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The Green Planet Monitor

Communities in Asia, Africa and Latin America are achieving development goals using local knowledge, skills and energy. This half-hour magazine program features original documentaries, news reports and music from around the world.
The Green Planet Monitor
The Green Planet Monitor

Warm Wet Planet, Sixteenth Transmission ... Cars

July 13, 2006
| Human beings are deeply dependent on motorized machines called cars. Billions of these things now roam Earth's surface, killing humans and other creatures in a variety of ways.
Length: 07:42 minutes (7.05 MB)
The Green Planet Monitor
The Green Planet Monitor

Warm Wet Planet, Fifteenth Transmission ... Trees

July 6, 2006
| Human beings can't decide whether to cherish trees or chop them down.
Length: 09:02
The Green Planet Monitor
The Green Planet Monitor

Warm Wet Planet, Fourteenth Transmission ... Poison

June 29, 2006
| Judging from this latest voice transmission, human beings are poisoning their planet.
Length: 09:14
The Green Planet Monitor
The Green Planet Monitor

Warm Wet Planet, Thirteenth Transmission ... Humanity

June 16, 2006
| Human beings reflect on the impact they've had on their planet, and the major changes they'll have to go through in order to survive.
Length: 08:46
The Green Planet Monitor
The Green Planet Monitor

Warm Wet Planet, Twelfth Transmission ... Creation

June 8, 2006
| Human beings can't decide how exactly their planet came to be. They have plenty of imaginative ideas.
Length: 09:55
The Green Planet Monitor
The Green Planet Monitor

Warm Wet Planet, Eleventh Transmission ... War Crimes

June 2, 2006
| According to a man named Ramsey Clark, former chief law enforcement officer of Earth's most powerful nation, the government he once served has committed war crimes.
Length: 07:40 minutes (7.03 MB)
The Green Planet Monitor
The Green Planet Monitor

Warm Wet Planet, Tenth Transmission ... Diversity

May 25, 2006
| Earth is home to an astonishingly diverse array of creatures. But the planet appears to be in the midst of a dramatic die-off. One species, among tens of millions, is responsible for the carnage
Length: 09:30
The Green Planet Monitor
The Green Planet Monitor

Warm Wet Planet, Ninth Transmission ... Warming

May 18, 2006
| The extraordinary activities of one of Earth's species appears to be heating up the planet's atmosphere.
Length: 07:12 minutes (6.6 MB)
The Green Planet Monitor
The Green Planet Monitor

Warm Wet Planet, Eighth Transmission ... Consumption

May 11, 2006
| Human beings refer to themselves as "consumers." Their insatiable thirst for material consumption appears to be damaging Earth's biosphere, compromising life on the planet, as these recorded
Length: 08:19 minutes (7.62 MB)
The Green Planet Monitor
The Green Planet Monitor

Warm Wet Planet, Seventh Transmission ... Economics

May 4, 2006
| Human economics values money above all else, while squandering finite resources and poisoning planet Earth. These captured recordings suggest Earthlings may be reconsidering their situation.
Length: 09:02