Big Ideas for a Small Planet S01E03 · Cities

Overview

Featured is a real-estate developer who created a community from a polluted field, an energy innovator who put underwater turbines in New York City's East River, and guerrilla gardeners who plant flowers in plots of unused urban land.

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1. 1 1. Fuel2007-04-17 · 30mTake a look at the automobile fuels of the future. Featured are a vegetable oil powered truck, a bio-diesel publicity campaign, and a race car that runs on ethanol.
2. 2 2. Build2007-04-24 · 30mSee ways that some in the building industry are helping the environment. Features is an architect who builds “green” homes, a designer whose tree house is made of growing tree trun
3. 3 3. Cities2007-05-01 · 30mFeatured is a real-estate developer who created a community from a polluted field, an energy innovator who put underwater turbines in New York City's East River, and guerrilla gard
4. 4 4. Wear2007-05-08 · 30mSee how the fashion industry is turning green. Featured is a designer who uses eco-friendly fabrics to create high-fashion clothes, and a sportswear manufacturer whose products com
5. 5 5. Eat2007-05-15 · 30mFeatured is a green restaurant, a burger restaurant buys local meat, and an entrepreneur who finds treasure in another man's trash.
6. 6 6. Drive2007-05-22 · 30mFeatured is an electric sports car, an affordable electric commuter car, and a high school team's electric vehicle that they use for road rallies.
7. 7 7. Furnish2007-05-29 · 30mFeatured is a furniture company that wants to make its new products 100% sustainable, and two designers who are creating furniture from leftover scrap wood.
8. 8 8. Create2007-06-05 · 30mFeatured is a photographer who documents the biodiversity and indigenous cultures, an artist who uses audio tape to make clothing, and a green architect who made a house from a ret
9. 9 9. Kids2007-06-12 · 30mFeatured are young activists who are saving portions of the Costa Rican rain forest and raising awareness about plastic problems.
10. 10 10. Paper or Plastic?2007-06-19 · 30mFeatured are innovators who are working to create intelligent, eco-friendly design, including a designer who is helping the U.S. Postal Service eliminate toxins in its packaging.
11. 11 11. Sports2007-06-26 · 30mPeople who are trying to keep Earth safe for athletic reasons are profiled. Included is the creator of bamboo racing bikes, a world-champion skier and the maker of bio-friendly ska
12. 12 12. Work2007-07-03 · 30mFeatured is a brewing company dedicated to the environment, offices of the future, and a Bay Area company that wants to reduce its environmental impact.
13. 13 13. Pray2007-07-10 · 30mThe Reverend Fletcher Harper inspires environmental concern in the religious world with GreenFaith, an interfaith coalition dedicated to greening places of worship and taking actio