Editor Pick

Editor picks are those Ideas that we think you need to see – whether they’re on the news, a great production or creative way to answer one of our questions.

Hydrogen Energy Generation from Sunlight

The Energy Blog

By Raymond Orbach Is it possible to create synthetic photosynthesis? Elementary school children are taught that ... more ...

Energy Storage, Science, Solar

Monitoring Water Environment with Robotic Fish

Small, inexpensive robotic fish, equipped with sensors, form mobile sensor networks in water, allowing them to monitor ... more ...

Algae, BP Oil Spill, Climate Change, Oceans, Water

After Japan Nuclear Power Plant Disaster: How Much Radioactivity in the Oceans?

National Science Foundation

Among the casualties of the March 11, 2011, earthquake and resulting tsunami in Japan was the country’s Fukushima ... more ...

Pursuing a Safer, Sustainable, Lithium Battery

Susanna, PF Web Maven

In our wireless world, you’re nowhere without a good battery and a solid connection. But, wouldn’t it be better if we ... more ...

Clean Tech, Electric Cars, Energy Storage, Green Living, Science

Project Independence: Building Solar Panels in School

Minnesota 2020

Project Independence is a 44-panel solar panel array at the Chisago Lakes Middle School in Lindstrom, MN. The project ... more ...

Clean Tech, Education, Efficiency, Green Building, Policy, Renewable Energy, Science, Solar

Ford’s Eco Cars: A More Sustainable Approach to Vehicle Interiors

Ford Sustainable Materials

Ford designers and researchers are taking a total green approach to vehicle development and design, stepping beyond just ... more ...

Engineering, Green Living, Transportation

Orbital Rotational tideal turbine

I have developed a turbine for use in high flow areas of tide and current. The design has almost limitless torque and ... more ...

Climate Change, Engineering, Hydroelectric, Oceans, Wind

Storing Sunlight As Heat

National Science Foundation

H. Peter Vollhardt and collaborators at the University of California, Berkeley, have discovered molecules composed of ... more ...

Prosperity Energy Storage Project

Steve Willard

Public Service Co. of New Mexico (PNM) and its research partners are testing and demonstrating numerous benefits of the ... more ...

Clean Tech, Energy Storage, Engineering, Innovation Summit, Renewable Energy, Solar

PARC Hydrodynamic Separation (HDS) for cleaning water

Kelly Brieger

PARC’s breakthrough clean water platform technology, Hydrodynamic Separation (HDS), can potentially provide multiple ... more ...

Algae, BP Oil Spill, Clean Tech, Science, Water

Farming in the City

Minnesota 2020

You might easily confuse the sound of a farm-tiller with that of a lawn-mower this spring season. That’s because ... more ...

Agriculture, Business, Green Communities, Green Living, Policy, Smart Cities

Passive Solar Design

Passive solar design is essentially designing a structure to work with the environment to cool and heat the house with ... more ...

Architecture, Efficiency, Green Building, Green Communities, Green Living, Solar

Winds of Progress: University of Minnesota’s Rosemount Wind Power Research Station

Minnesota 2020

Eolos is the Ancient Greek god of wind and the namesake for a new wind power research station at the University of ... more ...

Campus Sustainability, Clean Tech, Education, Engineering, Green Communities, Renewable Energy, Wind

Anti-fracking movement gains ground in New York state: Both politics, demand for gas will influence drilling outcome

Activism, Natural Gas, Policy

SafeLiCell: Safer Lithium Ion Batteries

Researchers at the University of Maryland have developed SafeLiCell, a lithium ion battery that is a plastic. Sounds ... more ...

Energy Storage, Engineering, Military, Science

Turning Methane Into Energy

Susanna, PF Web Maven

FlexEnergy has developed a technology that takes low-quality methane and turns it into energy. By using a machine with a ... more ...

Business, Engineering, Natural Gas, Science

Bio-Battery: Clean, Renewable Power Source

City of Huntsville AL/ Energy Huntsville

Jenny Ulyanova of CFD Research explains how they are developing a novel power source that converts commonly available ... more ...

Business, Energy Storage, Engineering, Green Living, Military

Redstone Energy Group with Cole Walker

City of Huntsville AL/ Energy Huntsville

The Redstone Energy Group is demonstrating four different solar projects in Huntsville, Alabama: -Rooftop solar ... more ...

Business, Green Communities, Renewable Energy, Solar

The i3 Market Intelligence Platform

Whitney Michael

i3 is simply one source for instant updates on clean technology investments, IPOs, mergers, acquisitions, business ... more ...

Business, Clean Tech, Green Cities, Smart Cities

Innovating the Sustainable Economy: How Business Can Lead the way

Planet Forward

This is a full panel recording from the GW Moving the Planet Forward Conference. For highlights of this conversation, go ... more ...

Business, Innovation Summit

FlexEnergy: Making the Most of Methane

FlexEnergy manufactures technology that resolves methane gas pollution and the need for renewable energy. And it does so ... more ...

Biofuels, Efficiency, Engineering, Natural Gas, Renewable Energy

Natural Gas as the “Atomic Bomb” of the Energy Debate

Planet Forward

Reed Hundt, Chief Executive Officer of Coalition for Green Capital, argues that natural gas is the "atomic bomb" of the ... more ...

Natural Gas, Renewable Energy

Mayor Vincent Gray Says D.C. Will Be Fossil Free by 2030

Jordan Petitt

Vincent Gray, mayor of Washington, D.C., attended the GW Moving the Planet Forward Innovation Summit at The George ... more ...

Green Building, Green Cities, Green Living, Public Transportation, Smart Cities

Three City Mayors Discuss Sustainability

Planet Forward

As international treaties and federal policy-making stall, cities are taking the initiative, fostering innovation and ... more ...

Deborah Wince-Smith and Debra Rowe Discuss Green Jobs

Planet Forward

Are green jobs just a “nice thing to do” or a central part to a successful business? Deborah Wince-Smith and ... more ...

Biodegradable Alternatives to Plastic Mulch

OSU P3 Team, Plastic Mulch

The average person tends to know what plastic drip tape and soaker hoses are, but what is plastic mulch? In China alone, ... more ...

Agriculture, Education, Engineering, EPA P3, Green Communities, Science, Water

No Child Left Inside

Minnesota 2020

Some Minnesota K-12 schools emphasize environmental education on their own, yet shrinking state aid has made field trips ... more ...

Climate Change, Education, Green Communities, Policy

GWU President Steven Knapp on Sustainability on Campus

Planet Forward

President Steven Knapp discusses sustainability on the George Washington University campus with Planet Forward creator ... more ...

