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Native Planet

In a fight for mother earth, Host Simon Baker travels across a Native Planet and goes deep inside indigenous communities passionately defending their way of life against overwhelming environmental threats.

  • Chile
    Sunday, September 15
    1:00 pm on FNX 9.3
    Simon Baker travels to the top of the Andes in northern Chile where a massive new mining project threatens the sacred glaciers of the Colla people, the only source of water in one of the driest paces on earth.
  • Namibia
    Monday, September 16
    4:00 pm on FNX 9.3
    Simon Baker travels to Namibia to learn why the San people, the oldest culture on the planet, have created a vast conservation area to protect themselves from the outside world.
  • Namibia
    Sunday, September 22
    1:00 pm on FNX 9.3
    Simon Baker travels to Namibia to learn why the San people, the oldest culture on the planet, have created a vast conservation area to protect themselves from the outside world.
  • Manitoba
    Monday, September 23
    4:00 pm on FNX 9.3
    Simon Baker travels to Manitoba, in the heart of the Canadian Prairies, to see why the world's tenth largest lake is dying and how indigenous knowledge can provide a means to ensure its survival.
  • Manitoba
    Sunday, September 29
    1:00 pm on FNX 9.3
    Simon Baker travels to Manitoba, in the heart of the Canadian Prairies, to see why the world's tenth largest lake is dying and how indigenous knowledge can provide a means to ensure its survival.
  • Louisiana
    Monday, September 30
    4:00 pm on FNX 9.3
    Simon Baker travels to the Bayous of southern Louisiana to see how three indigenous tribes are adapting to rising sea levels that are slowly sinking their communities.
  • Louisiana
    Sunday, October 6
    1:00 pm on FNX 9.3
    Simon Baker travels to the Bayous of southern Louisiana to see how three indigenous tribes are adapting to rising sea levels that are slowly sinking their communities.
  • Mexico
    Monday, October 7
    4:00 pm on FNX 9.3
    Simon Baker travels deep into the remote Mezquital region of Northern Mexico where once forgotten indigenous communities are now caught in a battle between drug cartels and Mexico's military police.
  • Mexico
    Sunday, October 13
    1:00 pm on FNX 9.3
    Simon Baker travels deep into the remote Mezquital region of Northern Mexico where once forgotten indigenous communities are now caught in a battle between drug cartels and Mexico's military police.
  • New Zealand
    Monday, October 14
    4:00 pm on FNX 9.3
    Host Simon Baker travels to New Zealand's North Island to see how science and indigenous knowledge are combining to breathe life back into a sacred lake decimated by years of industrial pollution.
  • New Zealand
    Sunday, October 20
    1:00 pm on FNX 9.3
    Host Simon Baker travels to New Zealand's North Island to see how science and indigenous knowledge are combining to breathe life back into a sacred lake decimated by years of industrial pollution.
  • Ecuador
    Monday, October 21
    4:00 pm on FNX 9.3
    Host Simon Baker travels to Ecuador and deep into the Amazon jungle to meet one Aboriginal tribe waging an international fight to keep oil companies and their government off their territory
  • Ecuador
    Sunday, October 27
    1:00 pm on FNX 9.3
    Host Simon Baker travels to Ecuador and deep into the Amazon jungle to meet one Aboriginal tribe waging an international fight to keep oil companies and their government off their territory
  • Canada
    Monday, October 28
    4:00 pm on FNX 9.3
    From his home in the Squamish Nation, host Simon Baker traces the path of the proposed Northern Gateway pipeline, from the Oil Sands in Alberta to the tanker terminal planned for Kitimat, BC., to understand why First Nations are opposed.

 

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  • Chile
    Monday, September 9
    4:00 pm on FNX 9.3
    Simon Baker travels to the top of the Andes in northern Chile where a massive new mining project threatens the sacred glaciers of the Colla people, the only source of water in one of the driest paces on earth.
  • Rapu Nui
    Sunday, September 8
    1:00 pm on FNX 9.3
    Simon Baker travels to the remote south pacific island of Rapa Nui (Easter Island) to see how the recent growth in tourism is threatening the sanctity of its ancient Polynesian treasures, the indigenous Rapa Nui people and the environment.
  • Rapu Nui
    Monday, September 2
    4:00 pm on FNX 9.3
    Simon Baker travels to the remote south pacific island of Rapa Nui (Easter Island) to see how the recent growth in tourism is threatening the sanctity of its ancient Polynesian treasures, the indigenous Rapa Nui people and the environment.
  • Australia
    Sunday, September 1
    1:00 pm on FNX 9.3
    Host Simon Baker travels to Northwest Australia to visit one Aboriginal tribe defending their "song lines" and way of life as their government and corporations attempt to develop the world?s largest natural gas fields around them.
  • Australia
    Monday, August 26
    4:00 pm on FNX 9.3
    Host Simon Baker travels to Northwest Australia to visit one Aboriginal tribe defending their "song lines" and way of life as their government and corporations attempt to develop the world?s largest natural gas fields around them.
  • United States
    Sunday, August 25
    1:00 pm on FNX 9.3
    Host Simon Baker travels to the Navajo Nation, across New Mexico, Arizona and Utah, to see how the fallout from five decades of uranium mining is damaging the lives of Navajo families.
  • United States
    Monday, August 19
    4:00 pm on FNX 9.3
    Host Simon Baker travels to the Navajo Nation, across New Mexico, Arizona and Utah, to see how the fallout from five decades of uranium mining is damaging the lives of Navajo families.
  • Hawaii
    Sunday, August 18
    1:00 pm on FNX 9.3
    Host Simon Baker travels to Hawaii to examine the growing native sovereignty movement and how it helped halt construction of the largest public infrastructure project in Hawaii's history.
  • Hawaii
    Monday, August 12
    4:00 pm on FNX 9.3
    Host Simon Baker travels to Hawaii to examine the growing native sovereignty movement and how it helped halt construction of the largest public infrastructure project in Hawaii's history.
  • Canada
    Sunday, August 11
    1:00 pm on FNX 9.3
    From his home in the Squamish Nation, host Simon Baker traces the path of the proposed Northern Gateway pipeline, from the Oil Sands in Alberta to the tanker terminal planned for Kitimat, BC., to understand why First Nations are opposed.
  • Canada
    Monday, August 5
    4:00 pm on FNX 9.3
    From his home in the Squamish Nation, host Simon Baker traces the path of the proposed Northern Gateway pipeline, from the Oil Sands in Alberta to the tanker terminal planned for Kitimat, BC., to understand why First Nations are opposed.
  • Ecuador
    Sunday, August 4
    1:00 pm on FNX 9.3
    Host Simon Baker travels to Ecuador and deep into the Amazon jungle to meet one Aboriginal tribe waging an international fight to keep oil companies and their government off their territory