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Beaches and lakes are popular recreation areas. But they often become a wasteland of plastic and garbage that people leave behind. We found a girl scout troop that has adopted a Northern California beach and is determined to keep it free of trash and waste. Jessica caught up with them on beach clean-up and some of what they find is very surprising. ... eco company girl scouts adopt beaches garbage plastic shore ocean climate change green sustainability teen TV global warming conservation ...

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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. ... eco company project kaisei plastic garpatch pacific ocean climate change green sustainability teen TV global ...

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Brendan meets up with two teens who are on a mission to reduce the amount of plastic in the products and the packaging of stuff we buy. They are doing it by getting behind the camera...and in front as well.

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t was an off-shore oil rig eruption near Santa Barbara in 1969 that created an environmental disaster on the pristine beaches of that coastal resort area. And it was that event that inspired a group of activists to establish the first Earth Day. Adam got the chance for a one-on-one talk with one of those founders. Denis Hayes says the impact of that first Earth Day was more than they could have hoped for or dreamed about. ... eco company earth day co-founder denis hayes rainforests climate ...

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Eco Company takes a trip to the mall in search of green products and Jordan finds just the place. But it's not your ordinary store! It's a store run by the non-profit group Teens Turning Green. From cosmetics, to school supplies, to furnishing your bedroom, everything in this store is good for you and good for the planet. For this group of dedicated teens it's all about educating their peers about staying healthy by living green 24/7...and they are telling manufacturers and lawmakers too ...

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Eco Company finds a high school class testing the waters...we mean really testing the waters...of local ponds & streams. We take a trip to check out the local watershed to see what these students are doing.

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Eco Company takes a visit to nature's classroom. Adam reports on an outdoor venue where high school students become the teachers working with 4th graders. It's a trip to the local river where the subject matter is river ecology. The student teachers plan the lessons and teach with passion, and the fourth grade students learn with hands on experience.

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When hiking you gain a great appreciation for the hills, trees, plants, streams, lakes and wildlife. And speaking of plants, we visit the Joint Bio Energy Institute...a place where high tech scientists are working to change the future of fuel. They're working to unlock nature's secrets to create plant based biofuels to replace fossil fuels. Jordan got a lesson in photo synthesis and sugar polymers as she got the explanation of the process. ... eco company biofuels plants alternative energy ...

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Jordan catches up with a teen committed to stopping global warming in his lifetime. Taylor Francis is taking his message to students and adults around the globe! On his resent trip to China to talk to students there, he learned that his counterparts in the worlds largest country are definitely onboard. He is hoping that the worlds two largest contributors to greenhouse gases, the US and China, can work together to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. ... eco company Taylor Francis China ...

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Brendan takes a trip to Hopland, California to the Solar Living Institute. There he found a sustainable living community that grows their own organic foodsand some chickens, builds their own buildings out of cob, has their own biodiesel station and powers everything with solar energy. They were working on a new building so Brendan got into the act mixing the cob the old fashioned waywith his feet. ... eco company solar power cob houses climate change green sustainability teen TV global ...

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