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Each PEOPLE COUNT episode profiles ordinary people who make an extraordinary impact in their communities.  Addressing population, social and environmental issues, each program provides solutions instead of sensationalism...  hope and heroism instead of hype and violence. 

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CONSUMED WITH CONSUMPTION Length 24 min
Photojournalist and filmmaker Barbara Pyle travels to Los Angeles, a city known for its lavish lifestyle.  There she meets a simplicity expert who is educating people that "less" can be "more". Two celebrities take centerstage as role models against over-consumption... actor Ed Begley Jr.and comedienne Phyllis Diller.

TREKKING AGAINST TRADITION Length 24 min
Barbara Pyle follows the footsteps of three Nepalese sisters who have chosen an untraveled path. Unlike most women in rural Nepal who marry young and have many children ... the sisters are running their own trekking company.  "Three Sisters Trekking" not only offers spectacular views, but also teaches young, rural women how to become trekking guides.  Join the sisters as they conquer the Himalayas and age-old traditions.

WASTE TO WAGES Length 24 min
Cairo, like many mega-cities, is plagued with an over-abundance of waste. But, in Cairo, the garbage offers a unique opportunity. Waste pickers, known as the Zabbaleen, have made collecting and recycling garbage a way of life. The other half of the program profiles a group of waste pickers in Payatas, Philippines who were inspired by the Egyptian model.

RAGS TO RICHES Length 24 min
In New Delhi, Ashok Khosla creates a balance between population, resources and the environment. His program, Development Alternatives, provides thousands of people environmentally sound jobs, what Ashok calls "sustainable livelihoods." Barbara Pyle learns how to turn rags into paper from Sunita, a woman brimming with newly-found confidence and a desire to have only one child.

OUT OF THE HOUSE Length 24 min
Jordan's Princess Basma-Bint-Talal works to empower Jordanian women, many of whom have no jobs or self esteem, and traditionally, are not allowed to leave their homes. She teaches them to earn incomes by selling food and crafts in their own marketplaces. Barbara Pyle visits community centers where these women meet to network, gain new skills and attend literacy classes.

HEADS UP! Length 25 min
Barbara Pyle travels to the world's most remote, inhabited island to meet scientists studying the ancient civilization that built mysterious, 30-foot statues. They are learning lessons about climate change, and a culture that used up its natural resources, due to exponential population growth. Native, Sergio Rapu, believes Easter Island is a microcosm of what's happening today globally.

SHIFTING TIDES Length 26 min
Barbara Pyle heads to California where sea lions and fishermen are competing for salmon-a dwindling food source. The demands of a growing population, building dams and deforestation are partly to blame. Yet, fishermen and environmentalists disagree on the solution. Vicki Nichols of Save Our Shores brings both sides together to help create an integrated coastal management plan.

FISHING FOR SOLUTIONS Length 26 min
Set sail with a third generation fisherman in Gloucester, Massachusetts, one of the USA's oldest fishing ports. Overfishing has decimated fish populations and the livelihoods of many fishermen. Barbara Pyle travels with those seeking a balance, in hopes of allowing fish stocks to recover, while ensuring the traditional fisherman's way of life. Can that balance be achieved?

CRAFTING CHANGE Length 22 min
Frequently, the way to a better life for women is a job. Yet, who will help those who lack the resources to get started? Meet Carolyn and George McKecuen. They formed Watermark, a crafts collective providing income to hundreds ofwomen in North Carolina. George McKecuen declares, "You hear about that glass ceiling; it's more like a steel ceiling." Now, George and Carolyn are taking their mission global.

WETLAND WARRIORS Length 27 min
60% of the world's population lives near coasts, areas threatened by rapid population growth and climate change. Barbara Pyle introduces Milton Cambre, a former petrol-chemical employee who now advises the industry on reducing harmful emissions. Pyle also meets Annie Miller, guardian angel to alligators that could be threatened by rising seas of climate change.

LEAPFROG TO THE FUTURE Length 28 min
Sustainable development requires leapfrogging to the cleanest, most efficient solutions. Kit Senter, admired as a "one woman environmental protection agency," proves that slowing climate change can begin at home. New Orleans scientist Ed Bordes is slowing the spread of termites and mosquitoes now thriving in an ever-warming world.

DOWN TO EARTH Length 29 min
In a small Midwestern town, Barbara Pyle discovers Wes Adell, the pioneering spirit behind one of the most successful recycling and composting efforts in the world... an effort where the whole town participates. Adell's organization, Composting Works, was selected as one often "Best Practices" in the USA at the United Nations City Summit. His model is spreading rapidly around the world.

SCRATCHING THE IMAGINATION Length 32 min
Post civil war El Salvador is the second most environmentally ravaged country in the Americas. Barbara Pyle profiles Marta Benavides, a remarkable woman waging a positive war on poverty and despair. Her weapon is sustainable agriculture and the results are enriching El Salvador's soils and people's lives. Benavides believes, "Nobody has to empower us but ourselves."

FIELD OF DREAMS Length 24 min
Dr. Antonia Pantoja, a California professor, returns to her roots in rural Puerto Rico for a quiet retirement, but instead becomes an agent of change. Using agricultural technology and business smarts, she launches Producir to help financially strapped families turn their lives around. Barbara Pyle meets a family, the Reyes, who are turning heads of lettuce into fields of dreams.

DON’T MOVE, IMPROVE Length 24 min
New York's South Bronx, known for crime, is now a vibrant, productive neighborhood. Led by Yolanda Rivera, Banana Kelly Community Association, involves residents in maintenance, security and ownership of their apartment buildings. Plans are underway to build a paper recycling plant to provide jobs. Rivera says, "We're putting people first for a change."

IN OUR BACKYARD Length 27 min
Poverty is not restricted to the developing world. When Barbara Pyle hits the streets of downtown Atlanta, she witnesses poverty, violence and drug addiction. Leonard Tate is helping people break their cycle of despair. Fie teaches former drug addicts responsibility, a sense of community and the will to turn their lives around.
 

NO PLACE LIKE HOME Length 22 min
Lack of job opportunities in rural Jamaica has driven many people to big cities. But Terry Williams went to rural Bluefields to reverse that migration. As Director of the Bluefields People's Community Association, Terry shows Barbara Pyle that by creating jobs, people choose to stay in their own communities. The woman build self-esteem and have fewer children.

HARD AT WORK Length 28 min
Barbara Pyle visits Angela Stultz-Crawlle, a remarkable leader helping women break the traditional norms of their culture. One success story, construction supervisor Verna Foster, proclaims, "We don't want to make babies; we want to make money. We're producing, not reproducing." In Puerto Rico, Pyle chronicles Jose Chago Santiago's struggle to clean up his crime-ridden, polluted neighborhood.

SOAPS FOR CHANGE Length 25 min
In Manila, Barbara Pyle meets Cecile Guidote-Alvarez, producer of a soap opera that's broadcast throughout the Philippines, both on radio and TV. The show uses its characters as role models to tackle controversial issues including family planning and the long-held preference for sons.

A NEW DEAL Length 26 min
Barbara Pyle travels to a rural Filipino village to see innovative loan programs that enable women to overcome poverty and powerlessness. Pyle meets a young mother, Lala, who uses her loan to raise and sell pigs. Earning her own income has given Lala new confidence. Her husband now values her opinion on everything from finances to family size.

SHOWS IN PRODUCTION
Get a sneak preview of PEOPLE COUNT stories currently in production. They too willinspire and educate as they put a human face on global issues. You’ll meet a Hindupriest in India who is struggling to protect a sacred river and an innovative carpet manufacturer who isn't sacrificing the environment for the bottom line.