Episode list

Power Shift explores the abundant possibilities of clean, renewable energy. This inspiring program travels the world to discover how energy touches our daily lives. Power Shift offers specific action steps that viewers can take to create a sustainable future.

Traveling in veggie oil-powered caravan, 25 earth educators teach students about sustainable ecology through a day-long program that includes West African agricultural drumming and earth-conscious hip-hop, planting over 1000 fruit trees at urban schools.

Why are 25 million coffee farmers impoverished while we spend more and more for our coffee? What is the difference between Free Trade and Fair Trade? We hear from experts, students, coffee lovers, and from the coffee farmers themselves, and learn how their lives and ours are inextricably joined.

Known as the "Thoreau of the American West," Edward Abbey, author and essayist is noted for his advocacy of environmental issues and criticism of public land policies. Biography of Edward Abbey as remembered by his family and friends.

Diane Wilson - mother of five, fourth generation fisher-woman, and self-proclaimed "unreasonable woman" uses hunger strikes and civil disobedience to battle the giants of the petro-chemical industry in the most toxic place in America. Surviving imprisonment, surveillance and harassment, Diane believes that putting your life at risk is where change happens.

Sometimes a bird's-eye view makes all the difference. Combining a love of flight with a passion for wild places, a growing number of pilots fly volunteer missions over vibrant and threatened lands. Flying Cessnas over the vibrant and threatened landscapes of Central America, this film celebrates the belief that we can all make a difference.

From grade schoolers to commercial fishermen, people from all walks of life are taking environmental stewardship seriously. Whether they're fighting to get lead out of a school's drinking water or working to convert an abandoned farm into a thriving wetland, these water heroes are doing amazing things to protect our most essential resource.

Covers the high profile controversy over the South Central Farm in Los Angeles, the largest urban garden in the country. The story includes the benefits of urban farms, celebrity tree sitters, citizen supporters, dramatic evictions of farmers, rarely told developer's defense and updates on farmers efforts to continue to sustain themselves, physically and spiritually. Celebrity activists include Daryl Hannah, Joan Baez, Julia Butterfly Hill, Martin Sheen, Willie Nelson.

Big Apples, Big Ideas - two short films: Broken Limbs: The future looks grim in "The Apple Capital of the World" in Washington state. Apple growers by the thousands are going out of business. What went wrong in this natural Garden of Eden? But there's also an entirely new breed of farmer, practitioners of a sustainable agriculture. These new American farmers define a path of renewal that could hold the answer for farmers across America. Worms in the Big Apple: All over New York City, tiny creatures are transforming residents' garbage into soil. Reveals the fascinating, fun, and sometimes stinky culture of urban composting.

Oceans of Conservation- Three Short Films: Titans of the Coral Sea: In the brilliant turquoise waters of Papua New Guinea, the Titan people have fished the same coral reefs for over 40,000 years. The emergence of the global marketplace is creating new economic pressures on both the people and the reefs. Now, for the first time ever, they are running out of fish. This film is about stewardship, and the hope of a community taking charge of their future. Whale Sharks of Holbox: The islanders of Holbox, Mexico, facing a dwindling supply of fish, have successfully converted their economy to eco-tourism. In doing so, they have helped protect the world's largest fish, the whale shark. Inter tidal Heroes: Marine reserves are home to a variety of seaweed, crabs, sponges, sea stars, mollusks, and starfish, all living together along the crashing surf and rocky tide pools. These sanctuaries rely on the efforts of a handful of dedicated rangers, volunteers and naturalists for survival. Meet the natural heroes, and the tide pool residents, of a marine reserve in Northern CA.

Traveling Our Natural World - two short films: Conversing with Aotearoa (New Zealand): In an age of technological integration and urban life, New Zealanders (and all urbanites) turn to the wilderness to fathom their deep, personal connection with the land, in beautiful animation. Handle with Care: Eco-tourism is a growing trend. In Costa Rica's Osa Peninsula, people, industry and nature are working towards a common environmental goal. What does it take to save paradise so the human and wildlife residents can live in harmony?

Another gloom and doom film? No! Quite the contrary, this film revels in innovation, invention and creativity. An inspiring road map of successful ways to achieve sustainability through reinventing old business methods and finding new paths to healthy communities, protecting natural resources and attaining a more profitable bottom line.

As more children are growing up in an urban environment, there is less connection to our natural world. Outdoor learning centers such as IslandWood on Bainbridge Island, WA provide exceptional learning experiences and to inspire lifelong environmental and community stewardship.