Open Diaries

CBC - The Nature of Things: The Suzuki Diaries (2015)
HDTV | 1280x720 | .MKV/AVC @ 5104 Kbps | 44mn 21s | Audio: English AC3 384 kbps, 6 channels | Subs: None | 1.73 GiB
Genre: Documentary

"Eighty percent of us now live in an urban setting, and I think that the solution to our environmental problems is not to say 'we've got break down cities and get everybody back to the land' – that would be disastrous – but we have to make cities our major habitat…we have to make them more in balance, I think, with the rest of the things that keep us alive." Cities are where most Canadians live. And, as we head into the future, how we adapt to the needs of expanding cities will have a huge impact on their livability. Food, land use, housing, energy, waste – how we tackle these issues will determine whether our cities evolve, or whether they decline. In a new instalment of Suzuki Diaries, David and his daughter, Sarika, set out to discover whether some of Canada's biggest cities are ready for the challenges of the future.

In The Secret Life of the Cat, 50 cats were fitted with GPS collars to track their every movement, and cat-cams to record their unique view of the world. In this groundbreaking experiment, a few cats stood out.

BBC - Halcyon River Diaries Christmas Special (2010)
HDTV | 1280x720 | .MKV/AVC @ 3821 Kbps | 58mn 58s | Audio: English AAC 128 kbps, 2 channels | Subs: English | 1.57 GiB
Genre: Documentary

We join Charlie as he tracks his beloved otters with Gus, sets up an experiment with Fred to see how fast kingfishers actually fly, and tries to record the elusive winter song of a dipper. Philippa is busy re-homing twelve battery hens and making bird cakes with Arthur, until one day a predator strikes and her water vole colony are under threat - could the mink be back on the river?