Today, Tuesday, April 22, 2025, will mark over a half-century of folks getting together to celebrate Earth Day around the world, to remind us of the importance of protecting the natural environment, such as our disappearing wetlands.
Some folks may not get a chance to explore outdoors today, but sounds of a wetland recorded on Saturna Island can be heard by tuning into the Wetland Project on CJMP qathet's community radio station 90.1 FM, or live-streamed at wetlandproject.com.
BC artists Mark Timmings and Brady Marks created the sonic phenomena produced by a small patch of wetland to create a 24-hour slow radio broadcast, based on field recordings from a marsh on Saturna Island that radio stations across North America and Europe have aired on Earth Day since 2017. The project was created as an exploration of an endangered environmental soundscape.
"The sonic phenomena produced by this little wetland and by wetlands everywhere tend toward infinity, but sadly also toward extinction," stated the artists about the project on their webpage. "Connect your everyday activities to the twenty-four-hour cycle of the wetland on participating radio stations or online, in sync with your local time."
The Wetland Project can also be found at wetlandproject.com/stream.
Join the Peak’s email list for the top headlines right in your inbox Monday to Friday.
