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Africas ambitious great green wall project is getting global support for its twin goals of slowing desertification and helping to provide employment to keep young people on the land. Uniting under the banner of the great green wall initiative, national and regional leaders hope to reverse this trend. Part 2 with dj vodicka on his book the green wall living in fear duration. For sixteen years, he was a prison guard in california s highest security prisons, serving meals to gang leaders. The book begins with vodicka walking in to testify before a state senate committee investigating californias prisons in 2004. A strong image to unite the efforts in the fight against land degradation and poverty covering. Listen free to crime redefined on iheartradio podcasts. Vodicka who blew the whistle on what he called rouge prison guards detailed in his book, the green wall. He belonged to an elite unit called the investigative services. We help bring biophilic design aspirations to life while eliminating the.
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