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Moving gently used furnishings and equipment from companies that are downsizing or moving, and repurposing them to those in need.
- Added: Mar 11, 2021
- Length: 02:30
KNCE True Taos Radio began in October of 2014 as a radical experiment in community radio in Taos, New Mexico.
Bought by WRST-FM Oshkosh
- Added: Mar 11, 2021
- Length: 02:48
- Purchases: 1
A man in Tennessee has found a way to get unused pharmaceuticals donated to those in need.
- Added: Mar 11, 2021
- Length: 02:19
Farmers are discovering that going organic pays well, reduces costs, and sustains the health of not only the people, but the earth itself.
- Added: Mar 11, 2021
- Length: 02:26
While most teenagers balk at cleaning their rooms, Fionn Ferreira is cleaning the world's oceans from microplastics. Fionn incorporated the use of ...
- Added: Mar 11, 2021
- Length: 02:24
Street Store is a rent-free, building free, pop-up clothing store that is organized and worked by volunteers, to give clothing to the homeless abso...
- Added: Mar 11, 2021
- Length: 02:21
A safe place to sleep for the homeless, on buses, designed as sleeping pods.
- Added: Mar 11, 2021
- Length: 02:22
A Swiss Billionaire is partnering with environmental organizations to conserve 30% of the planet.
- Added: Mar 11, 2021
- Length: 02:33
Harvesting water from thin air... yes, really.
Bought by RadioFreePalmer and WYAP
- Added: Mar 10, 2021
- Length: 02:24
- Purchases: 2
"We build ice cream shops with women in areas recovering from conflict or natural disaster, with the belief that these sweet, small enterprises can...
Bought by WYAP
- Added: Mar 10, 2021
- Length: 02:27
- Purchases: 1
In an effort to combat their high levels of air pollution and reduce their carbon footprint, the People’s Liberation Army has deployed over 60,000 ...
- Added: Mar 10, 2021
- Length: 02:24
There is a new kind of ‘leather’ that comes from coconuts instead of animals. It’s not only a sustainable alternative, it’s turning a waste product...
Bought by WYAP
- Added: Mar 10, 2021
- Length: 02:41
- Purchases: 1
Mexico City uses the concept of vertical gardening to transform their highway pillars into air-cleansing and people-pleasing monoliths.
- Added: Mar 10, 2021
- Length: 02:31
Bee habitats atop bus stops in Holland are reviving bee, butterfly and other insect populations.
Bought by WYAP
- Added: Mar 10, 2021
- Length: 02:21
- Purchases: 1
Germany has created a hydrogen-powered train that is a high performing, smart alternative to traditional rail travel and the first of its kind to b...
Bought by WYAP
- Added: Mar 10, 2021
- Length: 02:25
- Purchases: 1
Cancer is going to the dogs. While canines are often used to sniff out drugs and bombs, researchers are now using them to nose out certain types of...
- Added: Mar 10, 2021
- Length: 02:31
A Chilean based designer has created algae-based plastics that dissipate in the ocean and only take 4 months maximum to completely biodegrade.
- Added: Mar 10, 2021
- Length: 02:31
Bard College, a small Private University in New York State, offers the Bard Prison Initiative, or BPI, to interested inmates who have committed ser...
- Added: Mar 10, 2021
- Length: 02:33
A London based brother and sister decided to start putting on parties for seniors. What started out as a tea party for their eighty-year-old mother...
- Added: Mar 10, 2021
- Length: 02:18
Studies at Stanford University have shown that meal worms are able to eat Styrofoam and the enzymes in their guts break it down into something comp...
- Added: Mar 10, 2021
- Length: 02:24
Hedonistic Sustainability is the idea that living sustainably should be enjoyable for all.
- Added: Mar 10, 2021
- Length: 02:38
What if roads could repair themselves before becoming a hazard for vehicles? And what if they were economical and environmentally friendly as well?
- Added: Mar 10, 2021
- Length: 02:28
A determined New Yorker makes city composting a real thing.
- Added: Mar 10, 2021
- Length: 02:22
In America, schools nationwide are replacing detention and discipline with mindfulness programs and meditation, garnering some amazing results.
- Added: Mar 10, 2021
- Length: 02:23
Protecting forests by turning them into graveyards.
- Added: Mar 09, 2021
- Length: 02:19