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The Dutch are building solar-powered roads in the form of bike paths to generate electricity for local use.

  • Added: Oct 04, 2021
  • Length: 02:39
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The small country of Lithuania is leading the way in recycling with its wildly successful “deposit refund scheme,” which has resulted in a whopping...

Bought by WRST-FM Oshkosh


  • Added: Aug 30, 2021
  • Length: 02:38
  • Purchases: 1
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Food insecurity plagues much of the developing world. Tasmanian agriculture scientist Bruce French is intending to change this tragedy by catalogin...

  • Added: Aug 30, 2021
  • Length: 02:34
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As the coal industry in West Virginia declides, a nonprofit is offering displaced workers an environmentally friendly industry instead—beekeeping.

  • Added: Aug 30, 2021
  • Length: 02:38
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What if your bicycle could help power your neighborhood? That's the idea behind S-Park, a system that uses kinetic energy harnessed from bicycles t...

  • Added: Aug 30, 2021
  • Length: 02:28
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A West Philadelphia bar, closed due to escalating violence is re-imagined, then re-purposed it into a life-changing youth center.

  • Added: Aug 13, 2021
  • Length: 02:25
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A mobile phone app and web platform that allows people to search for, discover, and rate public places based on how accessible they are for everyone.

  • Added: Aug 12, 2021
  • Length: 02:36
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An Austin-based construction technologies company on a mission to make safe, affordable housing using 3D printer technology.

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  • Added: Jun 29, 2021
  • Length: 02:34
  • Purchases: 1
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To counter the environmental impact of plastic food wrappers, an Indian school created a way for food manufacturers to find a solution.

  • Added: Jun 29, 2021
  • Length: 02:36
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Finland solved infant mortality over 90 years ago and their successful program for doing so is alive and well today.

  • Added: Jun 29, 2021
  • Length: 02:35
Caption: Good News for a Good Planet - Change your focus, change your world.
A small craft brewery in Florida is feeding the ocean instead of polluting it with a remarkable solution to single-use plastic packaging.

  • Added: May 17, 2021
  • Length: 02:32
Caption: Good News for a Good Planet - Change your focus, change your world.
A safe space for teens to learn to be Djs in Taos, New Mexico.

  • Added: May 17, 2021
  • Length: 02:32
Caption: Good News for a Good Planet - Change your focus, change your world.
Beautifying the world and saving the bees at the same time by making "seed bombs" that grow beautiful flowers perfect for pollination.

  • Added: May 17, 2021
  • Length: 02:30
Caption: Good News for a Good Planet - Change your focus, change your world.
Running 55 miles is hard enough, but have you ever done it while continuously bouncing a tennis ball and raising money for children in need? Myles ...

  • Added: Apr 23, 2021
  • Length: 02:30
Caption: Good News for a Good Planet - Change your focus, change your world.
Kentucky doctors are prescribing ancient medicine that is proven to reduce diet-related illnesses: fruits and vegetables!

  • Added: Apr 23, 2021
  • Length: 02:30
Caption: Good News for a Good Planet - Change your focus, change your world.
Why throw away your spoon if you can eat it? A new solution to disposable plastic utensils.

  • Added: Apr 23, 2021
  • Length: 02:30
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An extended stay hotel in Biloxi, MS offers guests the opportunity to adopt a pet through their "Fostering Hope" program.

  • Added: Apr 23, 2021
  • Length: 02:29
Caption: Good News for a Good Planet - Change your focus, change your world.
50 million new-planted trees and a Guinness World Record later, India is on its way to reducing extreme pollution.

  • Added: Apr 23, 2021
  • Length: 02:30
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Planting and harvesting fresh food in a Los Angeles back yard grows a successful local food exchange.

  • Added: Apr 23, 2021
  • Length: 02:32
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In the search for more sustainable construction materials, a California artist is making bricks out of fungus, and they are stronger than concrete.

  • Added: Apr 04, 2021
  • Length: 02:30
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Researchers from Saudi Arabia’s set out to solve the dilemma of conserving the Earth's scarce resource—freshwater—by developing a salt water toilet.

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  • Added: Mar 26, 2021
  • Length: 02:41
  • Purchases: 1
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Amazing solar powered, river propelled trash collecting barges.

  • Added: Mar 26, 2021
  • Length: 02:38
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Patagonia is working to keep their products out of landfills by partnering with their customers to upcycle old clothes into new ones.

  • Added: Mar 26, 2021
  • Length: 02:43
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A bee-saving plan in America's upper midwest.

  • Added: Mar 26, 2021
  • Length: 02:33
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A new vegan leather that is made from the strong fibers of cactus.

  • Added: Mar 16, 2021
  • Length: 02:32