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.
Adam Ruins Everything - The Corporate Conspiracy to Blame You for Their Trash
A short Adam Ruins Everything clip arguing that corporations shift blame for litter and waste onto consumers.
Lobbyist Claims Monsanto's Roundup Is Safe To Drink, Freaks Out When Offered A Glass
A short clip from a Canal+ interview in which a Monsanto-linked lobbyist says Roundup is safe to drink, then declines when offered a glass.
George Carlin: Earth with Plastic
A short George Carlin bit on the Earth and plastic, in which he suggests the planet may have let humans evolve just to make plastic.
Obama drinks Flint water
A CNN news clip of President Obama drinking filtered Flint tap water during his visit to Flint, Michigan, over the lead contamination crisis.
Precious Metal Refining & Recovery, Episode 10: Platinum From the Road
Cody's Lab collects a sample of dust from the side of a highway and refines it to recover platinum-group metals deposited by catalytic converters.
Your Home Can Survive a Wildfire
NFPA video in which wildfire researcher Jack Cohen explains that embers (firebrands), not the flame front, are the main cause of homes igniting in wildfires.
Everything About Grain Bins (Farmers are Geniuses) - Smarter Every Day 218
Destin Sandlin of Smarter Every Day explores how grain bins work and the engineering and know-how involved in farming.
The Making Of 'Gutter Oil'
A Radio Free Asia report from its China food safety series on how "gutter oil" is recovered from sewers and waste and sold on to cheap restaurants and street vendors.