Green Seeker: Operation ZAP
Clip: Season 3 Episode 37 | 6m 58s
An in-depth look at an event nicknamed “the Woodstock of environmental cleanups.”
As part of the Green Seeker series, Rhode Island PBS Weekly takes an in-depth look at an event nicknamed "the Woodstock of environmental cleanups.” Happening fifty years ago, Operation ZAP was a one-day effort to clean up the Blackstone River — a river that was once considered one of the dirtiest rivers in America.
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Green Seeker: Operation ZAP
Clip: Season 3 Episode 37 | 6m 58s
As part of the Green Seeker series, Rhode Island PBS Weekly takes an in-depth look at an event nicknamed "the Woodstock of environmental cleanups.” Happening fifty years ago, Operation ZAP was a one-day effort to clean up the Blackstone River — a river that was once considered one of the dirtiest rivers in America.
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Clip: S3 Ep37 | 9m 47s | A man who jumped off the Newport Bridge and lived is now a leading advocate for change. (9m 47s)
Green Seeker: Blackstone Today
Clip: S3 Ep37 | 5m 29s | While some of the pollutants are gone, the Blackstone River today is far from clean. (5m 29s)
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