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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
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
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
BuildingGreen.com founder Alex Wilson discusses the history, current state, and future of the green building movement. Erin Gorman, CEO of Divine ...
Bought by Yellowstone Public Radio
- Added: Mar 11, 2009
- Length: 29:30
- Purchases: 1
Car companies say that flex-fuel vehicles reduce our dependence on foreign oil. But how do they measure up where the rubber meets the road?
Bought by KOSU
- Added: Jan 29, 2009
- Length: 01:30
- Purchases: 1
Here’s a conundrum. What do you do with three thousand tons of smelly garbage a day? Could you just, well, vaporize it?!
Bought by KOSU
- Added: Jan 29, 2009
- Length: 01:30
- Purchases: 1
Have you ever bathed in paint? Canary yellow or baby blue? Well of course you haven’t! But almost three million Americans could have last year, sin...
Bought by KOSU
- Added: Jan 29, 2009
- Length: 01:30
- Purchases: 1
To anyone who’s ever gone skinny-dipping in a pond, the green stuff floating on top is really disgusting. But to Professor Dave Bayless, blue-green...
- Added: Dec 24, 2008
- Length: 01:30
- Purchases: 2
Does it really pay to be energy-efficient? The folks at Clarum Homes hope so.
- Added: Nov 29, 2008
- Length: 01:30
So, what's so great about fossil fuels, anyway? Well the truth is, they burn easily, so they're handy for powering internal combustion engines or e...
Bought by KOSU
- Added: Nov 28, 2008
- 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 -- let the world know that somebody imp...
Bought by KOSU
- Added: Nov 28, 2008
- Length: 01:30
- Purchases: 1
A rhinestone dog collar: $35. A doggy doo composter: Priceless...At least that's what Sharon Slack of Canada's Office of Urban Agriculture thinks...
Bought by KOSU
- Added: Oct 29, 2008
- Length: 01:30
- Purchases: 1
In 2005, Washington became the first state in the nation to require that all new publicly-funded schools, colleges, offices, and even prisons meet ...
Bought by KOSU
- Added: Sep 29, 2008
- Length: 01:30
- Purchases: 1
You've probably seen those daring para-surfers who use wind power to skip across the waves. Well, the gusts and gales that these terrestrial mammal...
Bought by KOSU
- Added: Sep 29, 2008
- Length: 01:30
- Purchases: 1
It started off routinely enough -- at least in this day and age of genetic engineering and other laboratory efforts to "improve" upon nature.
- Added: May 30, 2008
- Length: 01:32
Remember that old-fashioned mode of transportation -- the trolley, or streetcar -- it's making a comeback worldwide.
- Added: May 30, 2008
- Length: 01:32
Most of us have heard that carbon dioxide is a greenhouse gas, and a major contributor to global warming...is there a way to capture the carbon bef...
- Added: May 30, 2008
- Length: 01:26
Next time you travel, forget renting that gas-guzzler. A few rental car companies are offering hybrids and cars that run on biodiesel.
- Added: Apr 30, 2008
- Length: 01:32
What do Jackson Shaw, Ellen Mackey and Eric and Juowie Lin have in common?
- Added: Mar 27, 2008
- Length: 01:32
What's better than a glass of cold milk? How about a glass of cold organic milk from a biodegradable bottle.
- Added: Mar 26, 2008
- Length: 01:25
So how much did you pay for that last electron? Probably a lot more than you think if you add in the environmental cost to make electricity.
Bought by WYOU
- Added: Feb 28, 2008
- Length: 01:30
- Purchases: 1
How many environmentalists does it take to screw in a passive light bulb? None! And that's the beauty of it.
Bought by WYOU
- Added: Feb 28, 2008
- Length: 01:32
- Purchases: 1