Big Ideas for a Small Planet Season 1 Episode Guide
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Fuel
Episode 1 Originally aired: April 17, 2007Joel Woolf, alternative-fuel enthusiast and inventor of Veg Powered Systems, drag races his truck with the vegetable oil from a fried-chicken tailgate party, and an Indy 500 driver tests his Team Ethanol car at Daytona.
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Build
Episode 2 Originally aired: April 24, 2007A visionary architect works with clients building their first "green" home; "green" architecture and amenities are brought to low-income neighborhoods, and a forward-thinking designer with a PhD from MIT demonstrates his real-life tree house made of growing tree trunks grafted together.
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Cities
Episode 3 Originally aired: May 1, 2007A Portland real estate developer is the pioneering force behind turning a polluted brown field into a flourishing sustainable community. Years of research, engineering design, and money will be put to the test when an energy innovator submerges the first two underwater turbines in New York City's East river. Also, a band of guerrilla gardeners sneak around in the middle of the night to beautify plots of unused land with …more
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Wear
Episode 4 Originally aired: May 8, 2007Couture designer Linda Loudermilk creates luxurious high-fashion clothes out of eco-friendly fabrics made from sustainable sources including seaweed and bamboo. Innovative sportswear manufacturer Patagonia recycles used soda bottles, second quality fabrics and worn out garments into polyester fibers to produce many of its clothes. An innovative clothing designer and entrepreneur convinces people to re-use old clothes in r…more
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Eat
Episode 5 Originally aired: May 15, 2007A promising new chef details his green restaurant, atop which sits a produce garden; a burger joint only uses meat and produce from within 100 miles; and a young businessman looks to trash to find wealth.
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Drive
Episode 6 Originally aired: May 22, 2007Electric sports cars of the future; electric commuter cars; a high school shop class's electric vehicle.
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Furnish
Episode 7 Originally aired: May 29, 2007Recyclable furniture and energy efficient yet stylish home-product interior designs are examined.
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Create
Episode 8 Originally aired: June 5, 2007A photographer documents the biodiversity and indigenous cultures of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. An artist makes clothing out of audio tape, upholstery and boating sails; a green architect creates a house from a retired 747 airplane.
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Kids
Episode 9 Originally aired: June 12, 2007A look at how the new generation is learning about ecology. Young activists come together and work to save portions of the Costa Rican rain forest.
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Sports
Episode 11 Originally aired: June 26, 2007Three people who are dedicated to keeping the planet safe for athletic pursuits: the creator of racing bikes made from bamboo; a champion skier who is raising awareness about the declining snow pack; and the distributor of skateboards made from bio-friendly materials.
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Work
Episode 12 Originally aired: July 3, 2007An environmentally conscious brewing company creates a custom workspace.
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Pray
Episode 13 Originally aired: July 10, 2007A cleric inspires environmental concern with an interfaith coalition dedicated to greening places of worship. And a woman from the Appalachians uses her faith to galvanize local communities in a battle against the mining companies that are destroying homes.
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Paper or Plastic?
Episode 14 Originally aired: June 19, 2008A look at some innovators who are working to make packaging more eco-friendly.
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Work
Episode 15 Originally aired: July 3, 2008A visit to a brewing company that is dedicated to the environment and to creating an ideal working space and a look at an analyst auditing a Bay Area company to show how it can reduce its environmental impact.
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