Filed under: Radio | Tags: Carnegie Mellon University, Checkpoint, Ethnic Conflict, Israel, Jonas Moffat, Maternal Deaths, Mel Packer, Midwives, Oakland, Palestine, Pittsburgh, Roadblock, Students for Justice in Palestine, University of Pittsburgh
Israel-Palestine Checkpoint Action in Oakland
Checkpoint Palestine
Last Thursday, at 5:30 in the afternoon, about 15 people took to the streets of Oakland. Their goal: to make Pittsburghers aware of the regular hassles and dangers that Palestinian people face in their daily lives.
Produced for Rustbelt Radio
Filed under: Radio-Video | Tags: Awkwardness, Darins, Grandchildren, Marriage, Pink ties, Wedding, Wedding Wishes
Filed under: Radio | Tags: Braddock, Braddock Mayor Race, Carmen Robinson, John Fetterman, Luke Ravenstahl, Patrick Dowd, Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh Mayor Race, Political Campaigns, Politics
Dowd + Fetterman Campaign in Braddock
Dowd at the Elks Club
Primary election day is fast approaching — on May 19th Pittsburgh will choose between three Democratic candidates for mayor — Luke Ravenstahl, Carmen Robinson, and Patrick Dowd. Braddock is also having a mayor’s race this year, and its current mayor John Fetterman hosted a party a few days ago, to promote his own campaign and lend his support to Patrick Dowd.
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Filed under: Radio-Video | Tags: Catholic Church, Dance, McKeesport, Pittsburgh, Poland, Polish Americans, Polish Falcons, Priest, St. Winifred's
Filed under: Radio-Video | Tags: Dance, Frania Urbaniak, Generations, McKeesport, Obedek, Pittsburgh, Poland, Polka, St. Winifred's, Waltz, WEDO
Frannie Frania
Filed under: Radio | Tags: America, Ed Robbins, Embedded Journalists, Gulf War, Iraq, Iraqi Refugees, Iraqi Translators, Jordan, Nicholas Kristof, Syria, UCIS, University of Pittsburgh, War Documentaries
Ed Robbins – Shooting the Iraq War
Ed Robbins has made several films about the Iraq war — including one from the perspective of American soldiers, and one about Iraqi refugees. He recently visited Pittsburgh to discuss the complications of documenting war.
Produced for Rustbelt Radio.
Abdullah, an Iraqi Refugee
Hannan, an Iraqi Refugee
Filed under: Radio-Video | Tags: Art gallery, bathroom, CMU, Compost Toilet, Excrement, Joey Hays, Poop, Victorian morals
Filed under: Radio | Tags: Broken Noses, Ear Claps, Eye Gouge, Fights, Martial arts, Self Defense
Filed under: Radio | Tags: Apollo Alliance, Barack Obama, Black and Gold City Goes Green, Cap and Dividend, Cap and Trade, Carbon Capture, Carbon Sequestration, China, Clean Coal Technology, Coal Fired Power Plants, Ed Rendell, Energy Crisis, Energy Efficiency, Green Jobs, Home Energy Audits, India, Jan Jarrett, Jerome Ringo, Joylette Portlock, Keystone Help Program, Lindsay Baxter, Maureen Guttman, Penn Future, Pennsylvania, Phipps Conservatory, Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh City Council Building, Pittsburgh Water and Sewer Authority, Power Plants, Sharon Pillar, Solar Energy, Stimulus Plan, Sustainability, Weatherization, Wind Energy
Penn Future – Pittsburghs Energy Upheaval
A Coal-Fired Power Plant
Over 200 Pittsburghers gathered at Phipps Conservatory Sunday March 29th to discuss the future of climate change action in the region. The group Citizens for Pennsylvania Future (Penn Future) organized the event – bringing together activists, government workers and scientists together – to talk about recent major developments in energy and the environment.
Pennsylvania’s a coal state – responsible for 1 percent of the world’s greenhouse gas emissions – but now the state’s on the precipice of a new era for energy use and production. After decades of talking about climate change and the need for dramatic action, 2009 looks to be a watershed year.
Suddenly there’s lots of money for solar & wind energy production and for improving the energy efficiency of our buildings and infrastructure. But the big question remains: will people change their lifestyles in response?
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Filed under: Radio | Tags: Annal Crops, Ben Evans, Cavemen, Climate Change, Dugout Dick, Energy System, Environmentalism, Green Movement, Idaho, Julie Evans, Kansas, Mark Dixon, Perennial Crops, Pittsburgh, Pollution, Salina, Scott Brusaw, Solar Energy, Solar Roadways, Sustainability, YERT
YERT's Mark Dixon
Mark Dixon overhauled his life a few years ago. He left his job in Silicon Valley, and with two friends — Ben Evans and Julie Evans, spent a year in an SUV hybrid traveling around the US, talking to all kinds of Americans about climate change.
Thus was born YERT – Your Environmental Road Trip. Mark, Ben and Julie filmed over 500 hours of footage, talking to environmental activists, scientists, and innovators. They met with a scientist converting annual crops to perennial ones, a 92 year old man who’s been living for six decades in an Idaho cave, and an engineer who wants to convert our highway system into a giant solar energy collection + distribution network.
And the YERT team lived by strict sustainability rules — the three of them together used only one shoebox of waste per month. It wasn’t easy, with every restaurant presenting a new tableful of challenges. They survived the voyage, and you can see YERT films here, and read more about the project too.
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Filed under: Radio-Video | Tags: Eye Gouges, Fighting Techniquse, Guns, Martial arts, Money, Mugging, Murder, Robbery, Self Defense, Violence
Filed under: Radio-Video | Tags: Crotch Kicks, Drunkeness, Fighting Techniques, Fights, Leverage Points, Martial arts, PCP High, Pressure Points, Punches, Self Defense, Vulcan Death Grip
Filed under: Radio | Tags: CMU, Compost Toilet, Eco-Art, Excrement, Gardez-Leau, Japanese Toilets, Joey Hays, Miller Gallery, Pittsburgh, Poop, Sewage Systems, Shame, Soil, Urine, Urine Diversion Toilet, Victorian Era
Joey's Gardez L'Eau
Pittsburgh’s sewage system is more than 100 years old, and it cannot handle the amount of waste the city generates. Since the sewage system is combined with the city’s rainwater system, when it rains, the system overflows and raw sewage ends up in the rivers. Carnegie Mellon art student Joey Hays has been studying the city’s waste problems — and for his Masters thesis this month, he’s built a special toilet– the Gardez L’Eau — that could be a first step towards a better way of dealing with our waste.
Read more at Joey’s site for the Gardez L’Eau, or see it in action at CMU’s Miller Gallery through April 18.
Produced for Rustbelt Radio.
Filed under: Radio-Video | Tags: Breakfast, Confession, Kettle, Kitchen, Lamp, Love, Morning
Filed under: Radio-Video | Tags: Ancient Rome, Catholic Church, Faith Healing, Father Mullingar, Jesus, Martyrs, Murder, Pittsburgh, Saints, Skeletons, St. Anthony's, Troy Hill, Vatican
