BKLYN GETS GREEN! It’s Earth Day and we’re highlighting the people and places that reduce, reuse, and recycle, Brooklyn-style. In Sunset Park, we spotlight UPROSE, a community-based organization that has been fighting for environmental justice since 1964. From Brooklyn Independent Television’s Brooklyn Review, episode 262. Original air date: 4/26/2012. http://www.bricartsmedia.org/bit
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