"Saving the Ballona Wetlands" Interview with Marcia Hanscom and Susan Suntree

Sherry Beall interviews Marcia Hanscom, director of the Ballona Institute to discuss the greater Ballona Wetlands Eco-system. Learn about her fight to save hundreds of acres of natural habitat from Hollywood development. Also in studio is Susan Suntree, a poet, performer, and environmental activist whose work investigates the dynamics of science, art, and spiritual philosophies as they engage contemporary life. She has presented her poetry and performances nationally and internationally, and has published books of poetry, biography, and translation. Her one-woman performance and forthcoming book (University of Nebraska Press), Sacred Sites: The Secret History of Southern California, which explores the prehistory and sacred geography of Los Angeles. It is also one of the projects sponsored by of the Ballona Institute. She founded FrogWorks, an eco-political street theater troupe that was part of the movement to save the Ballona Wetlands, and was co-director of Earth Water Air Los Angeles, a giant puppet trek connecting and telling the story of endangered open spaces.

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