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| Global Focus: The New Environmentalists: Press Release |
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Robert Redford narrates Global Focus II: The New Environmentalists, the second annual installment of a half hour program that features intimate portraits of seven passionate and dedicated activists. These are true environmental heroes who have put themselves between corrupt governments, greedy corporations and other intimidating adversaries. Their goal: safeguarding the Earth's natural resources from shortsighted exploitation and unbridled pollution.
This year's stories feature Haiti, the poorest nation in the western hemisphere; The Congo, scene of some of Africa's most brutal atrocities in recent years; Kazhakastan, where nuclear fallout continues to plague its beleaguered citizens; Honduras, home to a Catholic priest who has put himself in harm's way to protect his country's natural resources; Mexico's Sierra Nevada mountains and the struggles of the Tarahumara Indians to control their land; and a battle in Romania between a small environmental group and the multinational gold mining industry.
Global Focus illustrates how ordinary people are affecting extraordinary change. The New Environmentalists employ a formidable array of weapons to wage their battles. Blackboards, picket signs, solar panels, pamphlets, garden hoes, song, dance and sheer determination are among their many resources.
Global Focus is presented by KQED Public Broadcasting, San Francisco through NETA.
Global Focus is funded by the Goldman Environmental Prize, the international award for grassroots environmentalists. www.goldmanprize.org
About KQED
KQED Public Broadcasting operates KQED Public Television 9, one of the nation's most-watched public television stations during prime-time, and KQED's digital television channels, which include KQED HD, KQED Encore, KQED World, KQED Life and KQED Kids; KQED Public Radio, the most-listened-to public radio station in the nation with an award-winning news and public affairs program service (88.5 FM in San Francisco and 89.3 FM in Sacramento); KQED.org, one of the most visited station sites in Public Broadcasting; and KQED Education Network, which brings the impact of KQED to thousands of teachers, students, parents and media professionals through workshops, seminars and resources.
About NETA
The National Educational Telecommunications Association is a professional association that serves public television licensees and educational entities in all 50 states, the U.S. Virgin Islands, and Puerto Rico. We serve by connecting people and ideas, by providing quality programming, educational resources, professional development, management support, and national representation.
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