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Big Ideas for a Small Planet- Episode Guide |
RSS Now Available| Season 01 | ||
 | 1x01 Fuel (Aired: Apr. 17, 2007) A look at the future of automobile fuel. Included: a truck that runs on vegetable oil; a woman's bio-diesel publicity campaign; a race car running on ethanol at Daytona. | |
 | 1x02 Build (Aired: Apr. 24, 2007) A visionary architect works with clients to build their first “green” home; a designer describes his real-life tree house made of growing tree trunks; environmentally conscious ideas are introduced into low-income neighborhoods. | |
 | 1x03 Cities (Aired: May. 01, 2007) A real-estate developer turns a polluted field into a flourishing sustainable community; an energy innovator submerges underwater turbines in New York City's East River; guerilla gardeners beautify blighted urban plots of unused land with plants and flowers. | |
 | 1x04 Wear (Aired: May. 08, 2007) A designer creates high-fashion clothes out of eco-friendly fabrics; a sportswear manufacturer recycles used materials for its clothes. | |
 | 1x05 Eat (Aired: May. 15, 2007) A chef shows off his new green restaurant; a burger restaurant uses sustainable meat and produce from farms within 100 miles; a young entrepreneur finds treasure in another man's trash. | |
 | 1x06 Drive (Aired: May. 22, 2007) A Silicon Valley carmaker debuts an electric sports car of the future; an entrepreneur shows off his affordable electric commuter car; a high-school team works on their electric vehicle prior to competing in a variety of road rallies. | |
 | 1x07 Furnish (Aired: May. 29, 2007) A furniture company explores the goal of making all new products 100% sustainable; two designers use leftover scrap wood to create recycled furniture. | |
 | 1x08 Create (Aired: Jun. 05, 2007) A 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. | |
 | 1x09 Kids (Aired: Jun. 12, 2007) A look at how the new generation is learning about ecology. Featured: profiles of young activists whose accomplishments include saving portions of the Costa Rican rain forest. | |
 | 1x10 Paper or Plastic? (Aired: Jun. 19, 2007) A look at innovators who are working to make intelligent, eco-friendly design a reality, including a world-renowned architect and designer who is helping the U.S. Postal Service eliminate toxins in its packaging. | |
 | 1x11 Sports (Aired: Jun. 26, 2007) Profiles of people trying to keep Earth safe for athletic pursuits. Included: the creator of bamboo racing bikes, a champion skier and the distributor of bio-friendly skateboards. | |
 | 1x12 Work (Aired: Jul. 03, 2007) A visit to a brewing company dedicated to the environment; a look at the office of the future. Also: an analyst audits a Bay Area company to show how it can reduce its environmental impact. | |
 | 1x13 Pray (Aired: Jul. 10, 2007) [Last Episode] A cleric inspires environmental concern with an interfaith coalition dedicated to greening places of worship; an Appalachian woman uses her faith in a battle against mining companies. | |