Campus Sustainability, Climate Change, Colleges and Universities

On the Battlefield: Making Batteries Smaller

U.S. Army Research Lab

The Army Research Lab in Maryland looks at innovative ways to make the US Military the best equipped fighting force in ... more ...

Clean Tech, Efficiency, Energy Storage, Military, Science, Solar

MN2020: Searching for Sustainability in Schools

Minnesota 2020

Sustainability is becoming a greater imperative for running any successful organization in Minnesota, even public ... more ...

Campus Sustainability, Clean Tech, Education, Efficiency, Engineering, Geothermal

Cleaning Up the World’s Dirty Water

Susanna, PF Web Maven

Our latest segment from Bloomberg West features a company that can clean up our water. Think you have a better idea to ... more ...

Natural Gas, Science, Water

Project GreenLight Powers Up Direct Current Servers

National Science Foundation

Project GreenLight added direct current-powered (DC) servers as one of its instrumented server facility capabilities. ... more ...

Clean Tech, Efficiency, Science

Fry a Turkey with the Sun!

If you’re hosting an Easter dinner, why not make it energy-free? GreenPowerScience shows you how to cook at turkey ... more ...

Green Living, Science, Solar

Proton Exchange Membrane (PEM) Fuel Cells for Batteries

Northeastern University

We are headed towards a society that will be largely unplugged – from fossil fuels, wall outlets, etc. – but ... more ...

Education, Electric Cars, Hydroelectric, Renewable Energy, Science

Georgia Tech: Engagement, Innovation, Sustainability

Georgia Tech focuses on solving real-world sustainability problems for people around the world.
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Adaptation, Business, Campus Sustainability, Clean Tech, Education, Engineering, Green Building, Green Communities, Green Living

Florida Gulf Coast University: Embedded Sustainability

Kathleen Crawford

Florida Gulf Coast University has a 2MW 15-acre solar photovoltaic array, geothermal energy to heat and cool their ... more ...

Campus Sustainability, Climate Change, Climate Leadership Awards, Education, Green Building, Green Communities, Green Living, Transportation

Allegheny College: Deep Infrastructure Sustainability

kelly boulton

Sustainability at Allegheny College is a community endeavor that is as much about responsibility as it is about fun.
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Campus Sustainability, Climate Leadership Awards, Education, Efficiency, Green Building, Green Communities, Green Living

Arizona State University: Innovation and Education in the Valley of the Sun

Steven Harper

Arizona State University is harnessing the power of the sun to turn its campuses into a solar laboratory, with the ... more ...

Biofuels, Campus Sustainability, Clean Tech, Climate Leadership Awards, Efficiency, Engineering, Green Building, Renewable Energy, Solar

A Real-Life Lorax: Planting 1 Million Trees in Ethiopia

Editor’s Note: With the recent release of the movie The Lorax based on the famous Eco-tale by Dr. Seuss, we have a ... more ...

Green Steel

UNSW Australia

It sounds like a superhero, but is it a super climate solution? This unique technology reduces reliance on coke and coal ... more ...

Clean Tech, Green Building, Green Cities

Continuous Commissioning: The Future of Smart Building Technology?

Jordan Petitt

Continuous commissioning helps building managers run systems at peak efficiency. Can smarter buildings mean reduced ... more ...

Architecture, Business, Efficiency, Green Building, Green Living

‪Efficient Home Energy‬

Minnesota 2020

In Saint Paul, Minnesota, there's a team hard at work retrofitting homes with the latest in energy efficient solutions. ... more ...

Efficiency, Green Communities, Green Living, Policy, Water

Coffee In Crisis

Team #THINKFWD

by Jon Fenech and Natalie Kornicks Think one day without coffee is bad? Climate change patterns aren’t just affecting ... more ...

Adaptation, Climate Change, Green Living

Solar Power Tower with Energy Storage

See the largest solar power tower in the world rise from the desert. Will another 540-foot tower be the centerpiece of a ... more ...

Renewable Energy, Solar

Danny Kennedy: How Local Governments can Help Rooftop Solar

Danny Kennedy of Sungevity says that his company spends as much time working through the permitting process as they do ... more ...

Clean Tech, Climate Change, Green Building, Green Communities, Green Living, Policy, Renewable Energy, Solar

Green Roofs on a St. Paul Rooftop‬

Minnesota 2020

Two years ago when planners designed the new St. Paul Fire Department headquarters, they were thinking with ... more ...

Architecture, Efficiency, Engineering, Green Building, Green Communities, Green Living, Policy

Improving Local Transit Policies in California

Stuart Cohen of TransForm thinks California can improve transit with some simple policy solutions, like giving buses ... more ...

Climate Change, Green Communities, Green Living, Public Transportation, Transportation

Solar Distilling: A Simple Quick Design to Distill Water

This is the simplest solar still design for distilling water using a parabolic dish, a vacuum tube, and a glass.
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Green Living, Solar, Water

Concentrated Solar Thermal Plant with Energy Storage: How it Works

SolarReserve’s technology, typically referred to as Concentrated Solar Power, uses thousands of mirrors to reflect and ... more ...

Education, Renewable Energy, Solar

Local Sources for Sustainable Energy‬

Minnesota 2020

How can communities take advantage of local resources to produce enough energy to meet their needs? This research ... more ...

Agriculture, Biofuels, Campus Sustainability, Clean Tech, Engineering, Renewable Energy, Science, Solar, Wind

Mission Zero House: A Net-Zero Renovation of a Historic House

Matthew Grocoff

There are 130 million homes in the U.S. and they are responsible for 25% of the nation's green house gas emissions. See ... more ...

Adaptation, Architecture, Clean Tech, Climate Change, Economics, Efficiency, Geothermal, Green Building, Green Communities, Green Living, Renewable Energy, Water

Biochar Produces Better Crops and Cleaner Air

National Science Foundation

A multinational research team is developing biochars–fine-grained, highly porous charcoal that helps soils retain ... more ...

Agriculture, Science

Susquehanna Sourcewater Early Warning System

Better communication is helping communities become more resilient to disasters. The Susquehanna River Basin provides ... more ...

Adaptation, Green Communities, Policy, Water

Smart Meters = Smarter Grid

Team #THINKFWD

The first step towards a smarter, sustainable power grid is putting the information about energy consumer’s habits ... more ...

Adaptation, Clean Tech, Engineering, Green Building, Green Communities, Green Living

City Trees Help Combat Urban Heat Islands

American Society of Landscape Architects

City trees can reduce hourly ozone by up to 15 percent, sulfur dioxide by 14 percent, and particulate matter by 13 ... more ...

Climate Change, Education, Policy, Water

Pecan Street Smart Grid Demonstration Project

Pecan Street Inc

A community in Austin, TX is testing out the idea that we'll use energy better if we're smarter about it by linking ... more ...

