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>> in 1992, i was teaching fourthrade, and i showed a video on endangered species... on the next episode of "natural heroes..." >> ...and then one boy raised his hand and he said, "mrs. rogers, what can we do to help endangered species?" >> when i look at what we did, i honestly am blown away. i'm really proud to see that, you know, that little project created this. major funding for "natural heroes" is provided by... alice's garden -- experience the wonder of nature with
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pure and natural products. additional support provided by the lef foundation. ♪ ♪ we all live in a watershed, somewhere, someplace... ♪
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this is a story of how a sense of connection to place transformed a community... beginning with the children, beginning with a question. >> in 1992, i was teaching fourth grade, and i showed a video on endangered species and watched my students sink lower and lower in their seats until it was done. and then one boy raised his hand and he said, "mrs. rogers, what can we do to help endangered species?" >> it seemed liked somebody's got to do something about it. what good is talking about something if you're not going to try and help? >> and that's when i looked at him and i knew i couldn't say, you know, "let's write letters," or, "let's do a study" -- that we really needed to do something big. ♪ so you want one tool in the hole at a time, right guys?
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yep, take turns. who would guess that a fourth grader's innocent question would galvanize a community, empower children, inspire teachers, and help restore a watershed, all in an effort to save an obscure endangered species? ♪ >> so we're eight, nine years old, really upset about this, and laurette put the idea on the table of adopting an endangered species ourselves. >> that's when we got involved with the adopt-a-species program; they gave us three species to choose from -- a trout, a salmon, or the california freshwater shrimp. >> and it wasn't the cutest or, you know, probably most likely that a fourth grader would choose. it wasn't like a koala bear.
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>> they left that day pretty dejected saying, "oh, great. we're going to work on a shrimp." and nobody was very excited about it. >> but when we thought about it a little more, we thought that probably the species that were in most need were those that weren't so cute and cuddly, weren't so well known, things that people didn't think about on a daily basis. >> our motto was "the world is a poorer place for the -- for a loss of a species." and the shrimp were very representative of ourselves -- little fourth graders who -- and thinking we couldn't affect people, and we did. >> they went through the scientific papers very slowly, as you can imagine, and learned about the species. and we looked up words like extirpated -- i didn't know what extirpated meant either -- and that's when we fell in love with this particular animal. >> well, perhaps the shrimp would be noticed a little bit more if it was a little bit fluffier and it smiled a bit more, but actually, i think it's quite a characteristic mega-find -- i mean, it's
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this big, that's a giant. just 20 miles north of san francisco in the agricultural areas of marin and sonoma counties, stemple creek is one of the few streams still supporting populations of the endangered california freshwater shrimp. >> well, the shrimp used to be found in most streams in those sonoma, napa and marin counties. and they're all gone now. they're from, we think, maybe about 18 streams left. but in many of those streams, there are less than a hundred shrimp. there are only very few -- maybe two or three streams where they're doing really well. they really need that vegetation hanging into the sides of the stream. in fact, we've seen that if you bring back the plants, if you plant more plants or protect the stream so they come back naturally, the shrimp will move into those areas.
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they're connected to the entire watershed. so if something bad happens upstream -- if there are land practices that put a lot of silt into the water -- that's going to really impair the shrimp that are here. >> so we brainstormed things we could do to help the species and then broke into committees. and the kids worked in committees of four kids -- something like that -- with a committee leader. >> and we would make phone calls, and we would call the marin independent journal. and we would say, "hey, could you possibly send out a photographer and a write to cover this?" and i'm sure they were like, "are you serious?" and they would come out. excuse me. did you want to ask me any more questions? >> yeah, i will. i'm going to take a walk up and down here first though. >> i wouldn't do this project if i didn't have fun and if i didn't like it. and it really means a lot to me. >> we decided to work with ranchers because that is where the california freshwater shrimp is found.
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much of it is found on private land. but the first time we approaed paul martin, he really didn't know what to make of us and was a little suspicious about why we'd want to work on his property. >> i was a little taken aback. i wasn't quite sure, you know, if i wanted to have a bunch of school kids coming out and running around on my property. >> so here we were, a groupf young, passionate and concerned students, wanting to run up to the rancher and say, "look what you're doing! your cows are tromping through the creek, and the california freshwater shrimp are almost extinct! what are you going to do about that?" but we realized that we needed to work in a very positive and constructive way with landowners and ranchers, from the very beginning. >> i wonder if he knows how to work a post-hole digger.
