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Living under the constant threat of assassination, Francisco Pineda courageously led a citizens' movement that stopped a gold mine from destroying El Salvador's dwindling water resources and the livelihoods of rural communities throughout the country. Learn more at [http://www.goldmanprize.org/2011/southcentralamerica Link]. | Living under the constant threat of assassination, Francisco Pineda courageously led a citizens' movement that stopped a gold mine from destroying El Salvador's dwindling water resources and the livelihoods of rural communities throughout the country. Learn more at [http://www.goldmanprize.org/2011/southcentralamerica Link]. | ||
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| + | Director Lucy Walker spent months filming the stories of garbage pickers working at Rio de Janeiro's Jardim Gramacho, one of the world's largest landfills, for her 2011 Academy Award-nominated documentary, [http://www.pbs.org/independentlens/waste-land/ Waste Land]. [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F_i1IL6cF8Q&feature=related (trailer)]After her Waste Land experience, Lucy set out to learn what happens to Los Angeles' garbage. [http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/07/05/lucy-walker-director-of-w_n_845120.html#s280573&title=Watch_Lucys_day slideshow and video)] 7/11 | ||
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Living under the constant threat of assassination, Francisco Pineda courageously led a citizens' movement that stopped a gold mine from destroying El Salvador's dwindling water resources and the livelihoods of rural communities throughout the country. Learn more at Link.
Director Lucy Walker spent months filming the stories of garbage pickers working at Rio de Janeiro's Jardim Gramacho, one of the world's largest landfills, for her 2011 Academy Award-nominated documentary, Waste Land. (trailer)After her Waste Land experience, Lucy set out to learn what happens to Los Angeles' garbage. slideshow and video) 7/11
