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Addicted to Junk

From Mwende Hahesy | 05:53

Mwende Hahesy introduces us to a man who finds his thrills at storage unit auctions.

01well You can get a real thrill from an unexpected find.  Some people get hooked on that feeling and look in unexpected places to keep it going. Reporter Mwende Hahesy introduces us to a man who finds his thrills at storage unit auctions.  This piece was created for the podcast B-side Radio and debuted October 23rd, 2009

East Oakland (in Blue)

From Mwende Hahesy | 03:00

East Oakland neighbors wax poetic about their neighborhood with rhymes from Oakland hip-hop artist Do D.A.T.'s album "Oakland in Blue" laid in for good measure.

Photo178_small East Oakland neighbors wax poetic about their neighborhood mixed in with rhymes from Oakland hip-hop artist Do D.A.T.'s album "Oakland in Blue". East Oakland (in Blue) was produced for the 2012 ShortDocs Challenge.

Dash (Ian Davis) is from the City. Hay (Mwende Hahesy) grew up in the Sticks. In the City, Dash learned how to make beats. Out in the Sticks, Hay developed an affinity for collecting stories. Dash and Hay combined forces, Beats and Stories. 

Off the Grid: Homegrown waste management

From KALW | 04:59

Compared with the rest of the nation, the Bay Area is an easy place to go green – many restaurants will give you take-out with biodegradable containers and silverware, trash cans have a section for recyclables, and San Francisco, along with other Bay Area cities, even offers compost collection

But there’s on arena of eco-consciousness that some people – even in the Bay Area – often choose to ignore: the toilet.

The average high-efficiency toilet uses 1.28 gallons of water per flush – on average, it’s what consumes the most water in your household. Oakland based water rights activist Laura Allen noticed this, and she decided to come up with an alternative.

Reporter Mwende Hahesy from KUSP in Santa Cruz went to speak with her about how she created a toilet that turns human waste into something called “humanure” – it’s part of our series called Living off the Grid.

Picture_3_55_small Compared with the rest of the nation, the Bay Area is an easy place to go green – many restaurants will give you take-out with biodegradable containers and silverware, trash cans have a section for recyclables, and San Francisco, along with other Bay Area cities, even offers compost collection But there’s on arena of eco-consciousness that some people – even in the Bay Area – often choose to ignore: the toilet. The average high-efficiency toilet uses 1.28 gallons of water per flush – on average, it’s what consumes the most water in your household. Oakland based water rights activist Laura Allen noticed this, and she decided to come up with an alternative. Reporter Mwende Hahesy from KUSP in Santa Cruz went to speak with her about how she created a toilet that turns human waste into something called “humanure” – it’s part of our series called Living off the Grid.