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Butt Crusher

This little dramedy depicts Inventor Johnny Cobb and Olympic medalist Brandon Sleigh illustrating the pitfalls of irresponsible cigarette butt disposal and discuss a new innovative alternative.

Planet Green Clips

  • Play Planet Mechanics: Air Propelled Sandwich
    Air Propelled Sandwich

    Planet Mechanics (05:05)

    Eco-engineers Dick Strawbridge and Jem Stansfield travel to Bath, England to create an eco-friendly delivery vehicle for a sandwich shop owner. Will Dick and Jem's air-propelled motorbike pass government inspection?
  • Play G Word: Carbon Footprint
    Carbon Footprint

    G Word (01:56)

    Find out ways to lower your carbon footprint with G Word quizzer Lori Harfenist.
  • Play G Word: Nanotechnology
    Nanotechnology

    G Word (01:12)

    Find out how nanotechnology can enhance solar panel efficiency in this report from green tech, Joel Johnson.
  • Play G Word: Green Burial
    Green Burial

    G Word (01:36)

    G Word correspondent Troy Casey visits Forever Fernwood to learn the differences between traditional burials, cremation, and green natural burial techniques.
  • Play G Word: Water Desalination
    Water Desalination

    G Word (02:32)

    Discover how a process mimicked from nature purifies industrial waste water in the American West.
  • Play G-Word Online Clips: Green My Slopes
    Green My Slopes

    G-Word Online Clips (05:14)

    G Word correspondent David Newsom hits the slopes at a green ski resort.
  • Play G Word: Human Car Power
    Human Car Power

    G Word (02:50)

    This car requires no oil and has no motor. See what's moving this car forward.
  • Play G Word: Quiz: Fossil Who?
    Quiz: Fossil Who?

    G Word (02:04)

    Test your environmental iq with Lori Harfenist. She takes to the street to find out who knows their fossils fuels from thier compost.
  • Play G-Word: From Cow Manure to Money
    From Cow Manure to Money

    G-Word (03:16)

    From burps, farts and poop, cow-made methane creates 20% of all greenhouse gasses in the atmosphere. But a California farm has found a way to clean up manure emissions and turn them into money.
  • Play G-Word Online Clips: Nano-Nano
    Nano-Nano

    G-Word Online Clips (06:06)

    Joel Johnson takes us to a Canadian company growing microscopic nano wires that may be the future of solar power.
  • Play G Word: How to Make Nanowires
    How to Make Nanowires

    G Word (02:40)

    Watch as green tech Joel Johnson reports from McMaster University in Ontario on how to make nanowires step by step.
  • Play G Word: Salvage Junkie Challenge Salvage Queen Evette Rios squares off against Design Junkie Tiffany Threadgould in a challenge to repurpose junkyard parts into eclectic pieces of furniture.
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G Word....Being Green isn’t just for granola-loving hippies and Al Gore anymore.  It’s a lifestyle, an attitude, a state-of-mind… and it’s taking America by storm!  Forget what you THINK you know about ‘Being Green” – throw away your hemp underwear, get out of the commune and give away your Birkenstocks – this is definitely NOT your Earth Mother’s TV show…