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Solar Cells

Harness the power of the sun this holiday season and use a solar cells to light up those festive lights.

Planet Green Clips

  • Play Planet 100: Chilean Earthquake Alters Time (3/3) The Chilean earthquake was so powerful it shifted the Earth's axis and shorted our day by milliseconds, Google takes on solar energy and the Discovery Channel brings us Life.
  • Play World's Greenest Homes: The Metamorphosis House In Chile
    The Metamorphosis House In...

    World's Greenest Homes (05:01)

    When it came time to redesign the family home, a son and his wife created a unique ocean front, solar powered home in Tunquen Chile. With gracious modern interiors and sprawling decks, this home is completely off the grid.
  • 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 30 Days: Off The Grid
    Off The Grid

    30 Days (01:30)

    Two friends with a dependence on oil must survive (off the grid) without electricity, meat, and worst of all, they must recycle everything including their own waste.
  • 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 World's Greenest Homes: The Grass Roof Bungalow
    The Grass Roof Bungalow

    World's Greenest Homes (04:06)

    Outside of Minneapolis, sits a former 1940's bungalow like you have never seen. The deck is made from recycled milk jugs, there's grass on the roof and different types of solar panels saves this family around $800 a year on the electric bill.
  • Play City Shorts: Dhaka
    Dhaka

    City Shorts (01:31)

    The people of Dhaka envision a future where households of Bangladesh would have access to environmentally friendly and pollution free energy at affordable costs.
  • 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 World's Greenest Homes: Swiss Solar House
    Swiss Solar House

    World's Greenest Homes (03:14)

    Just below the Swiss Alps sits a 3000 square foot house framed almost entirely in glass. This European beauty was one of the first zero-emissions homes in Europe.
  • Play Planet 100: LEED Mosque & Community Center (8/17) New York City Park51 Community Center and Mosque will be LEED certified, low cost home solarization on the way, and Prince Charles rides the sustainability express.
  • Play G-Word Online Clips: Green Truck
    Green Truck

    G-Word Online Clips (06:33)

    Becky Baeling rides along with the organic Green Truck catering service.
  • Play Living With Ed: Ed Hearts Solar Energy
    Ed Hearts Solar Energy

    Living With Ed (00:39)

    Ed extols the awesome power of solar energy and the sun, but respects the danger to someone like him with skin as pale as an extra-terrestrial.
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