Oil Spill

The 3rd Annual Wellness & Water Conference focused on the threats to our water from chemical manufacturing & storage, mountaintop removal coal mining, and Marcellus Shale drilling, and explored measures we can take to safeguard our wellness and water with panels featuring scientists and affected residents, informational tables, open-space discussions and our featured speakers — Dr. Rahul Gupta and two Goldman Environmental Prize winners, Helen Slottje and Maria Gunnoe.

Chi-Miigwetch to everyone for all your encouragement and support!
Together we can make a different.
Nizhawendaamin Indaakiminaan - We Love Our Land

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This film follows the lives of Kindra Arnesen and family from Hurricane Katrina through the BP Oil Disaster from their perspective in Venice Louisianan; first land fall of Katrina and closest populated land mass to the Deep Water Horizon site.  

Gulf Coast Disasters, long removed from the news cycle, are eating away at the livelihoods and patriotism of those left behind to deal with the front lines of the environmental and economic terrorism that is the legacy of our government. 

Gulf Coast Disasters, long removed from the news cycle, are eating away at the livelihoods and patriotism of those left behind to deal with the front lines of the environmental and economic terrorism that is the legacy of our government.

This film follows the lives of Kindra Arnesen and family from Hurricane Katrina through the BP Oil Disaster from their perspective in Venice Louisianan; first land fall of Katrina and closest populated land mass to the Deep Water Horizon site.   The disaster is ongoing.

On February 28th the Gulf Coast Ecosystem Restoration Task Force held public meeting for about 12 hours.  The initial hours were all about government presentations about various aspects of the ecosystem and constant reminders that this process was and will be a bottom up process with the people who are affected and the people who are doing the work steering the cart of recovery.

Most of the people speaking here are representing one of the multitude of non profit organizations that are and have been working on gulf coast restoration for years.

This was a free concert for all fishermen (recreational and commercial), oil workers, clean up workers, concerned citizens, activists and leaders.

In addition, the first ever Gulf Coast Clean Air and Clean Water Awards were given to individuals and groups who have answered the call to stewardship on behalf of our area, ecosystem and people.

Feb 5th Truth Out For the Gulf Forum in New Orleans.  Dr. Wilma Subra presents the results of independent blood testing of Gulf residents for sign of oil/dispersant related toxins.  Her findings, as well as other independent tests, do not concur with the FDA & EPA findings.

this is a segment of Dr. Wilma full Presentation on the health of the gulf ecosystem, including the people.  You'll find the full presentation here.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CKkshc-awzs

This public comment dialogue session went from 6-8pm on a day that started at 8am.  Lisa Jackson and all but 1 of the the Task Force members decided not to attend, decided not to hear the input of the people after telling folks all day how this was going to be a ground up approach and the people's knowledge and expertise was needed.

part 2 includes the fda / epa stance on the the safety of eating gulf seafood.

Official Proceeding of the Gulf Coast Ecosystem Restoration Task Force.

This is from the 2nd meeting of the Presidential executive order created Gulf Coast Ecosystem Restoration Task Force.  This will be distributed very raw CSpan style.  After Mardi Gras I'll have time to put it in context with a short wrap up video.

Official Proceeding of the Gulf Coast Ecosystem Restoration Task Force.

This is from the 2nd meeting of the Presidential executive order created Gulf Coast Ecosystem Restoration Task Force.  This will be distributed very raw CSpan style.  After Mardi Gras I'll have time to put it in context with a short wrap up video.

Feel free to remix this long form content, linked credit makes it nice, for profit organizations can pay me something, right?  Much higher quality footage available upon request.

Public Comment 1 minute each session.

This is from the 2nd meeting of the Presidential executive order created Gulf Coast Ecosystem Restoration Task Force.  This will be distributed very raw CSpan style.  After Mardi Gras I'll have time to put it in context with a short wrap up video.

Feel free to remix this long form content, linked credit makes it nice, for profit organizations can pay me something, right?  Much higher quality footage available upon request.

Question & Answer Sessions with Dr. Wilma Subra
& Forum participants
Cherri Foytlin - Co-founder, Gulf Change, based in Grand Isle, Louisiana
Dennis Rednour - Resident, Longbeach, Mississippi
C.J. Troxler - Unemployed Shrimper, Lousiana Shrimpers' Association
Robin Young - Guardians of the Gulf, Orange Beach, Alabama

References to "you saw it here", "that young man" etc are referencing Paul Doom's on camera seiezure during the event

Stop the Gulf Oil Disaster (stopgulfoildisaster.org) is presenting the first in a series of forums called Truth-Out for the Gulf, focused on how the Deepwater Disaster is affecting our health and daily life. There will be other forums during 2011. If you have information to share, please contact us.

Forum participants
Cherri Foytlin - Co-founder,  Gulf Change, based in Grand Isle, Louisiana
Dennis Rednour - Resident, Longbeach, Mississippi
C.J. Troxler - Unemployed Shrimper, Lousiana Shrimpers' Association

Paul was a rebellious youth that just wanted to swim in the Gulf and eat fresh seafood like nothing happened out there.  He didn't want to let the BP oil spill dictate his life, so he kept livin' it.

Wheelchair, seizures, paralyzation etc.  
Watch this video to the end please.

more info @ http://leanweb.org
http://www.stopgulfoildisaster.org

Filmed February 5th 2011

Principle Speaker for the Truth Out for the Gulf Forum