1: Seeds of Change
The world is split from north to south by two great oceans, the Atlantic and the Pacific. We, and the rest of the Atlantic communities, are in recession economically, some even talk about spiritual malaise, while those living around the Pacific are going from strength to strength.
Some of them are as rich as we are and becoming richer by the day.
Mary Goldring has spent this year travelling through the region to discover why. In the first of six programmes she describes the mixture of fear, greed and pride behind their success. Producer TOM READ