http://planetgreen.discovery.com RSS Feed for a Tag http://planetgreen.discovery.com/travel-outdoors/fall-leaves-sprawl.html On an over-paved planet, falling leaves often don't get to complete their cycle. On an over-paved planet, falling leaves often don't get to complete their cycle. Green Community Take Action Trees Urban Planning Sun, 27 Sep 2009 14:30:00 GMT Mickey Z. http://planetgreen.discovery.com/travel-outdoors/fall-leaves-sprawl.html http://planetgreen.discovery.com/work-connect/ways-street-green.html Green is not nerdy. Green is not un-cool. Green can even be street. Green is not nerdy. Green is not un-cool. Green can even be street. Green Community Take Action Urban Planning Fri, 11 Sep 2009 09:00:00 GMT Mickey Z. http://planetgreen.discovery.com/work-connect/ways-street-green.html http://planetgreen.discovery.com/travel-outdoors/denver-plant-tree.html The Monolith music festival will be filled with the hottest in music and the greenest in green--including planting live trees in downtown Denver. The Monolith music festival will be filled with the hottest in music and the greenest in green--including planting live trees in downtown Denver. Music Trees Urban Planning Wed, 09 Sep 2009 13:30:00 GMT Rachel Cernansky http://planetgreen.discovery.com/travel-outdoors/denver-plant-tree.html http://planetgreen.discovery.com/tv/ecopolis-planet-green.html Science Channel’s Ecropolis is coming to Planet Green. This July, every Monday at 9 pm, watch a brighter, greener future unfold...Hope may lie in science, and an innovative green blueprint for a city of the future. In Ecropolis, Nobel Prize-winning scientist Dr. Daniel Kammen, tests new technologies that may impact environmental circumstances of a future mega-city. Science Channel’s Ecropolis is coming to Planet Green. This July, every Monday at 9 pm, watch a brighter, greener future unfold...Hope may lie in science, and an innovative green blueprint for a city of the future. In Ecropolis, Nobel Prize-winning scientist Dr. Daniel Kammen, tests new technologies that may impact environmental circumstances of a future mega-city. Carbon Footprint Energy Television Urban Planning Waste Disposal Water Mon, 06 Jul 2009 17:11:00 GMT Team Planet Green http://planetgreen.discovery.com/tv/ecopolis-planet-green.html http://planetgreen.discovery.com/tv/greensburg/pastor-volunteers-community-garden.html In the Greensburg episode "Special Anniversary", Pastor T.J. Lawson, his wife Julie, and a group of volunteers start a community garden in hopes of bringing the community together. When it's complete each of the group will have a plot to grow their garden in. In the Greensburg episode "Special Anniversary", Pastor T.J. Lawson, his wife Julie, and a group of volunteers start a community garden in hopes of bringing the community together. When it's complete each of the group will have a plot to grow their garden in. Gardening Green Community Take Action Urban Planning Video Fri, 05 Jun 2009 15:06:00 GMT http://planetgreen.discovery.com/tv/greensburg/pastor-volunteers-community-garden.html http://planetgreen.discovery.com/tv/greensburg/green-club-plants-roof.html The Silo Eco-Home is nearly complete—all it needs now is a green roof. That's where the Greensburg student Green Club comes in. Named after one of the few structures left standing after the tornado, and built to be the strongest building in town, the Silo Eco-Home the perfect spot for a green roof. The Green Club students hope the idea catches on and more green roofs will follow in Greensburg. The Silo Eco-Home is nearly complete—all it needs now is a green roof. That's where the Greensburg student Green Club comes in. Named after one of the few structures left standing after the tornado, and built to be the strongest building in town, the Silo Eco-Home the perfect spot for a green roof. The Green Club students hope the idea catches on and more green roofs will follow in Greensburg. Green Building Green Community Green Home Green Roofs Urban Planning Video Fri, 05 Jun 2009 12:30:00 GMT http://planetgreen.discovery.com/tv/greensburg/green-club-plants-roof.html http://planetgreen.discovery.com/tv/go-for-the-green/live-urban-areas.html