Respecting Planet Earth
Former Sierra Club president David Brower talks about some of the ways humans have damaged planet Earth in the quest for material possessions and wealth. He invokes Henry David Thoreau's sentiment that there's no use for a house if you haven't got a...
Fire: How Earth Made Us—The Untold Story of History
Beginning with a mind-boggling stunt that only science or spirituality can justify—a veritable walk through fire—this program examines humankind’s long, complicated relationship with the ravenous power of combustion. Fire was, for millennia, h...
The Water Planet: Earth Without Water, An
From its likely role in the formation of life, to its impact on global climate, the world ocean has shaped planet Earth to an extent that is almost impossible to overstate. Perhaps the best way to fully grasp the enormity of the ocean's impact is to...
The future of life: searching for solutions
At the current rate of resource depletion, humankind stands to lose fully half of Earth's remaining species over the next 100 years. At this crucial point in world history, a choice must be made: will coming generations inhabit a healthy planet or, ...
Wind: How Earth Made Us—The Untold Story of History
Often thought of as nature at its most elusive and chaotic, the wind is actually a function of highly regimented patterns—forces within the Earth’s atmosphere that have shaped the destiny of continents and lie at the heart of some of the greates...
The Water Planet: Water: Earth's Distinguishing Characteristic
The third planet out from the sun, Earth is unique in many ways. But perhaps the most significant is that seventy percent of Earth's surface is covered with water.
Conservation and Preservation
Former Sierra Club president David Brower talks about the need for conservation and preservation, in light of mankind's unprecedented rate of environmental destruction.
Water: How Earth Made Us—The Untold Story of History
Filmed in magnificent locations in Iceland, India, and the Middle East, this program looks at how control over water has been a central factor in human existence. Viewers take a precarious flight in a motorized paraglider to experience the water cyc...
Career Focused on the Environment, A
Former Sierra Club president David Brower talks about the origins of his interest in the environment. He also discusses his belief that, while humans are the first species to learn how to destroy the environment, we are also capable of fixing at lea...
Using Up Our Resources
Former Sierra Club president David Brower talks about the depletion of Earth's resources, noting that, over the past fifty years, the United States has used up more resources than the rest of the world throughout all of history.