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QUEST
KQED's science and nature series has many fascinating TV, radio, and web programs on climate change and the environment.
Earth Celebration Events
Make Earth Day special with these family-friendly events from our KQED QUEST partners, including local museums, parks and other environmental institutions all around the Bay Area.
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Earth Celebration 2009
Earth Day is April 22, but KQED is celebrating our planet all month long. Tune in for special reports from our locally produced television and radio programs, including QUEST, The California Report and Climate Watch. And don't miss new episodes of Jean-Michel Cousteau: Ocean Adventures.
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Fri, April 3, 9pm - Jean-Michel Cousteau: Ocean Adventures: Sharks at Risk - Travels to French Polynesia and South Africa to observe the living conditions and behavior of sharks.
Sun, April 5, 11am Nature: Kilauea: Mountain of Fire - witness the devastation and creation made by lava flowing from the world's most active volcano.
Sun, April 5, noon Wildside with Nick Molle: Costa Rica - discover spider monkeys, crocodiles and humpback whales in this biologically diverse ecosystem.
Nature: Frogs: The Thin Green Line
Sun, April 5, 8pm - As amphibian species vanish off the face of the earth, scientists attempt to save those they can.
Sun, April 5, 11pm Global Focus V: The New Environmentalists - profiles the 2008 Goldman Environmental Prize recipients--a group of fearless grassroots leaders working to improve the environment and living conditions for people in their communities.
Jean-Michel Cousteau: Ocean Adventures: Sea Ghosts
Wed, April 8, 8pm - the expedition team explores the habits and the environment of the white beluga whale.
Wed, April 8, 9pm Jean-Michel Cousteau: Ocean Adventures: The Gray Whale Obstacle Course - the migration of gray whales as they pass city ports along polluted coastlines.
Thu, April 9, 9pm Nature: Deep Jungle--New Frontiers - This part of a three-hour miniseries explores how the rain forest acts as an engine of evolution. The Sumatran tiger is caught on film.
Nature: Deep Jungle--Monsters of the Forest
Thu, April 9, 10pm - Examines the complex ecologies centered around a giant Brazil-nut tree in the Peruvian jungle.
Thu, April 9, 11pm Nature: Deep Jungle--The Beast Within – intrepid explorers unravel the secrets of the many layers in the jungle's fantastic web of life.
Sat, April 11, 6pm Mad Cowboy - tells the odyssey of a fourth-generation Montana rancher who, along with Oprah Winfrey, wins a free speech battle against the Cattlemen's Association
Sun, April 12, 6pm Truly CA: Our State, Our Stories: Monumental - revisits David Brower's unrelenting campaigns to protect and establish some of our most treasured national parks and monuments.
Nature: Can Animals Predict Disaster?
Sat, Apr 18, 9pm – The tsunami in Asia has renewed a controversial theory that catastrophes can be forecasted.
Tue, April 14, 7:30pm QUEST: Climate Change Special, Part 1 - explores the environmental changes taking place throughout the state and what this may mean for our future.
Tue, April 14, 11pm Independent Lens: Taking Root: The Vision of Wangari Maathai - follows the Nobel Peace Prize laureate in her quest to reclaim her land and her culture through the disarmingly simple act of planting trees.
Wed, April 15, 8pm Planet Forward -scientists and policy makers discuss ideas for America's energy future, submitted by citizens.
Move the Planet Forward!
Do you have something to say about our energy future? Then be part of Planet Forward, a new media project that starts online and builds into a totally new kind of television show.
Fri, April 17, 11pm Now on PBS: On Thin Ice - host David Brancaccio travels to the Himalayas and Montana to examine firsthand the effects of global warming.
Sun, April 19, 6pm Truly CA: Our State, Our Stories: Searching for Truth on Bolinas Lagoon - chronicles a decades-long community debate to understand the forces affecting the future of the lagoon.
Sun, April 19, 8pm Nature: The Loneliest Animals - scientists attempt to breed endangered species, including Yangtze turtles and Sumatran rhinos.
Wed, April 22, 7:30pm Spark: Roman Loranc, Li Huayi, Bill Dan, Gregory Gavin - visits with artists who work in respect of nature.
Wed, April 22, 9pm Jean-Michel Cousteau: Ocean Adventures: Call of the Killer Whale, Parts 1 & 2 of 2 - orcas number fewer than 100,000 worldwide, and learning more about them is a global endeavor for the Cousteau team of oceanauts.
Wed, April 22, 11pm Green Builders - profiles pioneers who are making a part of the "built environment" a more energy-efficient place.
Tue, April 28, 10pm FRONTLINE: Poisoned Waters - examines the rising hazards to human health and the ecosystem and why it's so hard to keep our waters clean.
Saturdays in April, 2:30pm; Tue, April 28, 6:30am E2 (The Economies of Being Environmentally Conscious)
Sat, April 18, 3pm Riverwebs – an international group of river biologists share experiences of tragedy, growth and recovery.
Sat, April 18, 4pm Return to the Forest Where We Live – Nia Vardaolos narrates a look at cities that are using trees to create healthy urban ecosystems.
Sat, April 18, 5pm Salt of the Earth – salinity in the soil is a problem in numerous states, including California.
Wed, April 22, 8pm Intelligence Squared U.S.: Major Reductions in Carbon Emissions Are Not Worth the Money Oxford-style debating in the U.S. --one motion, one moderator, three panelists for the motion and three against.
Sat, April 25, 1pm - Sustainability - A look at things being done -- on a large scale and a small scale -- to actually address some of the biggest environmental problems we face.
