PickVidsBest Environment, agriculture & food systems Videos
The 104 Environment, agriculture & food systems videos here were recommended by different people across different months. Choose by who it is for: 2 introductory, 2 intermediate, 100 for a general viewer, and 0 for someone who wants the harder derivation. Most of them are an explainer. What they share is that one picture or analogy is used to supply a missing concept. Channels you will keep seeing include Veritasium, TEDx Talks, Kurzgesagt – In a Nutshell.
If these pumps ever stop, part of Germany floods.
Tom Scott explains how decades of deep coal mining sank parts of Germany's Ruhr Valley and changed its drainage.
Why the US Drops 14.7 Million Worms On Panama Every Week
A Half as Interesting explainer on the US program that drops millions of sterile screwworm flies over Panama every week to keep the parasite out of North America.
The Story of Al Baydha: A Regenerative Agriculture in the Saudi Desert. قصة مشروع البيضاء
Al Baydha project co-founder Neal Spackman gives a final update nine years in, explaining how desertification followed the loss of indigenous land management and how the land has changed since inputs stopped in 2016.
I Live 500 Feet From A Bitcoin Mine. My Life Is Hell.
A More Perfect Union report from a small Texas town next to a large Bitcoin mining facility, where residents describe constant noise and health problems.
Restoring the ancient Caledonian Forest Alan Watson Featherstone TEDxFindhorn
Alan Watson Featherstone, founder of Trees for Life, describes nearly 30 years of work restoring the ancient Caledonian Forest in the Scottish Highlands, illustrated with his photography.
How H&M’s Recycling Machines Make New Clothes From Used Apparel | World Wide Waste
A Business Insider World Wide Waste episode on H&M's garment recycling machines, which turn used clothing into new apparel.
An Arizona Farmer on How to Grow Alfalfa in the Middle of the Desert | Odd Lots
An Odd Lots podcast episode with Arizona hay farmer Trevor Bales on why growing alfalfa in the desert makes sense despite drought.
Running out of Time | Documentary on Holistic Management
A 47-minute documentary on Allan Savory and how he used Holistic Management to restore degraded land in Zimbabwe.
Why is India so filthy? | The Ugly Indian | TEDxBangalore
A TEDxBangalore talk by The Ugly Indian, an anonymous collective, asking why Indians tolerate filthy public spaces.
Oregon Christmas Tree Harvest With Helicopter. Amazing Pilot!
A short clip of a helicopter pilot harvesting Christmas trees at an Oregon farm with a sling load.
Are You Eating a Credit Card Every Week?
A vlogbrothers video tracing how the claim that people eat a credit card of plastic every week spread.
We Went to the Town Elon Musk Is Poisoning
A More Perfect Union report on xAI's data center in Memphis, which residents say burns gas without permits or pollution controls and harms their health.
Sepp Holzer's Mountain Permaculture Farm
Josef Holzer walks through his family's Krameterhof, one of Europe's oldest permaculture farms in the Austrian mountains, with fish ponds, terraces, fruit trees and grazing animals.
FREE water from AIR device: BUSTED
Thunderf00t critiques the MIT and Berkeley metal-organic framework device that claims to pull water from air using only solar heating.
The Big Lie About Nuclear Waste
Cleo Abram's explainer on whether nuclear waste is really the intractable problem it is portrayed as, looking at how spent fuel can be recycled and used.
Urban Agroecoloy: 6,000 lbs of food on 1/10th acre - Urban Homestead - Urban Permaculture
A short film about the Dervaes family, who grow over 6,000 pounds of food a year on a tenth of an acre near downtown Los Angeles.
Bolivian Tree Lizard cleanup plan
A short Simpsons clip in which Principal Skinner explains the cycle of introducing a new species to deal with a previous pest.
GMO Advocate Says Monsanto's Roundup Safe to Drink, Then Refuses Glass
A CBC News clip in which GMO advocate Patrick Moore claims glyphosate, the key ingredient of Monsanto's Roundup, is safe to drink, then declines when offered a glass.
Civilization starter kit | Marcin Jakubowski | TEDxKC
Marcin Jakubowski of Open Source Ecology presents his plan to open-source blueprints for 50 cheap, buildable farming tools, a "civilization starter kit".
What happens at a Materials Recycling Facility? (MRF) - How does our sorting machine work?
A short tour of a UK materials recycling facility showing how mixed recyclables are mechanically and optically sorted.
VINYL: Maybe it's time we had an intervention.
Benn Jordan measures air quality around vinyl records with a pollution meter and finds high particulate and VOC levels.
Oxbo Raspberry & Blueberry Harvesters
A promotional video from Oxbo showing its blueberry and raspberry harvesting machines in operation.
TeamTrees vs REALITY!!
Thunderf00t critiques the TeamTrees campaign, doing the math on how little carbon 20 million trees would actually offset.
Food Waste: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)
John Oliver's Last Week Tonight segment on food waste covers how producers, sellers and consumers throw away huge amounts of food, including sell-by dates and donation myths.