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10 Episodes 2004 - 2011
Episode 12
Wed, Oct 27, 200428 mins
Huell attends SolFest in Hopland at Solar Living Institute, a nonprofit organization promoting sustainable living through education. He discovers exciting products for individuals to practice a healthy lifestyle and use renewable energy.
Episode 16
Fri, Apr 22, 200528 mins
Huell goes to Ojai to meet Joel and Rebecca Woolf whose company, VegPowered Systems, offers a conversion system that allows cars and trucks with diesel engines to run on used cooking oil discarded by local restaurants.
Episode 27
Wed, Mar 7, 200728 mins
Huell goes to The Nethercutt Museum in Sylmar where he learns that cars with alternatives to internal combustion engines are nothing new. He rides in early 20th century automobiles driven by steam, electric motors, and hybrid drivetrains.
Episode 28
Wed, Jun 20, 200726 mins
Huell joins members of Southern California Bluebird Club in Orange County as they place and monitor nest boxes in urban green space for bluebirds, and other cavity nesting birds, thus restoring habitat otherwise lost to human encroachment.
Episode 29
Tue, Aug 21, 2007
Huell goes to Inland Orange Conservancy in Redlands to learn how this organization is connecting local citrus farmers with the community who doesn't want to see the last remnants of the citrus industry bulldozed in the name of "progress".
Episode 30
Thu, Feb 14, 2008
Huell goes to two businesses in Arcata that use recycled material to create beautiful, functional art: Whit McLeod Furniture craftsmen turn wine barrels into furniture and Fire and Light artists turn old bottles into gifts and dinnerware.
Episode 32
Thu, Feb 11, 2010
Huell gets a private tour of a wind farm in Southern California's Coachella Valley. The Palm Springs Windmill Tour shows us the history, technology, and economic benefits of wind as a natural power source.
Episode 34
Tue, Jul 6, 2010
Huell goes to family-run Gills Onions, the state's largest onion processing plant and also the greenest. They convert over 150 tons of onion peel and juice waste daily to power fuel cells that provide power for lights and refrigeration.
Episode 35
Fri, Sep 10, 201027 mins
Huell heads south to the small town of Heber to visit Ormat Technologies geothermal power plant. From the earliest native peoples to mud loving spa enthusiasts, the area around the Salton Sea has a rich history in using the hot water bubbling up from the ground. Along the way, Huell briefly stops at some geothermal mud pots and the mineral baths at Fountain of Youth Spa. At his ultimate stop, he gets an education in how Ormat harnesses geothermal energy and uses it to generate electricity in a clean and renewable way.
Episode 36
Sun, Jan 23, 2011
Huell goes on a "green" adventure to find out how all the old refrigerators that are thrown away each day are recycled. He follows an old fridge from a home all the way through the entire process.