An environmental news magazine that puts a human face on the environment by featuring under-publicized stories about how changes in our environment are affecting everyday people. http://www.linktv.org/programs/earth en-us Sat, 11 Feb 2012 05:30:09 -0800 http://www.linktv.org/video/7291 3000311ca56a1cb93397bc676c0b7fff <p>This report from Earth Focus looks at how biomass helps generate electricity in Bihar, India improving health and generating new business opportunities.</p> Tue, 31 Jan 2012 00:00:00 -0800 Earth Focus, Environment, Friends of the Earth, Planet Vox, Earth, Green, Environmental Magazine, News Magazine, The Ecologist, Climate Change, Pollution, Investigative Journalism, Conservation, Wallace Genetic Foundation, Park Foundation, Marisla Foundation Link Media, Inc. http://www.linktv.org/video/7290 c54d2118d6a3a2b06f07e9eeb240d741 In this Earth Focus report, solar power is replacing kerosene in rural Ethiopia with benefits for health, education and small business development. Mon, 30 Jan 2012 20:54:57 -0800 Earth Focus, Environment, Friends of the Earth, Planet Vox, Earth, Green, Environmental Magazine, News Magazine, The Ecologist, Climate Change, Pollution, Investigative Journalism, Conservation, Wallace Genetic Foundation, Park Foundation, Marisla Foundation Link Media, Inc. http://www.linktv.org/video/7286 8e50baf642bd6685e593bf238aa27051 In this report from Earth Focus, solar power helps bring water and electricity to rural Nicaragua. Mon, 30 Jan 2012 19:54:57 -0800 Earth Focus, Environment, Friends of the Earth, Planet Vox, Earth, Green, Environmental Magazine, News Magazine, The Ecologist, Climate Change, Pollution, Investigative Journalism, Conservation, Wallace Genetic Foundation, Park Foundation, Marisla Foundation Link Media, Inc. http://www.linktv.org/video/7284 ac450d10e166657ec8f93a1b65ca1b14 <p>In this report from Earth Focus, solar greenhouses are helping to improve health and generate income in Ladakh, India.</p> Mon, 30 Jan 2012 00:00:00 -0800 Earth Focus, Environment, Friends of the Earth, Planet Vox, Earth, Green, Environmental Magazine, News Magazine, The Ecologist, Climate Change, Pollution, Investigative Journalism, Conservation, Wallace Genetic Foundation, Park Foundation, Marisla Foundation Link Media, Inc. http://www.linktv.org/video/7285 78ccad7da4c2fc2646d1848e965794c5 <p>In this report from Earth Focus, briquettes made from saw dust and agricultural waste help save forests and improve people's health.</p> Mon, 30 Jan 2012 00:00:00 -0800 Earth Focus, Environment, Friends of the Earth, Planet Vox, Earth, Green, Environmental Magazine, News Magazine, The Ecologist, Climate Change, Pollution, Investigative Journalism, Conservation, Wallace Genetic Foundation, Park Foundation, Marisla Foundation Link Media, Inc. http://www.linktv.org/video/7248 1f4183315762e30ea441d3caef5e64ad This Earth Focus report sheds light on the struggle of the Tsilhqot'in and Xeni Gwet'in people of British Columbia, Canada to stop the construction of Prosperity Mine, a gold and copper mine proposed by Taseko Mines Ltd. The mine would destroy Fish Lake (Teztan Biny), a body of water held held sacred by the Tsilhqot'in and Xeni Gwet'in people. The Lake is part of a pristine watershed that runs to the Fraser River. Featuring the film Blue Gold made by Canadian filmmaker Susan Smitten and her team to document the impact of the proposed mine on the environment and the cultural heritage of British Columbia's native people. An Earth Focus original report in collaboration with R.A.V.E.N (Respecting Aboriginal Values and Environmental Needs), a Canadian charitable organization. Fri, 20 Jan 2012 17:35:30 -0800 Earth Focus, Environment, Friends of the Earth, Planet Vox, Earth, Green, Environmental Magazine, News Magazine, The Ecologist, Climate Change, Pollution, Investigative Journalism, Conservation, Wallace Genetic Foundation, Park Foundation, Marisla Foundation Link Media, Inc. http://www.linktv.org/video/7162 7dd3ed2e12d7967b656d156d50308263 <p>This original investigative report by The Ecologist Film Unit and Link TV's Earth Focus -- which is now leading to calls for an overhaul of how the UN does business -- shows the consequences of incentive programs like the Clean Development Mechanism (CDM).