port Hope, Ontario has all the hallmarks of an ideal small Ontario town, with one of the loveliest main streets in Canada. But Port Hope also has one big problem - thousands of tones of radioactive waste.
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Everyday Einstein
Everyday Einstein provides a fast-paced and jazzy look at the extraordinary impact Einstein continues to have on our daily lives.
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Cuba: The Accidental Revolution Pt I
Two documentaries celebrating Cuba's success in providing for itself in the face of a massive economic crisis, and how its latest revolutions - an agricultural revolution and a revolution in science and medicine - are having repercussions around the world.
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Wild Caribbean: Hurricane Hell
Every year the Caribbean paradise is turned into a hurricane hell. From the beginning of June until the end of November its hurricane season in the islands.
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Build Green

Sat, Jun 16, 2007
Build Green advises making the sun, the wind, and the rain - along with dirt, straw, and sewage - your friends. By building a house using innovative practices and materials, you'll be doing the earth a favour too.
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Wild Caribbean: Reefs and Wrecks
The clear blue waters that surround the Caribbean islands are home to some of the world's most stunning underwater treasures. Coral reefs form beautiful underwater gardens visited by angels, horse eye jacks, blue tangs and stingrays.
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Wild Caribbean: Secret Shores
The Caribbean is not just the islands. We explore the least known Caribbean, that area beyond the Sea. A journey along the greatest Caribbean shoreline of all, that of Central America.
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Cuttlefish - The Brainy Bunch
Imagine an alien with three hearts, blue blood and a doughnut shaped brain. In an instant it could become invisible, or switch on electrifying light shows. Then imagine this bizarre creature was real, and somehow connected to us.
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Mystery of the Giant Sloths Cave
Today's sloths rank highly among the most surprising creatures of the animal kingdom: living suspended to the Amazon rainforest's trees, they move about extremely slowly, as if from a world where time flows differently.
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Geologic Journey: The Great Lakes
Geologic Journey blends modern science, spectacular footage and animation, and personal stories from people driven by the geologic wonder to document the incredible and sometimes surprising history of Canada's landscape. 1. Great Lakes.
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Geologic Journey: The Canadian Shield
Tells the tale of the birth of the immovable Canadian Shield, the oldest rock formation on earth. Also, how the actual mineral content of earth's has been altered through constant pounding from molten rocks from space.
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