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What if clean energy was as easy as pressing 'print'?

Season 1 Episode 5 | 4m 02s

Imagine if you could turn almost any surface into a solar panel: office windows could power the buildings that house them. In a disaster, the tent walls of emergency shelters could generate enough energy to improve conditions for the people inside. What if solar power was so cheap and efficient that even cloudy places like the Pacific Northwest could rely on it?

Aired: 09/26/18
Made possible with funding from The Corporation for Public Broadcasting.
Extras
Learn about Operation Sustain, a video game that teaches kids about climate change.
Join Katie as she visits a state-of-the-art oyster nursery and learns how to slurp oysters
If you could teleport inside a polluted box to save lives, would you?
How can we reduce agricultural waste? Replace fish meal with mealworms.
Your hamburger choice has real consequences for the environment.
Scientists at Intellectual Ventures Laboratory are batting mosquitoes with... laser beams.
A suburb just outside of Seattle hides a nuclear reactor.
A grassroots effort to develop lighter, more affordable, personal rapid transit.
A startup company in Seattle is converting food waste into electricity and fertilizer.
A scientist at Oregon State University is developing edible food packaging and coatings.
Latest Episodes
Learn about Operation Sustain, a video game that teaches kids about climate change.
Join Katie as she visits a state-of-the-art oyster nursery and learns how to slurp oysters
If you could teleport inside a polluted box to save lives, would you?
How can we reduce agricultural waste? Replace fish meal with mealworms.
Your hamburger choice has real consequences for the environment.
Scientists at Intellectual Ventures Laboratory are batting mosquitoes with... laser beams.
A suburb just outside of Seattle hides a nuclear reactor.
A grassroots effort to develop lighter, more affordable, personal rapid transit.
A startup company in Seattle is converting food waste into electricity and fertilizer.
A scientist at Oregon State University is developing edible food packaging and coatings.