Tag: Discovery Channel
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TreeHugger Radio #204: A BP Engineer is Arrested, Obama Acts Serious on Energy, and Discovery Skates Over the Science
Brian and Jacob talk about floating wind turbines, a kindler, gentler Burger King, and what the Discovery Channel left out of Frozen Planet.
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Discovery to Air Frozen Planet Marathon on Earth Day (Attenborough Version)
While we loved Alec Baldwin's narration of the U.S. version of Frozen Planet, there's always something special that happens when Sir David Attenborough narrates and nature documentary.
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Superfood Hunter Darin Olien Has a Really Fun Job
Shakeology's "Ingredient Hunter" travels the world in search of foods used by shamans and medicine men to promote good health.
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Frozen Planet: Discovery Partners With NRDC, Sierra Club, and Nature Conservancy
Discovery Channel is about to premiere Frozen Planet, an epic natural history documentary series that looks awesome. Mark your calendars for Sunday, March 18th at 8PM E/P.
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Digging Beneath the Surface of Frozen Planet (UPDATED)
Much has been made about a new BBC/Discovery show, Frozen Planet. For clarity, we asked a few people at Discovery to explain.
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"Sweet Avenger" on Animal Planet Celebrates Vegan Baker-Superhero
Any vegan who has been to or lives in NYC or Pennsylvania or anywhere else within Danielle Konya's distribution area probably knows her work: Vegan Treats baked goods. The (amazing) peanut butter bomb is probably
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President Obama to Appear on MythBusters to Help Get Kids Excited About Science
Considering the dismal state of American knowledge of climate change science, and seeming dwindling enthusiasm for science and math more broadly, every little bit of
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On James Lee and the Events at Discovery Communications Headquarters
As most readers have probably heard or read by now, yesterday was a dramatic day at the Silver Spring, Maryland headquarters of TreeHugger's parent company, Discovery Communications. Early in the afternoon a lone man,
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Discovery's Life Profiles Primates in New Episode
The second of this Sunday's episodes of Life over on the Discovery Channel (9pm ET) focuses on primates: Baboons in Ethiopia, Japanese macaques (you know, snow monkeys), leaf monkeys with bright orange babies, and
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Where Would Life Be Without Plants?
Forgive the bad play on words, but one of this Sunday's episodes of Life over on our big brother Discovery Channel (that's 8pm ET by the way) is all about this planet's vast plant kingdom and all the different challenges they
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Discovery News Launches as a Dedicated Destination for the Latest in Science and Technology
At a time when many newspapers and other news organizations are cutting back, Discovery Communications has decided to step out and fill an increasingly empty niche. The launch of Discovery News signals a new commitment
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Discovery Communications Founder John Hendricks Elected New Chairman of the National Forest Foundation
John Hendricks, the NFF's Chief Kimbell and Secretary Tom Vilsack. Photo courtesy Discovery Communications. Discovery Communications is loaded with tons of talented, bright minds (wink, wink) so it’s no surprise really that its founding father and
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Introducing Discovery Green for Earth Day
Happy Earth Day! For Earth Day this year, Discovery is launching a new page called Discovery Green, and I have the pleasure to be in charge of it. For those of you who don't know me, I've been with TreeHugger since 2005. Between 2006 and 2008, I was
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Second Season of Favorite Planet Green Shows Starting for Earth Day
Starting up right on time for Earth Day is Planet Green's fan-favorite shows, including Emeril Green, Focus Earth with Bob Woodruff, Greensburg, Renovation Nation, and Wa$ted. Read on for when you can start getting your green TV fix. The new season
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Tom Brokaw Takes Another Look at Global Warming in New Hour-Long Discovery Channel Special
Want an hour-long update on the state of the world's knowledge on climate change and/or have a
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Some Plants Will (Maybe) Benefit from Global Warming, But...
Trying to Understand the Effects of the Thawing and Refreezing Cycle Scientists are studying the effects of a higher variability in temperatures and more frequent thawing/refreezing of the soil on certain plants and found that some might benefit. Well,
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From the Forums: Ed Begley's New Water Filtration System
For quite some time I've been interested in putting a water filtration system in my own home to remove some of the miscellaneous items from the municipal water supply (coffee fanatics will totally understand). The problem is that you do want some
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From the Forums: Questions for Steve Thomas of Renovation Nation?
Do you have any questions you'd like to ask Steve Thomas of Renovation Nation?
