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Life without lights In Ghana the sun sets at 6pm and rises at 6am which means many communities lacking electricity live half their lives in darkness. Electricity provides a step on the ladder of economics, lights to study and cook by, machinery and refrigeration, and a standard of living that would attract teachers, nurses, and other civil service workers from the city, not to mention foreign tourists. Potential economic growth is stifled and poverty’s cyclical nature is perpetuated however some forms of progress are happening. |
Think About Your Laptop It took 50,000 litres to make your laptop. Three square feet of rainforest was destroyed in the process. Ecosystems disappeared. Think about recycled materials. Think about the planet. |
Solar Power for Vanuatu IUCN’s Oceania region oversees various Renewable Energy Projects throughout the Pacific Islands like this Solar Power project in Vanuatu. |
Empty Planet With as few as 130 whales, the western gray whale teeters on the edge of extinction. Their critical feeding ground off the coast of Sakhalin Island in the Russian Far East, is now under threat. WWF is stepping in to try and help. You can help them too. |
Ep.7 Extreme Weather with Vestas Floods and droughts hit Australia, temperatures plunge to record lows in Eastern Europe, South Africa is pounded by tropical cyclones and we take a look at how to predict extreme weather events. Tell us about your extreme weather experiences on twitter with hash tags ExtremeWeather and Green_TV. Weather data from Vestas. |
Mr Scruff and the Whale With as few as 130 whales, the western grey whale teeters on the edge of extinction. Their critical feeding ground off the coast of Sakhalin Island in the Russian Far East, is now under threat. WWF, with help from Mr. Scruff, have stepped in to help them. |
Green Revolution – Discovery A trip to Snowy River, a bright white crystalline formation found deep within Fort Stanton Cave in New Mexico, reveals a lot about life and energy in unexpected places. Host Lisa Van Pay meets Diana Northup and Monica Moya, researchers who study life in caves. As they explore the cave they ask questions, together science and engineering have resulted in advancements that have changed our lives dramatically. Now more than ever, the boundaries between science, technology and engineering blur together to extend our knowledge even further – but where does something completely new begin? |
The Valentine’s show from GREEN.TV Is Valentine’s Day full of hidden evil? We take a look at the issues behind flowers, chocolates and diamonds and find out how to buy ethically this Valentine’s Day. Visit facebook.com/greentv for your chance to win sustainably-grown flowers from www.tom-flowers, fair-trade and organic chocolate from www.chocolatatoi.com and a diamond discount at www.ingleandrhode.co.uk. Happy Valentine’s! |
GREEN.TV Weekly News – 27th January 2012 We’ll be taking an extra special look at all the eco-friendly motors making an appearance at the 2012 North American Auto Show. |
Ep.6 Extreme Weather with Vestas Alaska’s snowiest winter on record. Northern India suffers extreme cold spell. And we head out on patrol with the weather service pilots looking for trouble. Tell us about your extreme weather experiences on twitter with hash tags ExtremeWeather and Green_TV. |
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