Projects
Long-term Projects
Open Air:
Natural History Radio
from Newfoundland and Labrador
In March 2000, Alder launched its flagship community radio show,
Open Air: Natural History Radio from Newfoundland and Labrador.
Open Air is broadcast weekly for one hour on CHMR-FM, the
campus and community radio station of Memorial University of Newfoundland.
CIUT-FM, Toronto and CHSR FM, Fredericton, also broadcast Open
Air. Open Air is a magazine style radio program
co-produced by Rachel Bryant and Janet Russell. It presents an
eclectic mix of regular columns, music and special features. The
Alder Institute produces Open Air with help from various
sources of support.
Census
and Sounds
Census
and Sounds is
a long-term seabird population monitoring, avian vocalization
recording and conservation biology audio documentary making project
that began in 2001. At the core of this project is a partnership
between the Alder Institute and the Canadian Wildlife Service
to census seabird colonies in Newfoundland and Labrador. Alder
expands on this censusing program with a related avian vocalization
recording program. This program ultimately aims to record the
vocal repertoire of the avifauna of Newfoundland and Labrador.
Recordings are made available on DAT to the research community
and to a broader audience on the internet in RealAudio. In addition,
we incorporate recordings into documentaries and sound art, which
we broadcast on Alder’s community radio program, Open
Air and archive in mp3 on this website.
Short-term Projects
Rare Air: Audio Documentaries
about Species at Risk in Newfoundland and Labrador
(2001-2002)
Through audio documentaries, interviews, theatre and music, Rare
Air explores the ecology of the Piping Plover, Woodland Caribou,
Wolverine, Peregrine Falcon and Harlequin Duck in Newfoundland
and Labrador. Rare Air is brought to you in part by the Mountain
Equipment Co-op's Environment Fund and the Habitat Stewardship
Program for Species at Risk (HSP). The HSP is a partnership-based
conservation initiative sponsored by the Government of Canada.
The program is managed cooperatively by Environment Canada, the
Department of Fisheries and Oceans and Parks Canada. It is administered
by Environment Canada.
The Conservation Connection:
Canadians in the Caribbean (2001-2002)
Funded by the Canadian International Development Agency's (CIDA's)
Development Information Program (DIP), The Conservation Connection
explores the link between international development and the environment
by focusing on selected projects in Belize and Cuba. This audio
series has been distributed to campus and community radio stations
across Canada in 2002.
Funk: Great Auk Graveyard, an
audio portrait of Funk Island (2002)
This audio portrait is brought to you by the Important
Bird Areas (IBA) Program in Newfoundland and Labrador and
the Alder Institute. The IBA program in Newfoundland and Labrador
is spearheaded by the Natural History
Society of Newfoundland and Labrador in partnership with the
Canadian Nature Federation. The
manufacture of this CD was made possible by a Toronto
Dominion Friends of the Environment Foundation grant to the
Natural History Society of Newfoundland and Labrador.
Pinhole photograph of the St. John's Battery
by Monica Kidd
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