Economics, Electric Cars, Green Building, Policy, Renewable Energy, Science, Solar, Water, Wind

BP Oil Spill Cleanup: Making Oysters Safe to Eat

Alex Harris and Haley Brooks

Ole Miss pharmacy prof, Mark Hamann, is developing a process to clean bacteria from oysters using CO2.

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Engineering Bacteria to Make Biofuels

National Science Foundation

Researchers have re-engineered an anaerobic bacterium known as clostridia to prevent spore formation, a change that ... more ...

Biofuels, Science, Transportation

Growing Energy Labs, Inc: Creating the Internet of Energy

Growing Energy Labs, Inc.

Capturing sunlight to power our homes at night has been one of the key problems businesses and scientists have been ... more ...

Business, Clean Tech, Green Building, Green Communities, Renewable Energy, Science, Solar

The Personal Electric Vehicle: Arcimoto

The Arcimoto is a personal electric vehicle that will carry you, a passenger and some groceries--just enough for ... more ...

Clean Tech, Efficiency, Electric Cars, Transportation

Year-Round Greenhouse Gardening

Want greens in the middle of winter? Most northern greenhouse gardeners would have to use heaters to keep their plants ... more ...

Agriculture, Campus Sustainability, Clean Tech, Colleges and Universities, Economics, Education, Efficiency, Green Communities, Green Living, Renewable Energy, Science

Going Off the Grid: Reed’s Green Growers

Rosemary Reed

This woman-owned farm has gone completely off the grid. Is this a sustainable model for farmers across the nation? ... more ...

Agriculture, Business, Economics, Education, Efficiency

BP Oil Spill: Related Research at Ole Miss

Alex Harris and Haley Brooks

Nearly 5 million barrels of oil were released due to the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill between April 2010 and July 2010, ... more ...

Osorb® Oil Spill Cleanup

After a disaster, how do you protect your water supply from contamination? Osorb would absorb the toxic chemicals in the ... more ...

Business, Green Building, Green Communities, Green Living, Science, Water

Winter Shrinking by Seven Days Each Decade

National Science Foundation

Adaptation, Agriculture, Science

Reuse, Rebuild & Revive Burlington North Carolina

Maggie Cissel

Communities in Burlington, NC are seeing a lot of new buildings sprout up in their communities, but why are so many ... more ...

Architecture, Colleges and Universities, Economics, EPA P3, Green Building, Green Living, GreenGov

How to Make Natural, Homemade Pesticides

Elizabeth Franks

Many people give up on growing their own vegetables at home because pests ruin their crops. People would rather buy ... more ...

Agriculture, Green Communities, Green Living

DC’s Flood Wall: Protecting the National Mall

Team #THINKFWD

DC's chief environmental officer, Christophe Tulou, has devised a plan to protect the nation's capital from storm ... more ...

Adaptation, Architecture, Climate Change, Education, Engineering, Green Building, Natural Disasters, Water

Retrofitting the Transportation Fleet with Plug-in Technology

If you could exchange your F-150's current gas engine with a plug-in hybrid engine, would you? Xtreme Power is ... more ...

Clean Tech, Economics, Efficiency, Electric Cars, Engineering, Hybrid Vehicles, Transportation

From Fryer To Fuel: Making Biodiesel from Vegetable Oil

Team #THINKFWD

Maryland's new biodiesel plant is turning used vegetable oil into biofuel. Can we power our cars from the fat from ... more ...

Biofuels, Renewable Energy, Science, Transportation

VW’s LEED-Platinum Auto Plant is the First Worldwide

The Volkswagen Plant of Chattanooga announced on December 1st that they are now the most efficient auto manufacturer in ... more ...

Architecture, Business, Efficiency, Engineering, Green Building, Transportation

A Song About Hydrogen Fuel Cells

Gabriella Zanengo & Charles Robinson

Here's an ode to get behind: "A hydrogen fuel cell is in the making. It breaks down water it turns it in the fuel ... more ...

Clean Tech, Colleges and Universities, Efficiency, Electric Cars, Music, Renewable Energy, Transportation

That’s Smart: GWU’s Solar Thermal System

Team #THINKFWD

GWU's solar thermal system heats up the water for three on-campus dorms. How much did the sixth largest installation ... more ...

Architecture, Campus Sustainability, Engineering, Green Building, Green Communities, Renewable Energy, Solar, Water

Jump Around: Taking Advantage of Piezoelectric Energy

Samantha Jones

Can good vibrations power our future? If you don't know what piezoelectric energy is, jump around--you just created it. ... more ...

Business, Clean Tech, Renewable Energy, Science, Transportation

Microbreweries, Maximum Sustainability

Team #THINKFWD

Did you know beer could be green? Neither did we. At first when my partner and I set out to do this project, we thought ... more ...

Adaptation, Agriculture, Business, Efficiency, Green Communities, Green Living, Humor, Renewable Energy, Solar, Water, Wind

Polymers for Stronger, More Efficient Solar Cells

National Science Foundation

Science at work! NSF-funded engineers have found a way to make solar cells with plastics in a cheaper, more ... more ...

Clean Tech, Engineering, Science, Solar

Former CIA Director James Woolsey on Refueling our Vehicles

United States Energy and Security Council

Are flex-fuel cars the future? Former CIA Director James Woolsey proposes that we "do like the Brazilians do." See why ... more ...

Adaptation, Biofuels, Efficiency, Green Living, Natural Gas, Renewable Energy

Green Technologies Clean Up Syracuse’s Dirty Waterways

Once known for having one of the most polluted lakes in the U.S., Syracuse New York is trying to right a wrong and make ... more ...

Engineering, Green Building, Green Communities, GreenGov, Water

Rooftops to Rivers: Keeping Water Clean in Santa Barbara

Southern California is a desert, so any drop of fresh water is "precious." How can they conserve every drop they have? ... more ...

Economics, Green Building, Green Communities, GreenGov, Water

Kinnickinnic Cleanup: Using Green Roofs and Watersheds to Clean Up Milwaukee’s Waterways

You might be surprised to learn that great ideas are coming out of Milwaukee's Sewage District, but their sustainability ... more ...

Engineering, Green Communities, GreenGov, Water

Robert Swan’s Ganges River Expedition: “Don’t ask others to do what you’re not willing to do yourself”

Explorer and friend of Planet Forward's, Robert Swan, travels to the mouth of the Ganges River to see--first hand--the ... more ...

Green Communities, Natural Disasters, Water

A Brisk Bike Commute Through DC

Will you be seeing these bikes on your streets soon? DC's Bikeshare program has added 1100 bicycles to DC's streets. ... more ...

