Eco Company Stories

My Mini House

We all know what it means to live "large." But Brendan found one teen aspiring to live SMALL! And he's doing something about it. He's building his own "mini house." It's about 130 square feet and sits on a trailer. It's a home that minimizes the resident's footprint on the planet.

Santa Cruz Island Wetlands Restoration

A day on Santa Cruz Island with high school students who are part of The Nature Conservancy's LEAF internship program. It stands for "Leaders in Environmental Action for the Future" and on this day they are working to restore the largest wetland area in the channel islands.

Conserving Santa Cruz Island

Eco Company visits Santa Cruz Island...the largest of the California Channel Islands! There are no town or communities on the island which is about the same size as Manhattan! The Nature Conservancy Wants to return the island to its original native condition after years of environmental abuse by early private owners.

Santa Cruz Island Wetland Restoration

The Santa Cruz Island summer interns help to set up hidden cameras in locations around the island to capture images of potential invasive species that are not desirable on the island. They get some pretty interesting videos!

Santa Cruz Island Foxes Pt 1

Eco Company meets 7 high school students spending 4 weeks on Santa Cruz Island island as part of an internship program. On this day our crew finds them hiking around the mountain looking for Santa Cruz Island Foxes! The fox is on the endangered spices list.

Santa Cruz Island Foxes Pt 2

n part 2 of our Santa Cruz Island Fox story, The Nature Conservancy interns watch how a captured fox is inspect to determine health status and given the once over before being released.

The Big Green Bus

Meet The Big Green Bus, a Dartmouth University project run entirely by students. The group travels across the country every summer spreading their message of sustainability. We catch up with them and get a personal tour of the bus and all of its sustainable attributes!

Big Green Bus: Meet the Crew

Eco Company travels with Dartmouth's The Big Green Bus! It's a project run entirely by students. They are a diverse group hailing from all around the country and each with a personal view of sustainability.

Big Green Bus Visits City Slickers

Dartmouth's Big Green Bus on tour to talk about sustainability and bringing communities together to make a difference. So they stopped at City Slicker Farms, an inner city farm that grows herbs and produce for the immediate community. A very satisfying day all around.

Big Green Bus Goes To Camp

Eco Company is along for the ride as The Big Green Bus visits a kids summer camp in Oakland. The excited kids get the full tour and learn about vegetable oil as fuel, waste and composting, sources of energy and food!