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Celebrate the amazing outdoors this month with WKAR!

The Green Planet

The Green Planet: Premieres WED JULY 8/7c on PBS
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Wednesdays, Jul. 6 – Aug. 3 at 8 p.m. on WKAR-HD 23.1 & STREAMING | Sir David Attenborough travels the globe to reveal the secret, incredible world of plants.

Using pioneering camera techniques, the series takes viewers on a magical journey inside the hidden world of plants, on which all animals — including humans — are dependent.

Jul. 6 | 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.

Jul. 13 | 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.

Jul. 20 | 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.

Jul. 27 | Desert Worlds
Sir David Attenborough explores the hostile world of the desert, where plants can spend decades waiting for rain or travel to find it. Survival tactics include using weapons, camouflage and forming surprising alliances with animals.

Aug. 3 | Human Worlds
Sir David Attenborough reveals how humans are helping plants, many of which face extinction. From projects in Africa to re-seeding the landscape to rebuilding a Brazilian rainforest tree by tree, everyone can work to make our world a little wilder.

Watch these episodes at video.wkar.org during or after their premiere dates. These episodes are also available to watch live during their premiere dates on the WKAR Livestream.

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