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The Dutch are building solar-powered roads in the form of bike paths to generate electricity for local use.
- Added: Oct 04, 2021
- Length: 02:39
The small country of Lithuania is leading the way in recycling with its wildly successful “deposit refund scheme,” which has resulted in a whopping...
Bought by WRST-FM Oshkosh
- Added: Aug 30, 2021
- Length: 02:38
- Purchases: 1
Food insecurity plagues much of the developing world. Tasmanian agriculture scientist Bruce French is intending to change this tragedy by catalogin...
- Added: Aug 30, 2021
- Length: 02:34
As the coal industry in West Virginia declides, a nonprofit is offering displaced workers an environmentally friendly industry instead—beekeeping.
- Added: Aug 30, 2021
- Length: 02:38
What if your bicycle could help power your neighborhood? That's the idea behind S-Park, a system that uses kinetic energy harnessed from bicycles t...
- Added: Aug 30, 2021
- Length: 02:28
An Austin-based construction technologies company on a mission to make safe, affordable housing using 3D printer technology.
Bought by RadioStPete Florida
- Added: Jun 29, 2021
- Length: 02:34
- Purchases: 1
To counter the environmental impact of plastic food wrappers, an Indian school created a way for food manufacturers to find a solution.
- Added: Jun 29, 2021
- Length: 02:36
Planting and harvesting fresh food in a Los Angeles back yard grows a successful local food exchange.
- Added: Apr 23, 2021
- Length: 02:32
In the search for more sustainable construction materials, a California artist is making bricks out of fungus, and they are stronger than concrete.
- Added: Apr 04, 2021
- Length: 02:30
Researchers from Saudi Arabia’s set out to solve the dilemma of conserving the Earth's scarce resource—freshwater—by developing a salt water toilet.
Bought by WRST-FM Oshkosh
- Added: Mar 26, 2021
- Length: 02:41
- Purchases: 1
Amazing solar powered, river propelled trash collecting barges.
- Added: Mar 26, 2021
- Length: 02:38
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
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
The New York Botanical Gardens has launched an innovative program to help visitors, new and seasoned, to see nature in a different way—through the ...
Bought by WYAP
- Added: Mar 02, 2021
- Length: 02:18
- Purchases: 1
Ethiopia is reforesting its arid landscape with an initiative called "Green Legacy."
- Added: Feb 18, 2021
- Length: 02:28
A colony of bees miraculously survives the 2019 Notre Dame fire.
- Added: Feb 18, 2021
- Length: 02:18
Ocean conservation turns waste into beauty and provides local jobs.
- Added: Feb 10, 2021
- Length: 02:38
Farming with the abundant resources of sun and seawater.
- Added: Feb 10, 2021
- Length: 02:42
