Articles tagged “G Word Video”

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           

How to Turn Dirty Cow Poop into Clean Energy (Video) By Brian Merchant IN Tech & Transport Jul 8 2009 Cows. They sit around all day, mooing, getting milked, eating grass, and pooping. And that's the problem—the pooping. After all, we Americans love cows—they give us beef, milk, and cheese (Though we really should be cutting back on that beef)—but their massive output of manure presents a huge problem. + READ MORE

Pythons Are a Growing Problem (Video) By Josh Peterson IN Travel & Outdoors Dec 24 2008 Pythons are destroying Florida. It sounds like the plot of a cheesy horror movie. But this is no horror story. This is real life. Pythons from Burma are destroying the fragile Floridian ecosystems by munching down anything they can find. These giant snakes will eat birds, raccoons, opossums and even five-foot alligators. + READ MORE

Mattress Recycling By Team Planet Green IN Home & Garden Oct 24 2008 On average, we spend one third of our lives sleeping. For most of us, that means a lot of quality time with a mattress. But mattresses don't last forever. In fact, most only last about eight years. So what happens to all these old, discarded, mattress? + READ MORE

G Word Video: Camping Green By Team Planet Green IN Travel & Outdoors Oct 24 2008 Sarah Norton and Shelley Peck want to commune with nature but, being from Los Angeles, they don't know anything about camping. Fortunately, their friend, David Faustino, also known as Bud from Married with Children, is here to help. + READ MORE

Are You Environmentally Savvy? By Team Planet Green IN Work & Connect Oct 24 2008 Do wash dishes by hand or use a dishwasher? Is your Christmas tree real or fake? Do you use a laptop or desktop? Which of these is better for the environment? + READ MORE

Extreme Green—Galactic Pizza By Team Planet Green IN Food & Health Oct 21 2008 If you look at the plethora of toppings, the chefs throwing dough, and the stack of hot ovens, Galactic Pizza in Minneapolis, Minnesota, looks like any other pizza restaurant. Then a costumed superhero runs in, picks up some pizza boxes, and zips off in his electric delivery pod. Certainly, something special is happening here. + READ MORE

G Word Video: Keep it Green Farm By Team Planet Green IN Food & Health Oct 21 2008 Organic food has emerged from the eco-underground and established itself in the mainstream. Almost every grocery store now offers organic produce and meat and organic ingredients are even cropping up on restaurant menus. But what constitutes organic? + READ MORE

DIY Air Condition By Team Planet Green IN Home & Garden Oct 20 2008 When it gets hot and humid outside, nothing beats an air conditioner for cooling off. Unfortunately, air conditioners use lots of energy and can even produce emissions that are harmful to the atmosphere. + READ MORE

G Word Video: Green My Slopes By Team Planet Green IN Travel & Outdoors Oct 16 2008 Whether you ski or snowboard, hitting the slopes is a great way to enjoy the outdoors in the winter. The only problem is that ski resorts typically have a huge impact on the environment. Fortunately, one resort is trying to go green. + READ MORE

Mannequin Recycling By Team Planet Green IN Work & Connect Oct 16 2008 We see them in stores all the time but have you ever thought about the lifecycle of a mannequin? They model the latest fashions for us each season, but do mannequins ever go out of style? If they break, who fixes them? + READ MORE

G Word Video: Nano-Nano By Team Planet Green IN Tech & Transport Oct 16 2008 Go outside on a clear summer day and the abundance of energy coming from the sun is obvious. The problem is capturing that energy in a way that is efficient. Currently, solar panels are capable of turning about 15% of the solar energy they receive into electricity. However, a group in Canada hopes that, through the use of some futuristic technologies, this number can be increased to as much as 50%. + READ MORE

G Word Video: Worm Poop By Team Planet Green IN Travel & Outdoors Oct 16 2008 Vermiculture, more commonly known as worm farming, is rapidly becoming a popular way to compost at home. The idea is that worms, placed in a small container partially filled with soil, can be fed food scraps and paper, which they eat and turn into, well, worm poop. The poop just happens to make excellent fertilizer for the garden. + READ MORE

G Word Video: Keep it Green Bees By Team Planet Green IN Travel & Outdoors Oct 14 2008 Honey is a delicious natural sweetener. It is good in tea, with yogurt, and when used in baking, among other things. If it were for honey alone, we would have a lot to thank bees for. Stinging aside, bees are our friends. + READ MORE

G Word Video: Trash for a Year By Team Planet Green IN Home & Garden Oct 14 2008 In most ways, Ari Derfel is a normal guy. He enjoys hanging out with his friends, cooking with his girlfriend, and practicing yoga. But he has begun a radical project that has transformed his life, and his apartment, into something very unusual. + READ MORE

G Word Video: Emission Testing By Team Planet Green IN Tech & Transport Oct 14 2008 Sometimes, it seems the hardest thing about staying green is keeping up with all the terminology. In this video, Lori Harfenist, the G Word Eco Quizzer, takes to the streets to test people's green vocabulary. + READ MORE

G Word Video: Extreme Green—Midnight Ridazz By Team Planet Green IN Tech & Transport Oct 10 2008 Lately, word on the street is "green," and there is no greener way to travel than the bicycle. Even in car-crazed Los Angeles bikes are catching on in a big way; a 1,700 person strong group ride kind of way. + READ MORE

G Word Video: Public Transportation in LA By Team Planet Green IN Tech & Transport Oct 10 2008 Los Angeles is known as the home of Hollywood, celebrities, and a famous Chinese theater. However, it is rare that we hear about LA's public transportation system. What we do hear, it seems, is that it is slow and driving a car is a necessity. + READ MORE

G Word Video: Human Car By Team Planet Green IN Tech & Transport Oct 10 2008 When you think of a car, you probably include things like an engine, or at least a motor, gasoline, even batteries. But what if there could be a car powered entirely by human motion; one that did not need an engine, fuel, batteries, or even electricity. + READ MORE

G Word Video: Recycling Grease By Team Planet Green IN Food & Health Oct 10 2008 French fries and onion rings form the foundation of any good diner or burger joint meal. And though these crispy, fried, treats may be ubiquitous at lunch counters around America, they produce waste that many eateries are still struggling to dispose of. + READ MORE

G Word Video: Salvaging the Coffee Table By Team Planet Green IN Home & Garden Oct 9 2008 Evette Rios, the Salvage Queen, is at it again. This time, she has found an old coffee table in the West Village of New York City. It is a great find, but the table has some problems. Besides a loose leg, it is missing a top. + READ MORE