e2 RSS feed for WHYY programming.http://video.whyy.orgen-ushttp://video.whyy.orgFri, 10 Feb 2012 01:13:13 -0500Fri, 10 Feb 2012 01:13:13 -0500http://video.whyy.org/video/1145385945/Cairo is one of the most densely populated in the world, with only one footprint of green space per person prior to 2005. His Highness the Aga Khan, the spiritual leader of the Shia Imami Ismaili Muslims, saw the need to relieve this congestion. The result is Al-Azhar Park: a 500-year-old dump-turned-"urban lung" that provides much-needed green space and a source of civic pride.http://video.whyy.org/video/1145385945/09/14/2010Cairo, a city of 16 million, is one of the most densely populated in the world.Science & NatureScience & NatureEnvironmentEnvironmentEpisodehttp://video.whyy.org/video/1094055821/Buildings are responsible for almost half of all greenhouse gas emissions in the United States. Can a collaborative effort - government leaders, architects, regulatory agencies and building suppliers - avert a climate crisis through policy change and education? Architect-turned-activist Ed Mazria may have the answer.http://video.whyy.org/video/1094055821/09/14/2010Architecture 2030 is galvanizing commitment to a carbon-neutral building sector.Science & NatureScience & NatureEnvironmentEnvironmentEpisodehttp://video.whyy.org/video/1094004504/Government buildings are not historically associated with sustainability or exquisite design. But the U.S. General Services Administration's (GSA) Design Excellence program is changing that perception. The program commissioned Pritzker Prize-winning Architect Thom Mayne to design the San Francisco Federal Building, a structure that aims to be the prototype for tomorrow's workplace.http://video.whyy.org/video/1094004504/09/14/2010Pritzker Prize-winning Architect Thom Mayne designs the San Francisco Federal Building.Science & NatureScience & NatureEnvironmentEnvironmentEpisodehttp://video.whyy.org/video/1093965696/Ladakh, India is one of the most remote regions on earth. Beset with religious, political and cultural strife, it is also one of the most tumultuous. Enter the Druk White Lotus School, which intends to equip Ladakhi children for living in the modern world while simultaneously embracing Buddhist traditions.http://video.whyy.org/video/1093965696/09/14/2010The Druk White Lotus School in Ladakh, India is an example of sustainable design.Science & NatureScience & NatureEnvironmentEnvironmentEpisodehttp://video.whyy.org/video/1362891727/In the 21st-century global food economy, by the time it's been grown, processed and distributed, most food has traveled an average of 1,500 miles before reaching the plate. AS renowned author Michael Pollan elaborates, the effects of this fossil fuel-driven system are detrimental to the environment, to health and to social well-being.http://video.whyy.org/video/1362891727/09/14/2010Most food has traveled an average of 1,500 miles before reaching the plate.HealthHealthFitness & NutritionFitness & NutritionScience & NatureScience & NatureBiology & ChemistryBiology & ChemistryEnvironmentEnvironmentEpisodehttp://video.whyy.org/video/1362888236/Paris' ambitious public-private "Velib" bike initiative encourages residents to forgo cars for bikes and public transportation.http://video.whyy.org/video/1362888236/09/14/2010Paris' ambitious public-private bike initiative encourages residents to forgo cars.Science & NatureScience & NatureEarthEarthEnvironmentEnvironmentEpisodehttp://video.whyy.org/video/1145396186/London's congestion charge challenges the 20th-century notion that cities should be designed around cars and asks drivers to pay for access to public roads and parking spaces. Thanks to Deputy Mayor Nicky Gavron, this plan is the core of a sweeping push to transform London into a transit-efficient and pedestrian-friendly mega-city in time for the 2012 Olympic Games.http://video.whyy.org/video/1145396186/09/14/2010Nicky Gavron pushes to transform London into a transit-efficient mega-city.Science & NatureScience & NatureEnvironmentEnvironmentEpisodehttp://video.whyy.org/video/1144710648/New York City is known for its diversity, but that quality isn't always reflected in its public housing developments, which often ignore the social and cultural characteristics of the communities who live in them. This episode follows developer Jonathan Rose through Irvington, Harlem and the Bronx - communities where Rose is putting sustainability within reach of public housing residents.http://video.whyy.org/video/1144710648/09/14/2010Jonathan Rose is putting sustainability within reach of public housing residents.Science & NatureScience & NatureEnvironmentEnvironmentEpisodehttp://video.whyy.org/video/1144748717/Enrique Penalosa, former mayor of Bogota, Colombia, transformed one of the most chaotic cities in the world into a shining model of urban planning. He reformed public transport, added greenways, built mega-libraries and created the longest stretch of bike-only lanes in the world, but along the way he met tremendous opposition from the very people he was attempting to help.http://video.whyy.org/video/1144748717/09/14/2010Bogota, Colombia is now a shining model of urban planning.Science & NatureScience & NatureEnvironmentEnvironmentEpisodehttp://video.whyy.org/video/1362880093/Renewables, biofuels, solar, wind and other energy sources may be alternatives to fossil fuel, but it is impossible to ignore the ubiquity of coal and the power capabilities of nuclear, despite their many drawbacks.http://video.whyy.org/video/1362880093/09/14/2010It is impossible to ignore the ubiquity of coal and the power capabilities of nuclear.Science & NatureScience & NatureEnvironmentEnvironmentEpisode