Dick Riseling interviews Tal Beery and the participants of Eco Practicum Catskills 2015 about their choice to pursue careers in environmentalism and how the program is shaping that choice.

Eco Practicum on WJFF Connections, June 22, 2015

This is a three minute, edited trailer of a longer series of audio recordings from Newburgh Slow School, a 6-hour multi-part discussion event hosted by Eco Practicum in Newburgh, New York’s Atlas Studios on Dec 10, 2017. Voices on this recording include:
    Johanna F. Yaun, Orange County Historian
    Philippe Pierre, Newburgh business owner and real estate developer
    Vincent Cianni, Photographer and Founder of the Newburgh Community Photo Project
    Rae Leiner, Director of the Newburgh Empire State Poverty Reduction Initiative
    Geremy Oustacher, Audio/Visual artist
    Alysia Mazzella, Community-based artist and artisan
    Anusha Mehar, Multi-disciplinary artists and solar energy consultant
    Phoenix Gayle, Community acitivist and woman of trans-experience

Audio from the discussion was recorded by Emily Pontecorvo, and serves as both a document of and an intervention in the ongoing development of place and culture in Newburgh.