Skip to main content

Up Next

Back to Show
Earth Focus

Dairy Alternatives: Rethinking Milk In California and Kenya

Season 2 Episode 4

The realities of milk production are forcing dairy communities across the globe to rethink the dairy production process. In this episode, we travel to a village in Kenya where the commercialization of camel milk is proving a sustainable solution in the face of drought. In Northern California, the heart of the U.S. dairy industry is finding innovative alternatives to limit the use of water and manure emissions.

Support Provided By
Season
Fighting for Air
26:47
Everyday people are standing up against the e-commerce giants polluting the Inland Empire.
For the Love of the Land
56:40
Climate change takes a toll on mental health in rural areas.
We Are Where We Live
56:41
Stories of patients and doctors reveal the environmental determinants of health in South Gate, CA.
A miner emerges from an abandoned mine in South Africa carrying a heavy sack of coal on his back. | Courtesy of of Thomson Reuters Foundation
26:39
South Africa faces a stark reality as the continent’s largest greenhouse gas emitter.
EARTH FOCUS “The Youth Climate Movement Around the World” features Alexandria Villaseñor from Paradise, California. Image courtesy of Thomson Reuters Foundation.
26:39
In-depth profiles of four young environmentalists: Alexandria Villaseñor in California, Carl Smith in Alaska, Ayakha Melithafa in South Africa and Litokne Kabua in the Marshall Islands.
Dying Oceans: Abalone Restoration In California
26:40
P-22 | Earth Focus
24:28
Los Angeles is one of the biggest biodiversity hotspots in the world, despite its smog, urban sprawl and snarling freeways.
A woman cleans her pen at a sea cucumber reserve in Madagascar. | Nicky Milne/Thomson Reuters Foundation
25:44
Communities and innovators all over the world are creating new sustainable food sources that are resilient to climate change and growing populations.
Canal along agricultural field near Los Baños, California. | Carla Pineda
25:44
Anticipating future water needs, two regions on opposite sides of the world turn to technology for answers.
Aerial image of urban density in Freetown, Sierra Leone. | Nicky Milne/Thomson Reuters Foundation
25:26
Two cities, San Francisco and Freetown, brace for climate change using vastly different methodologies.
The border gate on the Tijuana, Mexico side of Friendship Park. | KCET
25:58
Droughts and floods are driving many people away from their rural, farming communities into big cities.
Aerial image of island off Louisiana coast. | Nicky Milne/Thomson Reuters Foundation
25:30
Forecasts are dire for Louisiana to experience the second-highest sea level rise in the world. How is the region adapting?
Active loading indicator