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>> oh, he wants to dig. i'd put one right in his hands. tell him i told you to. >> the reason we decided to do it is that without any deep rooted vegetation on our creek banks, we were getting a substantial amount of erosion, and we were losing productive land. and i benefited from being able to stabilize the banks of the creek, and the kids had the experience to see what an operating farm was like. >> the kids were all out there, and they're getting this whole lecture about how to plant a tree and everything. and then all of a sudden, some kid yelled out, "oh my god! there's a foot coming out of that cow's butt!" and they all started running in that direction. there went the trees. you know, nothing about the restoration. they were experiencing agriculture at that point, you know, and life.
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>> we sprigged with willows that first day back in 1993, and you pound them in the ground. at that time, we were using, not a digging bar, but a hammer. and when you're all done, it just looks like a bare creek bank with just big pencils sticking out. that's what i thought. i thought, "this doesn't look promising at all." but sure enough, three to five months later, they had little branches on them, and today you can't even get into the field. the creek is completely obscured by these huge willow trees. >> when i look at what we did, i honestly am blown away. i'm really proud to see that, you know, that little project created this. ♪ the restoration work at paul martin's ranch was a promising beginning,
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but if they were truly going to save an endangered species, shrimp club members knew a larger effort was needed. so laurette and several of her students took their message to the halls of congress. >> we met with lynn woolsey, barbara boxer and dianne feinstein, and sat in their office and talked about how we could create positive change in the shrimps' natural habitats. >> when we rehabilitate the creek, we're not only saving the shrimp, but we're also saving the other animals. >> these students, through their california shrimp club, are an example of how california students are connecting business, agriculture, and education to solve our environmental problems. >> for a while, especially in the early days of the shrimp project, it felt like running a non-profit in my classroom. and it was almost like my work was getting in the way of my job, and my job was getting in the way of the work. so my family got really sick of it.
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they were really sick of the shrimp project. and my husband really thought that i loved the shrimp more than him for a while, so it was kind of sad. it kind of took over our lives. >> she was so passionate about the project and about affecting our lives. and i remember when she told me that she wasn't going to teach next year, i remember being devastated, like crying. >> in 1993, i was fortunate enough to be on the first restoration that laurette rogers and her class did at the paul martin ranch. i was working for a member of congress then, and i would get these phone calls. and on the other end of the phone would be this fourth grader saying, "hello. is it possible that the congress will come to our restoration this weekend?" i was then fortunate enough to get hired at the bay institute. and we, basically, over a series of discussions, agreed that she'd come work for the bay institute.
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and we've taken what is a small shrimp club concept and now grown it into something that's the capacity of 30 restorations, like you see here today, per year. now part of the bay institute, the shrimp club grew into straw -- or students and teachers restoring a watershed. the restoration efforts now expanded to restoring the entire stemple creek drainage, as well as neighboring creeks. and that meant getting more ranchers involved. >> they asked us what they could do on the properties, and we asked what they intended to do. and between us, we were able to come up with a consensus as to what sort of project would do well for everyone involved, and particularly the shrimp. and we said, "heck, yes." >> how many times have straw came to your ranch?
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>> this is probably the sixth or eighth group of young people that's been here over the last ten years. so the first few years you won't see much. but after three or four or five years, you'll say, "holy cow. we did that." thank you all. bye-bye. >> you know, i have seen people who have been completely hesitant about doing any restoration or allowing kids to come on their property. and then, they're there at the day of restoration and they completely change their mind and they can't wait to see them come back. they see the value in it on that day i think. >> the straw children that come really iegral to our feelingt that we're part of a bigger community, and you can see some of the work that they've done that's just really, really paid off. all in all, it is pretty amazing, i mean, this was just a bare ditch not that long ago.
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♪ >> shake it loose. you can tap it. there you go. there it is. this is our california rose. now the next step is putting this stuff in called dry water to keep them irrigated for the first three years so they have a good chance of getting started. here it is again. everybody's favorite, dry water. this is an important step because once you get to this part right here, i want you guys to raise your hand and yell "plant check." all right, so you guys feeling ready? awesome, okay. >> here it comes, both hands...there you go. >> why don't you put the little one in?
