Human Planet – Deserts

Our Eco Film on Friday, July 19th will be another episode of Human Planet – Deserts.

Documentary, 2011 – 60 minutes. Produced by BBC, Discovery. English w/ English subtitles.

Watch the full episode here:

We can survive for weeks without food, but only days without water: it is the essential element of life. Yet many millions of us live in parched deserts around the world. In the second episode of Human Planet, we discover how the eternal quest for water brings huge challenges – and ingenious solutions – in the driest places on Earth.
Human Planet is an 8-part television documentary series produced by the BBC with co-production from Discovery and BBC Worldwide. It describes the human species and its relationship with the natural world by showing the remarkable ways humans have adapted to life in every environment on Earth.

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