Eco Company Stories

Project Kaisai

Where does all the plastic and trash go once it gets into the Pacific Ocean? A lot of it ends up in what is known as the Pacific Garbage Patch, an area of swirling waters twice the size of Texas. A scientific mission called Project Kaisei takes us out to the Northern Pacific Gyre to take a look and to remove as much of the waste as they can. What they find there is very shocking.

Mojave Solar

We are all accustomed to seeing solar panels on roofs around neighborhoods. But you probably haven't seen mirrored solar panels that focus sunlight to generate heat that powers a large turbine? We traveled to the Mojave Desert to see how they work!.

Sea Lion Rescue

There are hundreds of sea lion pups found stranded and starving along the California Coast. Many are rescued and taken to the Marine Mammal Center in Sausalito where they were brought to health and then released back into the ocean.

Green Chemistry

We are surrounded by stuff, everywhere!...products we buy and use every day. All that stuff is made of chemicals, built from a molecule and made into a material. At UC Berkeley's Center for Green Chemistry they want to make sure all that stuff is safe for humans and for the environment.

The Big Green Machine

Cell phones go out of style like fashion. Everyone wants the latest laptop or tablet. Computers and servers are abandoned like old cars. It's no wonder E-waste recycling has become big business. Jaden visits one company using a Big Green Machine that separates all of the different materials for reuse.

Solar Suitcases

Laguna Creek High School in Elk Grove, California has a very cool Green Energy Technology Academy. One of their projects is a real product helping to bring electricity and light to people around the world.

LEED Stadium Design

Levi's Stadium, home of the San Francisco 49ers, was awarded LEED Gold Certification when it opened in 2014. So we thought we should check it out. Miles goes behind the scenes...and up on the living roof...to get all the details.

Clean Energy From Lasers

Jessica visits the National Ignition Facility at Lawrence Livermore Laboratory In this special facility they are building the world's largest laser...actually 192 lasers that multiply and combine to create nuclear fusion to reproduce the same kind of energy process that happens on the sun. It's 100% clean energy and produces no reactive waste!

Raptors & The Environment

We meet some teens spending the day learning about raptors and their relationships with the environment and farmers! The day culminates with the teens building box homes for barn owls. It's day of discovery for all.

Project Jatropha

Eco Company goes to South India where, two California teens have started a program to replace harmful tobacco farming ny growing the sustainable Jatropha plant The fruit from the Jatropha plant produces oil that can be used to make biofuel. It is an amazing story about Adarsha Shivakumar and his sister Apoorva Rangan beginning a successful transformation.