Last week we went back to 2018 to experience a guitar-picking extravaganza featuring the amazing Bluegrass phenom, Billy Strings. Not to be out-done is the Jon Stickley Trio, cranking... read more →
2004 was such a wonderful year for conversation at eTown that it was difficult to pick just one interview to showcase in our "Best of 2004" episode. We wanted to be... read more →
SOLD OUT @ eTOWN “LIFE LESSONS” RELEASE - NOW ALSO A LIVESTREAM! What: Livestream “Life Lessons” Album Release When: August 25st, 2021, 7p.m. - 9:00p.m. Who: Tim O’Brien, Bill Frisell, Dale... read more →
Imagine New York Harbor as one of the most dynamic environments on the planet. It once was. The Billion Oyster Project believes that together, we can revive our shared blue... read more →
500 Women Scientists is a grassroots organization started by four women who met in graduate school at CU Boulder and who maintained friendships and collaborations after jobs and life took them... read more →
RE:FARM In the U.S., over 23.5 million people live in food deserts, areas where food is neither affordable nor accessible. The Re:Farm program tackles this problem by growing food in the... read more →
Megafire In Megafire, Michael Kodas travels to the most dangerous and remote wildernesses and to the backyards of people faced with these environmental disasters, to look at the heart of... read more →
History 100 Friends began in India in 1989 when Marc Gold discovered a Tibetan woman with terrible ear infections. He took her to the doctor and a $1 antibiotic saved... read more →
A New Way of Life’s Founder and Director Susan Burton is herself a formerly incarcerated woman who understands the challenges people face leaving prison. After more than 20 years cycling in and... read more →
Filmmaker, Photographer, Entrepreneur, Problem-solver. Filmmaker Jeff Orlowski served as director, producer, and cinematographer on the Sundance Award-Winning film, Chasing Ice. Orlowski’s feature length documentary was invited to screen at the White... read more →
Tanzania is a country where children with disabilities are hidden away from society. A cleft lip, for example, is a birth defect and is something that’s easy to treat. The... read more →
One Man’s Quest to Save the Mountain Gorilla By Lauren Price, Katy Canada, Roni Dengler https://vimeo.com/165519123 Deep in the Rwandan jungle, a park ranger disguised as a buyer in the... read more →
Dr. Kenneth Lacovara has unearthed some of the largest dinosaurs ever to walk our planet, including the super-massive Dreadnoughtus, which at 65 tons weighs more than seven T. rex.... read more →
The Empowerment Plan is a Detroit-based non-profit organization dedicated to serving the homeless community. Their goal is to help build a better life for those that have become trapped in... read more →
History While working in Namibia for the WWF, Doug Vilsack noticed a severe gap in the energy access in Katima Mulilo, a small region in the North of the... read more →
Forest Fund's story began in a Harvard dorm room in October of 2014. For Sophia Watkins and her roommates, this marked the beginning of seven months of conversations with... read more →
Global Links is a medical relief and development organization dedicated to supporting health improvement initiatives in resource-poor communities and promoting environmental stewardship in the US healthcare system. Since 1989 Global... read more →
https://vimeo.com/202278712 Xiuhtezcatl Martinez, (his first name pronounced ‘Shoe-Tez-Caht’) is a 16 year old indigenous climate activist, hip-hop artist, and a powerful voice on the front lines of a global youth-led... read more →
Gulf of Alaska Keeper In the 90s, future members of Gulf of Alaska Keeper (GoAK) became increasingly concerned that Prince William Sound (PWS) and the northern Gulf of Alaska (GOA)... read more →
Laura Faye Tenenbaum is an Innovator in Science Communication and a member of the Earth Science Communications Team at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory, where she creates content for NASA’s Global... read more →
https://vimeo.com/214899076 Justin Kruger was inspired to start Project Helping in 2014 after years of regularly volunteering himself in the community. Kruger realized the power that volunteering had in his own... read more →
https://vimeo.com/214182266 Finger Lakes ReUse is a charitable 501(c)(3) non-profit organization located in Ithaca, NY, that currently operates two Community ReUse Centers, expanding reuse of materials through convenience, affordability, and... read more →
MISSION National Young Farmers Coalition represents, mobilizes, and engages young farmers to ensure their success. VISION They envision a country where young people who are willing to work, get trained... read more →
https://vimeo.com/207377596 Dr. Geoff Tabin is Co-Founder and Chairman of the Himalayan Cataract Project and the John A and Marva M Presidential Endowed Chair and Professor of Ophthalmology and Visual... read more →
