What if the future of conservation isn’t new at all — but rooted in knowledge systems that have existed for generations?

In this episode, host Megan Leslie chats with Ken Paul, a member of Wolastoqey First Nation at Neqotkuk, in New Brunswick. Ken has spent his career advocating for First Nations, Inuit and Métis communities across Canada. In this episode, he joins us to unpack Indigenous-led conservation — what it looks like in practice and why it’s reshaping how we think about protecting land and water. Drawing on decades of experience, Ken explains Indigenous Protected and Conserved Areas (IPCAs) and reflects on his own journey into advocacy. He also introduces the idea of “Two-Eyed Seeing” — a powerful framework that brings together Indigenous knowledge systems and Western science.

But first, Megan’s chatting with WWF-Canada community action specialist Kathy Nguyen, who’s here to share something good about some creative Canadians students building new habitats in their own backyard.

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In the first episode of Good Nature, Megan sits down with Andy Ridley, the co‑founder of Earth Hour, just as the global movement marks its 20th anniversary. Andy reflects on how a simple idea — turning off the lights for one hour — sparked a worldwide expression of collective action. The conversation traces the evolution of the environmental movement over the past two decades and explores what Andy is working on now: protecting coral reefs by empowering everyday people to help monitor and restore them. From Earth Hour’s origins in Sydney Harbour to its little-known Toronto connection and eventual global ignition, this episode is a hopeful look at how creativity and shared purpose can help turn concern into action.

Megan is also joined on this episode by WWF-Canada’s resident botanist, Ryan Godfrey, who answers her call on the orca phone to tell her something good about the weeds in your garden...

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