Video: Jimmy Fallon's green night eco-jam

Okay...this is just plain awesome. If you didn't catch this on Late Night a couple weeks back, check out Jimmy Fallon in the clip below where he reinterprets some well known pop songs into eco-songs. He covers Amy Winehouse, Greenday, Lady Gaga, Justin Timberlake and many more. HILARIOUS!!!

Video: Captain Planet - Smog Hog

Episode recap:

In Smog Hog, Hoggish Greedly steals a car factory and takes the owner hostage. The Planeteers must save her and get Greedly to stop producing his smog by creating road hogs before the town can no longer breathe.

Video: Captain Planet - Smog Hog

Episode recap:

In Smog Hog, Hoggish Greedly steals a car factory and takes the owner hostage. The Planeteers must save her and get Greedly to stop producing his smog by creating road hogs before the town can no longer breathe.

Video: Captain Planet - Whoo Gives a Hoot?

This week's episode recap:
In Whoo Gives a Hoot?, the Planeteers must prove that endangered species live in a forest to stop Looten Plunder from clear-cutting their home. However, time is of the essence. Can the Planeteers make their case to the judge before it's too late?

Bill Nye "The Science Guy" has some smart things to say about energy independence & climate change...

Bill Nye "The Science Guy" lends his voice to the Repower America Wall. Take a look at his video post... the guy makes some pretty smart and sensible comments on energy independence, climate change and the need for the US to take a lead in alternative energy development.

PS - Have you added your voice to the Repower America Wall yet??

VIDEO: Acid Test: The Global Challenge of Ocean Acidification

"This groundbreaking NRDC documentary explores the startling phenomenon of ocean acidification, which may soon challenge marine life on a scale not seen for tens of millions of years. The film, featuring Sigourney Weaver, originally aired on Discovery Planet Green."

VIDEO: Green Day + NRDC: Be Part of the Solution

"Billie Joe, Mike, and Tre of Green Day talk about how they got interested in protecting the environment. Join them in taking action by going to GreenDayNRDC.com"

VIDEO: The Colbert Report - Global Warming With Al Gore

This "Formidable Opponent" segment with Al Gore is pretty hilarious...check it out.

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To world leaders regarding climate control..."Cut the bull$#@*!"

What would you say to your world leader?

"Ula from the Pacific tells world leaders exactly what she expects of them at the climate summit in Copenhagen this December."

VIDEO: Captain Planet - The Big Clam Up

This week's episode recap:
In The Big Clam Up, the Planeteers need to solve a toxic mystery. People in San Francisco are somehow being poisoned by pollution. The Planeteers put their detective skills to the test, but what happens when their sleuthing puts their lives at stake?

VIDEO: Fair Trade - The Story

"Fair Trade Certification empowers farmers and farm workers to lift themselves out of poverty by investing in their farms and communities, protecting the environment, and developing the business skills necessary to compete in the global marketplace."

VIDEO: 1958 - Global Warming - It's NOT newly known

"For FIFTY YEARS scientists have known about global warming. This exerpt is from the well known educational documentary Unchained Goddess produced by Frank Capra for Bell Labs for their television program The Bell Telephone Hour. It was so well made, that it went on to live a continued life in middle school science classrooms across the nation for decades.

Nearly half a century before Al Gore's Inconvenient Truth, this film was made. But what does it reveal? That our scientists have known for over two generations about this danger, but our politicians and citizenry have chosen to ignore the dangerous implications of this fact until it really is too late to avoid the preventable consequences."

VIDEO: Building a Slow Food Nation

Summary:
Moderated by Corby Kummer - Wendell Berry, Vandana Shiva, Michael Pollan, Alice Waters, Eric Schlosser and Carlo Petrini join together in conversation about the local, national and global impact of the philosophy and practice of Slow Food.

