Earth Focus
| Sep 26, 2012
Honey bees, the essential pollinators of many major US crops, have been dying off in massive numbers since 2006. This threatens the American agricultural system and the one in twelve American jobs that depends on it. There is growing evidence that...
Earth Focus
| Aug 23, 2012
Can new discoveries in fields like nanotechnology and robotics shape how we address today's challenges? How do we create a future society that is socially, ecologically, and economically resilient? Over 300 leaders and innovative thinkers from aro...
Earth Focus
| Jul 23, 2012
Thailand's tourist industry is driving a brutal trade in baby elephants. Illegal and brutal cross-border trade in endangered wild Asian elephants continues. On the Thai-Myanmar border at least 50-100 calves and young females are removed from thei...
Earth Focus
| Jul 10, 2012
Earth Focus looks at the award-winning film Arise!, which documents the intellectual and spiritual insights that women from around the world bring to solving today's environmental challenges. Mother/daughter filmmakers Lori Joyce, Candace Orlando,...
Earth Focus
| Jun 6, 2012
What do plants, snakes, molds, marine sponges, and cone snails have in common? They have helped develop medicines that save human lives. Biodiversity -- the variety of life on Earth -- is key to human survival. But plants, animals, and microorgani...
Earth Focus
| May 29, 2012
Never heard of Menhaden? It's time you did. Menhaden may be the most important fish in Atlantic coastal waters. They filter up to four gallons of water a minute and they are a key part of the ocean food chain. But now they are disappearing at an a...
