This page provides links to sample videos in Educate.Today’s Earth and the Environment video series.
Videos in the series highlight innovative approaches in environmental management and protection and inspire action to improve the environment.
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Earth and the Environment: The Power of Pig Poop: Renewable Energy Created from Manure
Imagine if pigs or some wild grass could help you heat your house or fuel your car. St. Louis-based Roeslein Alternative Energy produces renewable natural gas (RNG) from the anaerobic digestion of swine manure, turning pig poop into power. The company is also in the process of creating renewable natural gas from the digestion of native prairie plants. Working in partnership with Smithfield Foods, the world’s largest pork producer, Roeslein takes the manure made by pigs and deposits it into giant lagoons, which are about the size of a small pond. The lagoons are then covered with impermeable covers that keep rainwater out and trap the manure inside.
Earth and the Environment: Going Green in Housing—Eco-Friendly Home Building
Jerseyville, Illinois is home to a green housing development using the latest eco-friendly construction and operation practices to minimize environmental harm and maximize owner satisfaction. View the video to see how solar power, wind power, and other green initiatives come to life in each home in the development.
Earth and the Environment: New Smart Crop-Monitoring Platform Alerts Famers and Growers About Their Crops
Researchers at the Donald Danforth Plant Science Center have created a crop phenotyping station called the PheNode. The plant scientists have formed a startup company, Agrela Ecosystems, to launch their technology. The customizable system is a ‘smart’, farm-ready, solar-powered environmental sensor and phenotyping station for crops
Earth and the Environment: Solar Roadways
Meet the folks from Solar Roadways, a trailblazing company in green energy for transportation, and learn how their technology works.
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