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GOOD: Rooftop Bees

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With space at such a premium in Manhattan, New Yorkers are accustomed to thinking vertically when it comes to housing. Now bees are getting in on the action. David Graves, an urban beekeeper, tends his hives far above the bustle of New York on rooftops throughout the city. His buzzworthy honey gets rave reviews for its delicate sweetness and for the relief it offers allergy sufferers. But with Colony Collapse Disorder threatening his livelihood, we're left wondering what a world without honey bees would be like. Not so sweet.

01:59

GOOD: How Much do we Spend on Food
Since 1949, the rise of industrial, processed food meant Americans could spend less on their meals. But those savings come with a high cost: obesity, diabetes, and big health care bills. Here's a look at the numbers behind our changing diet, and what we can do to make it better.

03:23

GOOD: Urban Aquaculture
Professor Martin Schreibman says our oceans have been overfished beyond repair. If we're going to keep eating fish and chips, tuna tartare, and all those omega-3 fatty acids, we may have to rely on aquaculture. Schreibman is working to bring those fish farms into the city. Urban aquaculture? We'll bite.

02:22

BIG IDEAS: ep 6 - Weederbot by Susan Feniger
We all like the idea of urban gardening, but actually tending a garden takes time that some people just don't have. That's why, for Babelgum and GOOD's Big Ideas series, Susan Feniger, the matriarch of Los Angeles fine dining, dreams up the multi-functional Weederbot. Susan Feniger is the chef and owner of Border Grill, Ciudad, and Susan Feniger's STREET. To find out more about Big Ideas, visit babelgum.com/bigideas.

03:50

New Urbanism: ep 2 - Rooftop Farming
Solutions for Urban Living #2: Turn warehouse roofs into city farms and grow local, sustainably produced food. Annie Novak and Ben Flanner have been farming the rooftop of a Brooklyn warehouse since May 2009 and the 6,000 square-foot farm has over 30 different varieties of vegetables. Nearby restaurants have caught on to the idea and the urban farmers have been making deliveries on their bikes - now that's local. For all other episodes, interesting links, more info, check out Babelgum's New Urbanism

05:10

The Cute Show - Special Needs Pets!
Handi-capable animals.

05:29

New Urbanism ep 8 - Rooftop Dwelling
Terreform, a nonprofit architecture collective transforms the rooftop of a building in downtown Brooklyn into a shelter and farm for urban refugees- people displaced by the mortgage crisis. Their two-week project, called Terrefarm, used only materials found in the building, and involved students and teachers from around the world. For more episodes in this series, visit: New Urbanism

01:58

Bomb It: Kenor and Kode Time Lapse
Kenor and Kode making graffiti in Barcelona.

For more Bomb It videos, visit the Bomb It superpage

02:53

GOOD: Jailbirds
There are currently more than 2.3 million people incarcerated in the United States. What does that look like, exactly? That's equivalent to putting the combined populations of Miami, Las Vegas, and Minneapolis behind bars. Why is our penal system broken? How do we stack up against other countries? We take a closer look at prisons in our latest Transparency.

03:56

GOOD: Mad Scientist
Natalie Jeremijenko is engineering a new approach to environmentalism. An original GOOD Video.

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BIG IDEAS: ep 2 – Dickson Despommier's Vertical...
If there weren't any pesky practical limitations, what world-changing device would you invent? Columbia professor Dickson Despommier imagines filling New York’s skyscrapers with farms. To learn more about vertical farming, go to www.verticalfarm.com.
For more videos in this series, visit babelgum.com/bigideas

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