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- In the heart of the Netherlands lies a river that has witnessed centuries of change - the Dommel. Yet, despite the passage of time, its waters still hold the echoes of history and the promise of a sustainable future.
- As a child, Piotr Chara spent countless hours on the Oder River in Poland, fishing with his father and wondering at the wildlife; as he grew, Piotr noticed a decline in the river's bird species and decided to take action. Now an award-winning photographer - and a father himself - Piotr runs an organization that builds floating nests for the birds and restores the rapidly receding wetlands.
- Afroz Shah is an Indian environmental activist and lawyer from Mumbai. He is best known for organizing the world's largest beach clean-up project, which has grown into a movement that has inspired people around the world to clean up their surrounding environment. In 2016, Shah was named by the United Nations as a Champion of the Earth for leading the clean-up of Mumbai's Versova Beach. Shah partnered with the Dawoodi Bohra's Turning the Tide campaign to remove plastic from the Mithi river and Dana Pani beach in Mumbai. Inspired by Afroz Shah's effort to clean beaches in Mumbai, the United Nations Environment Program launched the Clean Seas campaign globally. Afroz Shah has won the CNN Heroes of the Year Award 2019.
- Alaska is very remote with a limited road infrastructure, which makes transportation difficult for people, goods, and especially waste. Without a central recycling program in Alaska, waste found and picked up along the coastline didn't have anywhere to go be recycled. In response to Alaska's lack of a central recycling program, Gulf of Alaska Keeper (GoAK) worked with Pyxera Global to pull together an all-star project team; The Alliance to End Plastic Waste, Center for Regenerative Design and Collaboration (CDRC), Dow, and FedEx. Together they worked to develop a sustainable solution to turn ocean trash into a usable product. To see if their idea would work, litter collected by GoAK was shipped to a CRDC facility in Pennsylvania for further exploration. CRDC developed a new technology to reuse historically hard-to-break-down ocean plastics. The material created from this process can be turned into a better, more durable product for bricks, concrete, and other important structural building substances. Due to the success of this experiment, CRDC is now working with Alaska to open a facility that will create this circular economy locally.
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- When we look at rivers, we're usually just skimming the surface. Flying alongside the St. Lawrence River are bald eagles, osprey, and black terns while muskrats, porcupines, and beavers scamper along the shore. If you dive beneath the fresh waters of the river though, you'll see an ecosystem of small mouth bass and freshwater gobies, nestled between chunks of rock reefs. Nathalie Lasselin is a diver. While she's explored the Arctic and underwater caves in China, she felt drawn back to the waters of her home - Montreal. About 36 feet underwater, Lasselin and her team collect water samples for testing and scavenge for man-made debris. In 2019, they collected 6 tons of debris - roughly the weight of one African Bush Elephant. Learn more about Nathalie at RiversAreLife.
- Chasing the Bono explores one of the world's wildest natural phenomena, a tidal bore in Indonesia that provides surfers with rides upwards of 30 minutes.
- Most people think of it as a sewer but the L.A. River is just like any other river. With the natural sections loaded with fish, ducks, and other wildlife the LA River is a vital natural habitat that must be protected and revitalized. River of Angels follows several amazing River Heros around LA, including fly-fisherman (and women), city workers and non-profits such as Friends of the LA River (FoLAR).
- The Kenai River flows more than 80 miles through the stunning U.S. state of Alaska. After its journey begins in the Chugach Mountains, the waterway continues flowing through Kenai Lake and passes through low-elevation woodlands before meeting with the salty water of Cook Inlet, 150 miles southwest of Anchorage, near the city of Kenai. The Kenai River Sportfishing Association (KRSA) was founded 30 years ago by Bob Penney with a strong and clear mission: sustain the Kenai River's King salmon population in order to preserve the Kenai's status as the greatest sport-fishing river in the world. KRSA accomplishes this through strategic habitat conservation and rehabilitation, fisheries management, research, and education. Over the years the organization has grown and developed numerous conservation and sustainability projects to support the health of this one-of-a-kind waterway, several of which are explored in our film, "Kings of the Kenai." One such project is the Ted Stevens Kenai River Classic - a three-day, invitational fishing event held in August to raise funds and educate policymakers and business leaders about KRSA's habitat-restoration and access projects, fisheries education, research and management. The event has raised more than $18 million over 25 years for fisheries conservation, and there are ways we can all help.
- It's unimaginable what harmful effects long-standing mining practices can have on rivers worldwide. In the Valle de Elqui in Chile, the Canihuante family and their community have banded together to combat those harmful effects and protect the Cochiguaz River. This river is a vital resource for locals and the variety of wildlife and plants that depend on its water for survival. In this film, you'll meet our River Hero, Rafael Canihuante, president of the Canihuante indigenous community, and Carmen Canihuante, who is working on a petition to establish the river's status as a natural sanctuary. You will also meet countless other community members who are standing up for this incredible South American water source.
- River systems, the lifeblood of our planet, are a fragile resource facing devastating waste problems affecting humans and wildlife alike - but we can change their fate together. River heroes are at the forefront of solving the pollution and waste issues faced by our planet's waterways. "Voices of Water," tells the stories of these champions and highlights the direct value of rivers to our community ecosystem and the importance of their role in the health of the planet and climate change. Through the stories of these Heroes and the projects they have undertaken we seek to raise awareness of river plastic pollution, and the commitment to solve the problem at its source upstream.
- In our film "Watershed Warriors," you'll meet two river activists from Friends of the Fox River (FOTFR), Gary Swick and Jenni Kempf. FOTFR has been working to protect and restore the Fox River for more than 30 years. They organize river cleanup events each year removing tons of trash from the Fox River and its tributaries.
- Our new film, "The Conservation Kid," shares the story of young activist, Cash Daniels, working to protect the Tennessee River. The film also highlights the Tennessee River Gorge Trust who invite Cash to their bird observatory to show him the impact of his conservation efforts on the river's ecosystem.