America Outdoors with Baratunde Thurston
Join KMOS PBS at the Sedalia Senior Center for a special viewing of America Outdoors with Baratunde Thurston.
Thursday, October 17 10:00am
Join KMOS PBS at the Sedalia Senior Center for a special viewing of America Outdoors with Baratunde Thurston.
Thursday, October 17 10:00am
The Nature Conservancy in Missouri is an environmental non-profit that works to conserve the lands and waters that make Missouri unique and beautiful. In 2019, flooding in Atchison County brought The Nature Conservancy, along with organizations such as the Missouri Department of Natural Resources, to Missouri River levee L-536.
Powell Gardens is Kansas City's beloved botanical garden located in Kingsville, Missouri. This establishment has recently launched the Midwest Center for Regenerative Agriculture and has ongoing conservation efforts.
Runge Nature Center provides visitors educational and interpretive opportunities to view, learn about, and appreciate the variety of habitats found in Missouri.
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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.
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Hunting whales is a matter of life or death for the residents of St. Lawrence. When a shy Alaska Native teen becomes the youngest person ever to harpoon a whale for his village, his family is blindsided by thousands of keyboard activists brutally attacking him online—without full perspective on the importance of the hunt to his community's well-being.
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A Brief History of the Future is a unique six-part PBS 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.
This program is made possible by viewers like you. Support your local PBS station: https://www.pbs.org/donate
This year, we celebrate Earth Day on Monday, April 22! But did you know that the first official Earth Day was held in April 1970 and included large demonstrations across the country in support of the environment? Learn about the first Earth Day in this video from the American Masters film, A Fierce Green Fire, and how interest in conversation increased during the 1960s as people became more aware of pollution, endangered species, and Earth’s unique characteristics.
Does your school compost food? Explore the role composting can play in combating climate change alongside two high school students! From learning the differences between cyclical and linear food cycles to discovering small, manageable steps that help heal the planet, this resource will show your students that they are never too young to make a difference.
Introduce your students to the ideas and practices of futures thinking and provide activities that will let them brainstorm the positive future they want to live, work, and play in! From leveraging advances in STEM that support a more sustainable future to using storytelling to create green communities, futurists around the world are applying their hopes and skills to imagine, plan, and build an optimistic future for us all.