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>> there? >> all right, justin, way to go. what do we call for, plant check? >> plant check! >> restoration of these creeks makes an enormous difference. it's hard for people to see because each creek by itself, is -- seems like such a shortn distance, but we've completely compromised them incrementally over 150 years, a little bit at a time, and that's exactly the way they'll come back, a little bit at a time. although the project first arose out of concern for the california freshwater shrimp, scientists noticed that the restoration efforts over time were having positive results for other species as well... birds that hadn't been seen in the watershed for years were now nesting there again.
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>> when we first started, there was only four or five species of birds that lived out in the creek. and from what i understand, the last survey they did, there was 28 different species out there. so that represents a substantial change. >> for the freshwater shrimp, we found some freshwater shrimp hanging to the roots of the willows that were planted by the kids years before. that's proof enough in and of itself, but when you magnify that to one landowner after a time up and down the watershed, you're restoring an entire watershed over time, and it's very powerful. >> i helped put some of these trees in. so yeah, i feel like i have this connection. ♪ >> sometimes at night, i like lay awake.
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i lay down and i wonder what's going to happen if no one picks up trash, no one cares about endangered species. i think that we will end up like cavemen eating dirt and living off bugs. >> yeah, i've learned a lot about global warming, and it's scary because you don't know if all of a sudden it's just going to like burn down or something. >> we won't be able to see the polar bears or any endangered species because we're killing them off, pretty much. >> we are hammering into these kids that the end is near -- that when it comes to nature, the game's over. why would we then expect them to want to suit up for the game if the game is over? only some of us are motivated by despair. the rest of us are motivated by hope. >> before i started this project, i felt the world would be a much better place if the human race was extinct. but now -- >> you did?
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>> yeah. but now i -- now i know that we've accomplished so much and everything. i know that we really can make a difference. in a time of global environmental crisis, we grow up in, and we learn at a very young age that the planet is in critical condition, it's very easy to become discouraged. and this project provided a way for us to understand those concepts and understand that reality, as well as do something about it -- do something constructive. so whenever i feel upset about anything, i can always go back to that and say, "okay, what can i do to take action to make change?" and that's the remedy. >> all the world is divided up into watersheds, and these are natural divisions, they've learned what they are, and they're taking care of theirs. and all that's required is that others take care of theirs.
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>> students are hungry to participate in the real world, contribute to their communities in real ways, not just simulations, not just things that end up on the refrigerator. >> being in fourth grade and realizing that you have potential to create a change, sparks something in your life that says, "i can really do anything." >> i'm just happy we're just helping the environment. it's basically the funnest thing that i like doing. the straw program showed how schools, private property owners, and other community members could all work together to improve their shared environment. perhaps what was equally important was how transformative this program was to educatn itself... >> they've been out there. they've gotten their boots muddy and their hands dirty, and they know what that's like. they know what it's all about. and that's so important
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for them. it makes what i do in the classroom more relevant and more meaningful. >> when we planted the willows, it stopped the erosion because the roots kind of grab the soil and pull it from the edge -- well, keep it from falling into it -- and it keeps the riveclean. and also, it provides shade for the vital plankton and freshwater shrimp. >> what do the worms need? >> dirt and other things that were buried under the ground. >> and what do we call those things that are buried under the ground? remember that big word, detritus? and detritus is all the stuff that falls from the trees... that's going to become the new soil.
