Mary Wiltenburg 
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Mary Wiltenburg has reported on environmental issues from Kentucky to Kazakhstan. Her previous photo and audio work has appeared in The Christian Science Monitor, Morning Edition, and This American Life.
Mary Wiltenburg’s Posts
L.A. Story
A virtual walking tour through an L.A. neighborhood with activists from Pacoima Beautiful 0
Posted 3 years, 7 months agoThe tiny community of Pacoima, at the north end of Los Angeles, suffers from nearly every imaginable obstacle to a healthy urban environment. That means, for starters, lead paint, freeway traffic, airports, landfills, diesel trucks, chemical manufacturing, power plants, heavy industry, and overcrowding. It also means the linguistic and cultural differences that have historically… Read More
When the Chippewas Are Down
A virtual walking tour through Wisconsin's Sokaogon Chippewa community with Tina Van Zile 0
Posted 3 years, 7 months agoLike many tribal lands across North America, the Sokaogon Chippewa reservation in Northern Wisconsin faces environmental perils that threaten not only the land, but also the livelihood and culture of the people who live on it. The Sokaogon spent close to three decades battling one of those perils: the proposed reopening of a nearby… Read More
Rumblings in the Bronx
A virtual walking tour of the South Bronx with Omar Freilla of Green Worker Cooperatives 0
Posted 3 years, 8 months agoNew York's South Bronx was once a getaway for the rich; now the defining landmarks of the community are power plants, landfills, and parking lots. Where some might see hopelessness, though, resident Omar Freilla sees opportunity. Freilla founded Green Worker Cooperatives to salvage reusable materials from trash and demolition waste, creating a… Read More
Walk This Way
A virtual walking tour of Columbia, Miss., with Charlotte Keys of Jesus People Against Pollution 0
Posted 3 years, 8 months agoIn 1977, a factory in Columbia, Miss., that had been manufacturing Agent Orange was rocked by an explosion. The owner, Reichhold Chemical Inc., shuttered the facility and abandoned or buried thousands of barrels of toxic waste near the water supply of the predominantly poor, African-American neighborhood where it had… Read More