Earth Focus Presents | KCET
Earth Focus Presents
"Earth Focus Presents" is a curated series of documentaries focusing on environmental challenges and solutions.
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Seeds of Time
Seeds of Time
A perfect storm is brewing as agriculture pioneer Cary Fowler races against time to protect the future of our food. Seed banks around the world are crumbling, crop failures are producing starvation and rioting, and the accelerating effects of climate change are affecting farmers globally. Communities of indigenous Peruvian farmers are already suffering those effects, as they try desperately to save over 1,500 varieties of native potato in their fields.
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2018-12-03T17:45:00-08:00KCETLINK
Bluefin
Bluefin
In the stunning documentary "Bluefin," director John Hopkins crafts a tale of epic stakes set in the “tuna capital of the world.” Filmed in North Lake, Prince Edward Island, Canada, the film explores the baffling mystery of why the normally wary bluefin tuna no longer fear humans. Hopkins documents this phenomenon with breathtaking cinematography and brings the issues into sharp focus, at the heart of which lies a passionate concern for the fate of these giant fish.
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2018-12-10T20:00:00-08:00KCETLINK
Fierce Green Fire
Fierce Green Fire
An exploration of the environmental movement - grassroots and global activism spanning fifty years from conservation to climate change. Meryl Streep, Robert Redford, Ashley Judd.
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2018-12-11T19:00:00-08:00KCETLINK
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Re-Plan It
This film follows Jock Brandis, an environmental entrepreneur who has devoted his life to low-cost solutions for environmental challenges around the world.
Articles
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Earth Focus
Earth Focus
The Long Battle Over Coastal Access at Hollister Ranch
A legal fight at Hollister Ranch could have lasting implications on the future of public access to the California coast.
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Earth Focus
Earth Focus
An Ecological and Historical Portrait of the Coast at Hollister Ranch
While Hollister is less developed than other places, calling this part of the coast “undeveloped” or “untarnished” or “pristine” fails to recognize its complex history of ownership and use.
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Earth Focus
Earth Focus
A Timeline of Hollister Ranch History
A timeline exploring the history of the human presence at Hollister Ranch, plus the changing and contested claims to that land.
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Earth Focus
Earth Focus
Hollister Ranch: A Brief Look at Four Decades of Legal History
For more than 40 years, state agencies and landowners have been battling over development permits and fees to limit the public's right to access the coast at Hollister Ranch.
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Earth Focus
Earth Focus
The Return of This 20-Pound Invasive Rodent Worries Wildlife Agencies
After wildlife agencies eradicated the voracious, 20-pound rodents in California in the 1970s, the invasive species has been spotted in the San Joaquin Valley again.
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Endgame: SB-120 and the Battle Over the Cadiz Project
The Cadiz project has been one of the most controversial and hardest-fought environmental battles the Mojave Desert.
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