From the Ground Up is a
series of diverse stories about progressive and organic
farming.
Ygnacio "Nacho" Garza is an accountant and former mayor of Brownsville and commissioner of Texas Parks and Wildlife. Please see Reel
2088.
Note that this uses a new version of Glifos that is compatible with
PCs and Macs, and is based on the Wiki platform.
Jeanne Gramstorff is
a banker and farmer in Farnsworth who has been involved in pressing
for better control of large-scale animal feeding operations in the
Panhandle. Please see Reels
2219 and
2220.
J.D. Green is a former rancher and current
community garden leader in Houston. Please see Reel
2035.
Stuart Henry is an environmental attorney in Austin
who has represented a variety of conservation groups in the state.
Please see Reels
2007 and
2008.
Tootsie Herndon is a landowner and politician in
Spofford who has successfully fought against proposal to dispose of
municipal, industrial and radioactive wastes in her part of the
Trans Pecos. Please see Reel
2357 and
2358.
Sylvia Herrera has been working on social justice
and public health issues in the minority communities of east Austin
related to utility plants, trash disposal, and fuel depots.
Please see Reel
2259.
Jim Hightower, the Austin-based writer,
commentator, speaker, and former Texas Commissioner of Agriculture,
speaks about his experience and perspective on politics, agriculture
and conservation. Please see this
File.
Dennis Holbrook is an organic commercial citrus
grower in Mission. Please see Reel
2093.
Buddy Hollis is a retired plant manager in Newton
who has gone on to guide visitors, promote ecotourism and advocate
for environmental education in east Texas. Please see Reels
2431 and
2432.
Maxine Johnston is a college librarian from Batson
and a long-time advocate for protection of the Big Thicket.
Please see Reels
2050.
Frank Kurzaj is a San Antonio priest who helped
organize his congregation and community to confront uranium mining
and pollution. Please see Reels
2196 and
2197.
David Langford is a San Antonio based professional
photographer and an advocate for private lands and conservation.
Please see Reels
2326 and
2327.
Rob Lee was a federal game warden based in Lubbock
involved in poaching, smuggling, and pollution cases. Please see
Reels
2239,
2240 and
2241.
Dr. Marvin Legator (deceased) was a genetic toxicologist in Galveston who had worked in industry, academia and government. Please see Reel
2283
and
2284.
Note that this uses a new version of Glifos that is compatible with
PCs and Macs, and is based on the Wiki platform.
Richard LeTourneau is a Longview machinist and
advocate for protection of free-flowing streams and native woodlands
in east Texas. Pleases see Reels
2117 and
2118.
Rick Lowerre is an Austin environmental attorney
who has represented non-profit advocacy groups and landowners,
has run the pesticide program of the Texas Department of
Agriculture, and directed the Caddo Lake Institute. Please see
Reels
2005 and
2006.
Mary and Jim Lynch are, respectively, a newspaper
publisher and farmer in Dell Valley who have been active in work to
protect the flow and quality of water in their dry Trans Pecos area.
Please see Reel
2139.
Leroy Matthiesen is a retired bishop, writer, and
principal based in Amarillo. He has been outspoken about the
risks of nuclear weapons and waste. Please see Reels
2210 and
2211.
Craig McDonald is an Austin political reformer who
has worked in exposing the links among campaign donations, lobbying
pressure, elections and legislation. Please see Reels
2443,
2444, and
2445.
Terry McIntire is a salesman, landowner and
advocate for protecting the Paluxy River from damming and diversion.
Please see Reel
2108.
Ike McWhorter is a forester and expert in using
prescribed burns to restore the longleaf pine ecosystems once found
throughout east Texas. Please see Reels
2054 and
2055.
Martin Melosi is an environmental historian and
professor at the University of Houston, whose research has focused
on urban infrastructure and public health. Please see Reels
2421 and
2422.
Char Miller narrates
Seeing the Forest for the Trees, a history of public
forests in Texas and the U.S.
Joe Moore was an administrator at the Texas Water
Development Board, Texas Water Quality Board, and the Federal Water
Pollution Control Administration, as well as monitor of the
endangered species and groundwater litigation, Sierra v. Babbit.
Please see Reels
2017 and
2018.
Jim Neal is a Nacogdoches-based botanist and
adviser on government and non-profit efforts to protect bottomland
hardwood habitat. Please see Reels
2125 and
2126.
Gerald North is a physicist, professor, and climate
expert who has taken a strong interest in understanding and modeling
global warming. Please see Reels
2436 and
2437.
Clarence Ogle is a diversified, organic, nearly
self-sufficient farmer near Fredericksburg. Please see Reel
2317 and
2318.
Gary Oldham lives near Samnorwood, and works as an
organic cotton farmer as well as a producer and retailer of organic
cotton products. Please see Reels
2228 and
2229.
Our Place in Nature is a
compilation of stories about ecotourism, narrated by former
Governor Ann Richards.
Marcos Paredes is the federal District Ranger for
245 miles of the Rio Grande as it flows along the southern boundary
of the Big Bend National Park. Please see Reels
2148 and
2149.
Mary Anne Piacentini has worked as a planner and
director for the Hermann Park Conservancy in downtown Houston, and
the Katy Prairie Conservancy in suburban and rural areas to the west
of Houston. Please see Reels
2415 and
2416.
Billy Platt, Sr., was a state game warden, pasture
rider, and former outlaw hunter based in Jasper. Please see
Reels
2428,
2429, and
2430.
Armando Quintanilla is a San
Antonio aircraft mechanic who became involved in the effort to
protect groundwater and public health from contamination flowing
from Kelly Air Force Base. Please see Reel
2193.
Bob Randall is a Houston anthropologist, gardener,
and advocate for community and organic gardens. Please see
Reel
2035.
Campbell Reed is a retired statistics professor at
Southern Methodist University who has been active in environmental
protection, particularly the overlap between religion and
stewardship. Please see Reel
2131.
George Rice is a San Antonio hydrologist who has
worked on monitoring, modeling and mitigating groundwater pollution.
Please see Reels
2336 and
2337.
Ripples on a Pond is a
collection of stories about efforts to understand and protect
surface water in Texas.
George Russell is a video educator in Huntsville
who has been active in protecting the forestlands of east Texas.
Please see Reels
2044 and
2045.
Carol Ann Sayle is an organic produce farmer in
Austin who has been a long-term advocate for sustainable, local
agriculture. Please see Reels
2001 and
2002.
Jim Schermbeck is a community organizer and
documentary maker in Lubbock who has been active in opposing the
construction of nuclear power plants. Please see Reels
2232,
2233, and
2234.
Benito Trevino is an expert on the chemical makeup
and traditional uses of wild plants in south Texas, and has been
raising a variety of these plants for restoring habitat along the
Texas/Mexico border. Please see Reel
2095.
George Veni is a San Antonio geologist who focuses
on how water flows and quality interact with the structure and
behavior of karst systems, such as the limestone underlying much of
the Texas Hill Country. Please see Reel
2343.
Geraldine Watson is a field botanist, writer and
activist in Warren who spoke up for the protection of the Big
Thicket. Please see Reels
2056 and
2057.
Evangeline Whorton is an activist in historic
conservation, archeological preservation, billboard opposition, and
wetland restoration, based in Eagle Lake. Please see Reel
2413.
Diane Wilson is a shrimper, writer, speaker
in Seadrift who has worked for the health of Lavaca Bay.
Please see this edited
profile of her life and perspective.
Words and Deeds is a
collection of stories about the interplay of religion,
spirituality and conservation.
Working with Nature is a
compilation of experiences and insights about raising organic
meats and fiber.
