S4 Ep 10 - The Future of Sustainability
Xploration Earth 2050
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22m
Sustainability is a word you’re going to hear a lot more of on the road to 2050. Why waste when you can turn that waste into useable, environmentally friendly products? Chuck Pell meets inventors who are literally creating shoes out of thin air. Yes, they’re taking carbon dioxide out of the atmosphere and creating sneakers with it. And who would have thought that landfills would be a great source of diesel fuel?
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