England versus America

Originally Planet Earth and Life were a BBC created show that America adapted by changing the narrator's voice. David Attenborough was the narrator for both BBC series, but, for the Discovery Channel, Sigourney Weaver was the narrator for Planet Earth and Oprah Winfrey was the narrator for Life.
Many people prefer either the British or the American version, saying on was better than the other. The footage is the same as seen below in the examples of Planet Earth (the footage for the American version is shorter because that was what was available).

David Attenborough:



Sigourney Weaver:


I think they were both equally entertaining and it is personal preference to the narrator's voice that determines the person's favorite version. The narrators do say different things, but in the end, the same information is related to the viewer. Whether you like the voice and word choice of David Attenborough or Sigourney Weaver and Oprah Winfrey, the program was still educational and interesting to watch. However, if I did have to decide between the versions, I would select the American version as the better one. The British version was a little dry. Though, both versions have annoyingly long pauses between dialogue.

Both videos were obtained from www.youtube.com.

Conservation

If you would like to help conserve wildlife and the environment, here are some conservation organizations:1. The Nature Conservancy 2. The World Wildlife Fund 3. Natural Resources Defense Council 4. The Sierra Club 5. International Crane Foundation 6. Friends of Haleakala National Park 7. Royal Society for the Protection of Birds 8. The Ocean Conservancy 9. Conservation International 10. Wildlife Conservation Society
The site where you can obtain information on all of these organizations is http://animals.about.com/od/wildlifeconservation/tp/wildlifeconserv.htm

There is a link on the sidebar to the World Wildlife Fund where you can adopt and sponsor one of the many endangered species.



Origin of Pictures: 1. http://www.2020mag.com/CMSImagesContent/2003/3/03_03UP13.jpg 2. http://www.icubed.us/files/wwflogo.jpg

Mission Planet

On the official planet earth website you can watch clips and get info on individual animals from the show. Also, there is a game feature. You can control seven teams that venture into the wilderness to film various animals and natural phenomenon. You are given a budget and must decide important decisions for your teams such as where to find the animal or if you should replace the guide. In each of the seven "mini-games," many of the same problems arise, which is frustrating because you cannot really control them only try to fix them. However, if you are successful in retrieving footage and you do not go over budget, you can see amazing footage that the actual Planet Earth team filmed. The ending successful footage makes the game worth playing.

Here is the site: http://dsc.discovery.com/convergence/planet-earth/game/game.html