Posted by PBS will celebrate Earth Day 2008 with a slate of new programs about global warming, environmental change and green technology, airing in late March and April. Highlights are a new two-part episode of JEAN-MICHEL COUSTEAU: OCEAN ADVENTURES that explores the Amazon River and the rapidly disappearing rainforest that surrounds it and a FRONTLINE documentary that takes a look at what big business is doing to solve the world’s climate problem.
Jean-Michel Cousteau, son of the legendary Jacques Cousteau, travels the Amazon River basin with his children Fabien and Celine in JEAN-MICHEL COUSTEAU: OCEAN ADVENTURES “Return to the Amazon.” His discoveries are both inspiring and shocking. Edward Norton hosts NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC’S STRANGE DAYS ON PLANET EARTH, which examines how over-fishing is affecting life far beyond the shoreline and other environmental mysteries. Other highlights include the investigation of green technology by Tom and Ray Magliozzi, of NPR’s “Car Talk,” in NOVA “Car of the Future,” and NATURE “What Females Want and What Males Will Do,” which takes a look at the animal dating game.
PBS KIDS is celebrating the earth with “PBS KIDS Share the Earth Day,” a special programming and online event on Tuesday, April 22 (check local listings).
On the PBS KIDS preschool block, Miss Lori and Hooper teach children how to recycle their trash at home, and new stories from Dot’s Story Factory show how kids at home can celebrate the planet. Earth Day-themed episodes from CURIOUS GEORGE, CLIFFORD THE BIG RED DOG and IT’S A BIG BIG WORLD will air alongside themed music videos from the award-winning kids’ rock band Milkshake.
PBS KIDS GO!(sm), for elementary school kids, celebrates Earth Day with themed programming from ARTHUR, MAYA & MIGUEL and CYBERCHASE. Throughout the late afternoon programming block, PBS KIDS GO! presents creative ideas for kids to take care of the environment by recycling, cleaning up their neighborhoods and more.