Adaptation, Biking, Green Living, Solar, Transportation

YouTube, Climate Change and You

Team #THINKFWD

How much carbon do all those music videos and lolcats produce? Turns out it's quite a lot.

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Colleges and Universities, Education

Adapting Our Lives, Changing Our Legacies

Vietnam is one of the 10 countries considered most vulnerable to climate change. How are the people there coping with ... more ...

Adaptation, Agriculture, Climate Change, Education, Green Communities, Policy, Water

The New Normal

Team #THINKFWD

Natural weather disasters have already racked up $80 billion worth of destruction in 2011. Is this the new normal? This ... more ...

Activism, Adaptation, Climate Change, Education, Natural Disasters, Water

Avon: Making Beauty Sustainable

Can beauty save the rainforest? Susan Arnot of Avon talks about their programs to stop deforestation using less paper ... more ...

Adaptation, Business, Education, Green Communities

Pumping up Energy and Water Savings

Farms use a lot of water. This program from Bonneville Power Administration helps farmers upgrade their systems to ... more ...

Agriculture, Efficiency, Water

New Materials Turn Heat Into Electricity

National Science Foundation

Most of today’s power plants–from some of the largest solar arrays to nuclear energy facilities–rely ... more ...

Efficiency, Engineering, Renewable Energy, Science, Solar, Water

Funding Sustainable Businesses

We all want businesses to go green, but who should pay for it? Paul Quintero of Accion discusses his business' mission ... more ...

Adaptation, Business, Climate Change, Green Communities, Green Living

US Department of Labor Rep: Green Jobs are Everywhere

Jane Oates from Department of Labor is working to create jobs for Americans all over the country. Where are they ... more ...

Adaptation, Clean Tech, Climate Change, Economics, Green Living

Turbines Inspired by Nature

Inspired by nature, these turbines follow the logarithmic spiral pattern found everywhere in the universe from ... more ...

Biomimicry, Efficiency, Engineering, Green Communities, Green Living, Hydroelectric, Oceans, Renewable Energy, Water, Wind

Helping to Fund a Greener Corporate World

Danielle Lanyard is the founder and CEO of Green Breakfast Club, a non-profit organized around the philosophy that green ... more ...

Activism, Business

Changing the Urban Landscape

Team #THINKFWD

Our team profiled the City College of New York team for the Solar Decathlon. This team decided to create what they ... more ...

Adaptation, Architecture, Clean Tech, Engineering, Green Building, Green Living, Renewable Energy, Solar, Solar Decathlon

Towards A More Sustainable Elon University

Matthew Eastman

The unforgettable Sustainable Spencer highlights the innovative sustainable technologies that make Elon university this ... more ...

Campus Sustainability, Geothermal, Green Building, Green Communities, Renewable Energy, Water

A Cross-Country Rail Trip

Pretty simple idea and not a new one, but imagine hopping on a train at a train station located at the intersection of ... more ...

Climate Change, Efficiency, Engineering, Green Communities, Green Living, Policy, Public Transportation, Transportation

Energy Efficient and Alive

Team #THINKFWD

Purdue University brought their green design, the INhome, to the 2011 Solar Decathlon in Washington DC. They turn a ... more ...

Architecture, Clean Tech, Climate Change, Efficiency, Engineering, Geothermal, Green Building, Green Communities, Green Living, Health, Science, Solar, Solar Decathlon

Water, Water Everywhere. Or Is It?

Organica-Sustainable Water

Americans use more than 400 billion gallons of water in a single day, that’s more than our total oil consumption in a ... more ...

Adaptation, Architecture, Business, Clean Tech, Climate Change, Economics, Education, Efficiency, Engineering, Green Building, Green Communities, Green Living, Policy, Science, Water

Empowerhouse: the Community Based Solar Decathlon House

Together I worked with another student, Jon Fenech, to cover the Empowerhouse team throughout the Solar Decathlon. The ... more ...

Green Building, Green Communities, Green Living, Solar, Solar Decathlon

The Rhythmic Style of the PerFORM[D]ance House

TEAM FIU PerFORM[D]ance House

The FIU PerFORM[D]ance House is a truly sustainable Florida house. Powered entirely by the sun, the house performs in ... more ...

Architecture, Clean Tech, Efficiency, Engineering, Green Building, Green Living, Solar, Solar Decathlon

Living Light – Walkthrough

Take a tour of the Living Light house, the University of Tennessee’s submission for the Solar Decathlon 2011. The ... more ...

Architecture, Education, Efficiency, Engineering, Green Building, Green Living, Solar, Solar Decathlon

Using Natural Landscapes to Manage Stormwater

TheWildernessSociety

Climate change is happening all around us – see how we can prepare our communities and wild places like forests ... more ...

Adaptation, Climate Change, Economics, Green Communities, Green Living

Helping Insects Adapt to Climate Change

Jessica Hellmann

Climate change adaptation is about helping societies and nature adjust to changing climate. Ecologists need to study ... more ...

Activism, Adaptation, Climate Change, Science

Amphibious Houses: Floating Homes That Rise With the Sea Level

Chutayaves Sinthuphan

The past couple of years, one of the most significant changes that is happening to Thailand has been the flood problem. ... more ...

Architecture, Business, Climate Change, Engineering, Green Building, Natural Disasters, Water

Episode 3: The Whole Country – A Merry New Zealand Christmas

New Zealand:Victoria University - Solar Decathlon team

New Zealand–Victoria University of Wellington is the first team from the Southern hemisphere to compete in the US ... more ...

Architecture, Education, Efficiency, Green Building, Humor, Renewable Energy, Solar, Solar Decathlon

Episode 1: Founding Members – Victoria University Students Meet and Plan for the Competition

New Zealand:Victoria University - Solar Decathlon team

New Zealand: Victoria University of Wellington is the first team from the Southern hemisphere to compete in the U.S. ... more ...

Architecture, Education, Efficiency, Engineering, Green Building, Green Living, Renewable Energy, Solar, Solar Decathlon

Team Middlebury Traces Architecture to the Vermont Landscape

Middlebury Solar Decathlon 2011

This video shows and describes the architecture of Self-Reliance, Team Middlebury’s Solar Decathlon home. It is ... more ...

Agriculture, Architecture, Efficiency, Engineering, Green Building, Green Communities, Green Living, Renewable Energy, Science, Solar, Solar Decathlon

Tennessee’s Mr. Photon Explains Solar Energy

With education at the forefront of the Living Light endeavor, a Solar Decathlon 2011 project from University of ... more ...