</p><p>A plant owned by India's energy giant Reliance Power is set to become the largest coal power project awarded carbon credits under the UN's Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) -- which lets industrialized countries offset their pollution by investing in greenhouse gas reducing projects in developing nations.</p><p>This investigation shows what can, and does, go wrong. It documents the displacement of village communities to make way for plant construction; the exclusion of villagers from the decision making process; and the broken promises -- the benefits promised but never delivered to villagers like free education, employment and healthcare. Thousands of acres of forest land are being destroyed to make way for the plant. Critics say that the project sets a dangerous precedent because it shifts investment away from renewable energy and supports coal, an industry seen as a leading cause of carbon emissions. Campaigners are now calling for an urgent overhaul of the way the Clean Development Mechanism is governed.</p> Tue, 20 Dec 2011 00:00:00 -0800 The Carbon Con, India, CDM, Carbon Development Mechanism, UN, United Nations, Ecologist Film Unit, Earth Focus, Environment, Friends of the Earth, Planet Vox, Earth, Green, Environmental Magazine, News Magazine, The Ecologist, Climate Change, Pollution, Investigative Journalism, Conservation, Wallace Genetic Foundation, Park Foundation, Marisla Foundation Link Media, Inc. http://www.linktv.org/video/7163 1349b36b01e0e804a6c2909a6d0ec72a <p>With US carbon emissions down 7% in four years and bigger drops expected, the United States may emerge as a global leader in cutting carbon and stabilizing the climate.</p><p>Lester Brown, President of the Earth Policy Institute, tells Earth Focus that new forces including life style and demographic changes are reducing the use of both coal and oil in the United States. He expects that carbon emissions could decline by as much as 20% in the United States by 2020.</p> Tue, 20 Dec 2011 00:00:00 -0800 Lester Brown, United States, Climate Leader, Carbon Emissions, Earth Focus, Environment, Friends of the Earth, Planet Vox, Earth, Green, Environmental Magazine, News Magazine, The Ecologist, Climate Change, Pollution, Investigative Journalism, Conservation, Wallace Genetic Foundation, Park Foundation, Marisla Foundation Link Media, Inc. http://www.linktv.org/video/7119 2adee8815dd939548ee6b2772524b6f2 <p>The corrupt practices, human rights abuses, and environmental degradation caused by the shrimp industry are exposed in an original investigative report by the Swedish Society for Nature Conservation. And, find out how shrimp from Bangladesh, exposed to pesticides and injected with dirty water, may be toxic to your health.</p> Wed, 07 Dec 2011 00:00:00 -0800 Earth Focus, Environment, Friends of the Earth, Planet Vox, Earth, Green, Environmental Magazine, News Magazine, The Ecologist, Climate Change, Pollution, Investigative Journalism, Conservation, Wallace Genetic Foundation, Park Foundation, Marisla Foundation Link Media, Inc. http://www.linktv.org/video/7120 ac3870fcad1cfc367825cda0101eee62 <p>Five African countries -- Angola, Botswana, Namibia, Zambia, and Zimbabwe -- agreed in August 2011 to create the Kavango Zambezi Transfrontier Conservation Area. The area not only allows elephants to roam free across borders, but creates a framework to protect and share their precious water resources. The Kaza, as it's called, is 29 million hectares -- about the size of Italy. And it may provide a model for transboundary resource management that can address the challenges of a changing climate. Jeff Barbee reports.