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>> you take kids hopefully out of the classroom and into nature where they get their hands dirty and their feet wet, they begin to learn better. one study shows 27 percent higher scores on science if they're immersed in nature as opposed to the typical classroom. teachers who get outside with these students into nature, their burnout rate is lower. so in a sense, this is about nature restoration. but then, i think in the larger sense, this is about human restoration. ♪ >> most adults don't think kids can do professional quality work. most adults see kids as potential adults. let's see what they do when they grow up. they're our future leaders. well, why can't they be leaders now? and how are they supposed to learn to be leaders if they're not provided opportunities? hat's what's exciting about this project is it really sees children as competent people
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now, which is what they are. ♪ well actually, this particular ranch, we've been out six years, so this is our sixth time out here, but yeah, in this creek in general, we've been out here every year for 17 years now, all planted by students. so isn't that fun? okay, so you guys are going to go plant your tree. >> that's going to turn into a tree. >> be careful with that, okay? when i'm out on one of these restorations, i really do think back to how this project started in 1992 with john asking the question, "what can we do to help endangered species?" and it just blew my mind because i didn't know, you know, exactly what was going to happen. i just knew something big
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was going to happen. i can't really describe it. ♪ >> the kids in straw, when they go out there, they not only are getting their hands dirty and their feet wet, but they are seeing life come back. they are seeing nature return. how can anyone feel more powerful? >> one, two, three -- plant inspection! >> ten years ago, or last year, we saw six fish migrating on that stream, and these restoration efforts will add over the course of the next ten years, maybe that will turn into 100 fish. if you start doing that throughout the entire watershed, now were talking about getting close to historic runs. so those kids are performing this really vital service because they are rebuilding the world one stream at a time, and that's really what we want to enable to happen. since its beginning in 1992
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the straw program has restored over 20 miles of creek bank, planted upwards of 31,000 native trees and shrubs, provided an inspiring learning experience for more than 700 teachers and 20,000 students, and helped the california freshwater shrimp expand into new stretches of its historic habitat. all this from a fourth grader's simple question. >> some people in the world might be lazier than others, so we have to do it or else -- most people wouldn't do it. >> one, two, three, plant inspection! ♪
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major funding for "natural heroes" is provided by... alice's garden -- experience the wonder of nature with pure and natural products. additional support provided by
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the lef foundation. ♪ for more information about "natural heroes," to purchase videos, or to submit your film, visit naturalheroes.org or call 1-800-287-2722.
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mutual of america the retirement company. ♪ ♪ ♪ >> hlo a welcome. i am patricia o'rielly. i am delighted you join us for another edition of out of ireland. coming up on this week's program. ♪ >> the value high and county kerry and to red carpet in hollywood. the fashion designer is leaving his mark on the world of fashion and first the roundup of the woke's news to ireland.
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to the rte, ireland's national broadcasting service. ♪ ♪ welcome back. the kerry teenager who campaigned against youth suicide lost his battle with cancer. tributes were given to the by who lost his life. his friends and school mates who did so much in a short time e 16-year-old died at home surrounded by his family. his four year struggle with cancer finally ending. he came to national prominence last month against youth susoyed. >> it hurts me to see them think about it. and see it among their friends,
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but it kills me because i am fighting for my life. i am still here, waking up every day. and they think they have a problem and this might be a solution. that makes me angry and i have nothing against people with mental illness or anything like that. but these people have to realize they have health. and this is never going to be an answer. >> his impassioned plea hit a cord and today, he was silenced. >> he boert cross with dignity and you know, he kept smiling and i suppose, wanted to leave something for other people to say, look, there is hope and there is help. >> he had his closest friends and along the two mile journey,
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they were joined by others, friends from school and his sporting time mates, keeping him company as he hoped and by the time he arrived in st. johns church there was thousands to the line to the altar. >> knowing whe he stands on suicide is important. he died from one of the biggest modern-day killers, cancer. if he was alive today he would be the first to support me to ask the upcoming g- eight summit to increase funding to find possible cures for cancer. brian and myself will miss him all of the days of our lives and our wish for him a peaceful rest in the hands of god until we meet again. we love you donnan. (applause) ♪
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♪ >> inspired by the love for victory, they carried his coffin from the church. ring up the hill. >>ny osullivan ireland. hey. unions and management have a agreed to end the dispute of a company that brought services to a halt earlier this week. the agreement to save 5 million euro will go to a balance of union members. they want to introduce the measures by the first of june. >> negotiators from and union representatives were up all night in the labor relation commission attempting to do
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a dole to avert industrial inaction. if passed by union members will keep the buses on the road for 19 months. >> we know the cost savings that was in the report and that will protect the future of the company and 2500 jobs and continue to operate our services. >> senior management have got to take double percentage, as members of the lower levels. this is significant. they have taken no cuts at all. >> senior and midmanagement will take their cuts. and the board of directors agreed to a 20 percent cut in the director fees. this might make selling it easier to the unions, they were offering no promises. will it be good enough to get it over the line? they are not, they will not accept it. >> so after the 48 hours of
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intensive negotiations, two sides struck a deal. for those negotiang aryin to get it across the line, timing is most welcome. polk hogan in the labor relations commission. >> around 100 distressed properties are solid in dublin. the sale attracted bidders and a number of protestors. >> our property is for sale. >> on a mid- may morning, the sight and sound. for what many people remain a country in crisis. tractors diven by angry farmers and protesting the latest auction. among them toddler riley, he runs his family engineering business and solid under the
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hammer by receivers. >> we didn't do anything wrong. it was not. and the fact we were not paid. >> it turned out to be a late withdrawal from the auction. the orile family were joined. >> bee are outraged and a large number of people came up here and said this must stop now. inside of the auction, it was business at usual with business and commercial properties for sale. one of those properties was among the better xoun lots, a popular holiy spot. but daniels pub and holiday resort was solid to an australian- based irish investment banker. his reaction. >> it is what worries me.