Architecture, Education, Efficiency, Engineering, Green Building, Green Living, Renewable Energy, Science, Solar, Solar Decathlon

Bohemian Roof City: Team New York Builds for the Solar Decathlon

Team New York Solar Decathlon

The Solar Roofpod is a “penthouse with a purpose,” designed to respond to the market for economical new housing in ... more ...

Adaptation, Architecture, Clean Tech, Efficiency, Engineering, Green Building, Green Communities, Green Living, Renewable Energy, Solar, Solar Decathlon

The New Normals: Philadelphia

Climate Central

In early August of the summer of 2011, scorching heat continues to smash records in many parts of the country. In ... more ...

Adaptation, Climate Change, Green Communities

Heidelberg Mayor Aims High in Emissions Reductions From Buildings

C40 Cities Climate Leadership Group

In Heidelberg, Germany, energy consumption across all municipal buildings has been reduced by more than 50 percent. The ... more ...

Climate Change, Efficiency, Green Building, Green Communities, GreenGov, Policy

“Father of Energy Efficiency” Schools Congress on Cool-Roof Effects

Environmental and Energy Study Institute

Retrofit roofs with reflective "cool roof" coatings to keep buildings/cities cool, reduce energy use for a/c, and ... more ...

Climate Change, Education, Efficiency, Green Building, Green Communities, Policy

CDP’s Nigel Topping: Data Drives Climate Action in Cities

C40 Cities Climate Leadership Group

The Carbon Disclosure Project collects and discloses greenhouse gas emissions data from thousands of organizations ... more ...

Business, Climate Change, Efficiency, GreenGov, Policy

How Is Climate Change Different From Global Warming?

From nature we see that there is an overall change in climate, not only global warming. Trends demonstrate that the ... more ...

Adaptation, Climate Change, Natural Disasters

Sydney Mayor Clover Moore: Blazing a Trail in Australia

C40 Cities Climate Leadership Group

Australia is heavily dependent on coal-fired power – “It’s cheap and easy, and to get change is very hard,” Sydney Lord ... more ...

Climate Change, Green Communities, GreenGov, Policy, Water

KGRA Converts “Waste Heat” into CO₂-Free Electricity

KGRA Energy, a two-year-old venture-funded company employs organic Rankin cycle (ORC) technology to harness waste heat ... more ...

Adaptation, Business, Climate Change, Science

Hong Kong’s Environment Secretary: Climate Change Impacts “See No Boundaries”

C40 Cities Climate Leadership Group

Climate change is more than a local problem. Cities worldwide are grappling with the consequences. In hope of ... more ...

Adaptation, Climate Change, Efficiency, Green Building, Green Communities

Dirty Art.

Carrie Winans

I stole this video from a blog I read called “Honestly…WTF”. The video you are watching features an ... more ...

Activism, Art, Humor, Transportation

Tennessee Students Engineer Eco-Vehicle That Drives for Pennies

Most commuters in urban areas drive to work a distance of less than 15 miles, one-way. Most of these are single ... more ...

Clean Tech, Colleges and Universities, Economics, Education, Efficiency, Electric Cars, Engineering, EPA P3

San Francisco’s Melanie Nutter on Getting to Zero Waste

C40 Cities Climate Leadership Group

“San Francisco prides itself on being one of the most sustainable cities in the U.S.,” the city’s director of the ... more ...

Climate Change, Efficiency, Electric Cars, Green Communities, Green Living, Policy

C40 Special Advisor: Data Key to Fighting Climate Change

C40 Cities Climate Leadership Group

The C40 Cities Climate Leadership group recently held its global Mayors Summit in Sao Paulo, Brazil. The event hosts ... more ...

Business, Climate Change, Green Communities, GreenGov, Policy

Leveraging the Landscape to Manage Water

American Society of Landscape Architects

From our sustainable landscape series, this animation shows you how green roofs, permeable pavements and other green ... more ...

Adaptation, Architecture, Business, Clean Tech, Climate Change, Economics, Education, Efficiency, Engineering, Green Building, Green Communities, Green Living, Health, Water

The Climate-Friendly Gardener: Urban Trees

Union of Concerned Scientists

Trees and shrubs help combat global warming by storing carbon and reducing energy use. The Union of Concerned Scientists ... more ...

Adaptation, Agriculture, Climate Change, Education, Efficiency, Green Communities, Green Living

It’s Elementary–Solar T.R.E.E. For Clean Residential Energy

Heather Tomasello

This was the 2nd place winning idea in the Toshiba/NSTA ExploraVision Awards 2011. Catie, a 2nd grader, and Achyudhan ... more ...

Adaptation, Clean Tech, Education, Efficiency, Green Living, Renewable Energy, Science, Solar

ASLA Designs Infrastructure for All

American Society of Landscape Architects

Watch an animation that explains how to transform transportation systems into multiuse infrastructure that serves ... more ...

Adaptation, Architecture, Green Communities, Public Transportation, Transportation

6th graders present sustainability ideas at Earth Force’s D.C. event

Jacqueline Corba

On June 2, 2011 Earth Force hosted an event at the Jack Morton Auditorium at The School of Media and Public Affairs on ... more ...

Adaptation, Campus Sustainability, Climate Change, Education, Green Communities, Science, Water

The "Magneto" of Wind Energy

Richard Milne

If Magneto and Storm from X-Men had a love child, what energy innovation would their offspring create? Regenydyne ... more ...

Adaptation, Architecture, Business, Economics, Efficiency, Green Communities, Green Living, Wind

The world's oldest carbon experiment is helping predict what our climate will be like in 2100 if atmospheric CO2 levels continue to rise

There’s a virtual “climate crystal ball” just a few miles from Washington D.C. in Edgewater, MD, where ... more ...

Adaptation, Climate Change, Science

Dark Side of Tar Sands: Threats to Wildlife, Higher Gas Prices

I talk to Jeremy Symons, senior vice president of the National Wildlife Federation, about his testimony at a House ... more ...

Activism, Adaptation, Economics, Policy

Greening the Academy: Making Higher Education More Sustainable

Second Nature

Question: Who do university presidents turn to for thoughts on sustainability? Frank Sesno of course. Our host will ... more ...

Adaptation, Campus Sustainability, Climate Change, Education, Policy

Passive Solar at a City-Wide Scale, Starting with Hudson Yards, NYC

Jean-Loup Msika

With the present major challenges to energy management (climate change + danger inherent to nuclear plants + instability ... more ...

Adaptation, Architecture, Engineering, Green Building, Green Living

Bike Friendly Communities

Oxford, Miss., paves the way for Bike Friendly Communities to enhance cycling as a mode of transportation.
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Activism, Biking, Green Communities, Green Living, GreenGov, Transportation

Rural Communities Rallying around Wind

Katharine Shiffler

The small town of Petersburg, Nebraska is being revitalized by new investments in wind energy in the area. New jobs are ... more ...

