PEOPLE COUNT: HOT ON THE TRAIL - 2000
Easter Island, known for its stone statues and mysterious, tragic history. Discover how scientists are digging up clues to a change in climate that might have dealt a deadly blow to the people of this enchanted isle. Meanwhile, something is eating away at “The Big Easy.” A backlash from global climate change has caused New Orleans pest populations to swarm out of control and take aim at the famous live oaks and historic buildings. In the Bayou, ex-oil rigger turned conservationist, Milton Cambre, is fighting to save Louisiana’s wetlands. He faces formidable opponents in sea level rise and coastal erosion, yet another backlash of our changing climate. The hour-long special provides every day tips for turning down the heat on climate change.

PEOPLE COUNT: SIX BILLION - 1999
At an all-woman trekking business in the awe-inspiring peaks of Nepal, we witness young women learning mountaineering skills and discovering new opportunities. Next, travel to India and meet a Hindu priest struggling to protect his sacred river from the pressures of a growing population. Back in Los Angeles, celebrities Phyllis Diller and Ed Begley, Jr. go head-to-head in a comedic race against over-consumption. They learn from an expert about the US consumer culture and what individuals can do to scale back.

PEOPLE COUNT: FORGING AHEAD - 1998
Easter Island offers a dramatic metaphor for what is being done to the planet today-an ancient culture whose exponential population growth used up all of its natural resources.
From the grassroots to the boardroom, you’ll see how one CEO of a carpet company, Ray Anderson, is reducing the effects of greenhouse gases from his bottom line.
 

PEOPLE COUNT: FISHING FOR ANSWERS - 1998
Hit the high seas and experience the war that is brewing on our oceans. In Gloucester, Massachusetts, a third generation fisherman’s very livelihood is being threatened by the effects of over fishing. See what is being done to assure the fisherman’s way of life. Meanwhile across the continent, on the coast of Northern California, the war rages on as a tireless volunteer is dedicated to rescuing sea lions, caught in a battle with fisherman over salmon.

PEOPLE COUNT: HEATING UP - 1997
While world leaders gather in Japan to write a treaty to reduce harmful greenhouse gases, we visit a region that lies directly in the danger zone – Southern Louisiana, where we discover the relationship between warming and the rapidly increasing insect population. Next, travel to the bayou to meet a conservationist whose mission is to save the fragile wetlands. Then one New Orleans native shows us that reducing harmful greenhouse gases begins at home.

PEOPLE COUNT: ROAD FROM RIO - 1997
Nine inspiring stories about remarkable people changing their communities set in the Philippines, El Salvador, Jamaica, USA, India, Puerto Rico and Venezuela. Five years after the Rio Earth Summit, where world leaders met to discuss issues facing our planet, the conclusion is clear. Real progress is being made by individuals not governments, proving that the actions of all people count.

PEOPLE COUNT: LIVING THE VISION - 1996
From street children in Caracus,Venezuela to composting in Lindsborg, Kansas, explore visionary “best practices” and the people who spear-headed them. Discover how programs are documented and transferred through modern technology. Solutions are just a mouse-click away.

PEOPLE COUNT: URBAN WARRIORS - 1996
Travel from New York’s South Bronx to the island of Puerto Rico and meet the people who are waging war against community destruction and putting a human face on urban issues..

PEOPLE COUNT: THE SKY’S THE LIMIT - 1995
Journey to three nations for a look at projects that are making a positive impact on women’s lives in the areas of peace, equality and development. In war scorched El Salvador farming is taking root against all odds through the ingenious efforts of a former freedom fighter. Next join Jordan’s Princess Basma Bint-Talal in her march for women’s equality by creating opportunities for women to “get out of the house.” Then tour rural North Carolina, where a husband and wife team are making their mark as the masterminds of a member owned craft cooperative called Watermark.

PEOPLE COUNT: IN OUR BACKYARD - 1995
Take to the mean streets of Atlanta, Georgia to walk with people dealing with the issues of poverty, violence and drug addiction. Experience one man’s passage from crack addict to boxer and individuals that have dedicated their lives to breaking the cycle of despair.

PEOPLE COUNT: FACTS OF THE HEART - 1994
Travel the world examining the relationship between self-esteem and the number of children a woman bears. Meet extraordinary people who are working to change this pattern. Start in Manila, and go behind the scenes on a soap opera that isn’t just selling soap – it’s selling social change. In a fishing village north of Manilla, we visit Lala to see how her life has changed thanks to a small loan. Then move on to a construction site in Jamaica, where you’ll learn why Verna Foster, a supervisor at the site proclaims, “we don’t want to make babies – we want to make money!” Meanwhile in rural Jamaica, visit a charismatic man fighting to stop the flight of people from rural areas into over crowed cities. onclude in India and witness an innovative project that gave one-woman economic independence and the courage to stand up to her husband and mother-in-law, allowing her to stop at one child. .