Veggiepower

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  • # Episodes

    4 episodes
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    TV-UN

Episodes of Veggiepower

    • Solar-Powered Wind Turbine Toy

      We mounted our solar-powered wind turbine toy onto the dashboard of our VW Beetle, and get a lot of questions wherever we go. "What is that thing for?" Show everyone your support for renewable energy, and put one in your car too!

      • Release date
        Feb 28, 2009
      • Runtime
        01:06
    • Our Renewable Nation

      9-year-old Carrick talks about our cross-country eco-video project we are planning for May and June 2009. We'll be visiting renewable energy and sustainable technology throughout the U.S. Visit www.OurRenewableNation.org for the details.

      • Release date
        Sep 18, 2008
      • Runtime
        03:01
    • 456% Renewable!

      In the U.S., we have an abundance of natural resources that we can use to reach 100% renewable energy, although many still insist we will continue to need coal, nuclear, oil, and gas. Why? Our renewable energy resources could produce 4 1/2 times as much electricity as this country uses, if we wanted to make it happen. Our politicians need to embrace the future of renewable energy!

      • Release date
        Sep 18, 2008
      • Runtime
        01:01
    • A kid, a car, and an idea

      My son and I made this little video about our yellow Beetle that runs on vegetable oil, and the larger possibilities. When I recently showed him 'An Inconvenient Truth', he really wanted to do something about global warming, so we made this video for the contest. While it makes no sense to grow crops for fuel, researchers have shown that algae produces vegetable oil much more efficiently than any food crop can. Not only that, algae produces vegetable oil by "eating" CO2 from factories and powe...

      • Release date
        Feb 13, 2007
      • Runtime
        02:01
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