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By: Beyond Green
Location: Various, Worldwide
Class of: 2006 - 2007 Views: 54140
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Toxic Soil Busters

Once a booming center of the American Industrial Revolution, Worcester, Massachusetts’ Main South area is now showing sings of abandonment with children at risk of brain damage, stunted growth and reproductive problems caused by lead poisoning found in their own backyards.  16 year-old Janice Serrano and her friends founded a cooperative business, Toxic Soil Busters, to battle brownfields with environmental entrepreneurship and revitalize an entire community.

Once a booming center of the American Industrial Revolution, Worcester, Massachusetts’ Main South area is now showing sings of abandonment with children at risk of brain damage, stunted growth and reproductive problems caused by lead poisoning found in their own backyards.  16 year-old Janice Serrano and her friends founded a cooperative business, Toxic Soil Busters, to battle brownfields with environmental entrepreneurship and revitalize an entire community.

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Toxic Soil Busters
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  • Runtime: 7:29
  • Added: 02/08/2011
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By: Beyond Green, Various, Worldwide

Toxic Soil Busters

By: Beyond Green

Once a booming center of the American Industrial Revolution, Worcester, Massachusetts’ Main South area is now showing sings of abandonment with children at risk of brain damage, stunted growth and reproductive problems caused by lead poisoning found in their own back…
Sxabue's Umbilical Cord
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  • Runtime: 8:11
  • Added: 02/08/2011
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By: Beyond Green, Various, Worldwide

Sxabue's Umbilical Cord

By: Beyond Green

In the tradition of Colombia’s Nasa indigenous people, Edilfredo’s mother buried his umbilical chord to honor Edilfredo’s first tie to Mother Earth.  The challenges of violence an alcoholism in rural Colombia have strained Edilfredo’s close tie…
Paper Garden
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  • Runtime: 7:39
  • Added: 02/08/2011
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By: Beyond Green, Various, Worldwide

Paper Garden

By: Beyond Green

The outskirts of Yerevan, the capital of Armenia, are bleak.  While 12 year-old Arthur is proud of his birthplace and home, he has also witnessed the elimination of almost all of Yerevan’s trees for firewood during an energy crisis.  Developers have decided…
Image of Contamination
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  • Runtime: 8:19
  • Added: 02/08/2011
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By: Beyond Green, Various, Worldwide

Image of Contamination

By: Beyond Green

19 year-old Diana López always aspired to be a pilot and since the Kelly Air Force base is in her neighborhood, she was convinced that joining the Air Force was the best way to reach her goal.  After graduation, she had one last summer in San Antonio to intern …
Hands of Love
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  • Runtime: 7:25
  • Added: 02/08/2011
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By: Beyond Green, Various, Worldwide

Hands of Love

By: Beyond Green

16 year-old David Were lives in Kibera, Africa’s largest slum on the outskirts of Kenya’s capital city, Nairobi.  Basic facilities like the bathroom become an enormous chore as the family uses buckets and plastic bags to dispose of human waste.  The b…
Discrimination
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  • Runtime: 1:10
  • Added: 02/07/2011
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By: Burnett Middle School, San Jose, CA, United States

Discrimination

By: Burnett Middle School

This films walks us through the various forms of discrimination that have happened in the past as well as the present.
Under The Influence: Raci...
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  • Runtime: 3:25
  • Added: 02/07/2011
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By: Artists for Humanity, Boston, MA, United States

Under The Influence: Racial Identity

By: Artists for Humanity

In "Under the Influence: Racial Identity" a young woman struggles to find her racial identity.
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  • Runtime: 2:27
  • Added: 02/02/2011
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By: Willow Glen High School, San Jose, CA, United States

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By: Willow Glen High School

Adobe Youth Voices Filmmaking Camp at Cinequest Film Festival selection.This work was created over three weeks as part of the Adobe Youth Voices Filmmaking Camp at Cinequest and premiered March 7, 2009 at a special screening at the Cinequest Film Festival in San Jose, CA.
Need Keitai
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  • Runtime: 4:49
  • Added: 02/02/2011
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By: iEARN, Various, Worldwide

Need Keitai

By: iEARN

iEARN-JapanIn this frequently comedic live action video, students highlight the drawbacks of texting as social interaction.
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