Agriculture, Green Communities, Wind

Painting Their Faces Green

Hannah Chalker

More recycling bins in the Grove – there is actually a major demand for recycling in the Grove. Director of ... more ...

Green Communities, Green Living, Policy

Palm Power: Brazil University Farms Fruit for Fuel

Jesse Starita

Researchers harvest oil from bocaiúva, a prominent Brazilian palm fruit, at Universidade Católica Dom Bosco (Dom Bosco ... more ...

Adaptation, Agriculture, Biofuels, Colleges and Universities, Green Living, Renewable Energy

Redefining Clubbing: the Sustainable Way

Jennifer Wolfe

Now here's a money maker: Shake it and power this sustainable dance floor!
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Engineering, Green Building, Green Living, Science

Reliable, Renewable Power: Drop-in Hydropower with the Flip-Wing Turbine

Hydrovolts capitalizes upon the large global opportunity of untapped energy of controlled flowing water, enabling clean ... more ...

Business, Clean Tech, Engineering, Hydroelectric, Renewable Energy, Water

Every city can involve the existing resources of their community to implement the most appropriate changes for their unique community.

Julie McQuade

Every city and community is unique. It is unique in environmental conditions, culture and heritage, and in its people. ... more ...

Activism, Adaptation, Climate Change, Green Communities, Policy

Bean Car to the BBQ!

Planet Forward

For the EPA’s P3 research design competition these students from the University of Tennessee worked on an electric ... more ...

Electric Cars, EPA P3

Duke Alumnus David Brewster on a Sustainable Grid

EnerNOK is a business that's harnessing the power of community. They're building a network of large power users ... more ...

Adaptation, Business, Climate Change, Economics, Efficiency, Energy Storage

Wet and Dry in Mauritius

A short documentary addressing the impacts of climate change on water resources in Mauritius, an island in the Western ... more ...

Adaptation, Climate Change, Water

Sweet Talk, Sweet Talk

Oxfam America

Can music make a difference? The New Pornographers and Oxfam teamed up to spread make a music video featuring local ... more ...

Art, BP Oil Spill, Music

Reduce Energy, Live Passively

Charlie Rybak

If we want to create a better energy future for ourselves, we need to start being smarter about the way we do things so ... more ...

Architecture, Efficiency, Green Building, Green Living

Green Roofs for the District

Christophe Tulou

Christophe Tulou caught up with Planet Forward at the Adaptation Salon to talk about what it means to create a Smart Community
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Climate Change, Efficiency, Green Building, Green Communities

Media4Green: Using Multimedia to Promote Grassroots Movements

Today’s global social consciousness emerges from the environmental, economic, and social crises and unrest it must ... more ...

Activism, Education

Canada’s Boreal Forest gaining ground

The International Boreal Conservation Campaign, an initiative of The Pew Charitable Trusts, supports conservation of ... more ...

Activism, Adaptation

Toxic Infertility

Assignment Earth

Molly Jones Gray is working hard to make sure that her toddler Paxton has a safe and healthy home. This Seattle mother ... more ...

Activism, Education, Green Living, Health

Middlebury Solar Decathlon: Self-Reliance

Middlebury Solar Decathlon 2011

The Department of Energy hosts a Solar Decathlon every two years. Just 20 universities from around the world are ... more ...

Architecture, Clean Tech, Efficiency, Engineering, Green Building, Green Living, Science, Solar, Solar Decathlon

Energy Secretary Steven Chu Answers Our Energy Question

Planet Forward

At the ARPA-E Energy Innovation Summit, Secretary Steven Chu tells us the innovations he think will change our energy ... more ...

Business, Clean Tech, Efficiency, Electric Cars, Engineering, Science, Solar, Transportation

Rio Grande Del Norte NCA

Assignment Earth

The Rio Grand flows through some of the oldest continually inhabited land in the United States. In northern New Mexico, ... more ...

Activism, Water

President of Novozymes: Agriculture Waste Can Create Fuel

Adam Monroe, President of Novozymes of North America, caught up with Planet Forward at the Washington Auto Show to talk ... more ...

Agriculture, Business, Efficiency, Engineering, Science, Transportation

Smart Mass Transit Provides Zero Carbon Footprint

See this Amazing invention by SMT Rail of Silicon Valley
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Clean Tech, Public Transportation, Solar, Transportation

Smarter Ways to Get from Here to There

The Energy Blog

Yale’s Great Energy Blog, launching today on the Great Energy Blog, is where students from across the university ... more ...

Public Transportation, Smart Cities, Transportation

Hardest hit: Survival strategies from the frontlines of climate change

Oxfam America

According to a new report from Oxfam, the deadly combination of our broken food system and climate change are now ... more ...

Activism, Agriculture, Architecture, Green Building

Genesis Farm: Promoting Sustainable Agriculture Education

Genesis Farm is a non profit organization, located in Blairstown, New Jersey, that aims to educate people of the ... more ...

Activism, Education, Efficiency, Green Living, Solar

Implementing Sustainable Sanitation and Water Management in Ghana

EWB-USA Columbia University

Our program within the Columbia University Chapter of Engineers without Borders (CU-EWB) works with the village of ... more ...

Agriculture, Biofuels, Efficiency, Engineering, EPA P3, Green Building, Green Living, Natural Gas, Science

Invest in Algae and Butanol Energy Research

Jamie A. Hestekin

Biofuels have been considered as one of the great alternatives to solving the energy problem for transportation fuels. ... more ...

Algae, Biofuels, Business, Efficiency, Transportation

Encourage Innovation on Saltwater-Consuming Algae Biofuels

The University of Texas at Austin

Meet biology experts David Nobles and Malcolm Brown, the talented research team that has developed a possible answer to ... more ...

Agriculture, Algae, Biofuels, Business, Clean Tech, Science

Oxford University Transit System Promotes Bus Usage

Erin Parsons and Lexi Combs

The bus system is making riding easier by installing solar powered GPS systems that inform riders of where their buses ... more ...

Green Communities, Policy, Public Transportation, Transportation

Want to Drive an Electric Car Incognito?

Why stick out if you’d rather blend in? Electric cars don’t have to look any different from conventional ... more ...

Electric Cars, Transportation

Create completely solar-powered vehicles which can reach high speeds and long distances.

The University of Texas at Austin

The University of Texas Solar Vehicles Team, a campus club made up of students from all academic disciplines, designs ... more ...

Clean Tech, Education, Efficiency, Electric Cars, Green Living, Science, Solar, Transportation

Build healthy, energy saving homes using Industrial Hemp and Lime

Hemp Technologies

Our company has built the first 3 permitted Hempcrete homes in USA and an office extension in Canada in 2010 with many ... more ...

