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EcoSense for Living

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Thought-provoking series of eco-topics ranging from reconnecting kids to nature, green jobs, and healthy lifestyles limiting the impacts of toxins on our home and bodies. The series aims to empower viewers with practical solutions geared toward saving money, treading lighter on the planet, and improving quality of life.

Episodes:

• 3 Billion Birds

  The 3 BILLION BIRD STUDY shows that one in four birds has vanished in the last fifty years. The good news is that when humans manage habitats with birds in mind, species can not only survive, but flourish. From the Great Plains to the marshes of the southeast, this episode shows how we can save the wonderful world of birds.

  Next Airing:	Thu, Dec 26th, 2024 at 2:30 PM on UEN-TV
  Length:	00:26:46
  Usage rights:	5/8/2021 to 4/16/2025

• Wild Things Return

  Focusing on diverse habitats from Florida and Georgia to South Dakota and Montana, we track the progress of several species whose survival depends on active conservation management. From Black-footed ferrets and prairie dogs to Red-cockaded woodpeckers and Indigo snakes, get a sneak peek behind the scenes at what it takes to resettle animals into their native habitats.

  Next Airing:	Thu, Jan 2nd, 2025 at 2:30 PM on UEN-TV
  Length:	00:26:46
  Usage rights:	4/17/2021 to 4/16/2025

• Return of the Buffalo

  Millions of bison once roamed nearly all of North America but their intentional killing in the late 1800s forever changed our landscapes and culture. Now the Lakota people of the Rosebud Reservation are bringing a wild buffalo herd back to regenerate their land as well as their health, well-being and independence.

  Next Airing:	Thu, Jan 9th, 2025 at 2:30 PM on UEN-TV
  Length:	00:26:46
  Usage rights:	4/17/2021 to 4/16/2025

• The Agriculture Evolution

  The real dirt on farming is that we've abused soil for a long time now. Practices like tilling, adding chemical fertilizers, and leaving fields exposed have robbed us of nutrition and prosperity. EcoSense explores small farms doing big things, and how clever growers are making microscopic changes that yield nourishing results.

  Next Airing:	Thu, Jan 16th, 2025 at 2:30 PM on UEN-TV
  Length:	00:26:46
  Usage rights:	4/17/2021 to 4/16/2025

• Marine Life Impacts

  Our oceans are under a lot of pressure, but because so much happens beneath the surface, we might not notice until its most fascinating inhabitants need our attention. That's the case with North Atlantic Right Whales fighting extinction, Florida manatees facing starvation, and a variety of shark species being hunted for their fins. Marine experts weigh in on solutions now that will shape their futures.

  Next Airing:	Thu, Jan 23rd, 2025 at 2:30 PM on UEN-TV
  Length:	00:26:48
  Usage rights:	4/2/2022 to 4/1/2025

• The Future of Fire

  From east to west, in nearly every corner of America, wildfires are fiercer and more frequent. Climate change coupled with our past misguided management has inspired some creative innovations like high tech Minecraft-style fire management software. The urgent need to control fire is becoming a fast-growing and diverse field for scientists, ecologists, and trailblazers of all kinds.

  Next Airing:	Thu, Jan 30th, 2025 at 2:30 PM on UEN-TV
  Length:	00:26:46
  Usage rights:	4/2/2022 to 4/1/2025

• Okefenokee Destiny/Everglades

  Tucked away in southeast Georgia on the Florida border, the Okefenokee is the largest intact Blackwater wetland in north America. Its unique ecology makes it a candidate for a UNESCO World Heritage site. Its unspoiled wildlife-rich habitat makes it an ideal research destination. And its mineral-filled geology makes it attractive to the mining industry. The Everglades could teach us about the wisdom of preservation over the pain of restoration.

  Next Airing:	Thu, Feb 6th, 2025 at 2:30 PM on UEN-TV
  Length:	00:26:46
  Usage rights:	4/2/2022 to 4/1/2025

• Bats & Blooms

  Zoo Miami is known for international wildlife conservation, but they're also managing patches Pine Rocklands for rare Florida Bonneted Bats who just need safe homes and decent food. There are some blooms you want, (like native plants that nurture birds, bees, and butterflies) and some you don't (like Red Tide and HABs Harmful Algae Blooms). Find out the common cause of algae overgrowth in fresh and salt water, from Florida to the Great Lakes.

  Next Airing:	Thu, Feb 13th, 2025 at 2:30 PM on UEN-TV
  Length:	00:26:46
  Usage rights:	4/2/2022 to 4/1/2025

• Farming Reimagined

  From the Agri voltaic research at Jack's Solar Garden and a team of biologists studying how to reduce methane from cattle in Colorado, to Kentucky and American Farmland Trust's work to keep women and Black farmers on their land, EcoSense explores new agricultural conservation.

