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There is a floor tile that uses the power of footsteps to generate electricty!
- Added: May 17, 2021
- Length: 02:30
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
Vegan Leather? Seems like an oxy-moron, but now there is a leather-like material made of pineapples.
- Added: May 17, 2021
- Length: 02:32
With garden space on earth getting more limited, growing up instead of out is the new normal for the farm industry.
- Added: May 17, 2021
- Length: 02:30
A start-up company in the Netherlands is looking for new solutions for renewable energy and finding them in plants.
- Added: May 17, 2021
- Length: 02:30
Exercise is not all about improving your physique, but also your mind. Matt Morley has created a nature-immersed workout experience to improve both.
- Added: Apr 26, 2021
- Length: 02:30
Cigarettes are horrible for you, but their butts are quite useful for recycling. A garbage startup in New Jersey is turning trash into outdoor furn...
- Added: Apr 26, 2021
- Length: 02:30
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
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
Building a house in 24 hours.
- Added: Aug 24, 2018
- Length: 02:30
Each year, ports on the Great Lakes dredge tons of material to keep shipping lanes open. One Port's new project aims to explore a potential use fo...
Bought by WSKG, WCMU Michigan, WRVO Public Media, WXXI Rochester, WKSU and more
- Added: Aug 30, 2016
- Length: 01:11
- Purchases: 6
Organic food is becoming trendy, and you’ll be seeing more of it at your supermarket, it’ll probably be cheaper too.
Bought by KMXT
- Added: Nov 24, 2009
- Length: 01:30
- Purchases: 1
Can mid-career professionals realistically switch to "green" careers? One certainly did.
Bought by KOSU
- Added: Oct 22, 2009
- Length: 01:30
- Purchases: 1
Not satisfied to just talk the talk, the World Conservation Union is planning to walk the walk when it comes to its own environmental impact.
Bought by KOSU
- Added: Jul 24, 2009
- Length: 01:30
- Purchases: 1
Let's talk about high fashion and Target, the big box store. The two seemingly opposites converged, recently, largely because of the environmentall...
Bought by KOSU
- Added: Jul 24, 2009
- Length: 01:30
- Purchases: 1
The cownose ray is a nuisance fish. Could it become the next great bar snack?
Bought by WILL and WAMC Northeast Public Radio
- Added: Jul 20, 2009
- Length: 03:42
- Purchases: 2
What's a good thing to sink your money into these days? Try bogs.
- Added: Jan 27, 2008
- Length: 01:32
The bacterium Thermus aqaticus, discovered in the hot springs of Yellowstone National Park, made some people rich...
- Added: Apr 16, 2007
- Length: 01:32
Benjamin Franklin said 'nothing is certain except death and taxes.' Well, today you can at least reduce your taxes...
- Added: Feb 20, 2007
- Length: 01:30
Next time you travel, forget renting that gas-guzzler. A few rental car companies are offering hybrids and cars that run on biodiesel.
- Added: Feb 20, 2007
- Length: 01:30
Organic food is becoming trendy, and you?ll be seeing more of it at your supermarket, it?ll probably be cheaper to.
- Added: Feb 20, 2007
- Length: 01:30
Well, today, the inventive folks at Adobe Systems are putting their clever minds to work for the environment.
- Added: Feb 20, 2007
- Length: 01:30
Trading carbon credits, or "cap and trade," is a promising free-market solution.
Bought by KMXT
- Added: Jan 12, 2007
- Length: 01:30
- Purchases: 1
Today, you can recharge many gadgets with solar power.
- Added: Jan 12, 2007
- Length: 01:30
Wind is the world's fastest-growing energy source, with an average annual growth rate of 29 percent over the last 10 years. Wind-driven turbines co...
Bought by KMXT
- Added: Dec 17, 2006
- Length: 01:30
- Purchases: 1
