War Legacies Project

 

 

By focusing on the long-term environmental, health, and socio-economic impacts of war, the War Legacies Project seeks to:


 

 

 
 

Upcoming Events:

 
 

 

Last Ghost of War 

to be shown on PBS

  

November   2, 2008   6PM     WCET Cincinnati, OH

November   9, 2008    11PM    KPTS  Wichita, KS

November 10, 2008   10PM    WVIZ  Cleveland, OH

November 11, 2008  10:30PM  WJCT Jacksonville, FL

November 11, 2008  12:00AM   KTEH  San Jose, CA

November 16, 2008  11:30PM WNET New York, NY   

November 17, 2008   1:30AM WIPB  Muncie, IN         

November 29, 2008   5PM    KTWU-DT   Topeka, KS

Last Ghost of War looks at the on-going consequences of the use of chemical defoliants and herbicides during the war in Vietnam through the lens of the current lawsuit against Dow, Monsanto, and 35 other chemical companies that manufactured the products. Who was responsible? What should be done today?

WLP is working with documentary filmmakers Janet Gardner and Pham Thai to coordinate screenings of this new film. To arrange a screening in your community contact shammond@warlegacies.org. .

More information about the film is at the Last Ghost of War Website or at The Gardner Group Website

 

 

 

The Consequences of Agent Orange and Dioxin on the Natural Resources and Environment of Viet Nam

Mr. Phung Tuu Boi - Director of the Nature Conservation and Community Development Center, Hanoi, Viet Nam

Pomona College, Pomona, CA

November 5, 2008 4:15 - 5:30 pm.

 

Columbia University, New York, NY

November 12, 2008 6:00 - 8:00

George Washington University, Washington, DC November 14, 2008 - 12:00 - 2:000

Through the Forest, a Clearer View of the Needs of a People  New York Times - By Christie Aschwanden Published: September 18, 2007. A LUOI VALLEY, Vietnam — Phung Tuu Boi reaches down to inspect one of the spiny shrubs lined up in a row before him. A few feet away, a cow grazes serenely in this emerald valley in the hills of central Vietnam. More...

 

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About the artwork in the top panel: The first three works are by the Vietnamese artist Vu Giang Huong.  Giang Huong's late husband,  Dr Le Cao Dai is profiled in the third painting. Dr Dai was one of the leading Vietnamese scientists researching the impacts of Agent Orange. The last painting of the girl erasing Dioxin is by the artist  Nguyen Du. This work was commissioned by WLP for a special exhibit  on Agent Orange by Vietnamese artists . This and other the 29 other works are available for exhibit in the US.


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