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Environment
Tess Elliott:
Though Ken Salazar has vowed to clean up the mess at the Interior Department, his selection for director of the National Park Service, Jon Jarvis, only compounds it.
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Environment
Jeff Biggers:
An important announcement suggests that environmental justice may be coming to the Appalachian coalfields.
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Environment
Mark Hertsgaard:
Washington and Beijing should launch an efficiency revolution, the quickest path to large emissions cuts.
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Environment
Laura Hanna:
Architect Teddy Cruz investigates a new kind of urban ecology in Tijuana, where creative dwellings for the poor are being developed.
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Philosophy
Laura Hanna & Gavin Browning:
In our imperfect world, only the lucky few have access to wealth and cultural riches. There is a better way: it's called The Commons.
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U.S. Economy
VideoNation & Laura Hanna:
A look at the passionate protests on Wall Street in opposition to the $700 billion bailout proposal.
Architect Teddy Cruz tracks a
new kind of urban ecology: Across the border from San Diego in Tijuana, a spontaneous urban space is taking shape off the radar of city planners, as an affluent city sheds its aging houses and its pieces are reassembled into creative dwellings for the poor.
Filmmaker Laura Hanna created A City Made of Waste in 2008 for the exhibition Home Delivery: Fabricating the Modern Dwelling at the Museum of Modern Art in New York. The film has since been acquired by MoMA for its permanent collection.
--Joan Connell
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About Laura Hanna
Laura Hanna is a filmmaker who, with Astra Taylor, produces short-form documentaries for The Nation. Their New York-based production company, Hidden Driver, specializes in feature-length and short-form films focusing on intellectual, cultural and political issues
A California native, she has worked in all stages of production, as an editor, producer, sound recordist, post-production sound editor, mixer and designer. She is currently directing the documentary feature Megapolis.
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