My World Too

Missouri Organic Recycling, New Roots for Refugees

Visit a company turning tons of commercial food waste back into healthy compost for gardening, keeping organic matter out of the landfill. Immigrant refugee families from Asia are mentored in the U.S. to start family-run small farms to sell produce in the local farmer’s markets. In Moab, Utah, meet a team of people building sustainable homes out of straw.

Missouri Organic Recycling, New Roots for Refugees

27m 16s

  • Prairie Park Nature Center and HCI Energy: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    Prairie Park Nature Center and HCI Energy

    S3 E304 - 26m 46s

    We visit a 100 acre nature preserve in the heart of Lawrence KS to experience a “natural classroom” to help promote an appreciation for nature. HCI Energy is a company that is developing easily deployed, sustainable, off-grid energy systems for a variety of critical uses.

  • The Land Institute and The Heartland Tree Alliance: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    The Land Institute and The Heartland Tree Alliance

    S3 E303 - 26m 46s

    We head out to western Kansas to talk to The Land Institute and find out about perennial grains and how important they are to the future of agriculture. Next we talk to The Heartland Tree Alliance about the importance of canopy cover in the urban core and nature’s help in cooling down the city.

  • Boulevard Brewing Company: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    Boulevard Brewing Company

    S3 E302 - 26m 45s

    In this episode we talk with the folks at Boulevard Brewing Company about their Zero-waste sustainability efforts at the brewery. Then we go out in the field to learn about the importance of protecting our watersheds by talking to the Kansas Alliance for Watersheds and Streams (KAWS).

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