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Malawian farmer Anita Chitaya travels to the US to raise awareness about climate change.
Climate change is real and urgent, especially for those in African countries who are experiencing devastating impacts. “The Ants & the Grasshopper: The Series” follows Anita Chitaya, a farmer, activist, and community leader from Malawi, as she embarks on a mission to raise awareness about climate change in the United States. Are Americans willing to listen to the concerns of those most affected?
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The Ants & the Grasshopper: The Series | Trailer
Preview: Season 1 | 1mVideo has Closed Captions
Climate change is real and urgent, especially for those in African countries who are experiencing devastating impacts. “The Ants & the Grasshopper: The Series” follows Anita Chitaya, a farmer, activist, and community leader from Malawi, as she embarks on a mission to raise awareness about climate change in the United States. Are Americans willing to listen to the concerns of those most affected?
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Learn Moreabout PBS online sponsorship- It rains for us maybe three times a year.
All the crops dry out.
We learned that it was climate change because of what they are doing in places like America.
If you want someone to change, you go to their doorstep with your problem.
- God said, "You can increase like sand."
But He never said, "Spoil the atmosphere."
- I don't see it as an issue.
That's my problem.
- How are you seeing the climate affecting your farming?
- We see it more as a political agenda.
- I'm often reminded of the words of Grace Lee Boggs who says, "We have to live more simply so that others can simply live."
- There are so many ants, but only a few are lifting the grasshopper.
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The Ants & the Grasshopper: The Series is a local public television program presented by THIRTEEN PBS
"The Ants & the Grasshopper: The Series” is a co-production of Kartemquin Educational Films and Peril and Promise, a public media initiative from The WNET Group, reporting on the human...