Activism, Agriculture, Architecture, Business, Clean Tech, Efficiency, Green Building, Green Living, Science

Develop Sustainable Electricity from Methane in Urban Solid Waste

John Buarotti

"Real Natural Gas" takes your waste water (read - toilets) and turns it into energy. more ...

Biofuels, Engineering, Science

Habitat for Humanity building passive homes as affordable housing

Charlie Rybak

What if we could save more energy and lower the costs of home ownership, simply by constructing them in a smarter way? ... more ...

Architecture, Business, Education, Efficiency, Green Building, Green Communities, Green Living

A Shipload of Algae

Lauren Hoenemeyer

Lauren Hoenemeyer and Kimberly Kroll produced the crowd favorite at GW's Student Film Festival with GW President Steven ... more ...

Activism, Agriculture, Algae, Biofuels, Business, Efficiency, Military, Policy, Science

Advancing Sustainable Enterprise in China: Biomass Energy

World Resources Institute

Schengchang, a new Chinese clean air company, recognized that China had become the largest CO2 emitter in the world by ... more ...

Agriculture, Biofuels, Clean Tech

Mississippi River Xtreme Cleanup

Assignment Earth

Chad Pregracke is on a serious mission to get things out of the Mississippi River that don’t belong there. Since 1998 ... more ...

Lower Your Thermostat 2 Degrees, Cut Out Tons of Carbon!

Do something small to save something big. By lowering our thermostats a mere 2 degrees we can save the CO2 output ... more ...

Efficiency, Green Building, Green Living, Science

What Does an Automotive X-Prize Winner do for an Encore?

When folks think of fast electric cars, Tesla is the first to come to mind. New competition aims to change the game. The ... more ...

Electric Cars, Transportation

How many pounds of Carbon can you burn-off a day?

Miranda Claire Green

Each year, the US emits 16,000 pounds of carbon per capita through electricity use. That’s equivalent to: CO2 ... more ...

Activism, Efficiency, Green Living

Cities in Focus: Istanbul

World Resources Institute

Istanbul has the only intercontinental bus rapid-transit system in the world. With 64 million vehicles crossing it in ... more ...

Activism, Green Communities, Green Living, Policy, Public Transportation, Transportation

MycoBond: growing the future of sustainable materials

An innovative way to make and dispose of packaging: grow it and throw it back into your garden. This company is trying ... more ...

Agriculture, Architecture, Business, Clean Tech, Efficiency, Engineering, Green Living, Science, Transportation

Making Public Transportation Cool: Los Angeles Metro

World Resources Institute

This video is produced by EMBARQ – The World Resources Institute Center for Sustainable Transport. Los Angeles’ ... more ...

Green Living, Policy, Public Transportation, Transportation

District Energy Systems can Leverage Scale and Alternative Energy to Power Cities

Build more district energy systems, because they have the inherent scale and load aggregation to consume biomass as well ... more ...

Architecture, Business, Efficiency, Engineering, Green Living, Science

Want to see what a big wind farm looks like, up close and from the air?

Do you know where your electricity comes from? Have you ever wanted to visit the source? The electricity for John ... more ...

Business, Clean Tech, Efficiency, Green Living, Wind

The Philosophy of Energy Auditing

Christopher Gregory

When can you find the meaning of life while conducting an energy audit? When you spend a day with Pascal Maslin of ... more ...

Architecture, Clean Tech, Efficiency

Sandia National Laboratories: Getting around on Solar Golf Carts

Matthew Jude Brito

Clean Tech, Electric Cars, GreenGov, Science, Transportation

Propane Powered ’56 Ford F-100 Pickup

http://MPGomatic.com catches up with Steve Hale of Steve’s Restorations at the SEMA show’s “Making ... more ...

Splitting Main Street – The Nuclear Energy Debate

Luca Semprini

Is nuclear back? As billions are being invested in two new reactor projects, students at the University of North ... more ...

Activism, Nuclear

The people of Venice La. face a difficult choice in the aftermath of the BP Oil Spill.

Luca Semprini

Venice, La., is facing extinction. The small fishing community, located just 50 miles away from the Deepwater Horizon ... more ...

Activism, BP Oil Spill

Afghanistan Invests in Alternative Energy Sources

Assignment Earth

It’s a green energy dream. The sun shines all day and the wind blows constantly. But alternative energy is the last ... more ...

Efficiency, Solar, Wind

From the Fryer to the Racetrack

Faster than a Greased Rabbit! MPGomatic.com catches up with Justin Carven, president of Greasecar Vegetable Fuel Systems ... more ...

Activism, Biofuels, Efficiency, Engineering

Under Armour Green & Constellation Energy Green Power Program

Under Armour Green explains its partnership with Constellation energy for UA employees to lock in their utility bill ... more ...

Uncategorized

Solar and the City

Richard Klein

It’s time to do something electric with all that wasted roof space in cities like Manhattan. The latest in PV and ... more ...

Architecture, Efficiency

SOLAR BREAD Fresnel Lens Solar Cooking Concentrated Sunlight Hot Oil

http://www.greenpowerscience.com/ This is a viewer request for solar bread. The oil heated up to 170C in 90 seconds.
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Energy Innovation in Our Nation’s Defense

Environmental and Energy Study Institute

Vice Admiral Dennis McGinn, USN (Ret.), Brigadier General Gerald E. Galloway, ASA (Ret.) and other experts speaking at a ... more ...

Clean Tech, Military, Policy, Science

The Veggie Van

A van that runs entirely on waste vegetable oil. Could this supplant petroleum as the go-to source for fueling a vehicle?
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Kinetic Hydro Meets Manhattan

Verdant Power is turning Manhattan’s East River into a testing ground for a hydro electricity project that could ... more ...

Architecture, Efficiency, Engineering, Hydroelectric

SOLAR Weed Whacker

All brands of rechargeable trimmers have a battery life issue because they need to remain lightweight. Over time the ... more ...

Agriculture, Efficiency, Solar

Garbage Goes Green

Sarah Zibanejadrad

See how landfills across the country are using gas that is normally burned off in landfills, which endangers the ... more ...

Agriculture, Biofuels, Efficiency, Engineering

How will the Gulf Oil Spill affect our Energy Future?

Planet Forward

John Pemberton of Southern Company thinks the oil spill disaster in the Gulf may muddy the waters of Congress’s ... more ...

48.5 MPG Ford Mustang?

How many laps can a 2011 Ford Mustang V6 complete on one tank of gas? http://MPGomatic.com reports from “the ... more ...

