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Cherokee Forest Sketch: The Bald River Wilderness Area
Cherokee Forest Sketch: The Bald River Wilderness Area from Wes Rehberg on Vimeo.
This video sketch is from a few hours filming with Jeff Hunter, wildlifer from Tennessee Wild and the Southeast Appalachian Forest Coalition, for a documentary he's fostering on wilderness preservation throughout the Appalachian region. 5-minutes -Wes Rehberg, Wild Clearing ... 
"My Life Is Ruined" - A Nuclear Enrichment Story
"My Life is Ruined" - A Nuclear Enrichment Story from Wes Rehberg on Vimeo.
"My Life is Ruined" - A Nuclear Enrichment Story:
Janet Michel, former U.S. Department of Energy worker stationed in the Oak Ridge, TN, nuclear complex, is disabled and poisoned by heavy metal contamination from her work site.
She has become an organizer and highly vocal advocate for help for the thousands of others similarly afflicted who seek medical help and compensation through a federal Department of Labor program that advocates say is extremely difficult for sick ex-nuclear workers to negotiate. The program is called the Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program (EEOICP).
This video is a 31-minute interview in which Janet , once a white-water kayak instructor, passionately details her struggle and the obstacles she and others face. It is a long video by internet standards but her story needs to be aired as she relates it.
Filmed by Wes Rehberg, Wild Clearing © 2009
Janine Anderson Dies After Championing Sick Nuclear Worker Cause: Last Interview
Janine Anderson Dies After Championing Sick Nuclear Worker Cause: Last Interview from Wes Rehberg on Vimeo.
Janine Anderson died four days after launching hers and other sick-nuclear fuel plant workers campaign on April 28, 2009 for a National Day of Remembrance of those still ill from contaminants and those who passed on. She worked at the nuclear fuel gas diffusion K-25 plant in Oak Ridge TN. She was among several sickened workers I've interviewed in the past year - to view their stories and events, visittheexposed.net - This is a draft video © 2009 Wes Rehberg, Wild Clearing
Dedication of Hartnell Farm to St. Andrew's Center in Chattanooga
Dedication of Hartnell Farm to St. Andrew's Center in Chattanooga from Wes Rehberg on Vimeo.
This is a preview video of the dedication of the Hartnell farm in Hixon, TN, by the McConnell and the Hartman families for Chattanooga's St. Andrew's Center's urban program, principally to Hispanics, to create a farm to provide for urban families and to be a learning center as well. Featured are poets Wendell Berry and Laurie Perry Vaughen, Hartnell farm family members Max McConnell and Sandra Burnett, and Rev. Michael Feely, St. Andrew's director. 25-minute DVD and broadcast version - Filmed by Wes Rehberg, Wild Clearing
"IT MATTERS ..." - Chattanooga's Green Community Commitment Event
"IT MATTERS ..." : Chattanooga's Green Community Commitment Event from Wes Rehberg on Vimeo.
This is a 6-minute video from Chattanooga TN city's Green Community Commitment event on Earth Day, April 22 2009, on the UTC campus. The aim of the event was to gain citizen commitment for action in 17 environmental areas of focus. View the video to learn more ... Wes Rehberg, Wild Clearing
"Dogwood Early Bloom, Rain, and Dog" (HD) - 1-minute video sketch
Dogwoods Early Bloom, Rain, and Dog ... (HD) from Wes Rehberg on Vimeo.
A 1-minute video sketch: Morning rain, the dogwoods in our back area were beginning to bloom, and Jillie, one of our two rescued Jack Russell Terrier mixes, was outside, getting wet and muddy. Indian flute in background is by Virginia Native American Leonard McGann.
UNITY IN THE COMMUNITY: Building a Chattanooga Neighborhood Reading Center
Unity in the Community: A Chattanooga Neighborhood Work Day from Wes Rehberg on Vimeo.
Posted is a video report of a Chattanooga TN Unity in the Community East Lake work day on March 14, 2009 involving neighborhood improvement projects. This Wild Clearing video report focuses on the gathering of the volunteers and work on a reading and learning center library for children. Filmed by Wes Rehberg, Wild Clearing
I HEARD A TWEET: CHATTUP AT THE HUNTER -- A VIDEO TWEET
I Heard a Tweet: Chattup at the Hunter - a video tweet from Wes Rehberg on Vimeo.,
This is a 3-minute video sketch of a Hunter Museum of American Art event in Chattanooga TN called "I Heard a Tweet: Chattup at the Hunter." It was sponsored by Hunter, Chattaratti and Juncture. Persons marked their presence by tweeting on Twitter. This is my tweet.
NIGHT @ NIGHTFALL IN CHATTANOOGA TN: A VIDEO SKETCH
Night @ Nightfall in Chattanooga TN: An HD Video Sketch from Wes Rehberg on Vimeo.
During summer months, Chattanooga TN hosts musical performances at "Nightfall" each Friday night in the Miller Park area downtown. This four minute video sketch is from one of those nights in 2006. The sketch is from "Tracing Chattatonia," a 40-minute video collage of Chattanooga area scenes filmed by Wes Rehberg.
AN EX-PRISONER'S DILEMMA: NO JOB, NO HOME
A Felon's Dilemma: No Job, No Home from Wes Rehberg on Vimeo.
A 10-minute video sketch of an interview with Terriun Harris who talks about his difficulty of finding a job and housing with a felony conviction on his record, and Brother Ron Fender speaks about CHANGER, an intervention economic human rights program in Chattanooga, TN, for Terriun and others in his predicament. Filmed by Wes Rehberg, Wild Clearing.
