Some of Canada's best visual artists discuss how their work is related to the environment. Includes photographer Edward Burtynsky, mixed media artist Marlene Creates, multidisicplinary artist Peter von Tiesenhausen, sculptors Dempsey Bob and Agenatha Dyck, landscape painters David Alexander and Robert Weins, Japanese-Canadian painter Takao Tanabe, ceramic artist John Chalke. The Nature of Inspiration travels from coast to coast, documenting some of Canada's most breathtaking locations. Shot over a period of six years, the program is an unprecedented glimpse into the minds of the country's most important artists.