The Nature of Things

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Audubon
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The much acclaimed special on the life and work of ornithologist Jean-Jacques Audubon.
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The Last Stand: Western Mountain Parks (1)
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The first in a four-part series entitled The Last Stand. The series looks at a variety of areas in the world set aside as specially protected areas of wilderness and natural wildlife. .. show full overview
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The Last Stand: The Everglades of Florida (2)
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The Everglades, unique in the world, are dependent entirely on water. But the beautiful birds and animals in the park are threatened by land development and a new airport, whose drainage policies are drying up the area.
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The Last Stand: Point Pelee (3)
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The third in a four-part series entitled "The Last Stand." Point Pelee is a tiny peninsula in southwestern Ontario, jutting into Lake Erie, which contains a fresh water marsh full of .. show full overview
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The Last Stand: The Southwestern Desert (4)
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The last in a four-part series entitled The Last Stand. This program looks at the Sonoran Desert in the U.S. Southwest and in Mexico. It contains an enormous variety of animal life and .. show full overview
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A Sense of Time: The Age of the Universe (1)
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The first in a three-part series entitled "A Sense of Time". This episode examines past and present ideas on the questions of how old is the universe.
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A Sense of Time: The Age of the Earth (2)
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This program focuses on a new geophysical concept of our planet.
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A Sense of Time: The Age of Man (3)
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Planet Earth has supported life for some three billion years; but Man, characterized by his powers of thought and other other intelligent faculties, has shown the greatest development .. show full overview
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The Great Lakes (1)
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Sociologists tell us that the Great Lakes are the basis for the civilization around them. If the lakes fail, so will we. The program explores the concept that we must cease to think of .. show full overview
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The Great Lakes (2)
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Immediate implementation of pollution control in our Great Lakes is urgently needed if we are to preserve our most vital waterway. But what are the implications of such action?
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Population Problems: Everybody's Baby (1)
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Population: Everybody's Baby" examines the projected consequences of overpopulation and-the controversy surrounding population control.
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Population Problems: Tomorrow's Child (2)
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Featuring a national opinion poll on public attitudes in Canada towards population growth.
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Who Help Themselves
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Dealing with the McGill University Settlement Mental Health Unit project in Montreal.
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Psychiatry: Heavy Night
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Second in a series on the development and potential of psychiatry for the masses, focusing on informal youth clinics established in a low-income area of Montreal.
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Psychiatry: Street Fighting Mad
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A visit to Montreal's Allan Memorial Institute, where a disturbed teenager responds to treatment.
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Psychiatry: Human Potential
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A look at Vancouver-area encounter groups.
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The Rocky Mountains
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The beautiful, vast tracts of land in the western Mountain parks of the West Coast and the Rocky Mountains are gradually being destroyed ... by camp sites, roads and towns. As they are .. show full overview

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