TVA COAL ASH SPILL: Video Sketch of River Damage in Tennessee
TVA Coal Ash Spill: Video Sketch of River Damage from Wes Rehberg on Vimeo.
A video sketch of coal ash spill damage to the Emory River in Tennessee, result of a coal ash slurry pond dam break from the TVA Kingston Coal Power Plant that spilled into the river and surrounding community ... also an encounter with a local deputy who tried to stop filming -- filmed by Wes Rehberg, Wild Clearing. For a high-definition version, visit this web page ....
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I’ve added on Facebook videos and photos from efforts in human-rights and media activism …. Facebook| Wes Rehberg …
MEMORIAL FOR MEMORY
Memorial for Memory from Wes Rehberg on Vimeo.
An 9-minute experimental film/video on memory, its reliability, abstraction and feeling -- in a stream-of-consciousness manner. Filmed by Wes Rehberg, Wild Clearing ...
A MOVABLE FEAST @ MATT & GRACE'S - Halloween open house at rebuilt home in "challenged" city area
a movable feast @ Matt & Grace's - rebuilding "challenged" city homes from Wes Rehberg on Vimeo.
Grace Frank and Doctor Matt Hine buy substandard homes in "challenged" areas of Chattanooga, TN, restore and rebuild them to improve housing in such city areas, and then turn them over. This 8-minute video is about a Halloween night open house at one of the homes, a former boarding house that was used for shady enterprises and was condemned by the city. The open house was also a benefit for Habitat for Humanity. Grace and Matt restored this one for their own home and have since moved in -- Wes Rehberg, Wild Clearing
VISIT TO JILL AND DAVE'S ALPACA FARM ... (Between the Ice Ages)
Visit to Jill and Dave's Alpaca Farm (Between the Ice Ages) from Wes Rehberg on Vimeo.
Eileen, Marilyn, Neville and I visit with friends Jill and Dave at their homestead and alpaca farm -- a 5-minute video sketch -- Wes Rehberg, Wild Clearing
PEACE GARDEN: Gift for a Salina, Kansas, neighborhood
PEACE GARDEN: Gift for a Salina, Kansas, neighborhood from Wes Rehberg on Vimeo.
Ted Zerger of Salina, KS, had a vision for building community in a neighborhood, so he bought three lots in a rougher section of the city and created a peace garden in 2001. With his wife Vera's support, the garden has become a place for food and flowers and occasional festivities. Its name, "Peace Garden," was chosen to offer the idea as well to the neighborhood, where children and adults alike take part in the sowing and reaping, the effort to build community.
Ted and Vera had offered me hospitality while in Salina for a Heartland Speaks peace rally there in opposition to a military "strafing and bombing" air show, where I and seven others were arrested. After I was released from jail, Ted took me over to the Peace Garden and offered a few stories as well.-- Wes Rehberg, Wild Clearing
HEARTLAND SPEAKS: Rally and arrests in opposition to Kansas military air show
Heartland Speaks: Rally & arrests in opposition to military air show from Wes Rehberg on Vimeo.
VIDEO: Posted here is a 7-minute video of our rally and arrests at the Salina, Kansas A-10 Warthog "bombing and strafing" air show after "crossing the line" during a demonstration against increased U.S. militarization and the use of depleted uranium munitions. Filmed by Wes Rehberg, Wild Clearing.
EIGHT FROM "THE HEARTLAND SPEAKS" ARRESTED AT KANSAS A-10 WARTHOG AIR SHOW
Eight from "The Heartland Speaks" arrested at Kansas A-10 Warthog air show
Eight of us were arrested Wednesday at the site of the Salina, Kansas "bombing and strafing" air show after "crossing the line" during a demonstration against increased U.S. militarization and the use of depleted uranium munitions. Four of the jailed were over age 70.
The arrested were part of a three-day gathering of about 40 activists from throughout the U.S. called "The Heartland Speaks," which included presentations on militarization and the environment, impact of the use and production of depleted uranium munitions, the lethal use of the A-10 Thunderbolt (Warthog) military jet, the face of warmaking, and nonviolent peacebuilding.
Arrested and jailed for criminal trespass were Janie Stein, 50, and Martin Bates, 53, conference organizers in Salina; Sister Agnes Caroline Teter, 79, of Salina; Frank Cordaro, 57, of Des Moines Catholic Worker; Ralph Kresin, 71, of the Salina peace community; Gerald Paoli, 48, of Voices of Creative Nonviolence in Chicago; Sister Margaret Rourke, 80, of Salina, and Wes Rehberg, 72, of Wild Clearing in Chattanooga, TN. Sisters Caroline and Margaret are connected with the Sisters of St. Joseph.
The A-10 Warthog competition was called "Hawgsmoke," and jets were taking off and landing in practice runs during the demonstration. The military jets,can fire up to 60 30mm rounds a minute in their bombing and strafing attacks, including DU rounds, and have been deployed extensively in recent U.S. military incursions.
The local media lauded the "Hawgsmoke" competition with headlines like "They're Heeeere ..." and "Successful Takeoff," but also covered the demonstration and arrests. About 50 persons were present at the demonstration, which included a three-mile march to the site of the air competition, live music and talks by participants.
Attending the conference and demonstration as well were activists from Veterans for Peace, the National Campaign for Nonviolent Resistance in Baltimore, Christian Peacemaker Teams, the Land Institute, the Manhattan, KS, peace community, and an activist musician from Australia.
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