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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
Sex Trafficking is a worldwide epidemic that endangers countless people. In Tel Aviv, one company is teaching victims job skills and helping clean ...
- Added: May 17, 2021
- Length: 02:30
Styrofoam has long been the bane of environmentalists. In San Francisco, this harmful material is finally getting banned.
- Added: May 17, 2021
- Length: 02:30
Ireland has finally shared the pot-o-gold at the end of their rainbow by pledging to fully divest from fossil fuels.
- Added: May 17, 2021
- Length: 02:30
An Australian community conservation group is making and sharing reusable grocery bags to shoppers for free.
- Added: May 17, 2021
- Length: 02:30
Protecting your skin from the sun is a must. So is protecting coral reefs from toxic sunscreen.
- Added: May 17, 2021
- Length: 02:30
Air, water, and art. The three things a Dutch artist is using to lead an environmental change.
- Added: May 17, 2021
- Length: 02:13
The Los Angeles Galaxy stadium is starting an eco-conscious program to inspire players to appreciate the earth on and off the field.
- Added: May 14, 2021
- Length: 02:30
Inspiring social change with photographic art to to showcase the severity of E-waste.
- Added: May 14, 2021
- Length: 02:30
A local lawyer, and environmentalist proves many hands make light work by encouraging Mumbai citizens to help clean up beaches and save the Olive R...
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- Added: May 14, 2021
- Length: 02:30
- Purchases: 1
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
Earth Day is the largest secular observance in the world, but it wouldn't have been possible if people didn't speak up for what is right. 40 years ...
- Added: Apr 26, 2021
- Length: 02:30
Move over Tesla, a collaborator of Swiss Companies has created a prototype dump truck that might even be able to sell electricity back to the grid!
- Added: Apr 23, 2021
- Length: 02:30
A clever re-using of plastic brings cool comfort to millions.
- Added: Apr 23, 2021
- Length: 02:30
Bees are good for much more than stinging. With bee populations rapidly declining, Cedar Rapids is finding a way to give them a second shot.
- Added: Apr 20, 2021
- Length: 02:30
Living concrete: This biological material has multiple layers that allow for the growth of plants on the outside of a building, without sacrificin...
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- Added: Mar 05, 2021
- Length: 02:36
- Purchases: 1
Tackling the challenges of overfishing, while also working towards stalling the effects of climate change.
- Added: Jan 18, 2021
- Length: 02:30
- Added: Jun 01, 2018
- Length: 01:00
- Purchases: 4
Scientists take a close look at a single celled creature with a complex eye.
- Added: Jul 20, 2015
- Length: 01:00
- Purchases: 2
Francine Sterle is the author of 2006 book "Nude In Winter," which was a finalist for the LA Times Book of the Year. She has also published two oth...
- Added: Feb 28, 2013
- Length: 01:53
In Seattle, everyone composts their kitchen scraps. They do it because city laws prohibit food waste from heading to landfills.
- Added: Aug 19, 2009
- Length: 01:30
Since the early 1990s, wildlife researchers with Operation Migration have been using ultralight aircraft to literally teach endangered birds a new ...
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- Added: Oct 29, 2008
- Length: 01:30
- Purchases: 1
One architecture professor is giving trailer parks a good name. Michael Berk of Mississippi State University has developed award-winning mobile hom...
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- Added: Oct 29, 2008
- Length: 01:30
- Purchases: 1
The compact fluorescent light is way more efficient at converting electricity to light than the incandescent bulb.
- Added: Mar 28, 2007
- Length: 01:32
Lighting accounts for about a quarter of all the electricity that's consumed in the United States. Here are some ways to lighten the energy load...
- Added: Feb 20, 2007
- Length: 01:30
