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Decay Island
A profile of a forgotten island and what the plans are for its future. Also meet a young man who helps look over the well being of the island and his thoughts on the planned redevelopment project.
my first pod for the college_current student executive producer program spring 08. thanks for the help everyone! A profile of a forgotten island and what the plans are for its future. Also meet a young man who helps look over the well being of th... more -
2.7 million gallon sewage spill in bay
Wow, we really know how to treat the bay well.
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SF Oil Spill
I filmed voluntaries at Ocean Beach in San Francisco cleaning up the oil spill. Ocean Beach was not closed so beach goers were mixed in with a day of hazardous material clean up. I filmed voluntaries at Ocean Beach in San Francisco cleaning up the oil spill. Ocean Beach was not closed so beach goers were mixed i... more
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Hair and 'Shrooms to Clean San Francisco's Beaches
Lisa Gautier, who provided the volunteers with 1,000 hair mats, explained that hair acts as a sponge, naturally absorbing the oil from both air and water. She runs Matter of Trust, a nonprofit that matches businesses' donations to smaller, needy nonprofits; her organization makes money in part by collecting human hair from local salons, sending them to Georgia to be woven into mats before selling them to the SF Department of the Environment to soak up used motor oil.
So where exactly do the mushrooms factor in? Once the hair mats have absorbed the oil, oyster mushrooms begin to grow on the mats, consuming the viscous substance. After the mushrooms have finished absorbing all the oil - a process that takes about 12 weeks - the hair mats can be reused as nontoxic compost.
Lisa Gautier, who provided the volunteers with 1,000 hair mats, explained that hair acts as a sponge, naturally absorbing the oil from... more -
Golden Gate Oil Spill
On November 7, 2007, A container ship struck a tower of the Bay Bridge spilling 58,000 gallons of bunker oil into the San Francisco Bay. The following day, several Bay Area beaches were closed due to the spill. This pod takes us to the Bay Area coastline to see how the spill is impacting the wildlife and the people who frequent the coastal waters of San Francisco. On November 7, 2007, A container ship struck a tower of the Bay Bridge spilling 58,000 gallons of bunker oil into the San Francisco Ba... more
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