Green Options » The Good Fight http://greenoptions.com/tag/the-good-fight Posts tagged 'The Good Fight' Mon, 21 Apr 2008 13:25:01 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 en Kansas City Comes Out for Greensburg Fundraiser http://ecolocalizer.com/2008/04/21/kansas-city-comes-out-for-greensburg-fundraiser/ http://ecolocalizer.com/2008/04/21/kansas-city-comes-out-for-greensburg-fundraiser/#comments Mon, 21 Apr 2008 13:25:01 +0000 Jeff McIntire-Strasburg http://ecolocalizer.com/2008/04/21/kansas-city-comes-out-for-greensburg-fundraiser/ greensburg.jpgAs I mentioned last week, I headed over to Kansas City last Thursday to attend the fundraiser for Greensburg GreenTown, a non-profit supporting Greensburg, Kansas’ efforts to rebuild green after a tornado leveled the town last May. Despite ugly weather, the ballroom at the Scarritt Building was packed for both the world premiere of the Sundance Channel’s web series The Good Fight, and a panel discussion with Greentown director Daniel Wallach, and BNIM Architects‘ urban planner Stephen Hardy. Among the crowd were a number of Greensburg residents, and the event, while informative and eye-opening, served largely as a celebration of these people’s tenacity and foresight in choosing to rebuild their community with an eye towards a future of economic, cultural and environmental sustainability.

First up was Simran Sethi of Sundance’s The Green, who’s become a passionate advocate for Greensburg’s resurgence. In introducing the first five episodes of The Good Fight (which all focus on Greensburg), she not only lauded the people who she’s come to know in making the “webisodes,” but also noted that the town is hardly a hotbed of radical environmentalism: Greensburg was a town of 1400 people when the tornado struck, and, like many mid-American small communities, had been in decline for several decades. The population had shrunk, the per capita income was below the Kansas average, and young Greensburgians were generally looking for a way out. She heard plenty of disdainful comments about “treehuggers,” and several people had told her that they just didn’t believe global warming is a reality.

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]]> http://ecolocalizer.com/2008/04/21/kansas-city-comes-out-for-greensburg-fundraiser/feed/ Fight the Good Fight http://ecolocalizer.com/2008/04/11/fight-the-good-fight/ http://ecolocalizer.com/2008/04/11/fight-the-good-fight/#comments Fri, 11 Apr 2008 17:15:22 +0000 Shirley Siluk Gregory http://ecolocalizer.com/2008/04/11/fight-the-good-fight/ Closeup of a dandelion. (Photo courtesy of Wikimedia Commons user Jost Jahn.)Calling all EcoLocalizers: if you’ve been working to solve an environmental problem in your part of the U.S., The Sundance Channel wants to hear from you.

Starting on Earth Day (Tuesday, April 22), Sundance will present a new Web series called The Good Fight. Hosted by Indian-born activist, author and TV producer Simran Sethi, the online series is aimed at building awareness of the environmental justice movement and at highlighting local heroes in various environmental causes.

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