MinuteEarth
When Tree Planting Goes Wrong
Trees are a super-efficient way to sequester carbon, but since planting the wrong trees in the wrong place can do more harm than good, we need to go about tree planting more carefully.
MinuteEarth
What Is The Best Shape For A Farm?
The shape of a farm can tell you a surprising amount about the land it's on and the people that use it.
MinuteEarth
The Secret Weapon That Could Help Save Bees
Honeybees are dying from parasites, pesticides, and poor nutrition, but we can help them in a number of ways, including by encouraging them to make a homemade antibiotic.
Be Smart
How Many Trees Are There?
It may be an impossible questions, but we can at least get close.
SciShow
Those Pretty Road Medians May Be Bad for Bugs
Cities have been working hard to transform the areas around roads into healthy habitats for important pollinating insects. And these insects seem to love our roadside landscapes, but these areas might also be luring them to their...
TED Talks
TED: The city planting a million trees in two years | Yvonne Aki-Sawyerr
Yvonne Aki-Sawyerr, mayor of Freetown, Sierra Leone, is on a mission to plant a million trees over the next two years, increasing vegetation in her city by fifty percent while shoring up eroding riverbanks and increasing biodiversity....
TED Talks
TED: A new way to restore Earth's biodiversity -- from the air | Susan Graham
Land restoration is about more than planting trees, says environmentalist Susan Graham. Check out how her team combines drone technology with ecology-trained AI to restore degraded land and revive complex, biodiverse ecosystems --...
TED-Ed
TED-Ed: How farming planted seeds for the Internet - Patricia Russac
What does farming have to do with invention and innovation? Permanent residences, division of labor, central government, and complex technologies--all essential for advancing civilizations--could not have been developed without the move...
Food Farmer Earth
Winter Farming: Challenges and Rewards
This video explores the challenges and rewards of winter farming, highlighting a farmer's experience transitioning from flower to produce farming. It emphasizes the unique taste and quality of winter-grown produce like carrots, despite...
Curated Video
Sadhguru's Plan to plant 2.42 BILLION trees
Permaculture Instructor Andrew Millison visits the largest reforestation project in the world in the Southern Indian States of Tamil Nadu and Karnataka with the Isha Foundation, founded by Sadhguru. Andrew spent 5 days traveling around...
Wonderscape
Taking Action Against Water Scarcity: Solutions for Conservation
Discover practical solutions to combat water scarcity, ranging from agricultural practices and industrial innovations to individual lifestyle changes. Learn how farmers can conserve water through better irrigation methods, how industries...
Curated Video
How to Teach Basics of Gardening to Kids
Funny looking grass haired monters are due for a haircut.
Curated Video
Plant Growth
Dr. Forrester explains what a plant needs to grow: water, light, air, and minerals.
Curated Video
Seed Starting Basics: How To Plant Tomatoes, Basil, & Marigolds
Ever wanted to grow your own garden? Gardening is a fun way to get your hands dirty and learn about nature! In this video, Bethany shows you the basics of planting tomato, basil, and marigold seeds with several important tips: - Choose...
Curated Video
Lost in a Mall
UC Irvine psychologist Elizabeth Loftus describes how her experience in the trial of George Franklin, who was accused of a crime based upon the outcome of so-called “repressed memory therapy” led her to her own research on implanting...
The Economist
The Story Behind... trees and climate change
A closer look at one of the most familiar responses offered to the climate crisis. What is the real story behind trees and climate change?
Financial Times
Carbon farming: fighting New Zealand’s agricultural emissions
Agriculture accounts for almost half of greenhouse gas emissions in New Zealand. It’s one reason the government is encouraging farmers to grow trees for carbon credits, which can then be sold, mainly to large companies looking to offset...
TLDR News
All Environmental Plans Compared (2019 General Election) - TLDR News.
We compare the political parties' environmental policies in the run-up to the 2019 General Election.
Mediacorp
Saving Indonesia's Citarum River: A Nature-inspired Solution to Man-made Pollution
This video discusses the operation that aims to restore the Citarum River through the planting of trees. The project addresses man-made problems that have turned the river into one of the dirtiest in the world. With the help of...
The March of Time
MOT 1951: PEASANT LIFESTYLE: Farming wheat rice
Farmer workers harvesting reaping wheat by hand cutting stalks w/ scythe / Oxen pulling plow in rice field / VS Women peasants planting rice stalks in mud.
The March of Time
1949: SWEDEN FORESTRY: WS Dense forest, lake FG. EXT MS Swedish Tree markers measuring width & marking tree. CU Axe chopping bark. MS Inspector taking note, man chopping bark. VS Men planting small tree by stump.
MOT 1949: SWEDEN FORESTRY: WS Dense forest, lake FG. EXT MS Swedish Tree markers measuring width & marking tree. CU Axe chopping bark. MS Inspector taking note, man chopping bark. VS Men planting small tree by stump.
The March of Time
MOT 1945: BATTLE OF IWO JIMA: VICTORY
XWS United States Marines during flag ceremony at Northern Iwo Jima, American flag raising on pole, mountain BG / VS US Marines planting cross in cemetery, shoveling dirt onto base of cross, other soldiers, some w/ injuries, paying...
Science360
Wildfires jeopardize future forests!
As wildfires continue to rage in California, a future with fewer forests is very real according to findings from a new study on the resilience of Rocky Mountain forests. A team lead by Colorado State University, and University of Idaho,...
Food Farmer Earth
Winter Farming: A Tale of Bitter and Sweet
When it comes to farming through the winter months, Tom DeNoble of DeNoble's Farm Fresh Produce in Tillamook is no romantic.