Wind, Baby, Wind

Mark Rodgers, Director of Communications for Cape Wind, believes the off-shore drilling crisis in the Gulf of Mexico ... more ...

Clean Tech, Green Living, Renewable Energy, Wind

Alaskan Natives Witness Gulf Oil Damage

James Edward Mills

A group of tribal leaders from Alaska tour the Gulf spill area and ponder what might happen to their homelands if ... more ...

Activism, Oceans, Water

NWF Flyover Proves BP Wrong on Oiled Wetlands

Watch NWF investigate BP’s ludicrous claim that only 30 acres of wetlands have been impacted by the BP oil spill.
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Report from Surface of BP Oil Spill

National Wildlife Federation’s Miles Grant experiences first hand the BP oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico.
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There’s A Lot of Room at the Bottom

Kate Galliers

Nanotechnology is an emerging technology market with vast potential for reducing our carbon footprint. Naturally ... more ...

Activism, Efficiency, Engineering

Off Shore or Off Oil?

Less than a month after Obama announced and expansion of offshore drilling a BP Oil platform exploded in the gulf coast. ... more ...

Activism, BP Oil Spill

What a Difference a Spill Makes

There are so many questions the spill in the Gulf now raises. What will be the impact on offshore drilling — which ... more ...

Uncategorized

A View of the Oil Spill from South Louisiana

Steve Graziano

If you want to know how serious the oil spill in the Gulf is – all I have to do is mention the Shrimp and Petroleum ... more ...

Uncategorized

Lisa P. Jackson on Senator Graham’s Criticisms

Planet Forward

From our live Planet Forward event on April 20… Planet Forward Host, Frank Sesno, ask Lisa Jackson to respond to ... more ...

Nuclear Power Confronts Scarce Water

Assignment Earth

Nuclear power, many argue, is the best way to transition away from fossil fuels in the short term. Yet in the wake of ... more ...

Can the D.C. Bag Tax Be A National Model?

Kate Galliers

The D.C. Bag Tax went into effect on January 1, 2010 with a portion of all revenues going to the Anacostia River ... more ...

Activism, Green Living, GreenGov

Waste to Energy with Covanta

* All Videos * My Videos * My Favorites * Add Videos This video is awaiting approval. Ryder Haske Making Energy out of ... more ...

Rosebud

Beautiful Earth

Stephen DePasquale

Earth’s beauty countered by industrialization
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BIODIESEL – Energy From and For the Farm

University of Mississippi

From the University of Mississippi
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Biofuels, Efficiency

Block Island Generators

Darielle Terry

BRISTOL, RI __ Block Island is located 10 miles off the coast of Rhode Island, which means it’s “off the ... more ...

Clean Tech, Wind

350 Rap by Dot Dot Dash

Valida Prentice

Music video for the “350 Rap” for climate change action. Special thanks to all the participants, to ... more ...

Activism, Art, Climate Change, Music, Policy

Eating Our Way to a Sustainable Future

Jackie Faillace

Local food lies at the center of a sustainable way of living. Author and Environmentalist Bill McKibben speaks about the ... more ...

Agriculture, Green Living

Beyond the Car

Leslie Stonebraker

Car and truck usage is responsible for about one-third of the United State’s total carbon dioxide emissions. Since ... more ...

Green Living, Public Transportation, Transportation

Prius as a Cultural Icon

Bryanna Fucci

BRISTOL, RI __ During the last decade, the Toyota Prius exploded on the scene and has since become the icon for the ... more ...

Clean Tech, Green Living, Hybrid Vehicles, Transportation

Biking to Work

Bryanna Fucci

BRISTOL, RI __ Professor Chris Menton bikes to work nearly every day knowing with every trip he’s reducing his ... more ...

Biking, Green Living, Transportation

Carbon Child

Briana Beltramini

BRISTOL, RI __ Like father, like son? Not exactly: social change with regard to the environment sometimes takes a ... more ...

From the Farm to the Plate

Kelleigh Welch

RWU students follow angus beef from Blackbird Farms in Smithfield, RI to Persimmon Restaurant in Bristol, RI. By buying ... more ...

Agriculture, Clean Tech, Green Living, Transportation

Tick Tock

Leslie Stonebraker

Human impact on the Earth is undeniable. The concentration of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere today is higher than it ... more ...

Portsmouth Wind Turbine Redux

Briana Beltramini

PORTSMOUTH, RI __ In 2009, this little New England community raised its own wind turbine to generate its own power ... more ...

Clean Tech, Policy, Wind

RISE Energy Audit

Briana Beltramini

BRISTOL, RI __ Looking to reduce your carbon footprint? Some power companies will do FREE home audits to determine if ... more ...

Washington DC’s Home Energy Audit Program

A look at home energy audits and the District Department of the Environment’s free home energy audit program
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Green Living, Policy

Vampires Suck

Allison Collins

We spoof Twilight to show the importance of unplugging your vampire appliances
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Efficiency, Green Living

Bottle Dance

BRISTOL, RI __ Planet Forward looks at recycling habits. What do you do with your empty H2O bottle?
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Activism, Green Living

The Modern Day Tumble Weed

Planet Forward Archive

From the Oklahoma Department of Environmental Quality
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Clean Tech, Efficiency, Policy, Wind

Share Your Reasons for Biking

Daniel Houghton

What’s your reason?
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Activism, Biking, Clean Tech, Efficiency, Green Living, Humor

Engage, Enlighten, Educate

Victoria Riess

By Victoria Riess, Haley Lesavoy, and Mark Abramson. A short video documentary highlighting education provided by ... more ...

Adaptation, Agriculture, Education, Green Cities, Green Communities, Green Living, GreenGov, Smart Cities

Roping the wind in Texas

Oil and gas may dominate popular conceptions of Texas, but a small town called Rosco is blowing through those ... more ...

Down the Lines: Our Delicate Electrical Grid

Dependent on technology developed over 100 years ago, our energy grid is in trouble. Consumption is increasing ... more ...

Clean Tech, Efficiency

Debating Coal’s Future

The residents of Meigs County, Ohio, live beneath the towering smokestacks of four coal-fired power plants. Elisa Young ... more ...

Religion rejuvenates environmentalism

Evangelical pastor Ken Wilson’s environmental conversion began two years ago with goose bumps, watery eyes and an appeal ... more ...

Moving To Higher Ground

Villagers from the small coastal Alaskan town of Newtok have endured extreme weather leading to massive erosion. Though ... more ...

Adaptation, Climate Change, Oceans, Water

Dream of the Future

Madeline Twomey

By Madeline Twomey & Juliette Dallas-Feeney. Arlington, VA school-teacher Gail Carten explains her participation in ... more ...