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TERRA 532: PART TWO, Source to Sea: The Columbia River Swim 27:07mins | 2010-03-28 | Produced by: Andy Norris, Ralph Davis, Andy Adkins
Join Chris Swain for a thirteen-hundred mile swim down one of Americas greatest and most troubled rivers. Swain's epic swim down the length of the Columbia reveals the river's rich past, it's fragile present, and it's uncertain future. From pristine headwaters though a multitude of dams, inundated cultural sites, industrial polluters, and the hanford nuclear reservation - this award winning film...More


TERRA 516: Through a Natural Lens 5:49mins | 2009-06-04 | Produced by: Russell Hawkins
Dan Hartman has been photographing wildlife in Yellowstone for over 25 years. Through a Natural Lens is an intimate portrait of this renown photographer as he takes us through a day of tracking and photographing some of the Park's most treasured wildlife. Filled with beautiful images and brilliant insights into Dan's work, this film is sure to be a treat for the shutterbug and the nature lover a...More


TERRA 502: The New World Mine 8:50mins | 2009-01-12 | Produced by: Geoff Stephens, Rick Smith
Just three miles from the northeast entrance of Yellowstone National Park, Noranda Inc. proposed to build one of North America’s largest gold mines. Cooke City residents, Jim and Heidi Barrett knew that this would irreversibly damage the Yellowstone ecosystem and the place they loved. So with the help of various non-profit organizations, including the Greater Yellowstone Coalition, they fought...More


TERRA 456: The Flying Dustbin PART TWO 12:05mins | 2008-12-05 | Produced by: Raymond Besant
The Flying Dustbin is the success story of the Fulmar, a seabird which numbers 500,000 pairs in the UK but was virtually unknown as a breeding species at the turn of the last century. The film documents the reasons for its success, but is also a warning. The Fulmar faces some very serious modern problems, 9 out of 10 Fulmars in the North Sea have plastic in their stomachs whilst global warming is ...More


TERRA 440: Gimme Green PART ONE 9:44mins | 2008-08-07 | Produced by: Isaac Brown & Eric Flagg
Lawns are undeniably an American symbol. But what do they really symbolize? Pride and prosperity? Or waste and conformity? Gimme Green is a humorous look at the American obsession with the residential lawn and the effects it has on our environment, our wallets and our outlook on life. From the limitless subdivisions of Florida to sod farms in the arid southwest, Gimme Green peers behind the cur...More


TERRA 433: Papiroflexia 3:39mins | 2008-06-19 | Produced by: Joaquin Baldwin
And now for something wonderfully different! Papiroflexia (Spanish for Origami) is the animated tale of Fred, a skillful paper folder who could shape the world with his hands. Joaquin Baldwin used Photoshop and AfterEffects to create this fanciful animation that may resonate with many of us who would like to mold the human world into one just a little more natural....More


TERRA 428: A Natural Bond 9:22mins | 2008-05-13 | Produced by: Katie Gilbertson
Where do we fit in the world? Are we part of nature or separate? If we are not part of nature, how do we explain the connection we feel with animals? If we are part of nature, why do we sometimes bring discord? At the Beartooth Nature Center in Red Lodge, Montana, the impact of humans is abundant. The main characters consist of wild, and not so wild animals, and Don, the Animal Care Manager who ha...More


TERRA 416: Ranching the New West: PART THREE 8:05mins | 2008-02-21 | Produced by: Ronald Tobias
In Part three of "Ranching the New West" Duke Phillips tells us why he believes so strongly that cattle grazing is vital for the grasslands of the American West. There is a way to ranch that fits in with the natural system and replaces the wild systems that were there before. After all, Ranchers want to maintain a profitable industry and as Duke says: "If we're going to stay in busi...More


TERRA 407: Saving the ASEAN Dream PART TWO 10:15mins | 2007-12-20 | Produced by: Scubazoo
In part two of "Saving the ASEAN Dream", the scubazoo team look at how all ten ASEAN countries need to band together to conserve their natural resources and wilderness areas. The ASEAN head office in the Philippines is looking to the EU for examples of how many different countries occupying the same location can work together for the good of all the people of the area....More