Amazing time lapse of 30-story building constructed in 360 hours

Sunday, March 4th, 2012   |   Tags: Broad Group, China, Dongting lake, Hunan Province, sustainable architecture
Posted in: Green and SustainabilityTime Lapse   |   Published By: Cris Popenoe 06:07 You'll watch in disbelief. Imagine a 30-story tall, 183,000-square-foot hotel built in 360 hours. Just 15 days! It was erected near the Dongting lake, in the Hunan... More

The Beaufort Diaries: an Arctic polar bear splits for Hollywood

Sunday, May 8th, 2011   |   Tags: beaufort, eco, green, hollywood, Leonardo DiCaprio, satire, tribeca film festival
Posted in: AnimationGreen and Sustainability   |   Published By: Cris Popenoe 03:38 Watch what happens when a small town polar bear leaves his lonely Arctic world and finds himself adrift in LA-LA Land. Behold his rocket rise to stardom, his inevitable... More

My Green School Dream

Saturday, April 16th, 2011   |   Tags: architecture, Bali, bamboo, Green School, John Hardy, TEDTalks
Posted in: Enlightening TalksGreen and Sustainability   |   Published By: Cris Popenoe 15:36 Join John Hardy on a tour of the Green School, his off-the-grid school in Bali that teaches kids how to build, garden, and create. The centerpiece of the campus... More

The long journey of a plastic bag

Wednesday, March 9th, 2011   |   Tags: bag, great pacific garbage patch, heal the bay, jeremy irons, majestic plastic bag, mockumentary, plastic, plastic bag, pollution
Posted in: Green and Sustainability   |   Published By: Cris Popenoe 04:00 A spoof wildlife documentary narrated by Jeremy Irons which tracks the 'migration' of a plastic bag from a grocery store parking lot to the Great Pacific Garbage... More

7 Billion – clever infographic on demographic trends

Wednesday, February 9th, 2011   |   Tags: food security, fresh water, infographic, National Geographic, population, sanitation, world resources
Posted in: Green and Sustainability   |   Published By: Cris Popenoe 02:58 Video infographic from National Geographic presenting a broad overview of demographic trends that got us to today and will impact us all tomorrow as the world... More

Watch what a polar bear does when the ice melts

Wednesday, September 15th, 2010   |   Tags: electric car, journey, nissan, nissan leaf, polar bear
Posted in: Green and Sustainability   |   Published By: Cris Popenoe 01:02 Seeing her arctic home melting away, a lone polar bear sets out on a great journey to surprise a suburban commuter with a big hug to say thank you for driving... More

Do you know what nasties are in your cosmetics?

Thursday, July 22nd, 2010   |   Tags: Annie Leonard, cosmetics, fda, story of cosmetics, toxic chemicals
Posted in: Green and Sustainability   |   Published By: Cris Popenoe 08:18 Annie Leonard targets the cosmetics industry. She examines the pervasive use of toxic chemicals in our everyday personal care products, from lipstick to baby... More

Tiny Hong Kong apartment transforms into 24 rooms

Tuesday, May 11th, 2010   |   Tags: 24 rooms, domestic transformer, eco, Gary Chang, Hong Kong, sliding panels
Posted in: Green and SustainabilityOther Gems   |   Published By: Cris Popenoe 04:03 Genius. So cool. A Hong Kong architect shows the possibilities of a small space by transforming his 344 sq. ft. apartment into 24 different 'rooms' using sliding... More

The Cove PSA: My Friend Is…

Tuesday, April 27th, 2010   |   Tags: ben stiller, carrie ann inaba, chris tashima, courtney cox, dolphin, dolphins, evan handler, fisher stevens, hayden panettiere, james gandolfini, james kyson lee, jason mraz, jennifer aniston, john leguizamo, mariska hargitay, naomi watts, paul rudd, richard kind, rob morrow, robin williams, russell simmons, taiji japan, tamlyn tomita, the cove, woody harrelson
Posted in: Green and Sustainability   |   Published By: Cris Popenoe 02:02 Inspired by the Oscar-winning feature documentary THE COVE, stars from film, TV and music band together to help save Japan's dolphins in this powerful video.... More

The Story of Bottled Water vs Tap

Tuesday, April 20th, 2010   |   Tags: Animation, Annie Leonard, bottled water, drinking water, Fiji, Story of Stuff, tap water, water
Posted in: Green and Sustainability   |   Published By: Cris Popenoe 08:04 Environmentalist Annie Leonard blends animation and live-action in this rant about bottled water. She explains why American consumers favor bottled water over... More