</p> Wed, 07 Dec 2011 00:00:00 -0800 Earth Focus, Environment, Friends of the Earth, Planet Vox, Earth, Green, Environmental Magazine, News Magazine, The Ecologist, Climate Change, Pollution, Investigative Journalism, Conservation, Wallace Genetic Foundation, Park Foundation, Marisla Foundation Link Media, Inc. http://www.linktv.org/video/7121 738a6457be8432bab553e21b4235dd97 <p>Suzanne Ehlers, President and CEO of Population Action, speaks with Miles Benson about the links between population growth and climate change, and why women are disproportionately affected.</p> Wed, 07 Dec 2011 00:00:00 -0800 Women, Suzanne Ehlers, Earth Focus, Environment, Friends of the Earth, Planet Vox, Earth, Green, Environmental Magazine, News Magazine, The Ecologist, Climate Change, Pollution, Investigative Journalism, Conservation, Wallace Genetic Foundation, Park Foundation, Marisla Foundation Link Media, Inc. http://www.linktv.org/video/7094 96bda159871048d8a36f197dfce668a4 The Gobabeb Training and Research Center in a remote corner of Namibia is providing climate data for scientists worldwide and finding new ways for Namibians to adapt to their changing environment. Jeff Barbee reports. Wed, 30 Nov 2011 18:00:53 -0800 Gobabeb Training and Research Center, Namibia, Science, Climate Change, Environment, Jeff Barbee, Africa, Earth Focus, Environment, Friends of the Earth, Planet Vox, Earth, Green, Environmental Magazine, News Magazine, The Ecologist, Climate Change, Pollution, Investigative Journalism, Conservation, Wallace Genetic Foundation, Park Foundation, Marisla Foundation Link Media, Inc. http://www.linktv.org/video/7093 9ae0a504e3af13e2e6b3ff478a8f637b Are Africa's forests an answer to climate change? More efficient cookstoves and kilns protect Malawi's forests by reducing demand for firewood. Jeff Barbee reports. Wed, 30 Nov 2011 17:00:53 -0800 Malawi, Forests, Climate Change, Kilns, Ovens, Jeff Barbee, Africa, Earth Focus, Environment, Friends of the Earth, Planet Vox, Earth, Green, Environmental Magazine, News Magazine, The Ecologist, Climate Change, Pollution, Investigative Journalism, Conservation, Wallace Genetic Foundation, Park Foundation, Marisla Foundation Link Media, Inc. http://www.linktv.org/video/7090 7cc980b0f894bd0cf05c37c246f215f3 <p>Planting Spekboom, a South African succulent that absorbs huge quantities of carbon dioxide, is creating jobs and helping check climate change. Jeff Barbee reports.</p> Wed, 30 Nov 2011 00:00:00 -0800 Spekboom, South Africa, Climate Change, Jeff Barbee, Jobs, Carbon Dioxide, Succulent, Earth Focus, Environment, Friends of the Earth, Planet Vox, Earth, Green, Environmental Magazine, News Magazine, The Ecologist, Climate Change, Pollution, Investigative Journalism, Conservation, Wallace Genetic Foundation, Park Foundation, Marisla Foundation Link Media, Inc. http://www.linktv.org/video/7091 328347805873e9a9c700591812fb0ec2 <p>Dr. Jeffrey Patterson, former president of Physicians for Social Responsibility talks with Earth Focus about the links between nuclear power and human health. What, if any, dose of radiation is safe? What kind of radiation are we exposed to? Can radiation cause genetic damage? Find out in this Earth Focus interview.</p> Wed, 30 Nov 2011 00:00:00 -0800 Physicians for Social Responsibility, Jeffrey Patterson, Nuclear Power, Human Health, Health, Radiation, Poisoning, Exposure, Fukushima, Genetic Damage, Earth Focus, Environment, Friends of the Earth, Planet Vox, Earth, Green, Environmental Magazine, News Magazine, The Ecologist, Climate Change, Pollution, Investigative Journalism, Conservation, Wallace Genetic Foundation, Park Foundation, Marisla Foundation Link Media, Inc. http://www.linktv.org/rss/linktv_rss.gif http://www.linktv.org/programs/earth