https://vimeo.com/204257917 Food for Hope's mission is to empower and nourish the future of their community by providing nutritious food to children in need. There are thousands of children in Adams... read more →
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t4XSQLuQdqc Bren Smith, owner of Thimble Island Ocean Farm and GreenWave Executive Director, pioneered the development of restorative 3D ocean farming. A lifelong commercial fisherman, his work has been profiled by CNN, The... read more →
Sometimes the best ideas are hatched while sharing a local beer with friends. A discussion of the amazing work being done by local nonprofits led FoCo Cafe’s cofounder Jeff to... read more →
https://vimeo.com/175459111 We’re hEAR For You was founded in 2009 by Speech-Language Pathologist Caroline DeCelles and Music Business Professional Katie Carmody after realizing the need for concert-goers to have access to... read more →
An energy revolution is under way in the U.S. and beyond, and Gov. Bill Ritter wants everyone to know about it. Bill Ritter, the 41st governor of Colorado who served... read more →
via The New York Times BLOCK ISLAND, R.I. — The towering machines stand a few miles from shore, in a precise line across the seafloor, as rigid in the ocean... read more →
The first major advancement in firearm safety technology in decades: a revolutionary smart gun with a built in fingerprint sensor that knows who is firing it. Parents don’t need to... read more →
Doniece Sandoval describes herself as an 'idea person'. As a young adult, she worked in the corporate world in San Francisco and soon after headed to New York City to... read more →
The world’s space agencies are calling for a new generation of satellites that would be precise enough to map greenhouse gas emissions from individual nations. Their goal is to replace... read more →
A picture may be worth 1,000 words. But this one is also worth 10,000 kilowatts. Though small in stature, the turbine in the photos could contribute to solving some of... read more →
The issue can be overwhelming. The science is complicated. Predictions about the fate of the planet carry endless caveats and asterisks. We get it. So we’ve put together a list... read more →
The idea of hitting 100% renewable energy (yes, energy, not just electricity) scares a lot of people. That is, a lot of people don’t think their cities or countries can... read more →
In a significant victory for President Obama, a federal appeals panel on Thursday rejected an effort by 27 states and dozens of corporations and industry groups to block the administration’s... read more →
Europe wants to reduce its needs for raw materials and raise the level of recycling of resources in the solar power industry. If this project is successful, greenhouse gas emissions... read more →
The UN climate talks in Paris have ended with an agreement between 195 countries to tackle global warming. The climate deal is at once both historic, important – and inadequate.... read more →
Preparing a sustainable meal can be a selfish endeavor; I guarantee you that it will be more fun, tastier and make for a good conversation at your table. However, it's... read more →
Germany Will Reach 33% Renewable Electricity This Year. On July 25, 2015, Germany obtained 78% of its electricity from renewable sources. That was a new record, albeit for a single day.... read more →
via TreeHugger - Pululahua in Ecuador is the only inhabited and cultivated volcano in the world. While Pululhua Volcano – not far from Ecuador’s capital city, Quito – hasn’t erupted in... read more →
via Energy.Gov You can lower your water heating costs by using and wasting less hot water in your home. To conserve hot water, you can fix leaks, install low-flow fixtures,... read more →
via Life Hacker Nobody likes to waste food. Thankfully, you can make your food last longer just by storing properly. Here are 10 tips, in 60-second video form, keep your... read more →
via Greatist Ah, childhood meals: Flinging peas at your sister, hiding more peas under the mashed potatoes, and being scolded by an adult for avoiding the consumption of said peas... read more →
via Jennifer Runyon, Chief Editor at RenewableEnergyWorld.com The historic carbon-cutting plan could be just enough to spur states to build more wind and solar capacity — but they have to... read more →
via MindBodyGreen - Author: Hannah Sentenac Life can feel frustrating. Maddening. Insanity-inducing, even. At times, happiness and contentment may seem achievable only in your wildest dreams. But the best part about being human... read more →
via Medium - Author: Andrea Sanders of Be Zero I’ve found that producing less trash does more than just help the environment. It has simplified what I buy, led to healthier eating... read more →
via ThisIsCollosal.com Nick Pourfard is 22-year-old artist, musician, and skateboarder currently combing his multiple talents into one package: guitars built from reclaimed/recycled skateboard decks. The San Francisco-based industrial design student... read more →