The Media & Policy Center has received a significant grant to begin work on America's Family Farmers. Production of the series will begin in the summer of 2008.

Harry Wiland's 1969 film production Johnny Cash: The Man, His World, His Music will be broadcast as part of PBS's P.O.V. series on August 5, 2008. More on Harry's work with Johnny Cash can be found here.

Harry Wiland and Dale Bell have received California Greenworks' Environmental Leaders Award for their "...outstanding work in raising awareness for environmental sustainability through the PBS series Edens Lost & Found."

The first in a series of Edens Lost & Found Town Hall Meetings was held in Philadelphia early in 2008, and was broadcast by WHYY (Philadelphia PBS) in April. More details and excerpts from the broadcast are available here.

Harry Wiland and Dale Bell have been elected Ashoka Fellows and Purpose Prize Fellows.

Harry Wiland and Dale Bell win First and Third Prizes in NAAEE Environmental Film Festival.

Media & Policy Center: Home

Our country's public institutions can only provide leadership in establishing our national priorities if citizens have access to the information necessary to make well-reasoned judgments about the issues facing them. The Media & Policy Center's goal is to inform, challenge, and engage a responsive citizenry through media projects that enlighten, educate and empower those members of our society who seek to change their lives and their communities. Learn more about our projects on health care, the environment, public affairs, and education.

In Development

Public Space/Public Health will inform the American public's understanding about the beneficial and deleterious relationships between the built environment in which we live and the country's overall public health.

America's Children will examine the conditions and circumstances that affect the quality of life — and health — of our children, and highlight best practice solutions from around the country.

Ongoing Projects

And Thou Shalt Honor tells the stories of people who have found themselves taking on the role of caregivers to loved ones. Their journeys through the experiences, challenges, and rewards of caregiving can inform and inspire anyone whose life is touched by caregiving.

Edens Lost & Found highlights practical solutions and models for urban transformation that go beyond pollution prevention to tackle the challenge of improving the quality of life in cities for ourselves and future generations.

Featured Project

Getting Around

This project tackles the challenge of developing mobility options and helping older, at-risk drivers plan for and transition to life after driving. Focusing on the mobility needs of our nation's elders, it addresses the issues that older drivers and their families face in a society so wedded to the car. Learn more...

DVDs and Books

And Thou Shalt Honor DVDs and companion books bring the experiences and insights of our caregivers to you.

Experience the stories of inspired individuals who are restoring their urban environments in our Edens Lost & Found DVDs and books.