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yeah. it is a fantastic opportunity. in total 101 properties solid with the hammer today. but once again the auction was distinningished by the delight and despir. e news, dublin. >> a group of older irish immigrants laid a wreath in memory of irish people who left here for england and never to return to their home land. the event called for irish living abroad to be given the chance to vote in presidential elections here. this year it is not that different as many who left the shores years ago. they left for employment and new opportunities and adhaven'ture. they remember the day they got that vote. for some more than 50 years ago. >> i had to leave ireland and go
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to england to find work. and that's it is very sad and took a long time to get over this. >> i left ireland, but we had to get employment at the m it took me a long, long time to settle in london, and now it is my home after 53 years. >> others never returned and a wreath was laid in their memory. it is special to commemorate the irish who left the shores and never came back alive. today one of the organizers called for the irish abroad to be given more recognition. >> it is about the elections and i think it is one of the greatest ways to recognize the
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contributio we me t our country. >> this group will visit and over the next few days see parts of the country some never got to see again, rte news. >> there is decisions and launch of a new automatic point system. hawkeye that uses eight high speed cameras will be used for the fabulous match in the 1st of june. >> it is crucial decisions that can decide games and shattered dreams. >> is it over. that is where hawkeye comes in. and 14 months of testing, the system is ready to go live in the park. how does it work? four high speed cameras automatically capture the ball movement 30 meters over the goal post and 40 mere meters either
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side. and it tracks it to eight mill litters. >> and the big screen and people at home can see the answer on the television. and officials will look at the big screen as well. >> the system will not be used for disputed goals. >> the system will be used for t to the foot ball championship game. they will make a decision whether to keep it. >> rte news. >> there is a approved construction for the tract. it is will cost 600,000 euro. they have asked for a expansion.
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>> at the moment the cycling track comes to an end near the wall. plans are to build a cycle track on the side of the road and it will linkupith the side of track and provide continuous. >> the next section we'll have come before the council is from the fair fold park to the bridge. they plan to have a 22 kilometer track. dublin city council voted to travel with 1500 bikes. >> it is probably one othe most popular and successful games in the world. we are asked by new york and melbourn for the details of the game we have in place. >> the council may need
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sponsorship to make up a 500,000 euro short fall. >> it is a great investment for the transport. it works better because their passengers can finish their journeys off on a dublin bike. >> there are plans to proceed. this is rte news, dublin. >> commander chris hatfield the canandian astronaut is a internet star and released the first ever music video shot in space. hatfield and others are returning to earth later tonight after spending five months in orbit. orbit. snow ground control. >> he may come down-to-earth.
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♪ ground control to major tom. >> commander chris hatfield is doing it with star status. ♪ put your helmet on. ground control to major todd. >> he was over the moon. ♪ and past command of the international space station. it was commander hatfield's parting gift as he and two others prepared to leave the international space station. the canadian astronaut was a internet sensation. he had a first ever tweet from space. his stunning snaps including of ireland. his daughter who is studding in trinity college if dublin said it is not a surprise. >> he's part of another band.