Building a Slow Food Nation - Part 1

Check out:
Chapter 7 - Lack of Focus on Human Rights
Chapter 12 - Food as Social Ecological Justice

Building a Slow Food Nation - Part 2

Check out:
Chapter 3 - A Sun Food Agenda (removing fossil fuel from our food system)
Chapter 10 - Becoming Less of a Consumer

VIDEO: The American Denial of Global Warming

"Polls show that between one-third and one-half of Americans still believe that there is "no solid" evidence of global warming, or that if warming is happening it can be attributed to natural variability. Others believe that scientists are still debating the point. Join scientist and renowned historian Naomi Oreskes as she describes her investigation into the reasons for such widespread mistrust and misunderstanding of scientific consensus and probes the history of organized campaigns designed to create public doubt and confusion about science."

VIDEO: Bill McKibben - Fighting Climate Change in the Obama Era

Bill McKibben talks about the politics of climate change in the new Obama era, both domestically and internationally...

VIDEO: 'No Impact Man' movie trailer

"Follows the Beaven family as they abandon their high consumption Fifth Avenue lifestyle in an attempt to make a no-net environmental impact for the course of one year."

VIDEO: Captain Planet - The Energy Vampire

Episode recap:
In The Energy Vampire, Dr. Blight turns Duke Nukem into a monster. As an energy-sucking vampire, Nukem threatens the electric grid while continuing to grow more powerful. Can the Planeteers and Captain Planet short-circuit Dr. Blight's evil plan and save some Native American land in the process?

VIDEO: Burning The Future: Coal in America - Trailer

"A trailer of the upcoming film, Burning the Future. The film takes a hard look at the environmental and human effects of strip mining coal in the US."

Video: A Chemical Reaction - Trailer

"A Chemical Reaction, is a documentary movie scheduled for release in 2009 that tells the story of one of the most powerful and effective community initiatives in the history of North America. It started with one lone voice in 1984. Dr. June Irwin, a dermatologist, noticed a connection between her patients’ health conditions and their exposure to chemical pesticides and herbicides. With relentless persistence she brought her concerns to town meetings to warn her fellow citizens that the chemicals they were putting on their lawns posed severe health risks and had unknown side effects on the environment."

VIDEO: Sesame Street Remake of Johnny Cash Songs

"A great environmental song with a parody of two of Johnny Cash's hits 'I Walk The Line' and 'RIng of Fire.'"

It's almost Friday - woo hoo!

VIDEO: "Crude" movie trailer

"Three years in the making, this riveting new documentary from acclaimed filmmaker Joe Berlinger (Brothers Keeper, Paradise Lost, Metallica: Some Kind of Monster) tells the epic story of one of the largest and most controversial legal cases on the planet. An inside look at the infamous $27 billion Amazon Chernobyl case, Crude is a real-life, high stakes legal drama involving global politics, the environmental movement, celebrity activism, human rights advocacy, multinational corporate power, and the fate of disappearing indigenous cultures. Subverting the conventions of advocacy filmmaking, this award-winning film explores a complex situation from all angles, bringing an important story of environmental peril and human suffering into focus. Rarely have such conflicts been examined with the depth and power of Joe Berlinger‚s documentary Crude. These real characters and events play out on the screen like a sprawling legal thriller."
- Stephen Holden, The New York Times

VIDEO: Blue Man Group video featured on "Earth To America!"

Cool video by the Blue Man Group!

VIDEO: Captain Planet - A Twist of Fate

Episode recap:
In A Twist of Fate, a South American vacation for the Planeteers turns into a lesson for Wheeler. When an earthquake leaves him with amnesia, Wheeler is taken in by a homeless girl, Theresa. A fire breaks out in the slums, and another bump on the head helps him regain his memory so he can summon Captain Planet. Will the Captain save the day in time?

VIDEO: Pacific Garbage Dump - Nightline

"Great Pacific Garbage Dump is a graveyard of toxic plastic "

Video: Bill McKibben on Colbert Report explains why the number 350 is so important...

All of Stephen's joking aside, this is serious folks. Listen to what Bill McKibben has to say...

