Videos (77)

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  Rainforest Action Network- Kicking Butt, Taking Names

  published 14 months ago

  8:27 | 13 views

  We recently had the privledge to make a video about Rainforest Action Network, the non-profit envrionmental change maker. We first met Julie Wolk, RAN Grassroots Organizer, at the Bioneers Conference. Julie explained that RAN works to hold...

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  Food Not Lawns: No Lawn Left Behind

  published 18 months ago

  3:03 | 466 views

  Ever since we started living in a place were every square inch is growing something useful (to people and other creatures), our eyes are opened to the possibility of transforming lawns and other unused green space to grow food. Why water a lawn full...

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  Neelam Sharma: Food Not Lawns in Los Angeles

  published 18 months ago

  4:12 | 85 views

  Neelam Sharma is the Programs Director for CSU, Community Services Unlimited, an organization empowering South Central Los Angeles residents to eat and grow healthy food. The “Food Not Lawns” attitude towards neighborhoods, I must admit, is...

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  Rethinking Water: Greywater Guerillas Workshop

  published 18 months ago

  5:09 | 19 views

  We had the privilege of attending a very hands on greywater workshop courtesy of The Greywater Guerillas, a local Bay Area crew of experts who are passionate about teaching folks to use their water (twice) wisely. Greywater is water that has been...

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  The Future Is Now: Jamais Cascio, Co-Founder of World Changing

  published 18 months ago

  7:22 | 27 views

  Jamais Cascio is all about solutions. He considers himself an ethical futurist- one who designs and executes resilient and sustainable solutions that will not adversely effect present and future generations. On his blog, OpenTheFuture.com, Jamais...

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  LED Lights replacing Halogens in Scotland

  published 18 months ago

  1:04 | 67 views

  Right now, Jay and I are touring Europe- basically we’re couch hopping at videobloggers’ houses! We took a short detour and stayed in a hostel in Edinburgh, Scotland. One of the cool things about this hostel was its energy conserving light systems...

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  Alemany Farm: San Francisco Urban Farming

  published 18 months ago

  4:49 | 71 views

  Alemany Farm is a 4 acre, fully functioning urban farm nestled between a major highway intersection, a newly gentrified neighborhood on a hill and a housing project- the perfect place to grow some food! We got a tour (and some amazing fruit) from...

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  Raising Chics from Scratch

  published 18 months ago

  3:08 | 242 views

  You might remember from our Stone Soup video that our little eco-village has started to cull our chicken flock to make room for new birds. For the last 2 months we’ve been learning what it takes to be mother hens and raise two dozen newly hatched...

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  GRUB: Bryant Terry’s Organic Soul Party

  published 18 months ago

  3:46 | 21 views

  Bryant Terry, co-author of the book GRUB: Ideas for an Urban Organic Kitchen, and Jason Harvey, founder of Oakland Food Connection, teamed up recently to have a totally organic soul food brunch. Hanging out with food justice foodies as of late,...

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  Community Choice Aggregation: Power By The People

  published 18 months ago

  3:56 | 29 views

  I’m so sick of getting my utility bill and seeing that a huge majority of my money goes to pay for energy from Natural Gas and Nuclear (and in many places in the US, Coal). I want my money to go towards renewables and I’m not the only one. Many...