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Natural Heroes Season 3 Episodes

13 Episodes 2007 - 2007

Episode 1

Power Shift

Sun, Sep 16, 2007 27 mins

Cameron Diaz hosts and narrates the third-season premiere, "Power Shift," which looks at clean and renewable energy. Included: what people can do to make a sustainable future.

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Episode 2

Fruit Tree Tour

Sun, Sep 23, 2007 27 mins

Environmentalist traveling in a vegetable oil-powered caravan teach urban-school students about sustainable ecology. Included: West African agricultural drumming; earth-conscious hip-hop; planting fruit trees at the schools.

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Episode 3

Coffee to Go: A Fair Trade Story

Sun, Sep 30, 2007 27 mins

The coffee industry is discussed. Included: why many coffee farmers remain impoverished despite the rising price of coffee; the difference between fair trade and free trade.

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Episode 4

Edward Abbey: A Voice in the Wilderness

Sun, Oct 7, 2007 27 mins

A profile of the "Thoreau of the American West," Edward Abbey (1927-1989), a writer known for championing environmental issues. Included: comments from family and friends.

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Episode 5

Texas Gold

Sun, Oct 14, 2007 27 mins

A profile of Diane Wilson ("An Unreasonable Woman"), a Gulf Coast shrimp-boat captain and environmental activist.

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Episode 6

Wings Over the Wild: LightHawk in Mesoamerica

Sun, Oct 21, 2007 27 mins

A look at the work of volunteer pilots who fly conservation missions over Central America's threatened landscapes.

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Episode 7

Watershed Heroes

Sun, Oct 28, 2007 27 mins

Ordinary people try to remove lead from a school's water supply; others work to create a wetland on an abandoned farm.

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Episode 8

South Central Farm: Oasis in a Concrete Desert

Sun, Nov 4, 2007 27 mins

The controversy over Los Angeles' South Central Farm, the country's largest urban garden. Included: the eviction of farmers; the developer's defense. Also: the benefits of such farms; and why South Central has attracted high-profile supporters, including Joan Baez, Daryl Hannah, Willie Nelson and Martin Sheen.

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Episode 9

Big Apples, Big Ideas

Sun, Nov 11, 2007 27 mins

An examination of Washington state's apple industry, where many growers are going out of business. Included: farmers turning to sustainable agriculture. Also: using worms to turn New York City waste into compost.

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Episode 10

Oceans of Conservation

Sun, Nov 18, 2007 27 mins

The global marketplace's impact on Papua New Guinea's Titan people; Fitzgerald Marine Reserve in Moss Beach, Cal.; the ecotourist destination of Holbox, Mexico, and its efforts to protect the whale shark.

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Episode 11

Traveling Our Natural World

Sun, Nov 25, 2007 27 mins

New Zealanders exploring their links to the land; balancing the needs of humans and nature on Costa Rica's Osa Peninsula.

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Episode 12

Mama Earth: EcoEcon 101

Sun, Dec 2, 2007 27 mins

How old business methods are being updated to achieve sustainability and protect natural resources.

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Episode 13

A School in the Woods

Sun, Dec 9, 2007 30 mins

A look at how outdoor learning centers, such as one on Bainbridge Island, Wash., provide students from urban environments with a connection to the natural world.

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