How to green the world's deserts and reverse climate change
Adults Global Warming"Desertification is a fancy word for land that is turning to desert," begins Allan Savory in this quietly powerful talk. And terrifyingly, it's happening to about two-thirds of the world's grasslands, accelerating climate change and causing traditional grazing societies to descend into social chaos. Savory has devoted his life to stopping it.
Should This Lake Exist?
Adults Global WarmingThe Salton Sea is the largest body of water in California, home to the second most diverse group of birds in America and it exists by accident.
The Surprising Places We Waste Energy
Adults Global WarmingWe use a LOT of energy, but we waste a lot too. Where that waste happens might surprise, you though. We don't just waste energy when we leave the lights on or the thermostat cranked down too low. It happens at the dinner table and the water faucet as too!
GoPro: Climate Change and the Optimistic Future
Adults Global WarmingProfessor Richard Muller, of Berkeley Earth Foundation, discusses his views on climate change and how he hopes we can leave a better planet for our children.
China Builds This 57-Storey Skyscraper In Just 19 Days?
Adults Global WarmingSpeed to Reach a Bluer Sky with energy efficiency, material economy, cohesive community. Broad Sustainable Building is a Modular Factory Built Product.
Peru Is Now Giving Free Solar Power To Its 2 Million Poorest Citizens
Adults Global WarmingOff-grid solar panels are bringing electricity to Andean villages as part of a 15-year plan to provide Peru's vast countryside with electricity.
The Most Radioactive Places on Earth
Adults Global WarmingI'm filming a documentary for TV about how Uranium and radioactivity have shaped the modern world. It will be broadcast in mid-2015, details to come. The filming took me to the most radioactive places on Earth (and some places, which surprisingly aren't as radioactive as you'd think). Chernobyl and Fukushima were incredible to see as they present post-apocalyptic landscapes. I also visited nuclear power plants, research reactors, Marie Curie's institute, Einstein's apartment, nuclear medicine areas of hospitals, uranium mines, nuclear bomb sites, and interviewed numerous experts.
Climate Science: What You Need To Know
Adults Global WarmingLearn the basic science of climate change in 24 easy steps.
Haunting Drone Footage Captures Views Of "The Abandoned City Chernobyl" That Is Left To Decay
Adults Global WarmingChernobyl is one of the most interesting and dangerous places I've been. The nuclear disaster, which happened in 1986; the year after I was born, had an effect on so many people, including my family when we lived in Italy. The nuclear dust clouds swept westward towards us. The Italian police went round and threw away all the local produce and my mother rushed out to purchase as much tinned milk as possible to feed me, her infant son.
Watch One Of The World's Largest Solar Farms Get Built
Adults Global WarmingWhen complete, the 550-megawatt Topaz Solar Farms will have more than 8 million modules installed. The project will cover 4,700 acres in San Luis Obispo County and will provide enough electricity equivalent to powering more than 180,000 average California households.
13 Misconceptions About Global Warming
Adults Global WarmingWatch this if you're willing to accept some shocking facts about climate change.
This Smart Car Has A Race With Top Racing Cars
Adults Global WarmingTo showcase its abilities, Smart Fortwo drive shows you how it can beat top racing cars, given the race is only 5-metres long.
1st solar plane to fly around the world
Adults Global WarmingThe Solar Impulse 2 is to be officially presented today, but its construction didn't happen in a day. Watch this video and understand the steps that had to be taken when you're looking towards attempting the First #RTW Solar Flight!
300 Years of Fossil Fuels in 300 Seconds
Adults Global WarmingFossil fuels have powered human growth and ingenuity for centuries. Now that we're reaching the end of cheap and abundant oil and coal supplies, we're in for an exciting ride. While there's a real risk that we'll fall off a cliff, there's still time to control our transition to a post-carbon future.
Life Size Lego Car Powered by Air
Adults Global WarmingThe Super Awesome Micro Project: A full sized Lego car, with an engine made from Lego that runs on air.
The Copenhagen Wheel
Adults Global WarmingKnown as the Copenhagen Wheel, the device is comprised of a self-contained motor and batteries that snap onto the back of an ordinary bicycle, instantly transforming it into a hybrid electric vehicle with social media capabilities.
Ron Finley A guerrilla gardener in South Central LA
Adults Global WarmingRon Finley plants vegetable gardens in South Central LA -- in abandoned lots, traffic medians, along the curbs. Why? For fun, for defiance, for beauty and to offer some alternative to fast food in a community where "the drive-thrus are killing more people than the drive-bys."