  Next Airing:	Thu, Feb 20th, 2025 at 2:30 PM on UEN-TV
  Length:	00:26:45
  Usage rights:	4/8/2024 to 4/7/2027

• Living Reimagined

  How is climate change already affecting how and where we live? EcoSense illuminates the work of Red Cloud Renewables on Pine Ridge Reservation in South Dakota, where tiny houses bring traditional living into a sustainable future. In Georgia, MicroLife Institute is changing hearts, minds, and restrictions on pocket neighborhoods & tiny homes. And Author Jake Bittle explains how a changing climate in America is already shaping our decisions and migration patterns in his revelatory book, The Great Displacement.

  Next Airing:	Thu, Feb 27th, 2025 at 2:30 PM on UEN-TV
  Length:	00:26:45
  Usage rights:	4/15/2024 to 4/14/2027

• Out of Sight

  Filmmakers like Carlton Ward, Jr. (Path of the Panther) and Wes Skiles and his daughter, Tessa (Water's Journey - Floridan aquifer) have the power - and patience - to show us worlds that would otherwise be completely hidden from our view. These otherwise "out of sight" conservation stories connect us and hopefully viewers to take action.

  Next Airing:	Thu, Mar 6th, 2025 at 2:30 PM on UEN-TV
  Length:	00:26:45
  Usage rights:	4/22/2024 to 4/21/2027

• Conserving Great & Small

  When TUSK Trust came to NYC to feature their unique conservation work in Africa, EcoSense had a rare opportunity to go global. TUSK's work to involve African communities to protect wildlife and their habitats is legendary, in part thanks to famous photographer David Yarrow's memorable images & Dr. Gladys Kalema-Zikusoka's groundbreaking work to help gorillas by improving public health. In an entirely different weight class, EcoSense explores how hummingbirds navigate migration and habitat challenges. They're fiercer than you think!

  Next Airing:	Thu, Mar 13th, 2025 at 2:30 PM on UEN-TV
  Length:	00:26:45
  Usage rights:	4/29/2024 to 4/28/2027

• Messing with Mother Nature

  The reality is that there are very few places on earth that haven't been altered by humans. When is a coyote no longer a coyote? In Galveston, Texas, coyotes dubbed "ghost wolves" carry high amounts of red wolf DNA. Scientists consider whether their genetic material could save the few red wolves that are left in captivity. Across the country, groups consider whether they'll welcome American Chestnut trees that are engineered with a wheat gene to resist the blight that nearly wiped out their existence. In the Florida Keys, mosquitoes modified to lower disease levels have met with a great deal of resistance and concern. What happened that moved people from interest to alarm?

  Length:	00:26:45
  Usage rights:	4/24/2023 to 4/23/2026

• Planet of Pollinators

  All eyes on the pollinators, as we explore three of the most charismatic creatures to ever work their magic on our flowering plants and crops: Bees, Monarch Butterflies, and Hummingbirds. In Asheville, host Jennie Garlington explores the North Carolina Arboretum, to find all three in a wonderland of habitats designed to attract them. In Atlanta, Ashley and Lloyd Hardrick are Black beekeepers who share their love and knowledge of bees and bee products inside the city, in schools, and now all the way up to Maine. Monarch expert, Jeanne Megal, shows us the hidden world of "America's Butterfly," (including the story of her successful wing transplant!). In the Research Triangle area of NC, Susan Campbell bands hummingbirds to better understand their lives and survival skills.

  Length:	00:26:45
  Usage rights:	4/3/2023 to 4/2/2026

• Saving Half The Earth

  The E.O. Wilson Foundation continues to lead the movement to preserve half the earth's biodiversity. How are they applying Dr. Wilson's philosophy to identify biodiverse hot spots? One of E.O. Wilson's proteges, Ben Raines, shows us why the Mobile River basin has earned the title "America's Amazon." In middle Georgia, the Ocmulgee lands could be a model for how a national park embraces the influence of the indigenous people whose history predates ancient Egyptian pyramids and whose lives are still tied to their original homelands there.

  Length:	00:26:46
  Usage rights:	4/17/2023 to 4/16/2026

• Saving Half The Seas

  From marine reserves expanding beyond the Galapagos Islands to aquaculture and the unique preservation of a southeastern coast, EcoSense looks at ways people are managing our relationships where shore meets sea and beyond. In the Galapagos, a new marine reserve is the result of multi-national cooperation to save migrating animals from intense fishing pressures. In Cedar Key, Florida, one fishing community managed to pivot when environmental pressures caused the oyster population to crash. And how did only 100 miles of Georgia coast protect 33% of all the marsh on the entire east coast? On Tybee Island near Savannah, they're experimenting with marsh and dunes to deal with sea level rise.

  Length:	00:26:45
  Usage rights:	4/10/2023 to 4/9/2026

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