Air Date: October 25, 1991

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Mayors Go Green / Laurent Livigne

The CBC's Laurent Livigne reports from Montreal on the recent environmental summit of the mayors of 25 of the world's largest cities. The meeting focused on sustainable urban development, and the mayors pledged to share information and technology which could help alleviate environmental problems in urban areas around the world. (03:01)

Preserving Urban Greenspaces / Henry Sessions

Henry Sessions of Oregon Public Broadcasting reports on one of the most ambitious urban greenspace preservation programs in the country. The combined public-private effort aims to set aside as much land as possible in and around Portland, Oregon, the last big metropolitan area on the West Coast with a large amount of undeveloped land. (05:59)

Harlem Environmentalist / Robin Washington

Robin Washington profiles Marjorie Moore, one of only a handful of people of color in New York working full-time on the city's environmental issues. (05:23)

Gargoyles, Belltowers, Bioshelter / Steve Inskeep

Steve Inskeep of member station WBGO reports on plans to construct a giant greenhouse on the roof of the Episcopal Cathedral of St. John the Divine in New York. The proposed "bioshelter" would harbor numerous species of plant and animal life, while helping to filter the cathedral's air and wastewater. (04:29)

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Harlem Environmentalist

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Gargoyles, Belltowers, Bioshelter

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