NOVA/PBS EXPLORE THE ISSUES BEHIND The Planet's Biggest Environmental Challenges On the Earth Day Special:World in the balance

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NOVA/PBS EXPLORE THE ISSUES BEHIND

The Planet's Biggest Environmental Challenges On the Earth Day Special:World in the balance

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EARTH DAY MEDIA ALERT

NOVA/PBS EXPLORE THE ISSUES BEHIND

The Planet's Biggest Environmental Challenges On the Earth Day Special:World in the balance

WASHINGTON, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, Apr. 6 -/E-Wire/-- WHO: NOVA, PBS' award-winning science series, airing nationally, Tuesdays at 8pm ET.

WHAT: Poor women's reproductive health rights; HIV, healthcare and family planning to cope with this worldwide epidemic; rapid population growth in developing countries putting stress on food, water and ecosystems; industrialized nations aging and experiencing diminishing birth rates; what it means to the United States work force as developing countries struggle to create jobs for burgeoning young populations; and the stress on China's environment as the country's population becomes more affluent and follows in the consumption footsteps of the United States. These news stories pose critical environmental challenges as we acknowledge Earth Day 2004. NOVA's World in the Balance will address these issues, their effect in the U.S., and trends in the relationship between people and our planet.

WHEN: World in the Balance airs on NOVA Tuesday, April 20, from 8-10 PM ET/PT on PBS (check local listings).

MEDIA EVENT: EXPERT DISCUSSION

WASHINGTON D.C. EVENT FOR NOVA'S WORLD IN THE BALANCE: Media are invited to join NOVA for a symposium and program clip presentation on Thursday, April 8, 2004 from 1:30 â 3:30 PM in the 6th Floor Flom Auditorium at the Woodrow Wilson International Center. Participating program talent includes, Lester Brown, President, Earth Policy Institute, Joel Cohen, Professor, Laboratory of Populations, Rockefeller University and Columbia University, Shanti Conly, Advisor, Office of HIV-AIDS, USAID, Linda Harrar, Executive Producer, World in the Balance, and Paula Apsell, Executive Producer, NOVA. Please RSVP Nelia Forest at [REDACTED-EMAIL]; by fax, [REDACTED-PHONE]; or by phone, [REDACTED-PHONE].

VISIT NOVA ON THE WEB: www.pbs.org/nova/worldbalance

The NOVA Web site will include extensive teachers materials, interactive maps, producers' behind-the-camera reports, interviews with policymakers, and more. One of the site features includes Human Numbers Through Time, a global map that witnesses the growth of human populations over the past two millennia, and shows population expansion in the next 50 years.

Editor's Note â Screener and interviews are available through Jonathan Renes at [REDACTED-PHONE], [REDACTED-EMAIL]. Release and photography are available at http://pressroom.wgbh.org/nova

at [REDACTED-PHONE], [REDACTED-EMAIL].

http://www.pbs.org/nova/worldbalance

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