On the dwindling frontier of forests, plains, and waterways, lies a neighbor of 6 billion people. A number soon to increase to 9 billion in 2042, according to the United States Census Bureau. What are the limits? Where are these people going to live? How will the Earth sustain that number of people? Who will suffer and benefit? Most importantly, what will happen to the natural environment by 2042?

The answers to these questions are not simple by any means, but humanity is adaptable and better solutions are possible in the near future. When a problem arises, we possess the ability to solve it. What we do today will affect the state of the Earth tomorrow.

EXPEDITION NATURE'S REALM is an eight part documentary series directed and produced by Cameron Douglas Craig and Kevin H. Jeanes that explores the coexistence between humanity and nature that is Earth. Throughout the series, issues that concern the future of the natural environment are presented with vivid images of nature at work in the past and present with the hopes that viewers make their own decision what is to be done for the future. After all, we are all equal and temporary inhabitants of this precious but fragile dot in a very large universe.

Join WEIU-TV and the Department of Geology/Geography for a Special Reception/Screening of Expedition Nature's Realm, Sunday, September 21, 2008 at 2PM in Buzzard Hall.

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WEIU-PBS will broadcast the entire series in November (Date to be Determined). The DVD set will be available September 21, 2008.