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Earth Month | April 2026

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Jennifer Wieland
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ext: Earth Month | April, over a green blurred background with a small glass globe sitting on a moss covered log.
Programming

Celebrate our beautiful planet with this month's line up of Our New World, Shared Planet, Vanishing Voices and Wilding. 

Our New World
The Pulse of Change 
Wednesday, April 1, 2026, 9pm 

Four people on four continents face environmental change driven by climate change. As resources grow scarce, they witness shifts in wildlife behavior. Each actively seeks solutions to adapt and prevent conflict between humans and wildlife.

  • WTVP-HD 47.1 - Wed, 04/01/2026 @ 9:00 PM
  • WTVP-HD 47.1 - Thu, 04/02/2026 @ 1:00 AM
  • WTVP-HD 47.1 - Fri, 04/03/2026 @ 2:00 AM
  • WTVP-HD 47.1 - Sun, 04/05/2026 @ 1:00 AM
  • WTVP-WORLD 47.3 - Tue, 04/07/2026 @ 7:00 PM
  • WTVP-WORLD 47.3 - Wed, 04/08/2026 @ 12:00 AM
  • WTVP-WORLD 47.3 - Wed, 04/08/2026 @ 8:00 AM

Our New World
A Wild Renaissance
Wednesday, April 8, 2026, 9pm 

Five ecosystems are reshaped by climate change. Ice fields and underwater forests vanish, replaced by new ecosystems. Humans and animals must adapt as nature transforms at unprecedented speed.

  • WTVP-HD 47.1 - Wed, 04/08/2026 @ 9:00 PM
  • WTVP-HD 47.1 - Thu, 04/09/2026 @ 1:00 AM
  • WTVP-HD 47.1 - Fri, 04/10/2026 @ 2:00 AM
  • WTVP-HD 47.1 - Sun, 04/12/2026 @ 1:00 AM
  • WTVP-WORLD 47.3 - Tue, 04/14/2026 @ 7:00 PM
  • WTVP-WORLD 47.3 - Wed, 04/15/2026 @ 12:00 AM
  • WTVP-WORLD 47.3 - Wed, 04/15/2026 @ 8:00 AM
The sun frames a red species of Hawaiian honeycreeper called the I'iwi as it opens its hooked beak to sing from a branch extended out over the ocean and the title Vanishing Voices: Saving Our Hawaiian Forest Birds..

Vanishing Voices: 
Saving Our Hawaiian Forest Birds
Wednesday, April 15, 2026, 10pm 

Native Hawaiian forest birds face imminent extinction from non-native mosquitoes carrying lethal avian disease. This story follows the urgent push to reduce mosquito populations and safeguard these iconic species, highlighting innovative tools, fieldwork and the people working to keep Hawaii's forests alive with song.

  • WTVP-HD 47.1 - Wed, 04/15/2026 @ 10:00 PM

Wilding
Wednesday, April 22, 2026, 9pm 

WILDING tells the story of a young couple who dare to bet the future of their failing, four-hundred-year-old estate on the power of nature. Relive how the pair battled entrenched traditions and entrusted their farm's recovery to a motley mix of animals both tame and wild. It is the beginning of a grand experiment that will become one of the most significant rewilding projects in Europe.

  • WTVP-HD 47.1 - Wed, 04/22/2026 @ 9:00 PM
  • WTVP-HD 47.1 - Thu, 04/23/2026 @ 1:30 AM
  • WTVP-HD 47.1 - Fri, 04/24/2026 @ 2:30 AM
  • WTVP-WORLD 47.3 - Mon, 04/27/2026 @ 7:00 PM
  • WTVP-WORLD 47.3 - Tue, 04/28/2026 @ 12:00 AM
  • WTVP-WORLD 47.3 - Tue, 04/28/2026 @ 8:00 AM
"Wilding" Based on the best selling book by Isabella Tree. A five prong buck stands stoically next to a beautiful woodland pond landscape. Two people walk toward a castle across the pond in the background.

Shared Planet
Cities
Wednesday, April 29, 2026, 9pm

With 60% of the world's population in cities, urban spaces are more crowded than ever. From New York to Kolkata, discover the surprising and beneficial ways urban wildlife is transforming our concrete jungles into thriving, shared ecosystems.

  • WTVP-HD 47.1 - Wed, 04/29/2026 @ 9:00 PM
  • WTVP-HD 47.1 - Thu, 04/30/2026 @ 1:00 AM

Energy Switch
Unconventional Wisdom
Wednesday, April 29, 2026, 10pm 

Our guests argue against conventional wisdom, that oil companies must be part of decarbonization; that solar and wind will never replace them; and that we don't value our environment enough to take meaningful action anyway. You may not agree, but you'll still want to hear from Dr. Nate Hagens of the Institute for the Study of Energy & Our Future and Tisha Schuller, CEO of Adamantine Energy.

  • WTVP-HD 47.1 - Wed, 04/29/2026 @ 10:00 PM