1.) Host Peter Berle talks with Carol Browner of the Environmental Protection Agency about the Safe Drinking Water Act. 2.) Susan Drennen of the Audubon Society remembers bird watching pioneer Roger Tory Peterson. 3.) Thomas Lalley reports on the controversy surrounding nuclear waste disposal and talks with Eileen Supko of Energy Resources International. 4.) In the segment Earth Calendar, Berle talks with Ron Nevine of the Oceanites Foundation about emperor penguins.
1.) Thomas Lalley reports on the effects pesticides on having on pollinators and talks with author Steven Buckman about the crisis. 2.) Lalley visits the Indian Ladder Farm in upstate New York to see how the pollinator crisis is effecting their apple crop. 3.) Host Peter Berle talks with Sarah Chassis of the National Resources Defense Council water pollution at our nation's beaches. 4.) Berle remembers his aunt's favorite place along the Merrimac River. 5.) In the segment Earth Calendar, Berle talks with research biologist Bill Cannon about free tailed bats.
1.) Host Peter Berle talks with Undersecretary of State Tim Wirth about binding commitments for the international community in regards to greenhouse gas emissions. 2.) Berle reports on the increased air pollution occurring in the Grand Canyon the steps the Environmental Protection Agency is taking to decrease the pollution and talks with Rick Moore of the Grand Canyon Trust about the issue. 3.) Storyteller Laura J. Bobrow reads an old Burmese fable. 4.) Thomas Lalley reports on air pollution in Los Angeles, half of which is caused by stationary sources.
1.) Host Peter Berle reports on the Brazilian government's decision to let control of the Amazon River Basin Preserve be given to the indigenous people of the area. 2.) In the segment Locking Horns, Laurie Nelson of the National Parks Conservation Association and Minnesota Senator Bob Lesard argue whether or not local interests should have more authority over the Voyageurs National Park. 3.) Stephanie Goichman reports on Ecoteam, an organization that spreads information about environmental activism to communities around the country. Goichman talks with Michael Keller, head of Ecoteam. 4.) Berle talks with professor of landscape architecture Bob Gracy, about Americans' obsession with lawncare and the need for natural landscaping. 5.) In the segment Earth Calendar Thomas Lalley talks with biology professor Jan Randall about the Banner Tailed Kangaroo Rat.
1.) Host Peter Berle reports on the use of the U.S. Navy Sound Surveillance System to listen to the sounds of the ocean floor. Berle talks with Steve Hammond from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration about what they've learned from the technology. 2.) In the segmen Portrait of a Place, Tom Horton, author of Island out of Time, discusses Smith Island in Chesapeake Bay. 3.) In the segment Earth Calendar, Thomas Lalley talks with biologist Brant Gilmore about the mating habits of the sand tiger shark.
1.) Thomas Lalley reports on the illegal trade of endangered animals and talks with Susan Lieberman from Fish and Wildlife Services. 2.) Roger Schlickheisen remembers former director of the Fish and Wildlife Service Mollie Beattie. 3.) Host Peter Berle reports on environmentally sustainable lumber and talks with Richard Donovan of the Smart Wood program. 4.) Berle talks with Hazel Wolf, a 98 year old environmental activist from Seattle, Washington. 5.) In the segment Earth Calendar, Berle talks with Dr. Harry Keyes, a scientist with New Zealand's Department of Conservation about the volcano Mount Ruapehu.
1.) Host Peter Berle discusses an agreement between the United States and Mexico to clean up an airshed between Texas and Mexico. Berle talks with economist Pete Emerson of the Environmental Defense Fund about the issue. 2.) Berle talks with Tom Crouch of the Air and Space Museum about the world's fascination with kites. 3.) Thomas Lalley reports on a story about multi-national corporations following the hierarchy of reduce, reuse, and recycle. He talks with Nancy Hirschfield of Stonyfield Farm. 4.) In the Earth Calendar segment Berle talks with Donna Shafer of the National Biological Service about the endangered Kemp's Ridley sea turtle.
1.) Host Peter Berle discusses the controversy involving Tongass National Park in Alaska and whether the U.S. government should allow the cutting of timber in the forest. 2.) In the segment "Locking Horns" Troy Rhineheart of the Ketchikan Timber Company and Steve Kalick of the Alaska Rainforest Campaign argue over whether or not the timber industry's existing contract should be extended to cut timber in the Alaskan National Forest. 3.) Thomas Lalley talks with Christopher Robin Healy who cultivates a 10 acre acres garden using permaculture. 4.) In the segment "Earth Calendar" Berle talks with Dave Campbell of the Tennessee Nature Conservancy about the rare Tennessee coneflower.
1.) Thomas Lalley reports on the deterioration of Florida Bay, caused by its water sources being diked, drained, and diverted. 2.) Host Peter Berle talks with ecologist Rick Ausfeld about how lyme disease spreads and what kinds of precautions one should take. 3.) In the segment "Ear to the Ground" Linda Anderson talks with Brazilian Senator Marina Silva about her work trying to save the rainforests. 4.) In the segment "Earth Calendar" Berle talks with astronomy Professor Woody Sullivan about summer solstice here on Earth as well as what it means on Mars.
1.) Host Peter Berle with Patrick Anderson of the Environmental Protection Agency about a lawsuit going on in Chester, Pennsylvania involving civil rights and environmental quality. 2.) Thomas Lalley reports on an illegal toxic waste dump site in Adirondack Park that is maintained by the Department of Transportation. 3.) Berle talks with Norman Vaughan, who at 89 years old, climbed a mountain in Antarctica that was named for him over 65 years ago. 4.) Berle talks with biology professor Bruce Kahn about the emergence of shad flies from the St. Lawrence River.