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The fight to save the Magdalen Islands
FromThe Big Story
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Length:
20 minutes
Released:
Aug 26, 2022
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Podcast episode
Description
It's one of the most beautiful places in Canada. It's also on a list of Places To Visit Before They're Gone Forever. But if the people who refuse to give up on their homes and businesses have anything to say about it, even soil erosion from rising sea levels won't claim their islands.They're using everything from lobster traps to sea barriers, moving what needs to be moved, to prove that even in the middle of a climate crisis, humans are adaptable and creative enough to save the places they love.GUEST: Taras Grescoe, writing in Hakai magazine
Released:
Aug 26, 2022
Format:
Podcast episode
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