Around 50% of the world's population lives in cities, according to Millennium Development Goals Report 2007. And as you're likely aware, the global trend is continuing towards a migration towards urban populations. Around 50% of the world's population lives in cities, according to Millennium Development Goals Report 2007. And as you're likely aware, the global trend is continuing towards a migration towards urban populations. Urban Planning Waste Disposal Zero Waste Fri, 01 May 2009 14:12:00 GMT Brian Merchant http://planetgreen.discovery.com/tv/go-for-the-green/live-urban-areas.html http://planetgreen.discovery.com/travel-outdoors/arm-environmental-seed-balls.html The history of environmentalism is rich with innovation—revolutionary environmental journalism from Rachel Carson, guerrilla gardening in the '70s, the bold organizing and activism of early Greenpeace, up to the prescient "green jobs" advocating of Van Jones are all fine examples of those dedicated to green causes finding new ways to bring unobserved issues to light. And we've always relied on an ever-growing arsenal of green 'weapons', if you will, to help us in the good fight: from the hoe and rake to seeds to the protest banner, the peaceful tools of the environmentalist have well served the cause over the years. The history of environmentalism is rich with innovation—revolutionary environmental journalism from Rachel Carson, guerrilla gardening in the '70s, the bold organizing and activism of early Greenpeace, up to the prescient "green jobs" advocating of Van Jones are all fine examples of those dedicated to green causes finding new ways to bring unobserved issues to light. And we've always relied on an ever-growing arsenal of green 'weapons', if you will, to help us in the good fight: from the hoe and rake to seeds to the protest banner, the peaceful tools of the environmentalist have well served the cause over the years. Do It Yourself Gardening Green Community New York Take Action Urban Planning Wed, 22 Apr 2009 16:30:00 GMT Brian Merchant http://planetgreen.discovery.com/travel-outdoors/arm-environmental-seed-balls.html http://planetgreen.discovery.com/home-garden/urban-gardening-potatoes-box.html Who says you need a huge garden to grow a whole lot of potatoes? The most innovative thing about this project is how you build the box while the potatoes grow, to maximize yield while minimizing space. Basically, you start by laying the foundation—four wooden pillars at the corner of your box-to-be and one layer of wood... Who says you need a huge garden to grow a whole lot of potatoes? The most innovative thing about this project is how you build the box while the potatoes grow, to maximize yield while minimizing space. Basically, you start by laying the foundation—four wooden pillars at the corner of your box-to-be and one layer of wood... Gardening Organic Gardening Tips Reuse Urban Planning Wed, 15 Apr 2009 14:30:00 GMT Brian Merchant http://planetgreen.discovery.com/home-garden/urban-gardening-potatoes-box.html http://planetgreen.discovery.com/food-health/green-glossary-urban-farm.html In our excitement to spread the green word, it's easy to forget that many Americans don't have the opportunity to engage. "Forget organic and locally grown food—in America's poorest urban neighborhoods, it's hard to find any affordable fruits and vegetables at all," writes Tracie McMillan in Mother Jones Magazine. "Six grocery stores serve South Los Angeles' population of 688,000. West Oakland has no supermarkets, but close to 60 liquor stores. In our excitement to spread the green word, it's easy to forget that many Americans don't have the opportunity to engage. "Forget organic and locally grown food—in America's poorest urban neighborhoods, it's hard to find any affordable fruits and vegetables at all," writes Tracie McMillan in Mother Jones Magazine. "Six grocery stores serve South Los Angeles' population of 688,000. West Oakland has no supermarkets, but close to 60 liquor stores. Buy Local Family Farms Farmers Market Green Glossary Urban Planning Mon, 13 Apr 2009 06:30:00 GMT Mickey Z. http://planetgreen.discovery.com/food-health/green-glossary-urban-farm.html