Well see more of those floating houses later in the show and with that a warm welcome to a new episode of hero max heres what else we have lined up for you today. A unique fragrance of the mosque growth and. The amazing work in danish glass artists stephan dollar. But 1st the visit a new housing concept and then that the lands that could set an example for other countries the world over Climate Change and rising sea levels are making headlines everywhere so what are people doing in the netherlands where a quarter of the country are already live under sea level some architects and im still thought it would make sense if houses could float. Living on water in the City Center One day more than a 100 people live on this side can now in amsterdam. And his wife is one stock and among the 1st residents. To the flames confusion its a different way of life here these. Are the waters sparkles and reflect everywhere. And now exactly it actually seems more strain. Youre closer to nature when the w
Unique fragrance of the mosque bros and. The amazing work on the danish glass artists stephan dollars. But 1st the visit a new housing concept and then that the lands that could set an example for other countries the world over Climate Change and rising sea levels are making headlines everywhere so what are people doing in the netherlands where a quarter of the country already live under sea level some architects and im still thought it would make sense if houses could float. Living on water in the City Center One day more than 100 people live on this side canal in amsterdam. Model schmidt and his wife yvonne van sock among the 1st residence. For the slim skin from the shoulder its a different way of life here on the sly and. The water sparkles and reflects everywhere. And now exactly it actually seems more extreme. Youre closer to nature when the wind blows and you open the door a gust of wind will come rushing into your face so everything arrives pretty directly here. This is one of
San antonio is the gateway to latin american couple hundred miles away from the border and we think think about san antonio, we often think about the worlds heritage missions of flesh the alamo is a vital part and we also sit on top of the worlds most prolific, is fuel t this community for generations for hundreds of years. And really waterways is why this region was settled in first place today even though we are burdening interpol is in areas and seventh largest city in the country, you can see our riverwalk which is one of the top tourist destinations in the world. And be part of a great urban revitalization that also includes ecosystem restorations. Under 25kilometer with riverway and course of the am very proud of is that here we are on footsteps one of the largest fossil fuel reserves in the entire world we just ratified a Climate Adaptation plan and make first day in office as mayor, we chose to declare in to the paris summit accords we ratified the plan is few months ago to hel
His appeal to the Hispanic Community was a simple, passionate, and direct. Your vote is your voice. About the talk records of the southwest Voter Registration education project. They are the oldest and largest nonpartisan latino Voter Registration project in the country. The collection contains the first 20 years of the organizations existence, they are still in existence today. Collectionp and wide if you are interested in learning about what registration, particularly in minority communities. The organization was started in 1974 by willie velasquez. He is from san antonio. Was heavilyan, he involved in the chicnano movement. In college, he was one of the founders of the mexicanamerican utah organization which was involved in doing what registration drives at local colleges. Also involved in high school walkouts. This was in the late 1960s, early 1970s, the height of the chicano movement. He was interested in butter registration and getting in Voter Registration and getting the Latino
Every weekend. The cspans city tour is exploring the american story as we take book tv and American History tv on the road. This weekend we travel to san antonio, texas. Coming up in the next hour we will feature the citys local authors including John Phillips santos on culture and hometown. In about 15 minutes we will visit the special collections at the university of texas in san antonio. And later in about 40 minutes, the debates surrounding confederate statutes and memorialization. We begin our special feature with lewis fisher on his book saving san antonio. We are standing near the Geographical Center of san antonio, texas. We are in front of whats called the Spanish Governors Palace in a town that was actually set up here due to the conflicts between two european empires, france and spain in the 18th century. Spain had, of course, established itself well in latin america and south america and in mexico and northern mexico was especially important to spain because rich silver min