Workers prepare for the first Earth Day at the headquarters of the Environmental Action Coalition in a New York Theological Seminary building.

SOPTV celebrates Earth Day all year long with numerous resources that encourage awareness and appreciation for Mother Earth. We encourage you to learn more about environmental issues and ways you can live a healthy, green, sustainable lifestyle.

Earth Day Programs 

• SOUTHERN OREGON TOWN HALL: Seeking Sustainability in Our Community
  A series of related Town Hall programs exploring sustainability in business and at home and focusing on community sustainability issues facing county and municipal governments in southern Oregon.

• FRONTLINE: Alaska Gold
  Tuesday, July 24, 10 p.m. -- Probe the battle between those who depend on the Bristol Bay for salmon and those who want to dig an open-pit mine at its headwaters.
• INSIDE NATURE'S GIANTS: Camel
  Wednesday, June 27 at 10 p.m. -- Brave the baking desert with Mark Evans and Joy Reidenberg as they dissect a camel.
• UNDAMMING THE ELWHA
  Friday, June 22 at 8:30 p.m. -- Follows the journey of the Elwha River from the day it was dammed to the day it was set free once again.
• INSIDE NATURE'S GIANTS: Giant Squid
  Wednesday, June 20 at 10 p.m. -- Examine one of the biggest yet most mysterious animals on Earth, the giant squid.
• NATURE: My Life as a Turkey
  Wednesday, June 6 at 7:30 p.m. -- Experience the true story of writer and naturalist Joe Hutto as he raises a family of turkey chicks.
• NOVA: Venom: Nature's Killer
  Wednesday, May 30 at 9 p.m. -- Find out how nature’s deadliest cocktails could be medicine’s brightest new hope.
• NATURE: The White Lions
  Wednesday, May 9 at 8 p.m. -- Follow two rare white lion cubs on their journey to adulthood on the South African savanna.
• NATURE: Born Wild: The First Days of Life
  Wednesday, May 2 at 8 p.m. -- Follows the birth and first days of several species, from marmoset to moose to elephant and gorilla.
• NOVA: Secrets of the Sun
  Wednesday, April 25 at 9 p.m. -- Gain a greater understanding of our nearest star--one that might help keep our planet from going dark.
• NATURE: River of No Return
  Wednesday, April 18 at 8 p.m. -- Watch as a romantic adventure becomes something much greater in the Frank Church--River of No Return Wilderness.
• NOVA: Deadliest Tornadoes
  Wednesday, April 11 at 9 p.m. -- In the wake of April 2011’s tornado outbreak, learn how we can protect ourselves and our communities in the future.
• NATURE: Ocean Giants
  Wednesday, February 22 at 8 p.m. -- Gain new insights into the lives of whales and dolphins in this visually powerful, engaging, and entertaining three-part series.
• NATURE: Wolverine: Chasing the Phantom
  Wednesday, February 1 at 8 p.m. -- Enter the secretive world of the wolverine to find out who this dynamic little devil truly is.
• INSIDE NATURE'S GIANTS: Great White Shark
  Wednesday, January 25 at 10 p.m. -- Travel with the experts to South Africa to dissect a great white shark.
• NATURE: Fortress of the Bears
  Wednesday, January 25 at 8 p.m. -- Find out what the future may hold for Alaska’s brown bears.
• NATURE: Kangaroo Mob
  Wednesday, January 11 at 8 p.m. -- Meet the mob of street-smart kangaroos moving into Australia’s capital city and the ecologists who follow their every move.
• NATURE: Christmas in Yellowstone
  Sunday, December 25 at 8 p.m. -- Revel in a Christmas like no other...from the unique crystals of individual snowflakes to the grand sweep of Yellowstone's Hayden Valley.
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• NATURE: American Eagle
  Wednesday, November 23 at 8 p.m. -- Revel in the resurgence of the bald eagle, the American emblem that's come roaring back from the brink of extinction.
• NATURE: Radioactive Wolves
  Wednesday, October 19 at 8 p.m. -- Enter into the lives of the wolves and other wildlife thriving in the "dead zone" around Chernobyl.
• EARTH: The Operators' Manual
  Wednesday, August 24 at 10 p.m. -- Richard Alley's uniquely optimistic and objective assessment of our climate predicament.
• EDEN AT THE END OF THE WORLD
  Wednesday, August 24 at 8 p.m. -- Animals that call Tierra del Fuego home are facing increasing pressure from humans.
• NATURE: Kilauea: Mountain of Fire
  Sunday, August 21 at 8 p.m. -- The cataclysmic meeting of 2,000-degree lava and 75-degree ocean water.
• MASTERS OF THE ARCTIC ICE
  Wednesday, August 17 at 8 p.m. -- How global warming is rocking the Arctic world...before there's nothing left but water.
• P.O.V.: Food, Inc.
  Tuesday, August 9 at 9 p.m. -- Surprising, and often shocking, truths about what we eat, how it's produced, who we have become as a nation, and where we are going from here.
• NATURE: Life in Death Valley
  Sunday, August 7 at 8 p.m. -- It's one of the most brutal environments on earth -- so how does life carry on here?
• NATURE: In the Valley of Wolves
  Sunday, July 17 at 8 p.m. -- The dramatic saga of Yellowstone's Druid wolf pack and the fate of the wolves' Lamar Valley ecosystem.
