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So, you want to get out and freshen up your garden a tad. Great! But, before you begin planting willy nilly, take a moment and consider if what you...
- Added: Apr 28, 2009
- Length: 01:30
- Purchases: 2
Think you know how to conserve water? Not like Australia, mate, it's in its worst drought on record. Some toddlers Down Under don't even know what ...
- Added: Apr 28, 2009
- Length: 01:30
- Purchases: 2
Isolated from the rest of the world for most of their existence, the Galapagos Islands are home to more unique plant species than almost any other ...
- Added: Apr 28, 2009
- Length: 01:30
- Purchases: 2
Changing seasons in New England is well, second nature. But a change in the look of the season is a change that has folks concerned.
- Added: Apr 28, 2009
- Length: 01:30
- Purchases: 2
New Orleans. Home to Dixieland Jazz, Mardi Gras, and some of the best fresh seafood you’ll ever eat. Shrimp etouffee. Oysters on the half shell. Wh...
- Added: Mar 25, 2009
- Length: 01:30
- Purchases: 2
It’s no news flash that, over the years, one of the dirtiest sources of energy has been coal; in fact, it’s among the top contributors to carbon di...
- Added: Mar 25, 2009
- Length: 01:30
- Purchases: 2
Remember mowing your grandparent’s lawn with a push mower? Back then, the older generation had push mowers. Everyone else was into power.
- Added: Mar 25, 2009
- Length: 01:30
- Purchases: 2
Ok, so here’s a quick quiz for you. What does U.S.D.A. stand for? Right: the United States Department of Agriculture! Now, what do they do? Gotcha!...
- Added: Mar 25, 2009
- Length: 01:30
- Purchases: 2
Plants and animal are going extinct at least 100 times faster than in the past, according to the International Union for Conservation of Nature and...
- Added: Mar 24, 2009
- Length: 01:30
- Purchases: 2
Here’s a home that’s truly “outside the box” -- or inside, depending on where you stand. They’re made out of recycled steel shipping containers. Ye...
- Added: Mar 24, 2009
- Length: 01:30
- Purchases: 2
Is that monthly home heating bill burning a hole in your wallet? I thought so. With the economic uncertainties of recent months, we all get that si...
- Added: Mar 24, 2009
- Length: 01:30
- Purchases: 2
What do you get when you cross a whale with a ship? A disaster at sea.
- Added: Mar 24, 2009
- Length: 01:30
- Purchases: 2
On top of everything else ailing Mother Earth these days, apparently she’s got gas. Lots of it. Specifically, carbon dioxide.
- Added: Feb 25, 2009
- Length: 01:30
What would you do for $25 million?
- Added: Feb 25, 2009
- Length: 01:30
Mangrove trees are simply amazing, in a sci-fi kind of way. They live in perhaps the most hostile plant environment imaginable -- a coastal war zon...
- Added: Feb 25, 2009
- Length: 01:30
Have you ever been really bugged by a new ding in your car, but weeks later, you barely noticed it? We all learn to tolerate negative changes by ad...
- Added: Feb 25, 2009
- Length: 01:30
Wait! Stop! What’s that you’re throwing away? Each year, Americans dump nearly 180 million tons of trash into landfills.
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- Added: Feb 25, 2009
- Length: 01:30
- Purchases: 1
An umbrella is a handy thing to have around during a down pour. Likewise, an umbrella species protects other plants and animals that live in their ...
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- Added: Feb 25, 2009
- Length: 01:28
- Purchases: 1
Too much of a good thing. We all know the hazards of that: too much fat, too much beer, too much chocolate… (Maybe not too much chocolate…)
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- Added: Feb 25, 2009
- Length: 01:30
- Purchases: 1
Home, home on the range only covers 20 percent of what it used to. That’s worldwide, according to a new study from the World Wildlife Fund.
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- Added: Feb 25, 2009
- Length: 01:30
- Purchases: 1
Ocean dead zones. Air and water pollution worldwide. All this bad news is enough to cause “Eco-phobia.”
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- Added: Feb 25, 2009
- Length: 01:30
- Purchases: 1
Remember playing with animal match books? By flipping the left- or right-hand pages you could match the picture of an animal’s head with its body. ...
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- Added: Feb 25, 2009
- Length: 01:30
- Purchases: 1
- Added: Jan 29, 2009
- Length: 01:30
- Purchases: 1
So what should you do with your doggie's doo? Your dog Fido probably wishes you’d just leave it in the yard.
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- Added: Jan 29, 2009
- Length: 01:30
- Purchases: 1
Domestic tranquility has its place, but we all need a little walk on the wild side from time to time. And, apparently, the same goes for bees.
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- Added: Jan 29, 2009
- Length: 01:30
- Purchases: 1
