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Deep Down / Thursday, 28 October 2010 23:26

Susan Lapis lives in Bristol, Virginia, a small town in Appalachia near the border of Virginia, Kentucky, and Tennessee. She grew up roaming the mountains, hiking, and loving nature. So when she saw the Appalachian region being altered by mountaintop removal mining (MTR) beginning in the early 1990s, she wanted to do something, and she found the power to do so in one of her many talents. In this episode of People Power, a short video series from the creators of Deep Down, we'll see a creative way to make change as we get a birds-eye view from Susan's small Cesna plane.

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