Tiffany Cassidy - Environment Beat

I have a master's in International Environmental Policy from Sciences Po, Paris and a specialisation in environment journalism. Here's a sample of my environment stories in print, podcasts, and film documentary.

An abstract blue and red illustrations shows a howler monkey hanging from a tree in a tropical rainforest. Overtop of the image is the word auditorial.

The Silent Spring - The Guardian

Bernie Krause spent his life recording the impact of environmental destruction on ecosystems through sound. Then his own home fell silent.

(This story is created in a new format designed to be accessible and enjoyable for people with low vision or who are blind. The new format was a collaboration between The Guardian, Google, and the Royal National Institute of the Blind.)

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How green is your food? Eco-labels can change the way we eat, study shows - The Guardian

While food labels are nothing new, a different type that calculates the environmental cost has had a surprising effect on consumers.

A closeup of a white sheep's face shows it staring into the camera.

This sheep could save your bacon some day - The Globe and Mail

A handful of small Canadian farms are preserving the genetic heritage of cattle, sheep and pigs that have been left behind by commercial agriculture. Future generations may depend on that biodiversity to keep the food supply secure.

Climate Fight: The world's biggest negotiation, The Conversation

I produced a five-part podcast series on climate negotiations ahead COP26 for The Conversation. In part 3 we take a trip to northern England and discover what climate change means for communities that depend on fossil fuel industries. Listen to the five-part series, including episode 5 from COP26, here.

Age of Extinction podcast episodes, The Guardian

I produced podcast episodes by The Guardian's Age of Extinction desk for Science Weekly, its science podcast. In one three-part series we explore how little we know about species and biodiversity, and why that matters for the environment. Listen to part 1 here (on fungi) and part 3 here (on the African elephant being split into two species).

Torn, Narrative History Series, BBC Radio 4

I produced half of this narrative history series on the stories behind the clothes we wear. The episode "mauve mania" looks at the history and environmental cost of dying our clothes, from natural dyes to synthetic to what the future of clothing dyes may look like. Listen to episode 5 on the environmental cost of rayon here.

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Nature Talks Podcast

Produced and hosted the Nature Talks podcast for the Nature Conservancy of Canada. The series explored ecosystems across Canada. When the podcast launched in August 2018 it was ranked in the top 10 of the iTunes Science & Medicine section.

The Engineering Edge podcast on wildlife accelerometers

Produced series 2 of The Engineering Edge Podcast. Episode 3 explores how researchers are using accelerometers to discover new wildlife behaviours and create better conservation plans.

Documentary Producer - Her Father's Land

Produced the award-winning documentary on the origins of Idle No More, one of the largest Indigenous mass movements in Canadian history. The film follows Sylvia McAdam Saysewahum, one of the four founders, in her quest to protect the land she grew up with.

Winner of the Ruth Shaw Award at the Yorkton Film Festival.

Her Father's Land -- Documentary from Tiffany Cassidy on Vimeo.

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Tiffany Cassidy
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