Month: January 2014

  • Ocean Defenders Alliance – Ocean Wildlife Needs Your Help

    The Ocean Defenders Alliance (ODA) works to clean and protect marine ecosystems, including the Channel Islands National Marine Sanctuary, through documentation, education, and meaningful action. Working with affected communities, they focus primarily on the reduction and removal of man-made debris which poses serious threats to ocean wildlife and habitats.

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  • Inspirations to Start Creating (PSA)

    Fine artist, Petrina Sharp, narrates a local TV Public Service Announcement (PSA) with a purpose to inspire creativity in others. The PSA is being broadcast weekly through 2014 in Ventura County, CA.

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  • Empowering Kids Through Writing and Reading

    Critically acclaimed author and playwright, Dallas Woodburn, speaks with Our Ventura TV host, Ken McAlpine. They discuss helping young and aspiring writers from around the globe and especially locally through Write On!, which empowers youth to discover confidence and joy, as a means of self-expression and connection with others through reading and writing.

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  • Saving Lives Camarillo

    Commander Guy Stewart and Rabbi Aryeh Lang speak with Our Ventura TV host, Bob Taylor, about Saving Lives Camarillo, which seeks to prevent the abuse of drugs and alcohol among Middle and High School students in Camarillo. They also discuss the danger of prescription drug abuse.

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  • Caregivers: Volunteers Assisting The Elderly

    Tammy Glenn speaks with Our Ventura TV host, George Alger, about CAREGIVERS, which is a nonprofit organization that offers non-medical, in-home support services and transportation for homebound, frail elders. Their activities could be summed up as volunteers offering neighborly deeds.

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  • The Bronze Casting Process

    Sculptor, Kristan Marvell, talks about bronze casting, which he describes as an ancient process that hasn’t changed much.

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  • Port of Hueneme in Ventura County

    Mary Anne Rooney speaks with Our Ventura TV host, Lyn Fairly, about the Port of Hueneme, which is the only deep water harbor between Los Angeles and the San Francisco Bay area. It is also the U.S. Port of Entry for California’s central coast region.

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  • Economic and Community Development in Ventura

    Joe Briglio and Lilly Rudolph speak with Our Ventura TV host, Marvin Boateng, about Ventura’s 5-year Economic Development Strategic Plan.

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  • What is Burning Man?

    John Styn is a long-time Burning Man participant, which is a week-long, annual, summer event held in the Black Rock Desert in Nevada. It takes its name from the ritual burning of a large wooden effigy. The event is described as an experiment in community, art, radical self-expression, and radical self-reliance.

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