The Nature of Things
Season 11
The Nature of Things is a Canadian television series of documentary programs. It debuted on CBC Television on November 6, 1960. Many of the programs document nature and the effect that humans have on it. The program was one of the first to explore environmental issues, such as clear-cut logging.
The series is named after an epic poem by Roman philosopher Lucretius: "Dē Rērum Nātūrā" — On the Nature of Things.
The series is named after an epic poem by Roman philosopher Lucretius: "Dē Rērum Nātūrā" — On the Nature of Things.
Where to Watch The Nature of Things • Season 11
15 Episodes
- The Last Stand: Western Mountain Parks (1)E1
The Last Stand: Western Mountain Parks (1)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 (2)E2
The Last Stand: The Everglades of Florida (2)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 (3)E3
The Last Stand: Point Pelee (3)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 (4)E4
The Last Stand: The Southwestern Desert (4)The last in a four-part series entitled The Last Stand. This program looks at the Sonoran Desert in the U.S. Southwest and in Mexico. It contains an enormous variety of animal life and represents adaptation by both plant and animal life to a harsh environment where competition is keen and only the most successful can survive. - A Sense of Time: The Age of Man (3)E7
A Sense of Time: The Age of Man (3)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 the greatest development during his 500,000-years existence. Can he assume his role of responsibility to protect his life-giving biosphere? - The Great Lakes (1)E8
The Great Lakes (1)Sociologists tell us that the Great Lakes are the basis for the civilization around them. If the lakes fail, so will we. The program explores the concept that we must cease to think of land and water as separate worlds, and instead treat them as a unity with an international plan for management.