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Reclaim Harlem Park
Baltimore residents cultivate community power in place.
Seguimos Luchando: We Will Continue Our Fight
Deep in the heart of the Peruvian Amazon, the encroachment of internationally-owned palm oil plantations on ancestral Shibipo lands inspires a village’s resistance.
Voices Underwater: Flint, Still in Search of Solutions
Following a classroom study of the Flint water crisis, Meredith Brown meets and shares the stories of Flint residents at the Water Infrastructure Conference in Flint, Michigan in March 2017.
The Greywater Diaries
Sayd Randle explores a different perspective of California’s water crisis: the stories of Los-Angeles based home greywater system installers.
Searching for the Stars: Light Pollution in Puerto Rico
Javier A. Román-Nieves documents the night skies above Puerto Rico to encourage understanding of the consequences of light pollution on the environment and the planet.
In Memory
After recent fires at Great Smoky Mountain National Park, Elizabeth Parker Garcia reflects on the mountains of eastern Tennessee as a place of loss, remembrance and resilience.
Facing Fear in the Heart of Alaska
Filmmaker Christina Stone hikes across melting glaciers and descends into their chasms to confront climate change head on and tell its story in Alaska’s Wrangell-St. Elias National Park and Preserve.
Aqueduct-walking in the Mojave Desert
Sayd Randle hikes with a filmmaker along the Los Angeles Aqueduct as they meet the communities impacted by the water consumption of Los Angeles, California.
Where the River Fairies Are: A Quest on the Amazon River with the Pink Dolphins
Yiyuan Jasmine Qin traces the journey of the Amazon river dolphin, or the Boto, along the Amazon River as it winds through complex, intertwining stories of scientific research and conservation efforts, threats from overfishing and indigenous community development.
Moses and the Marines
Indigenous Yup’ik Alaskans grapple with the relocation of their town as permafrost thaws and riverbanks erode.
The Inhumanity of Buildings: Our Dynamic Society’s Conflict with Static Architecture
Kroon Hall opened in 2009 as the home of the Yale School of Forestry & Environmental Studies. Seven years later, is it performing to standards?