GristTV
About this original series
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# Episodes
57 episodes -
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Episodes of GristTV
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Meet Your Meat: Comedians on Eating Animals
If we are serious about doing something about the climate crisis, we have to talk about eating meat. Ask Umbra talks to some of the most serious folks around about the subject: comedians. Dave Attell (Insomniac), Lizz Winstead (Co-creator ‘The Daily Show”), Gary Gulman (Last Comic Standing) and Myq Kaplan (Vegan Comedian and NY’s Funniest Standup Winner) spoke with Umbra at a Comedy for Karma benefit for the Woodstock Farm Animal Sanctuary at Gotham Comedy Club in New York. Ask Umbra on Eating...
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Release date
May 3, 2010
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Runtime
03:12
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Earth: FML on Chatroulette
You think your life is effed? Wait until you get on Chatroulette and see who else is on there. The whole world! And it gets ugly before it gets better. Watch and see for yourself. And Happy Earth Day from Grist and hopensource.org.
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Release date
Apr 19, 2010
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Runtime
02:17
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DIY Healthy Junk Food: Kale Chips
Ask Umbra shows you how to make a healthier version of potato chips - with no potatoes at all. They’re kale chips! And they’re delicious and rich in Vitamin C, beta carotene and calcium. Watch this!
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Release date
Mar 30, 2010
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Runtime
02:15
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DIY knock-off, organic Twinkies
You’re heard of knock off purses but have you ever heard of knock-off junk food? Food author Michael Pollan’s book, Food Rules, encourages us to make our own junk food. “Eat all the junk food you want as long as you cook it yourself.” Umbra takes junk food into her own hands and shows how to make homemade, mostly organic twinkies. Cause if there’s going to be junk in your trunk, might as well be your own, homemade junk food. Watch this! Links: DIY Junk Food on Grist – Make Your Own Almond Joy ...
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Release date
Mar 23, 2010
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Runtime
03:51
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How to Paint for the Planet
If your walls could talk, they would probably go off on a tirade about how disgusted they are being covered in conventional paint. The EPA says indoor air quality is 2 to 5 times worse than outdoor air because of Volatile Organic Compounds in stuff ni our homes, like paint. Grist’s painted lady, Ask Umbra, shows us a better way to color our worlds. If you care about your walls, indoor air quality, your health and the planet’s – watch this! Links: Ask Umbra on Paint - http://www.grist.org/artic...
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Release date
Mar 16, 2010
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Runtime
03:21
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How to Fix Everything
Umbra visits the Fixers’ Collective in Brooklyn, a ‘social experiment in improvisational fixing and mending’. They are mending their way to a better world. Once a week they meet, creating community and changing our relationships to objects. Get your fix. Watch this! Links: To learn more about the Fixer’s Collective or support them by buying an umbrella bag: http://fixerscollective.org/main/ To learn more about Proteus Gowanus, the gallery where the Fixer’s Collective meets, check this out: htt...
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Release date
Mar 9, 2010
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Runtime
02:53
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DIY Fixed Umbrella Tote Bag
Broken umbrellas are all over the place. Blame it on the rain? Planned obsolescence is more like it – meaning stuff is made to break. Umbra visits the Fixers’ Collective in Brooklyn, a ‘social experiment in improvisational fixing and mending’. You can get your fix here, with step-by-step instructions to make a tote bag out of a broken umbrella. Carrying groceries never looked so good and reuseful. Watch this! Links: To learn more about the Fixer’s Collective or support them by buying an umbrel...
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Release date
Mar 1, 2010
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Runtime
02:57
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Good To-Go: 6 tips to green take-out food
It’s convenient eating out. But here’s the inconvenient truth: one to-go pad thai container – one night’s dinner – and the packaging lasts forever! “Disposable” to-go containers have got to go! Ask Umbra shows you 6 tips to reduce your carbon forkprint. Watch this! Links: To buy Umbra’s Reusable Tiffin Set - Uncommon Goods – Green-Bagging It http://www.uncommongoods.com/item/item.jsp?itemId=18014 Angelica Kitchen – a great restaurant that encourages bringing your own take-out containers http:/...
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Release date
Feb 22, 2010
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Runtime
02:42
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DIY Dog Treats + ADORABLE PUPPIES EATING MUFFINS...
Your dog wasn’t in the Westminster Dog Show, but he still has standards. Some of the things we feed dogs are enough to make you woof. Pioneering pet owners are making healthier food choices for pooches and the planet. Umbra introduces you to Brianne DiSylvester, of Get Lick’d, who will share a DIY dog treat recipe. Watch this! CAUTION: This video contains adorable, tail-wagging puppies eating tiny muffins. Brace yourself for extreme cuteness. Get Lick’d - You can learn more about Brianne’s org...
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Release date
Feb 16, 2010
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Runtime
02:34
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DIY Love Juice: Make Your Own Personal Lubricant
Conventional lubricants are full of chemicals you do NOT want to be intimate with – some of the same stuff in brake fluid and antifreeze! Just in time for Valentine’s Day, Umbra shows you how to make your own eco-sexy lube with flax seeds. Love thyself and the planet too with this DIY love juice that’s easy and out of this world. Links to recipes: Flax in the Bedroom http://crabappleherbs.com/blog/2008/02/22/flax-in-the-bedroom/ Another Recipe http://www.ehow.com/how_4793369_own-personal-lubri...
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Release date
Feb 8, 2010
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Runtime
02:02
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