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Throughout April, KLRN will air environmental programs that provide a platform for mutual learning and education. Let's unite in preserving our planet's well-being and nurturing Earth together!
Support for KLRN's Earth Month has been generously provided by City of San Antonio Office of Sustainability, CPS Energy, Headwaters at the Comal, San Antonio River Authority, Pharm Table, OCI Solar Power, and Take Care of Texas.
APRIL 1 | 10:30PM | INDEPENDENT LENS: A THOUSAND PINES
Over the course of a grueling eight months, a crew of Oaxacan guest workers plant trees throughout the United States. This intimate portrait shows how hard it is to balance the physical demands of reforestation and extreme isolation while staying connected to the family back home.
APRIL 3 | 8PM | A BRIEF HISTORY OF THE FUTURE: BEYOND THE NOW
A Brief History of the Future is a unique six-part documentary series about our futures and how we can reimagine them. Hosted by renowned futurist Ari Wallach, the show invites viewers on a journey around the world that is filled with discovery, hope, and possibility about where we find ourselves today and what could come next.
APRIL 4 | 2PM | DEEP IN THE HEART: A TEXAS WILDLIFE STORY
DEEP IN THE HEART is a visually stunning celebration of what makes Texas unique — its diverse landscapes and remarkable wildlife behavior that cannot be found anywhere else in the world.
APRIL 4 | 4PM | TEXAS WILDLIFE: OUR FUTURE
TEXAS WILDLIFE: OUR FUTURE brings attention to research being done across the state to protect delicate wildlife habitats, threatened animal species, as well as showcase the wonder and splendor of the Texas outdoors. This visually stunning combination of short films showcases what makes Texas unique —its diverse landscapes and remarkable wildlife that cannot be found anywhere else in the world.
APRIL 5 | 3PM | A BRIEF HISTORY OF THE FUTURE: BEYOND THE NOW
A Brief History of the Future is a unique six-part documentary series about our futures and how we can reimagine them. Hosted by renowned futurist Ari Wallach, the show invites viewers on a journey around the world that is filled with discovery, hope, and possibility about where we find ourselves today and what could come next.
APRIL 10 | 8PM | A BRIEF HISTORY OF THE FUTURE: CHAOS AND COMPLEXITY
A Brief History of the Future is a unique six-part documentary series about our futures and how we can reimagine them. Hosted by renowned futurist Ari Wallach, the show invites viewers on a journey around the world that is filled with discovery, hope, and possibility about where we find ourselves today and what could come next.
APRIL 11 | 3PM | THE GREEN PLANET: TROPICAL WORLDS
Sir David Attenborough takes a plants-eye view of life in a rainforest, a world of stunning beauty but also fierce competition. New film techniques allow us to enter their magical world as never before.
APRIL 11 | 4PM | EVOLUTION EARTH: EARTH
At Earth’s extremes, animals are reacting in surprising ways. Animal homes are changing around them at superspeed. Follow remarkable stories of resilience and hope. From humpback whales to tiny butterflies to ingenious savanna chimpanzees.
APRIL 12 | 3PM | A BRIEF HISTORY OF THE FUTURE: CHAOS AND COMPLEXITY
A Brief History of the Future is a unique six-part documentary series about our futures and how we can reimagine them. Hosted by renowned futurist Ari Wallach, the show invites viewers on a journey around the world that is filled with discovery, hope, and possibility about where we find ourselves today and what could come next.
APRIL 14 | 3PM | AMERICAN EXPERIENCE: SURVIVING THE DUST BOWL
The remarkable story of the determined people who clung to their homes and way of life, enduring drought, dust, disease — even death — for nearly a decade.
APRIL 14 | 4PM | THE WEST IS BURNING
THE WEST IS BURNING focuses on the state of forests in the western U.S., and examines the history of forest management and litigation that has contributed to the catastrophic fires plaguing the region. The film also explores the critical need for interdisciplinary approaches to forest restoration and looks at how local stakeholders are coming together to better manage and steward the land.
APRIL 17 | 8PM | A BRIEF HISTORY OF THE FUTURE: ONCE UPON A TIME
A Brief History of the Future is a unique six-part documentary series about our futures and how we can reimagine them. Hosted by renowned futurist Ari Wallach, the show invites viewers on a journey around the world that is filled with discovery, hope, and possibility about where we find ourselves today and what could come next.
