Showing posts with label earth. Show all posts
Showing posts with label earth. Show all posts

Monday, January 28, 2008

Wally Sutton and Dolly - "Save Our Planet"


Ventriloquist Wally Sutton performing his environmental anthem on cable access television.

Saturday, January 12, 2008

The Road to the Greenhouse


PETA has a little fun with the presidential candidates and food puppets.

The Lorax


Full 1972 Dr. Suess animation.

Monday, January 7, 2008

A Car That Runs on Air


The BBC reports on a newly designed car that can travel 125 miles on a tank filled with $3 worth of compressed air.

Wednesday, December 5, 2007

Global Warming Frosty


MADtv animation about the effects of global warming on Frosty the Snowman.

Friday, October 12, 2007

Al Gore Won the Nobel Peace Prize!

This is CNN World's report on the announcement from the Nobel Committee.

And this is Al Gore's press conference.

Monday, October 8, 2007

Around the World in Thirteen Years



Adventurer Jason Lewis recently completed the first-ever human-powered circumnavigation of the globe. Traveling by bicycle, rollerblades, kayak and pedal-powered boat, it took him 13 years to finish the expedition.

Thursday, October 4, 2007

Tuesday, October 2, 2007

Carnivorous Plants


David Attenborough tells the story of the Venus Fly Trap & the Marsh Pitcher, plants that supplement their nutrition by eating animals.

Reverse Graffiti : Ossario


By washing away patches of soot, Brazilian artist Alexandre Orion created an amazing mural in the urban landscape of Sao Paulo.

Tuesday, September 25, 2007

Weird Nature - Peculiar Potions


From catnip to drunk monkeys, wild animals love their intoxicants.

Weird Nature - Puzzling Partners


Full episode about the odd relationships that occur in nature.

Thursday, September 20, 2007

Saturday, September 15, 2007

Spencer Tunick's Glacier Photoshoot


Short documentary about photographer Spencer Tunick's project for Greenpeace, in which 600 volunteers posed nude on an Alpine glacier in Switzerland, to raise awareness about global warming.

Wednesday, September 12, 2007

Solar Air Conditioning


New solar-powered technology can absorb the light of the sun and use it to cool buildings, and eliminate the need for environmentally-unsound power plants, as well.

Thursday, September 6, 2007

There's Toxins in the Sex Toys!


The same toxin - phthalates - that was just found in children's toys has also been used to make sex toys, and it can cause cancer, damage your reproductive system, impair sperm, and damage the planet. (Holy shit, right!?!) Well Treehugger TV and the good people at Toys in Babeland have some eco-friendly recommendations that will help save the planet and keep your goodies healthy.

Wednesday, September 5, 2007

Greenpeace - Join the Energy Revolution


You're either with us, or you're against us.

Thursday, August 23, 2007

Billboards Banned in Sao Paulo


The 4th largest city in the world, Sao Paulo, Brazil, has banned outdoor advertising - like billboards and video screens - now considered "visual pollution" under the new Clean City Law.

Wednesday, August 22, 2007

Solar Energy Breakthrough


CBC News reports that Israeli scientists have made such advances with solar energy, that it will soon be able to compete with traditional forms of energy on a massive scale.

Tuesday, August 21, 2007

Spencer Tunick - Glacier Photos

Nearly 600 naked Greenpeace volunteers posed for photographer Spencer Tunick on the ice-cold Swiss glacier of Aletsch, near the mountain resort of Bettmeralp, on Saturday as part of a publicity campaign to expose the impact of climate change.