Endangered Species
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Endangered Species“Endangered
Species” (90 min), produced and directed by Robert H. Nixon, is the
story of marginalized youth striving to return our nation’s bird, the
bald eagle, to Washington D.C. This group of young people, living near
the Anacostia River, is struggling to overcome the personal challenges
they face while making a difference.
Nixon is founder and
chairman of the Earth Conservation Corps, a non-profit organization
founded in 1989 as a White House domestic policy initiative. It
provides hands-on education, environmental training, professional
experience, and leadership skills for disadvantaged youth between the
ages of 17 and 25. As Corps members improve their own lives, they
rebuild the environmental, social and economic health of their
communities.
Max Kennedy founded the Urban Ecology Institute
at Boston College in 1998. The UEI studies the emerging field of urban
ecology and provides information to urban residents and policymakers on
natural resources and taking action to protect them. Scientists,
educators and attorneys work with middle and high school youth to
improve science and civic education, and to protect and transform
natural resources before they are lost forever.
- Max Kennedy, Urban Ecology Institute, Boston College
- Robert H. Nixon, Earth Conservations Corp.
- Glenn O'Gilvie, Earth Conservation Corp.