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Program Title/NOLA:
NATURAL HEROES
NTHR OB1 301-313
# of Episodes/Length:
13/30s
Feed Date/Schedule:
NTHR 000301
Sundays
September 16 – December 9, 2007
1230-1300 ET
512
NATURAL HEROES PROMO REEL
Sunday
September 16
1300-1330 ET
512
Rights:
Standard Broadcast Rights
Non Commercial Cable same as broadcast
School-Unlimited use for one year
Series Description:
The Emmy® Award winning Natural Heroes is back
for a third season, highlighting individuals making positive
environmental changes in our communities and world. Youth
activism, fair trade, ocean conservation, environmental justice
and global awareness are just a few of the many topics focusing
on people’s compassion and generosity. These
stories, told by independent filmmakers, introduce viewers
to the diversity of the creative voice with every episode
of Natural Heroes.
Individual Program Descriptions:
301 – September 16, 2007 (TRT 26:42)
“Power Shift”
Hosted and narrated by Cameron Diaz, 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.
Hosted by Cameron Diaz.
302 – September 23, 2007 (TRT 26:42)
“Fruit Tree Tour”
Traveling in veggie oil-powered caravan, 25 earth educators
teach students about sustainable ecology through a daylong
program that includes West African agricultural drumming
and earth-conscious hip-hop, planting over 1000 fruit trees
at urban schools.
303 – September 30, 2007 (TRT 26:42)
“Coffee To Go: A Fair Trade Story”
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.
304 – October 07, 2007 (TRT 26:42)
“Edward Abbey: A Voice in the Wilderness”
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.
305 – October 14, 2007 (TRT 26:42)
“Texas Gold”
Diane Wilson - mother of five, fourth generation fisherwoman,
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. Narrated by Peter
Coyote.
306 – October 21, 2007 (TRT 26:42)
“Wings Over the Wild”
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.
307 – October 28, 2007 (TRT 26:42)
“Watershed Heroes”
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.
308 – November 04, 2007 (TRT 26:42)
“South Central Farm: Oasis in a Concrete
Desert”
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.
309 – November 11, 2007 (TRT 27:42)
“Big Apples, Big Ideas”
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.
310 – November 18, 2007 (TRT 26:42)
“Oceans of Conservation”
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.
Intertidal Heroes: Marine reserves are home
to a variety of seaweed, crabs, sponges, seastars, mollusks,
and starfish, all living together along the crashing surf
and rocky tidepools. These sanctuaries rely on the
efforts of a handful of dedicated rangers, volunteers and
naturalists for survival. Meet the natural heroes--and
the tidepool residents!--of a marine reserve in Northern
CA.
311 – November 25, 2007 (TRT 26:00)
“Traveling Our Natural World”
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?
312 – December 02, 2007 (TRT tba)
“Mama Earth: EcoEcon 101”
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.
313 – December 09, 2007 (TRT 26:42)
“A School in the Woods”
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.
Producers:
KRCB Public Television & GreenTreks Network Inc.
KRCB Public Television
5850 Labath Avenue
Rohnert Park, CA 94928
Tel: 707-584-2024
Fax: 707-585-1363
GreenTreks Network, Inc.
1420 Walnut Street, Suite 1304
Philadelphia, PA 19102
Tel: 215-545-5880
Fax: 215-545-5811
www.naturalheroes.org
naturalheroes@krcb.org
Nature of Producing Organization: Public
Television station and environmental non-profit organization.
Production Funding:
General Hydroponics, Inc.; The Sierra Club
Presenting Station/Group:
KRCB, Public Television
Broadcast History:
2004 - Distributed first season nationally through
Westlink.
2005 – Re-uplinked first season nationally through
Westlink.
2006 – Distributed second season nationally through
Westlink
Over 60 PBS affiliates have run/are currently running the
100 and 200 series of Natural Heroes.
Content Alert:
none
Videos Available:
No
Tag Language:
N/A
Promotional Contact:
Valerie Landes, KRCB
707-584-2024
naturalheroes@krcb.org
Closed Captioned: Y Stereo:
Y
Local Underwriting Cleared : Y
Underwriting Language:
“Presentation of Natural Heroes is made possible by General Hydroponics. Bringing
nature and technology together, to feed a hungry world, while protecting soil
and water resources.” “… and by the Sierra Club.”
Cost/Conditions: Free upon notification
of intent to carry (please notify by responding to Westlink's
monthly carriage report.).
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