Press Clippings

One of my favourite recent podcast discoveries... Future Ecologies is one of those rare shows that challenges how we move through the world, but never in a way that feels didactic or glib. It has a playfulness with ideas, and an ease with irresolution that personally I find very appealing. And on top of all that, it’s beautifully produced.
— Nick van der Kolk, Love and Radio
Combining spellbinding soundscapes and heartfelt discussions of the natural world... Future Ecologies weaves the cohosts’ commentary into immersive sound collages featuring quotes from their subjects... The information discussed may be complex, but it is presented in an engrossing format so that listeners from various backgrounds can gain an understanding.
— Musicworks Magazine (Issue #139)
Future Ecologies is not your typical science podcast... [taking] a sustained ethical and decolonial approach to the study of natural ecology in its full cultural, social, and political implications.
— B.C. Studies (No. 209)
It’s so good. I think the makers of this podcast probably make the most effort, or spend the most time, on sound design of any climate and environment shows... The storytelling is great. The sound design is great. They put all of that to work into stories about ecology, which aren’t traditionally super immersive and grabby... Highly recommend it.
— Amy Westervelt (Drilled, Critical Frequency) for TOPIA's Best Climate Podcasts
Future Ecologies explores the ways that our attitudes toward nature shape every aspect of who we are.
— Arcata EcoNews (Vol. 50, No. 4)
Future Ecologies: A podcast with soundscapes from around the Salish Sea.
B.C.-based nature podcasters pursue subjects outside the standard focus of most nature shows... Future Ecologies never skips the facts. But the intent behind the shows isn’t merely to educate.
— Vancouver Sun (Feb 1, 2024)
... a must-listen for every podcast listener/maker.
— Lauren Passell, Podcast the Newsletter (July 12, 2021)

Listener Reviews


Recognition in Academia

 

Future Ecologies episodes have been featured on course curricula at

  • The University of British Columbia: CONS 200 — Foundations of Conservation: Human Dimensions

  • University of California Santa Cruz: 80T — Digital Tools for the Visual Arts, Environmental Art & Social Practice MFA

  • Emily Carr University of Art and Design

  • Simon Fraser University: INDG 232 — Indigenous Ethnoecology

  • Seneca Polytechnic: LSO 245Media and the Information Age

  • The University of Victoria: ER 501 — Design Principles for Natural Processes, ES 471 — Galiano Island Field Study

  • Western Washington University: SALI 201 — Introduction to the Salish Sea

  • Whitman College: CS-200-A ST — Data Visceralization

  • Yukon University: BIOL 210 — Introduction to Northern Botany