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VIDEO: A World Without Water

"A World Without Water The world is running out of its most precious resource. True Vision's timely film tells of the personal tragedies behind the mounting privatisation of water supplies. More than a billion people across the globe don’t have access to safe water. Every day 3900 children die as a result of insufficient or unclean water supplies. The situation can only get worse as water gets evermore scarce. "

VIDEO: SF Mayor Gavin Newsom discusses importance of cities in discussion of sustainability

Summary:

San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom is a strong advocate for sustainable urban planning and green business practices; he lead San Francisco to join the Kyoto Protocol, created significant incentives for solar power installation through the GoSolarSF program, and is working on an ambitious plan to make SF the "Electric Vehicle Capital of the U.S."

He discusses his ideas and plans for shaping the growth of cities during these turbulent times.

VIDEO: Captain Planet - The Fine Print

Episode Recap:
In The Fine Print, Looten Plunder exploits an agricultural worker's hidden shame — illiteracy — by putting the man in charge of spraying pesticides. He can't read the written warnings, and as a result, he creates a lethal cloud that threatens a nearby town. Can the Planeteers and Captain Planet clean up the air before it's too late?

VIDEO: Food Scarcity and Climate Change

Summary:

"Scientists calculate that temperatures will keep rising for the next 50 years, no matter how drastically we cut greenhouse gas emissions. Open Society Fellow Mark Hertsgaard and Sara Scherr, founder of Ecoagriculture Partners, discuss the implications of this somber reality for food production and global hunger.

The panelists assess the severity of the problem, which is worsened by widespread soil erosion and dwindling rainfall in crop-growing regions. They also identify cause for hope. New farming techniques can boost crop yields while enabling plants to store carbon.

The event is moderated by Ross Gelbspan, author of two acclaimed books on climate change: Boiling Point and The Heat is On."

Video: Underwater Beauty (to get you through midweek stress!)

This video is just so beautiful and peaceful...perfect to watch if you're having a stressful day...

"The main tank called the 'Kuroshio Sea' holds 7,500-cubic meters (1,981,290 gallons) of water and features the world's second largest acrylic glass panel, measuring 8.2 meters by 22.5 meters with a thickness of 60 centimeters. Whale sharks and manta rays are kept amongst many other fish species in the main tank.

WE MUST PROTECT OUR OCEANS!"

Kuroshio Sea - 2nd largest aquarium tank in the world

VIDEO: Tapped Trailer (bottle water consumption)

"Tapped is a film that examines the role of the bottled water industry and its effects on our health, climate change, pollution, and our reliance on oil. "

"Whiskey is for sipping, and water is for fighting." -Mark Twain

VIDEO: 20 Hearing-Impaired Dancers Create an Amazing Visual Spectacle

We know...this isn't really a "green" post. But seriously, this is AMAZING and we had to share. Special thanks to the blogger over at Seeing Good for posting this. From the blog...

The intricately choreographed Thousand-Hand Guan Yin dance conveys a beautiful message of compassion:

“As long as you are kind and there is love in your heart
A thousand hands will naturally come to your aid.
As long as you are kind and there is love in your heart
You will reach out with a thousand hands to help others.”

While I love the message behind this mesmerizing dance, what’s more extraordinary is that all 20 dancers are hearing impaired. With the help of trainers posted along the edge of the stage, the China Disabled People’s Performing Art Troupe created a piece that is both moving and entrancing.

So many levels of beautiful.

Happy Friday Everyone!!

Thousand-Hand Guan Yin

VIDEO: A song for all the moms out there...

For all the hard-working moms out there, here's a little something to get you through the midweek blues.

VIDEO: Captain Charles Moore & the Great Pacific Garbage Patch

"Capt. Charles Moore of the Algalita Marine Research Foundation first discovered the Great Pacific Garbage Patch -- an endless floating waste of plastic trash. Now he's drawing attention to the growing, choking problem of plastic debris in our seas."

VIDEO: Captain Planet - The Guinea Pigs

Episode recap:
In The Guinea Pigs, the Planeteers find themselves in one of the most dangerous situations they have ever been in while trying to save animals from Dr. Blight's cruel testing. With the support of a famous cosmetics line owner, a scientist and Captain Planet, can the Planeteers save the day?

VIDEO: Vivienne Westwood talks about climate change & what we can do

Check out what this fashion pioneer has to say...she even tells us to buy less fashion but to buy "better".

