Earth FocusAn environmental news magazine that puts a human face on environmental issues by featuring under-publicized stories about how environmental changes are affecting everyday people.Earth Focus: Episode 5- May 8, 2007 This episode of Earth Focus presents Link TV's coverage of the 2006 Green Festival held in Washington, D.C., with interviews of activists and vendors, and excerpts from featured speakers; plus Miles Benson interviews author Dr. Lester Brown about the rush to turn food into fuel and China's role in the eco-economy. THE GREEN FESTIVAL GOES TO WASHINGTON, D.C. Recently, the Green Festival came to Washington, D.C., bringing together 100 speakers, 400 green businesses, and nearly 25,000 people for.http://www.linktv.org/video/1406 The Fate of the Ocean- May 7, 2007 Our oceans are under attack, and approaching a point of no return. Earth Focus, in partnership with Mother Jones Magazine, presents author and filmmaker, Julia Whitty, reporting on the catastrophic effect global warming is having on our oceans. For more information: "The Fate of the Ocean" article in Mother Jones magazine: http:www.motherjones.comnewsfeature200603the_fate_of_the_ocean.html Oceana: Protecting the Oceans: http:www.oceana.orgnorth-americahome Planetary Coral Reef Foundation:...http://www.linktv.org/video/1390 Earth Focus: Episode 4- May 6, 2007 This installment of Earth Focus provides a special look into Studio of the Sea, a group of biologists equipped with camera equipment that are studying the underwater effects of global warming on coral reefs in Phoenix Island, a sparsely populated chain of atolls in the Pacific Ocean. Their footage provides insight into the delicate balance of underwater ecosystems, as well as the devastating effects of even the slightest temperature changes on the health, size and vibrancy of the "rainforests...http://www.linktv.org/video/1392 Wangari Maathai- May 5, 2007 Journalist Mark Hertsgaard interviews 2004 Nobel Peace Prize laureate Dr. Wangari Maathai. The Honorable Professor Maathai is the first woman, the first Kenyan and the first environmentalist to win the prize. She was selected for her role in founding the Green Belt Movement, which for nearly 30 years has sought to empower women, improve the environment and fight corruption in Africa. She also won acclaim for her campaign to fight deforestation by planting 30 million trees in Africa, making...http://www.linktv.org/video/1404 Earth Focus Interview: Robert F. Kennedy Jr.- May 4, 2007 Journalist Mark Hertsgaard interviews Robert F. Kennedy Jr., senior attorney for the Natural Resources Defense Council.http://www.linktv.org/video/1445 Earth Focus: Episode 3- May 3, 2007 This episode of Earth Focus features three special segments. We start by interviewing Russell Peterson, the former director of the Council on Environmental Quality during the Nixon and Ford Administrations, and a former Republican Governor of Delaware, who has written a book that blasts the environmental record of President George W. Bush. The book, "Patriots, Stand Up! This Land Is Our Land; Fight to Take It Back," accuses the Bush Administration of broadly deceiving the American people, not..http://www.linktv.org/video/1481 |