Movements
Environmental and social movements and organizations for cultural preservation
Endangered Site: Jaisalmer Fort, India
The famed fort has withstood earthquakes and sandstorms for a millenia, but now shifts and crumbles
March 2009 |
By Anika Gupta
Endangered Site: Centennial Baptist Church
Built by a self-taught black architect, the Arkansas church has hosted leaders in the black community for over a century
March 2009 |
By Marian Smith Holmes
Endangered Site: Chinguetti, Mauritania
The rapidly expanding Sahara Desert threatens a medieval trading center that also carries importance for Sunni Muslims
March 2009 |
By Jeanne Maglaty
Endangered Site: Port City of Coro, Venezuela
One of South America's best preserved towns, this Spanish colonial port city now faces deteriorating conditions
March 2009 |
By Karen Larkins
Endangered Site: Herschel Island, Canada
An abandoned island off the coast of the Yukon Territory holds a unique place in the history of the Pacific whaling industry
March 2009 |
By Sarah Zielinski
Endangered Site: Famagusta Walled City, Cyprus
Once located in the midst of high-volume shipping lanes, a forgotten city with multiple European influences could be lost forever without an intervention
March 2009 |
By Helen Starkweather
Libraries' Surprising Special Collections
Tucked away in libraries across the country are unexpected archives and world-class treasures
March 01, 2009 |
By Kristin Ohlson
A Greener Smithsonian
In an Institution-wide pursuit of a greener future, researchers and engineers are furthering the cause of energy sustainability
February 27, 2009 |
By Megan Gambino
Can Wind Power Be Wildlife Friendly
New research aims to stop turbines from killing bats and birds
February 27, 2009 |
By Joseph Caputo
Rebuilding Greensburg Green
Everyone assumed this Kansas town was destined to fade away. What would it take to reverse its course?
February 27, 2009 |
By Fredric Heeren
Converting Energy Waste into Electricity and Heat
Energy recycling wiz Tom Casten explains how to capture power that goes up in smoke
February 27, 2009 |
By Bruce Hathaway
Energy Saving Lessons From Around the World
The curator of an exhibit at the National Building Museum highlights case studies of community involvement in energy conservation
February 27, 2009 |
By Brian Wolly
Lincoln's Contested Legacy
Great Emancipator or unreconstructed racist? Each generation evokes a different Lincoln. But who was our sixteenth president?
February 2009 |
By Philip B. Kunhardt III
The Freedom Riders, Then and Now
Fighting racial segregation in the South, these activists were beaten and arrested. Where are they now, nearly fifty years later?
February 2009 |
By Marian Smith Holmes
One Woman's Journey to Save Child Slaves
Former child prostitute Somaly Mam has made it her mission to rescue victims of sex slavery throughout the world
January 12, 2009 |
By Anika Gupta
N. Scott Momaday and the Buffalo Trust
Pulitzer Prize-winning author and Kiowa Indian N. Scott Momaday runs a nonprofit organization working to preserve Native cultures
January 2009 |
By Kenneth R. Fletcher
Mining the Mountains
Explosives and giant machines are destroying Appalachian peaks to obtain coal. In a tiny West Virginia town, residents and the industry fight over a mountain's fate
January 2009 |
By John McQuaid
Samarra Rises
In Iraq, the restoration of the shattered Mosque of the Golden Dome brings together Sunnis and Shiites in an unlikely alliance
January 2009 |
By Joshua Hammer
The Spotted Owl's New Nemesis
An battle between environmentalists and loggers left much of the owl's habitat protected. Now the spotted owl faces a new threat
January 2009 |
By Craig Welch
A Monumental Struggle to Preserve Hagia Sophia
In Istanbul, secularists and fundamentalists clash over restoring the nearly 1,500 year-old structure
December 2008 |
By Fergus M. Bordewich
