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GRITtv: David Helvarg: Saved by the Sea
As a child, David Helvarg used to look up at the stars and become angry that he was born too early to explore new worlds. But soon he realized that the ocean is a unexplored world. As an adult, Helvarg became a journalist and spent his time exploring the ocean, and founded the Blue Frontier Campaign to help conserve the world under the sea. Helvarg has written a memoir, Saved by the Sea, about his career as a reporter, explorer, activist and conservationist, and he joins Laura in the studio for our Friday Feature conversation about his life's work. Distributed by Tubemogul.
Email this page"Democracy Now!": Thurs. Apr. 15 2010
Environmentalist and 350.org founder Bill McKibben talks about his new book “Eaarth: Making a Life on a Tough New Planet”;Jailed UBS whistleblower Bradley Birkenfeld makes a Tax Day clemency request to President Obama; Binghamton, New York marks Tax Day with a City Hall counter that tallys the cost of war in Iraq and Afghanistan; a 12-year-old Des Moines, IA peace activist faces a trespassing charge for her antiwar protest at the offices of Senator Harkin. "Democracy Now!" is a daily independent newshour.
Bioneers: Erica Fernandez
Erica Fernandez, 18, was born and raised in Michoacan, Mexico, until age ten. She has since been recognized as a remarkable young environmental activist in Oxnard, California. Initially motivated to fight air pollution because of her asthma, she helped mobilize her whole diverse community -- from Latino youth to the Sierra Club -- to defeat the placement of a liquefied natural gas facility just offshore, successfully resisting a multi-national, billion-dollar corporation.
