Episodes
June 30, 2017
From the Ashes - A NatGeo Documentary on the Future of Coal in America
From National Geographic Documentary Films, From the Ashes captures Americans in communities across the country as they wrestle with the legacy of the coal industry and what its future should be under the Trump Administration...
June 16, 2017
The Power of a Plant - A Teacher's Odyssey to Grow Healthy Minds and Schools
Globally acclaimed teacher Stephen Ritz shows readers how, in one of the nation’s poorest communities, his students thrive in school and in life by growing, cooking, eating, and sharing the bounty of their green classroom. Hi...
June 2, 2017
Keep Your Cool This Summer With Energy Efficiency
With summer on the way, it’s time to take steps to make homes and businesses are comfortable without wasting energy—or overheating anyone's wallet—as the temperature rises. The Natural Resources Defense Council is working to ...
May 26, 2017
Business Transformation and The Circular Economy
Can profit and sustainability go hand in hand? A new report by The Conference Board proves they can. Released today, Business Transformation and The Circular Economy details how companies are moving from the linear economy to...
April 28, 2017
The Clean Money Revolution - Reinventing Power, Purpose and Capitalism
By 2050, $40 trillion will change hands in North America alone. The largest intergenerational wealth transfer in history is underway and the ramifications will remake the world. The dirty money of business as usual is on the ...
April 14, 2017
The Vegetarian's Guide to Eating Meat
The Vegetarian’s Guide to Eating Meat chronicles a young woman’s journey from vegetarian PETA activist to blood-and-guts-eating omnivore. Marissa Landrigan, journalist, professor and author, discovered that eating ethically w...
March 31, 2017
Sustainability Made Simple
Lauded by Booklist as “an essential guidebook for anyone who wants to make a difference,” Sustainability Made Simple: Small Changes for Big Impact (April 2017, Rowman & Littlefield) walks readers through small, actionable ste...
March 24, 2017
The Impact of Climate Change on the Ecosystem of Yosemite
NATURE's, Yosemite, premieres Wed., March 29 at 8/7c on PBS. Yosemite is a land forged in wildfire and sculpted by water, but with climate change, water is scarcer and fire more common. Shot in 4K by filmmaker Joseph Pontecor...
March 17, 2017
POISONED: How a Crime-Busting Prosecutor Turned his Medical Mystery Into a Crusade for Environmental Victims
Alan Bell was a star prosecutor for mob trials in Florida in the 80's. When he began getting severely ill many believed he was being poisoned by the mob. It turned out that that it was exposure to hidden toxic chemicals in hi...
Feb. 10, 2017
GrowOya: Bringing Ancient Technology to 21st Century Gardens
Growing your own food, even in a small space, is now much easier thanks to GrowOya. Their porous clay irrigation vessels are an ingenious, modern method of watering your garden borrowed from the ancient wisdom of South Americ...
Feb. 3, 2017
Fake Silk - The Lethal History of Viscose Rayon
In his new book, Paul D. Blanc, M.D., outlines the century-long history of “fake silk,” or cellulose viscose, used to produce such products as rayon textiles and tires, cellophane, and everyday kitchen sponges. He explores th...
Jan. 27, 2017
Eat More Fish for Good Health, but Minimize Mercury
Just this month, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency issued advice regarding fish consumption which is geared toward helping women who are pregnant or may become pregnant – as we...
Jan. 13, 2017
SwiftMile - A Revolutionary eBike Transit System
SwiftMile is tackling the first and last mile problem in transportation. Fifty percent (50%) of most auto trips are less than three miles, and thirty percent (30%) are less than one mile. This leads to traffic, smog, and cong...
Jan. 6, 2017
Solution Search: A Global Contest for Agricultural Answers
As the world’s population continues to grow, the demand for increased amounts of food strains our soil and the ecosystems juxtaposed to agricultural sites. International NGO, Rare, and its partners have just announced the lau...
Dec. 23, 2016
California's Plan to Provide Clean, Reliable Water in the 21st Century
California’s primary clean water supply, upon which 25 million people depend, is out of date, unreliable and inefficient. California’s largest supply of clean water is dependent on 50-year-old levees. Earthquakes, floods and ...
Dec. 2, 2016
Cost-Efficient Home Heating Systems That Lower Your Energy Use
As the temperature plummets, homeowners will crank up the heat to keep warm and toasty - quickly burning through money and energy. In fact, home heating uses more energy and costs more money than any other system in your home...
Nov. 11, 2016
Solving the World's Water Problems
Globally, 1.2 billion people do not have access to clean water. Another 2.7 billion lose access to clean water for at least one month a year. The world’s water problems are getting worse, not better. But teams of scientists w...
Oct. 28, 2016
Sustainable Minds- Transparency Catalog
Sustainable Minds® has just launched a catalog of products that meet the most rigorous environmental and material health reporting standards in the building industry. The catalog is free to building professionals – architects...
Oct. 21, 2016
WalletHub's Report: America's Greenest Cities
October is National Energy Awareness Month! Studies show that seventy-four percent of Americans support efforts to protect the environment: hence, the personal-finance website WalletHub conducted an in-depth analysis of 2016'...
Oct. 14, 2016
Sustainable Solutions to the Vulnerability of our Power Grid
The loss of the grid would not have been a threat 100 years ago because the population of the country was only about 76 million people. At that time, the production of food was not yet dependent on electrical power, and few h...
Sept. 16, 2016
Biting the Hands that Feed Us
Bad food laws are handcuffing America’s most sustainable farmers, producers, sellers, and consumers, while rewarding those whose practices are contributing to the food industry’s biggest problems, according to food lawyer and...
Sept. 9, 2016
InTech Energy and the Building Internet of Things -BIot
According to the U.S. Department of Energy, commercial buildings have high energy needs and can put great strain on the nation's power grids during peak periods. Developing more efficient buildings helps ensure a steady suppl...
Aug. 26, 2016
The Good Crisis: How Population Stabilization Can Foster a Healthy U.S. Economy
Offering insights and guidance from prominent academics and journalists, The Good Crisis: How Population Stabilization Can Foster a Healthy U.S. Economy -Population Connection: 2016- takes on one of today’s most pressing chal...
Aug. 19, 2016
All-Electric America: A Climate Solution and the Hopeful Future
The modern day Edisons have done their job. We need not wait any longer. We are poised to wake up to a world running completely on renewable energy. Waiting any longer is like saying we shouldn’t have used the personal comput...