"Earth Focus" is an original environmental documentary series from PBS SoCal.
The newest season of “Earth Focus” presents fresh perspectives on the relationships between California’s wildlands and urban infrastructure, with every episode including animated segments exploring historic themes.
Browse our map and special package of content dedicated to history and visions for the future of the L.A. River.
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.
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.
PBS SoCal's Earth Focus Environmental Film Festival will return as a broadcast event every Saturday night in April starting Saturday, April 6 at 9.pm. on PBS SoCal Plus.
The 2023 Earth Focus Environmental Film Festival is a hybrid event on May 22-25, offering virtual screenings on the Eventive platform and in-person screenings at the Landmark Westwood Theatre in Los Angeles.
When California Latinas for Reproductive Justice first started organizing for rent control, some policymakers didn't see the connection between housing and health. In Bell Gardens, the fight for housing stability is the fight to address the environmental determinants of health.
The word "solastalgia" aims to capture the loss and grief tied to climate change. But these emotions are experienced differently across cultures. While new language like solastalgia can be useful, Indigenous scholars and a psychologist describe how it also may miss the nuances of Indigenous peoples' experiences.
From California’s citrus heyday in the 1800s to Cold War military expansion, the Inland Empire has been a center of shipping and distribution. Today’s warehouses boom, linked to ongoing environmental degradation and job insecurity, has its roots in the science of war and in long histories of land and labor exploitation.
Photographer Noé Montes was commissioned by the California Air Resources Board to travel through the Inland Empire and document the impacts of air pollution. In this personal photo essay, he shows how the goods movement industry is changing the landscape and affecting residents' quality of life.
In 1967, 17,000 acres of farmland were designated as the San Bernardino County Dairy Preserve. The South Ontario Logistics Center, recently approved by the Ontario City Council, would pave over former preserve lands, some of which were also set aside for conservation through a state fund.
In Bloomington, a controversial warehouse proposal seeks to rezone residential land for industrial use. While residents fight to protect their neighborhood, a recent legal settlement in Fontana allows a warehouse to go up right next door to a school.
Ecopoetry can be a place for documenting and memorializing all that is lost to climate change. It can also be a place to process emotions tied to loss and catastrophe. Four poets read and comment on their poems about wildfire and coral bleaching.
An environmental journalist writes about the poems that help her process wildfire and climate change. At a time when so much is being lost, ecopoetry can bear witness, sift through the ruins, reveal the cause of the crisis and restore the spirit.
When it comes to taking action on climate change, perception matters. We often see the problem is large and insurmountable, but the field of climate action can be as small as our own bodies. And small steps, coming from a place of joy, can be more powerful than we think.
The American Lung Association (ALA) just released its annual State of the Air Report and San Bernardino and Riverside counties ranked first and second for the worst ozone pollution in the country. Despite challenges, a "glimmer of hope" remains for some residents.
A map of Southern California supply chain infrastructure visualizes the pollution impacts of goods movement in the region. Stories highlight the human and ecological costs of shipping and local fights against warehouse development.
“The New West and the Politics of the Environment” explores how iconic Nevada Senator Harry Reid set the foundations for a green new deal in the state using power in new ways.
The series offers a portrait of “one of the last undeveloped coastal areas in California”, which is now a battleground in a fight for the future of the California coast and of access to public lands.
Urban Ark considers how Los Angeles has inadvertently become a sanctuary city for non-native animal and plant species that are sometimes endangered in their native habitats.
The fourth annual Earth Focus Environmental Film Festival will run from April 24-29, 2022. The Festival features five days of virtual screenings with Q&A discussions following each film to encourage a better understanding of and dialogue on environmental issues.
The first storyline under the year-long KCETLink/LENS partnership focuses on the past, present and possible futures of Taylor Yard, an undeveloped and still-contaminated site adjacent to the L.A. River.
News and stories related to the revitalization of the Los Angeles River and surrounding communities.
Explore the pipeline route, the effects it will have on surrounding communities and beyond, and a few of the alternatives to the fossil fuel-dependent economy of which DAPL is one small piece.
"Earth Focus" is an original environmental documentary series from PBS SoCal.
The newest season of “Earth Focus” presents fresh perspectives on the relationships between California’s wildlands and urban infrastructure, with every episode including animated segments exploring historic themes.
Browse our map and special package of content dedicated to history and visions for the future of the L.A. River.
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.