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he alys is been into music and used to sing me and my brothers lullabies before we went to bed. >> he will disengage from the space station. and they are going through reentry. it is expected to touch down 3 o'clock a.m. tomorrow. it is time for commander hatfield to watch his song. ♪ ♪ ♪ the news from ireland brought to you by rte, ireland's national broadcasting service. and now we meet up with irish designer donald, who is making a name for himself in the world of fashion. his designs are worn by celebrities including oph ra h
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wynfree and nicole kidman. ♪ ♪ the irish enjoyed success in the u.s. with creative art, literature, and muc music and film and theater. now making the mark on the world of fashion. born in county kerry, his design, featured on the covers of the o magazine, in style and people magazine and written about in the new york times and wall street journal and worn by celebrities including opra h and taylor swift and kerry underwood. his teem on on dream of being a fashion designer started at
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a young age. >> when i was 13 i saw a documentary and it was amazing and i vividly remember how it ended with a model with a peacock dress walked down the runway and flipped it over like a peacock and this is what i wanted to do when i grew up. i went to college when i graduated high school and dropped out and studied to be a chef for two years and graduated as a ch nd entered a competition in the paris newspaper and won first prize and it was a tuitition back to college in dublin. >> after graduation, don had the opportunity of training under the world's greatest designers, including london and paris. in 1993, he won american visa
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which allowed him to move to the u.s. and armed with his portfolio and recommendations, he was ready to take on the tough new york fashion industry. >> i arrived in new york in 1993, with my letters of recommendation, assuming that the stars would shine one and showed up with my french portfolio and donna carren and i had topless dresses and hairdos that were ten mills high. they were where the hell are you coming from? i worked for macy's. and long story short i was hired where i remained ten years starting as a designer and becoming a design director.
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♪ ♪ the turning point of don's career came in the fall of 2009 with the launch of par. it was a launch of elegant evening wear. and dpouns and cocktai dresses were an immediate success and receiving rave reviews. >> it was an exciting opportunity to create a new evening wear company and i had financial backing from the group in montreal and inspired by goddesses and the goddess of light and making a woman feel loc a goddess and illuminating her inner radience. there are many sour ces.
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i am from ireland and i grow up in a magical place in ireland and i was surrounding by amazing beauty and nature. and over and over again, you will see in the dresses and embroidery that are inspired by bock of carrel and we have beads. we have one particular photograph my brother took of the sun set. i have that translated in a painting that became a print on silk. and it was in my runway that is an iconic dress for me and happy ending of that dress is ending up on the red carpet in this year's oscars. (applause) >> since the initial launch four years ago, the collection has
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expandhandle totores around the world. and new white collection that impressed the harshest fashion critec in a showing in new york. >> what is amazing about the design, he understands a woman's body. anyone from ophra h to jennifer gets it. >> donald is a hit with the celebrity bes, but the core cusomer is real women and it is important to keep them in mind when they are designing whether they are on the red carpet or to their daughter's wedding, he makes them feel amazing. >> i think of specific people when i am designing.
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i talk about the weres and legs and every dress i design, i sketch and refine the sketch and i am to hide problems that women may have and bring in her good points. you do put it on and feel great in the dress. it is available in 350 stores worldwide. ireland and germany and france and italy and indonezia and australia and japan and in moscow and here in america it is neim cus and lord and taylor. >> he's appreciated the rave reviews and the massive endorsement from celebrities, the highlight of his ceer was the runway show in which his parents were present from kerry county and sitting in the front
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row. >> taking my runway bow in 2012, it was something that i dreamed about my entire life and having a runway show and it was finally possible and it was a major production and my mom and dad and brother and sister were sitting front and center. i am a boy, and here i am in new york and having a runway show and having the models on the runway and i have a amazing vision that i realized with so many people working with me to make it happen. it was an extraordinary day and all of us were on such a high, and especially my mom and dad, they saw the little boy, and they the graduation show in dublin and then to come to new york and see how far i have come was amazing.
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♪ ♪ (applause) ♪ ♪ ♪ >> the very talented designer there don o'neill. one that's it for another week here on out of ireland. don't forget to join us at the same time next week. if you would like more information visit our web site out of ireland tv.comand from all of us here i am patricia o'rielly, take care and we'll see you soon. >> this program is brought to you in part by cia tours international. 80 years featuring all- inclus you have tours and value vacations in ireland and
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>> join me for a "classical stretch" workout to stretch and strengthen your feet and ankles. >> "classical stretch" is made possible in part by iberostar hotels and resorts, with beachfront resorts around the world. each resort features extensive gardens and large swimming pools with maximum respect for the surrounding environment. iberostar hotels and resorts. >> jamaica-- once you go, you know. american airlines-- traveling to over 250 cities in 40 countries. ♪ [captioning made possible by friends of nci]

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