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Planet 100: 5 Basic Green Resolutions for a New Year (Video)
The champagne has been popped and the confetti has, hopefully, been cleaned up but that doesn't mean it's too late to make some serious green resolutions for the new year.
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Kaz Vineyard & Winery: Serious Organic Wine for the Not-So-Serious
Hidden away in the Valley of the Moon is an organic winemaker who is very serious about winemaking. His name is Richard Kasmier but he goes by Kaz. And like some modern-day alchemist, he whips offbeat grape
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Planet 100: Is it Time to Solar the Sign? (Video)
The White House may have plans to reinstall solar panels on its roof but across the country another of the world's iconic landmarks is perfectly positioned to harness the energy of the sun.
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Planet 100: Top 10 Green Reads of the Last 10 Years (Video)
The publication of Silent Spring in 1962 is widely considered to be the birth of the modern environmental movement. Since those early roots took hold, a series of seminal books have contributed to its growth
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Planet 100: 5 Skyscrapers Pushing Green to Towering New Heights (Video)
There's no better way to fight urban sprawl, it seems, than to build up. Indeed, modern super-towers have the opportunity to become entire communities with space to live, work, shop, and relax.
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Planet 100 Presents: Examining Environmental Toxins (Video News)
On this episode of Planet 100 we explore environmental toxicity, the many chemicals that reside in bodies. What are they? What are their effects on our health? And what we can do about them?The Environmental
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Today on Planet 100: A Guide to a Greener Holiday Season (Video News)
The stockings were hung, by the chimeny with care, in a manner Mother Nature would be able to bear. OK, maybe that's not how the traditional Night Before Christmas ryhme goes but, like the climate, times are
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Planet 100 Presents: Urban Farming Uncovered (Video)
Urban farms are sprouting up all over America. And with more people than ever choosing to live in cities, it makes sense to grow food where most of the world's population lives.
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Today on Planet 100: Top 5 Solar Powered Oddities (Video)
Photovoltaic panels, which harness the rays of the sun to produce electricity, are common on satellites, green homes, and the concept cars built by engineering students. Increasingly, however, solar power is
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Today on Planet 100: The Environmental Charter High School (Video)
In this episode, Planet 100 takes a tour of Environmental Charter High School in Lawndale, California. ECHS boasts many green features and incorporates sustainability into its curriculum. A cooling living
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Today on Planet 100: Guide to COP16: Cancun (Video)
Last year, after months of build up, politicians, scientists, and environmental activists flocked to Copenhagen for COP15: A conference that many hoped would produce a binding, international agreement, on
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Today on Planet 100: Test Driving the Chevy Volt (Video)
Its been ten years since the demise GM's EV1 but now electric cars are back with the Chevy Volt. Will consumers embrace them this time round?The Chevy Volt works like an electric car for its first 25 - 50
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Today on Planet 100: Top 5 Most Powerful Vegans (Video)
The ever-increasing number of vegan and vegetarian athletes prove: You don't need meat to reach your full performance potential. And the power of the vegan diet is not only tested on the track and field. From
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Planet 100's Top 10 Most Bizarre Stories (Video)
Today we're celebrating Planet 100's 10 most bizarre stories to make it onto our show so far. From killer Segways to Robotic Polar Bears, we've cornered the market in the environmentally bizarre.1. Vampire Bat
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Today on Planet 100: A New Way to See the World (Video)
Watch the full size video on Planet Green TckTckTck, a global alliance of over 200 nonprofit organizations, just launched a new digital technology that combines "deep zoom" imagery with a social media uploader so people can create collaborative mosaic
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Today on Planet 100: Super Mosquitoes Fight Dengue (Video)
Today, on Planet 100, genetically engineered mosquitoes are put to use fighting dengue fever, London plans to fight pollution with a spray-on paste, and the search for the next green "it" girl begins.GM
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Today on Planet 100: Putting a Human Face on Climate Change (Video)
Today, on Planet 100, island nations band together to put a human face on climate change, the skeptical environmentalist releases a new documentary, and a hologram goes on tour for a a Japanese band.Human Face
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Today on Planet 100: Top 5 Human Ailments that Animals Suffer too (Video)
Humans, it turns out, are not the only animals that suffer if they stay out too long in the sun. Whales, new research has discovered, can also get sunburns—and they're not alone. Today, Planet 100 counts