• MARBLE HALLS OF OREGON: Exploring the Oregon Caves National Monument & GREAT LODGE OF THE MARBLE HALLS OF OREGON: The Chateau of the Oregon Caves
  Wednesday, June 22 at 10 p.m. -- The people, landscape, and architecture of the Oregon Caves National Monument and its historic Great Lodge.
• NATURE: Bears of the Last Frontier
  Starts Sunday, May 8 at 8 p.m. -- Join adventurer and bear biologist Chris Morgan on a year-long motorcycle odyssey deep into Alaska's bear country.
• NATURE: Salmon: Running the Gauntlet
  Sunday, May 1 at 8 p.m. -- A wildly creative, hopelessly complex and stunningly expensive approach to managing salmon.
• NATURE: Cloud: Challenge of the Stallions
  Sunday, April 24 at 8 p.m. -- Who will rise to challenge the mighty Cloud? Will nature or nurture produce the next great stallion of the Arrowheads?
• NATURE: Survivors of the Firestorm
  Sunday, April 17 at 8 p.m. -- Burned and traumatized survivors bounce back after bushfires tore through the Australian state of Victoria in February 2009.
• NATURE: Parrots in the Land of Oz
  Sunday, April 3 at 8 p.m. -- NATURE tracks down the cockiest characters in the land down under.
• NATURE: Outback Pelicans
  Sunday, March 27 at 8 p.m. -- Why would pelicans (a waterbird) flock to the driest place on the driest inhabited continent on the planet?
• NATURE: Broken Tail: A Tiger's Last Journey
  Sunday, February 20 at 8 p.m. -- Tracks the trek of Broken Tail, a 2-year-old tiger that disappeared from Ranthambore National Park, a tiger reserve in India, and was killed by a train 200 miles away.
• NATURE: The Himalayas
  Sunday, February 13 at 8 p.m. -- Explores the diversity of wildlife and habitats of the Himalayas.
• A WILD AMERICAN FOREST
  Sunday, February 6 at 8 p.m. -- Susan Sarandon narrates how a rugged pocket of America's Pacific Northwest has endured.
• NATURE: Birds of the Gods
  Sunday, January 23 at 8 p.m. -- David Attenborough introduces a young team of New Guinean scientists on a grueling expedition to find and film Birds of Paradise; the holy grail of wildlife filmmakers.
• NATURE: Elsa's Legacy: The Born Free Story
  Sunday, January 9 at 8 p.m. -- The dramatic story of the Adamsons' rescue of three lion cubs and their attachment to Elsa.
• NATURE: Revealing the Leopard
  Sunday, November 21 at 8 p.m. -- A psychological profile of this extraordinarily cunning cat.
• NATURE: A Murder of Crows
  Sunday, October 24 at 8 p.m. -- New research has shown that crows are among the most intelligent animals in the world.
• NATURE: Echo: An Elephant to Remember
  Sunday, October 17 at 8 p.m. -- This film is a look back at this remarkable animal through extraordinary footage and interviews.
• NATURE: Cuba: The Accidental Eden
  Sunday, September 26 at 8 p.m. -- Looks at some of the richest and most unusual natural environments of the hemisphere.
• NATURE: Hummingbirds: Magic in the Air
  Sunday, September 19 at 7:30 p.m. -- Hummingbirds represent one of nature's most interesting paradoxes.
• NATURE: Violent Hawaii
  Sunday, August 15 at 8 p.m. -- Volcanic eruptions, rivers of molten lava, monster waves, humpback whales, and ... SNOW?!?
• NATURE: Oceans in Glass: Behind the Scenes at the Monterey Bay Aquarium
  Sunday, July 25 at 8 p.m. -- Explores Monterey Bay Aquarium, one of the most significant and spectacular aquariums in the world.
• NATURE: Andes: The Dragon's Back
  Sunday, July 18 at 8 p.m. -- The Andes mountains continue to grow and evolve and are home to a rich tapestry of environments.
• INDEPENDENT LENS: DIRT! The Movie
  Tuesday, April 20 at 10 p.m. -- Delves into the fascinating history of this lowly substance and shows how its mistreatment can result in natural disasters.
• NOVA: The Big Energy Gamble
  Tuesday, April 20 at 8 p.m. -- NOVA investigates California's approach to energy and how this will affect the state.
• AMERICAN EXPERIENCE: Earth Days
  Monday, April 19 at 9 p.m. -- Acclaimed director, Robert Stone, traces the origins of the modern environmental movement.
• NATURE: Frogs: The Thin Green Line
  unday, April 18 at 8 p.m. -- Frogs are facing the greatest extinction since the dinosaurs.
• NATURE: Moment of Impact
  Sunday, April 4 at 8 p.m. -- NATURE takes the viewer inside the animal to present an innovative and revolutionary look at the bio-engineering of "how animals work."
• NATURE: Invasion of the Giant Pythons
  Sunday, February 21 at 8 p.m. -- Predatory pythons slithered into the protected Florida wilderness and thrived.
• NATURE: Wild Balkans
  Sunday, January 31 at 8 p.m. -- A dazzling world of lush forests, vast wetlands, deep chasms, and unique wildlife.
• THE NATIONAL PARKS: America's Best Idea
  Starts Sunday, September 27 at 8 p.m. -- Ken Burns' 12-hour, six-part documentary series on the national parks.
• NATURE: Murder in the Troop
  Sunday, August 9 at 8 p.m. -- Life becomes dangerous for twin baboons in Zambia when their father is defeated as alpha male of the troop.
• NATURE: Clever Monkeys
  Sunday, November 9 at 8 p.m. -- Love, language, guilt, envy, generosity, secrets, lies, and sophisticated society are not unique to humans.

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