Vivienne Westwood Interview, Pt. 1




Vivienne Westwood Interview, Pt. 2

VIDEO: Captain Planet - Going Bats, Man

Episode recap:
In Going Bats, Man, the Planeteers need to solve the mystery behind supposed bat-on-human attacks in order to save the animals. They team up with B.J., a bat expert, but will they still need Captain Planet to save the day?

VIDEO: Prince Charles talks about the future of the world

On the Richard Dimbleby Lecture (BBC) Prince Charles discusses "the challenges facing the world and its overconsumption of the planets resources."

Prince Charles interviewed by David Dimbleby

VIDEO: Stephen Colbert, Pollution and Male Genital Deformation

Funny...yet, not so funny.

Stephen Colbert interviews NY Times columnist, Nicholas Kristof, who talks about "the endocrine disruptors in the water that are causing genital malformations in male animals and humans."

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VIDEO: Truck Farm - Episode 1

Here's a interesting, funny and quirky film "about growing a little food in a big city." Hope they post follow-up episodes!

TRUCK FARM - Episode 1 from Wicked Delicate Films on Vimeo.

VIDEO: Captain Planet - Summit to Save Earth 2

Episode recap:
In Summit to Save Earth 2, the Planeteers have to save the Earth and Gaia from Zarm and the eco-villains. With the help of Commander Clash, can they save the day?

VIDEO: Captain Planet - Summit to Save Earth 2

Episode recap:
In Summit to Save Earth 2, the Planeteers have to save the Earth and Gaia from Zarm and the eco-villains. With the help of Commander Clash, can they save the day?

VIDEO: Ali G - Environment

This video is from a few years ago, but we just recently came across it - thanks Sierra Club's The Greenlife blog for posting.

One of Sasha Baron Cohen's other alter egos, Ali G, talks to people about the environment, recycling, etc. Funny stuff!

VIDEO: Shift Happens

Awe inspiring film about the world and the future...

VIDEO: Captain Planet - Summit to Save Earth 1

Episode recap:
In Summit to Save Earth Part 1, the Planeteers attend the World Earth Summit. However, the eco-villains have their own plans to ruin the Earth Summit. Can the Planeteers right the villains' wrongs and save Gaia in the process?

VIDEO: Scientist Jim Hansen Talks Climate Change

"Jim Hansen has been at the center of the climate change debate since the early Eighties as both a prominent scientist and spokesman alerting the public to the threats and uncertainties of global climate change.

The head of NASA's Goddard Institute for Space Studies, Hansen studies radiative transfer in planetary atmospheres related to global change on Earth."

VIDEO: Hilarious green ad by Greenpeace

"Until the sun shines out of your arse - try using an energy saving light-bulb instead!"

Oh my goodness...this had as rolling on the floor! (Warning - there are naked butts in this video.)

VIDEO: Captain Planet - Two Futures 2

Episode recap:

In Two Futures 2, Wheeler visits Gi, Kwame, Linka and Ma-Ti in their native lands 35 years into the future. He sees how the Earth has changed and the consequences of quitting the Planeteers. Can he rejoin the team and still stop Hoggish Greedly and Dr. Blight before it's too late?

VIDEO: Plastic Soup for the Soul

Talking about the "plastic soup" that is our oceans today....

"Excerpts from NPR broadcast interviews with Captain Charles Moore of the Algalita Marine Research Foundation and Adam Walters, consulting scientist for Greenpeace International Research Lab."

VIDEO: In My Prius (a little humor for the weekend)

A green rap video...hilarious!

VIDEO: Shocking video about global e-waste dumping

From PBS: Frontline:

"On the outskirts of Ghana's biggest city sits a smoldering wasteland, a slum carved into the banks of the Korle Lagoon, one of the most polluted bodies of water on earth. The locals call it Sodom and Gomorrah.

Correspondent Peter Klein and a group of graduate journalism students from the University of British Columbia have come here as part of a global investigation -- to track a shadowy industry that's causing big problems here and around the world..."

Ghana: Digital Dumping Ground