- Playing
- Eco-therapy for war vets
- From
- Northwest News Network (N3)
Individual states are stepping up to provide more help to returning soldiers and sailors. A novel program under the Washington State Department of Veterans Affairs uses nature to heal the wounds of war. Vets also get experience in environmental restoration that could lead to a good civilian job. Correspondent Tom Banse has more from suburban Seattle. (3:24... soq)
More from Northwest News Network (N3)
Living In Gangland: Former Gang Member Makes New Life
(05:09)
From: Northwest News Network (N3)
CALDWELL, Idaho - Most new gang members join when they’re about 13 years old. They think the gang will give them prestige, a sense of belonging and protection. But it often ...
Living In Gangland: Some Women Don’t Choose Gang Life, But It Affects Them Nonetheless
(04:46)
From: Northwest News Network (N3)
YAKIMA COUNTY, Wash. -- Across the nation there are an estimated 750-thousand gang members. That’s according to the U.S. Department of Justice. Some of them are women, but ...
Living In Gangland: Outlook Community Activist Wants A Town Where People Aren’t Afraid
(05:13)
From: Northwest News Network (N3)
OUTLOOK, Wash. – Outlook, Washington is a tiny unincorporated township near Yakima. It’s mostly known for the massive dairies that flank it. But now, it’s become infamous as ...
Living In Gangland: Rural Gangs Claim Public Lands
(05:05)
From: Northwest News Network (N3)
Gang violence is mostly a big city problem. But in parts of the rural Northwest, police are grappling with gang rivalries, graffiti and even drive-by shootings. Just ask ...
Portrait artist on a mission to paint the fallen
(03:45)
From: Northwest News Network (N3)
Vietnam Vet has a new mission: to draw portraits of fallen soliders in the Iraq War, for free
When Farming and Housing Collide in Noise
(03:35)
From: Northwest News Network (N3)
Creativity trumps lawsuits over farmers use of noise to protect crops
Army Trains US Soldiers to Speak Arabic
(02:58)
From: Northwest News Network (N3)
The Army is starting to rely less on Iraqi-born translators to manage war relations.
Hummingbird Bander
(02:09)
From: Northwest News Network (N3)
audio postcard of man who bands hummingbirds
Quilting through Grief over Iraq War
(04:34)
From: Northwest News Network (N3)
NW quilt makers harnessed to comfort Iraq vets
History of the Tator Tot
(03:50)
From: Northwest News Network (N3)
Tater Tots: From Cattle Feed to Retro Cache
Related Pieces
Piece Description
Individual states are stepping up to provide more help to returning soldiers and sailors. A novel program under the Washington State Department of Veterans Affairs uses nature to heal the wounds of war. Vets also get experience in environmental restoration that could lead to a good civilian job. Correspondent Tom Banse has more from suburban Seattle. (3:24... soq)
Broadcast History
story aired on several NPR affiliates in WA/OR/ID
Transcript
Eco-therapy for war vets
1031TB_Ecotherapy.wav 3:24 feature 10/31/07 Tom Banse/CD
Lead:
Individual states are stepping up to provide more help to returning soldiers and sailors. A novel program under the Washington State Department of Veterans Affairs uses nature to heal the wounds of war. Vets also get experience in environmental restoration that could lead to a good civilian job. Correspondent Tom Banse has more from suburban Seattle. (3:24... soq)
Twenty-four-year old Sven Soholt is putting his life back together after coming home from Iraq. The Washington National Guard combat engineer was deployed for a year to the treacherous terrain north of Baghdad.
Sven: ?Then I got back and tried to go back to my job that I left before. I just was having problems sleeping. I was having anger issues; didn?t want to be around people.?
A V-A counselor referred Soholt t...
Read the full transcript
Related Website
Of 3 purchasers of this piece...
- 2 also bought:
- 2 also bought:
- 2 also bought:
- 2 also bought:
- 2 also bought:Hidden Children of the Holocaust (06:13)