APRIL 18 | 3PM | THE GREEN PLANET: WATER WORLDS
Sir David Attenborough explores bizarre and beautiful water plants, which use nature's super-glue, counting, and killer spikes to get a leaf up. Some escape from animals by rolling away while others create bubbles in a magical river in Brazil.
APRIL 18 | 4PM | EVOLUTION EARTH: ISLANDS
Islands are like miniature simplified Earths, where evolution is playing out at super speed right before our eyes. Journey from the Galapagos to the edge of Antarctica to seek out animals responding to our changing planet in extraordinary ways.
APRIL 22 | 8PM | AMERICAN EXPERIENCE: POISONED GROUND: THE TRAGEDY AT LOVE CANAL
In the late 1970s, residents of Love Canal in Niagara Falls, NY discovered their neighborhood had been built on a former chemical waste dump. Housewives campaigned to create a grassroots movement that galvanized the landmark Superfund Bill.
APRIL 24 | 3PM | AMERICAN EXPERIENCE: POISONED GROUND: THE TRAGEDY AT LOVE CANAL
In the late 1970s, residents of Love Canal in Niagara Falls, NY discovered their neighborhood had been built on a former chemical waste dump. Housewives campaigned to create a grassroots movement that galvanized the landmark Superfund Bill.
APRIL 24 | 7PM | CHANGING PLANET: CORAL SPECIAL
In the third year of this 7-year project examining the issues facing the planet’s most threatened ecosystems, Dr. M. Sanjayan visits the Maldives to take an in-depth look at coral reefs and the urgent efforts to help them survive climate change.
APRIL 24 | 8PM | A BRIEF HISTORY: HUMAN
A Brief History of the Future is a unique six-part documentary series about our futures and how we can reimagine them. Hosted by renowned futurist Ari Wallach, the show invites viewers on a journey around the world that is filled with discovery, hope, and possibility about where we find ourselves today and what could come next.
APRIL 25 | 2PM | CHANGING PLANET: CORAL SPECIAL
In the third year of this 7-year project examining the issues facing the planet’s most threatened ecosystems, Dr. M. Sanjayan visits the Maldives to take an in-depth look at coral reefs and the urgent efforts to help them survive climate change.
APRIL 25 | 3PM | THE GREEN PLANET: SEASONAL WORLDS
Sir David Attenborough reveals the surprising and dramatic effects of the four seasons on plant life. In order to survive the huge challenges each season presents, plants must use strategy, deception and remarkable feats of engineering.
APRIL 25 | 4PM | EVOLUTION EARTH: HEAT
Travel to the hottest and driest extremes to see animals go to extraordinary lengths to survive. From the Sahara Desert to Australia, animals provide new clues about our changing planet and what it will mean for the future of our heating world.
APRIL 26 | 3PM | A BRIEF HISTORY OF THE FUTURE: HUMAN
How do the stories we tell shape the boundaries of our beliefs about what is possible? From the dawn of time, stories are how humans have made sense of the world. This episode emphasizes the fundamental role stories play in our lives, our inclination towards dystopian narratives, and the potential for bigger, better stories to unleash the power of human imagination and creativity moving forward.
KLRN PASSPORT
Disastrous hurricanes. Widespread droughts and wildfires. Withering heat. Extreme rainfall. It is hard not to conclude that something’s up with the weather, and many scientists agree. It’s the result of the weather machine itself—our climate—changing, becoming hotter and more erratic. In this 2-hour documentary, NOVA will cut through the confusion around climate change.
Following a trail of fossils found in all the wrong places–beech trees in Antarctica, redwoods and hippo-like mammals in the Arctic–NOVA uncovers the bizarre history of the poles, from miles-thick ice sheets to warm polar forests teeming with life.
EDUCATOR RESOURCES
Why does Climate Change Matter?
The Environmental Movement and the First Earth Day
PBS Newshour: The Plastic Problem
PBS: Climate, Nature and Our Planet
COMMUNITY RESOURCES
KLRN AMIGOS' ENVIRONMENTAL PROGRAMS
San Antonio River Authority Trash Litter Pledge
Headwaters at the Comal Earth Day
San Antonio River Found: Art Along the River
OCI Building a Cleaner Future Together
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