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William Sargent
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On April 15, 2007 a new inlet broke through the barrier beach that protects Pleasant Bay in Chatham, Massachusetts. Overnight the town of Chatham faced more sea level rise than most communities will face in the next 50 years.
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This Carnegie Council panel asks: How do sustainable innovations make it to market? Three very different inventors talk about their creative process, how their inventions have had a social impact, and what a more sustainable society might look like.
Ken Burns on National Parks
Ken Burns
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William O'Rourke Jr.
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