Latest Episodes for this Channel
Fri January 02 2009
How does an electric eel generate electricity without frying itself? How does a tree move water hundreds of feet up without pumps? If we quiet human c...
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How does an electric eel generate electricity without frying itself? How does a tree move water hundreds of feet up without pumps? If we quiet human cleverness and follow nature’s lead, says
Janine Benyus, we see that most of our challenges have already been solved. Ask Benyus how to be a better biomimic. Two words: get outside! Listen to the podcast of this interview via iTunes, or just
cli...
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How does an electric eel generate electricity without frying itself? How does a tree move water hundreds of feet up without pumps? If we quiet human cleverness and follow nature’s lead, says
Janine Benyus, we see that most of our challenges have already been solved. Ask Benyus how to be a better biomimic. Two words: get outside! Listen to the podcast of this interview via iTunes, or just
click here to listen, right-click to download, or read the text version of this interview after the jump. For part one, click here.
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Mon December 29 2008
Janine Benyus is the woman who opened our eyes to the practice of modeling technology after nature, a discipline she calls biomimicry. Drawing on natu...
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Janine Benyus is the woman who opened our eyes to the practice of modeling technology after nature, a discipline she calls biomimicry. Drawing on nature’s design library has given birth to glue
inspired by lizards, coatings inspired by beetles, turbine blades inspired by whales, paint inspired by leaves, fans inspired by the sycamore, power cells inspired by eels, bulletproof plastic, and
bo...
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Janine Benyus is the woman who opened our eyes to the practice of modeling technology after nature, a discipline she calls biomimicry. Drawing on nature’s design library has given birth to glue
inspired by lizards, coatings inspired by beetles, turbine blades inspired by whales, paint inspired by leaves, fans inspired by the sycamore, power cells inspired by eels, bulletproof plastic, and
bone repair. Nature is overflowing with sustainable solutions, she says, but the designers, engineers, and architects “who make our world” aren’t taught how to tap in.
Janine’s latest project, AskNature.org, is her effort to “organize the world’s biological information by design and engineering function.” Listen to the podcast of this
interview via iTunes, or just click here to listen, right-click to download, or read the text version of this interview after the jump.
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Thu December 18 2008
Hopes are high for an Obama-led climate strategy, but when it comes to true details there are still more questions than answers. Andrew C. Revkin has ...
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Hopes are high for an Obama-led climate strategy, but when it comes to true details there are still more questions than answers. Andrew C. Revkin has stationed himself at the intersection of science,
technology, and policy for two decades, watching closely and writing like a madman. Revkin’s reporting can be found in the New York Times, where he is a senior environment writer, as well as at
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Hopes are high for an Obama-led climate strategy, but when it comes to true details there are still more questions than answers. Andrew C. Revkin has stationed himself at the intersection of science,
technology, and policy for two decades, watching closely and writing like a madman. Revkin’s reporting can be found in the New York Times, where he is a senior environment writer, as well as at
Dot Earth. He also pops up regularly on TreeHugger around issues like geoengineering, climate taxes, and population growth. We asked Andy to shed some light on the Obama climate picture as it
unfolds. Listen to the podcast of this interview via iTunes, or just click here to listen, right-click to download. Full text after the jump.
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Thu December 11 2008
Despite his own confessions, Pearce isn’t here to preach. He’d rather people make up their own minds about what to buy and what to snub. I...
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Despite his own confessions, Pearce isn’t here to preach. He’d rather people make up their own minds about what to buy and what to snub. In the second part of our interview, the author of
Confessions of an Eco-Sinner tells more tales from his explorations into the sources of his stuff. We also get a slice of his greenwash-busting that is featured regularly in the Guardian, and his
reas...
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Despite his own confessions, Pearce isn’t here to preach. He’d rather people make up their own minds about what to buy and what to snub. In the second part of our interview, the author of
Confessions of an Eco-Sinner tells more tales from his explorations into the sources of his stuff. We also get a slice of his greenwash-busting that is featured regularly in the Guardian, and his
reasons for believe that Obama might just save the world. Click here for part one. Listen to the podcast of this interview via iTunes, or just click here to listen, right-click to download. Full text
after the jump.
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Thu December 04 2008
Ever get curious? “Where was my computer put together, who picked my coffee beans, what about the gold in my wedding ring?” We recall when...
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Ever get curious? “Where was my computer put together, who picked my coffee beans, what about the gold in my wedding ring?” We recall when Fred Pearce set out to find the answers, a
journey that took him around the world seven times. Confessions of An Eco-Sinner is his tale; and what he found was often shocking and counterintuitive (get ready to rethink fair trade). Fred
Pearce’s...
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Ever get curious? “Where was my computer put together, who picked my coffee beans, what about the gold in my wedding ring?” We recall when Fred Pearce set out to find the answers, a
journey that took him around the world seven times. Confessions of An Eco-Sinner is his tale; and what he found was often shocking and counterintuitive (get ready to rethink fair trade). Fred
Pearce’s detective work has enticed us many times as he sleuths the greening of China, seed saving, the population bomb, and “virtual water.” He’s especially deft at sniffing
out greenwashing, for which he has a column in The Guardian. Fred was kind enough to let us inside his reconnaissance and share how this changed his thinking. Listen to the podcast of this interview
via iTunes, or just click here to listen, right-click to download. Thanks to Calabash Music for the soundtrack.
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