November 29, 1991

CULTURAL SURVIVAL – New Markets in the Rainforest

One strategy for preserving the rainforest is to market products that benefit local people without harming the land.

November 28, 1991

CULTURAL SURVIVAL

The pursuit of profit has harmed the rainforest, but, handled differently, it may also be the key to its survival.

November 27, 1991

AFRICA -Traditions of Self-Help

Some spectacular increases in food production have resulted from the spread of traditional African self-help techniques.

November 26, 1991

AFRICA – Desertification

A vicious cycle of poverty and environmental degradation is causing wide stretches of African land to erode into deserts.

November 25, 1991

AFRICA- Wildlife

When farmers and wildlife must share the same land, conflicts often result. But a new approach to wildlife management puts the animals’ fates directly in the farmers’ hands.

November 22, 1991

RAINFOREST, VOICES OF THE – Tree Felling

In the dense undergrowth of the rainforest, villagers working together to clear a garden use sound, not sight, to coordinate their efforts.

November 21, 1991

RAINFOREST, VOICES OF THE – Sago

Sago is the staple starch of the Bosavi people of Papua New Guinea. It’s preparation is part of the daily routine of village life.

November 20, 1991

AFRICA – Practices and Protection

In the Third World, must environmental safeguards be sacrificed for the sake of much-needed development?

November 19, 1991

RAINFOREST, VOICES OF THE

In the rainforest, environmental sounds reveal everything from the season of the year to the time of day.

November 18, 1991

AFRICA

The African continent faces environmental challenges resulting from both over and under-development.

November 15, 1991

LAKE BAIKAL – Oldest in the World

The deepest lake in the world holds as much water as all five Great Lakes put together.

November 14, 1991

LAKE BAIKAL -Measuring Pollution

In the far reaches of Siberia lies the cleanest lake in the world.

November 13, 1991

ANCIENT FORESTS -Forest Cathedrals

Should forests that have been growing in the Pacific Northwest for thousands of years, be protected as national treasures?

November 12, 1991

ANCIENT FORESTS -Spotted Owl

Like a canary in a coal mine, the spotted owl’s decline is a sign that something is wrong with its immediate environment.

November 11, 1991

ANCIENT FORESTS

Some centuries-old stands of trees in this country are being deforestated at a faster rate than the Amazonian rainforest.

November 8, 1991

OCEAN BOTTOM -Sludge

So little is known about life on the ocean floor that it is hard to judge the effect of continued sludge dumping at sea.

November 7, 1991

COW MANURE FUEL

When cow manure can be turned into energy nothing goes to waste.

November 6, 1991

DISPOSABLE DIAPERS

If you took all the diapers thrown out each year and lined them up end to end – you’d have enough to reach the moon seven and half times!

November 5, 1991

RECYCLING – Tin Cans

In the New York City recycling program, a processing plant uses magnets and airblowers to separate the different types of cans.

November 4, 1991

CENTRAL PARK RESTORATION – Too much traffic

Should an urban park be an oasis of wilderness or a recreational outlet? How can a balance be maintained?

November 1, 1991

FISH FARMING

By replicating a natural lake system, fish farms can produce food and conserve water simultaneously.