Environment

Earth Focus

Lighting A Path: Embracing Solar Power In California and Zanzibar

Season 2, Episode 5

Solar power is changing lives in unexpected places. At the Barefoot College in Zanzibar, Muslim women who have traditionally been marginalized in the workforce are learning solar installation and bringing it back to their villages, which are primarily powered by candles and paraffin lamps. In East Los Angeles, formerly incarcerated individuals are finding green job opportunities as they transition underserved communities into solar power.

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Adaptation to Global Water Shortages

Season 1, Episode 4

Anticipating future water needs, two regions on opposite sides of the world turn to technology for answers. Western Morocco, near the Sahara Desert, is currently facing unprecedented drought and groundwater mismanagement. But an ancient method of gathering moisture from fog is being taught to 13 villages, allowing people to have a level of local control over their most basic need. In Central Valley, California, the food basket of the world uses nearly 80 percent of the entire state's water supply.

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Earth Focus

Future of Food

Season 1, Episode 5

Communities and innovators all over the world are creating new sustainable food sources that are resilient to climate change and growing populations. In Madagascar, we see how villagers are closing off marine areas to allow the fish supply to replenish at a natural pace. In San Diego, California, aquaculturists are exploring open ocean farming as a more sustainable model for the fishing industry.

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Earth Focus

Dying Oceans: Abalone Restoration In California

Season 2, Episode 6

The ocean is a sponge for all the greenhouse gas emissions we produce, and entire aquatic ecosystems are beginning to collapse. Off the coast of California, the drop-in abalone populations are raising flags about ocean health and the lasting impact of rising sea temperatures, acidification and pollution. Various teams of scientists, volunteers and businesspeople are collaborating to protect underwater species threatened by the invasion of sea urchins.

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Angry Planet

Professional storm chaser George Kourounis goes on a global adventure,travelling to some of the most dangerous places on Earth. As the planet heats up, natural disasters are becoming more frequent and severe, George experiences the most extreme forces of nature and reports back from the front lines of climate change.

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American Rivers

Los Angeles River – From Mountain Wilderness to Cement Corset

The spirited Los Angeles River gushes from the mountains only to be forced into a concrete corset in downtown LA.

2019-05-30T21:00:00-07:00

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Earth Focus

Urban Habitat

Season 1, Episode 6

Los Angeles is one of the biggest biodiversity hotspots in the world, despite its smog, urban sprawl and snarling freeways. At least 20,000 native and non-native plant and animal species are thriving despite human interference, and in some cases because of it. How can people help make urban habitats more welcoming to non-human urban dwellers?

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Earth Focus

Fueling Change

Season 2, Episode 1

The global demand for oil and gas has long-lasting impacts on the communities that supply it. In Alaska’s Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, powerful native communities are at odds over an oil exploration and drilling plan that will boost their economy but have long-term consequences on native species and their environment. In California’s Kern County, the mayors of two neighboring towns face off on the economic benefits and health risks of oil production and their vastly different visions for the most sustainable path to the future.

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American Rivers

Colorado River – The Strangled Giant

The untamed wilderness of the Colorado River is squeezed to a trickle with the push of one button.

2019-06-06T21:00:00-07:00

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Earth Focus

Urban Habitat (Los Angeles)

Season 1, Episode 1

Louisiana still is learning from Hurricane Katrina. Forecasts are dire for Louisiana to experience the second-highest sea level rise in the world. There is a big movement brewing in New Orleans to build adaptive "resilience zones." In Southeast Louisiana, the native peoples of the Isle de Jean Charles have become the first U.S citizens moving within their homeland displaced by climate change.

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Earth Focus

Avocado Wars: The Battle Over Water Rights In Chile

Season 2, Episode 2

The popular demand for avocados, once considered an “exotic” item, is having a devastating impact on a drought-stricken community in Chile. Lying within one of the largest avocado producing regions in the country, Petorca avocado plantations are in a battle over water rights, where claims of illegal water diversion are creating civil unrest.

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Angry Planet

Cabo Verde Volcano

Off the coast of West Africa, George heads to a remote volcanic island where a river of molten lava is engulfing a mountain village. For locals, the consequences are disastrous, and it’s up to George to get as close as possible to provide emergency crews with critical information.

2019-06-12T19:30:00-07:00

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American Rivers

Detroit River – From the Great Lakes to the Great Bust

The Detroit River, still one of the busiest rivers in the world and a witness to the glory times of American industrialization, today sees desolation and the occasional sunflower field in downtown Detroit.

2019-06-13T21:00:00-07:00

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Earth Focus

Season 1, Episode 2

Populations are dramatically shifting as climate change drives migration. Droughts and floods are driving many people away from their rural, farming communities into big cities. We see how this is manifesting in Mongolia and examine the factors leading to the new community of Haitian people living in limbo at the border between Mexico and the U.S.

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Earth Focus

Building A Future: Lumber Poaching In Oregon and Brazil

Season 2, Episode 3

Wood is found in countless products consumers use every day. In fact, lumber is closely connected to the world’s economy – a country’ s importation of lumber tends to rise in correlation with its gross domestic product. Following groups like “Guardians of the Forest,” we explore illegal lumber poaching in the forests of Brazil and Oregon, where citizens and scientists are working together to combat the illegal lumber trade.

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Angry Planet

Black Magic Island

Hoping to determine the effect of volcanoes on climate change, George heads to the island nation of Vanuatu where he rappels into the fiery crater of one of the world’s most active volcanoes.