This Season Two episode was chosen for a special Encore Broadcast in Season Three. With the average age of farmers in our country around 55 to 60, there is a […]
TV Episodes
Growing A Greener World is adding all past episodes to the GGWTV YouTube channel. You can also find them listed below with the show notes. Scroll through all episodes below (in the order they were released) or view by season using the season links.
Episode 311: Backyard Chickens
This Season Two episode was chosen for a special Encore Broadcast in Season Three. These days, people are really getting closer to their food source – whether for fun, community, […]
Episode 310: Detroit’s Urban Renewal
This episode is about the renewal of Detroit, whose bleak landscape is slowing changing due to the efforts of urban farmers and community gardeners determined to grow their city’s revival. […]
Episode 309: Wildlife Gardens
As urban development is encroaching more and more on native landscapes, animal habitats shrink and birds and other animals in those areas are displaced. But we can help the situation […]
Episode 308 Bonus Clip: Occupational Therapy
The work on the Veteran’s Farm (Full Episode: 308) embodies occupational therapy, a science-driven, holistic profession that helps people recover from a wide range of physical and mental challenges through […]
Episode 308: Veteran Farmers
Thousands of US military veterans return home to find it difficult re-integrating into civilian life and find meaningful work. In fact, veteran unemployment is higher than our national average – […]
Episode 307: Backyard Composting in the 21st Century
This Season Two episode was chosen for a special Encore Broadcast in Season Three. Compost: yes, it occurs naturally – but with a little knowledge we can speed up or […]
Episode 306: Polyface Farms
From farm fields to dinner tables across America, more people want pesticide-free vegetables, humanely-raised meat and eggs all produced in a way that isn’t harmful to the environment. Unfortunately, that […]
Episode 305: Organic Lawn Care
In the home- and business owner’s quest for the perfect green lawn, we can do some pretty terrible things to the soil, water, and the environment. Creating beautiful expanses of […]
Episode 304: Farm School
This Season Two episode was chosen for a special Encore Broadcast in Season Three. If one didn’t grow up on a farm, how does one learn to be an farmer? […]
Episode 303: Heirloom and Open-Pollinated Vegetables
This Season Two episode was chosen for a special Encore Broadcast in Season Three. As heirloom seeds continue to lose ground to modern hybrids, habitat destruction and careless stewardship, many […]
Episode 302: The Dirt on Healthy Soil
Soil vs. Dirt? Although the words “dirt” and “soil” are often used interchangeably, to a gardener, there’s a big difference! “Soil” (cue angelic music) is what gives life to a […]
Episode 301: Winter Gardening
Today, people want locally grown, organic food more than ever before. And that demand for fresh produce is year round – not just in the spring and summer months. Which […]
Episode 225: Backyard Composting
It happens naturally, though with some scientific know-how we can further enhance the best soil amendment on earth: compost! This rich, beautiful, life-giving substance teeming with microbes and nutrients is […]
Episode 224: Saving Heirloom Seed Varieties
As heirloom seeds continue to lose ground to modern hybrids, habitat destruction and careless stewardship, many of these diverse and treasured varieties of the past are lost forever. Prior to […]
Episode 223: Organic Pest Control
As gardeners, weekend warriors and even commercial growers are turning to more eco-friendly practices, one solution for pest control has been with us since the beginning of time. Just as […]
Episode 222: Farm School – Learning to Be an Organic Farmer
Farm School? “Green Acres is the place to be; farm living is the life for me.” You might remember that jingle to the opening of the popular series; Green Acres […]
Episode 221: Living Walls
That old expression; “great walls make great neighbors” is more true today thanks to a much more “neighborly” twist. The great, living walls of today are lush with plants and […]
Episode 220: Gardening for the Hungry
Gardening for the Hungry: Easy ways to Share the Bounty “Plant a Row for the Hungry” is more than a great idea; it’s a movement started by Alaskan garden writer […]
Episode 219: Locavores and Yardsharing
One of the most important trends of food and environmental security today is to eat local, eat seasonal, and grow your own in an earth-friendly way. And while some people […]
Episode 218: The Power of Worms
This Season One episode was chosen for a special Encore Broadcast in Season Two. Jack Chambers of Sonoma Valley Worm Farm is a commercial airline pilot by trade and a […]
Episode 217: Organic Flower Power
We talk a lot about food miles, organics, and sustainable practices with food choices, our homes, and our gardens… what about the flowers we put on the table next to […]
Episode 216: Edible Landscaping
Let’s talk about utilizing our yards and landscapes – not for shrubs, bulbs and lawn, but as beautiful palettes of edible growing space for fruits and vegetables, herbs and berries – […]
Episode 214: Small Space Gardening
Have a small yard or garden? Less – maybe a patio or balcony? Driveway? No space is too small or oddly-shaped for a bit of garden, and you’d be surprised […]
Episode 213: Young Farmers
With the average age of farmers in our country around 55 to 60, there is a serious question of who will be growing our food in the future as our […]
Episode 212: The Gift of Trees
This episode is all about trees! Today we learn about why you might call a professional Certified Arborist (master tree caretaker), to your property and what to expect when you do. This […]
Episode 211: Dominica Island
Imagine the world is an island, and all of its resources conserved in a sustainable way – clean, abundant water, environmentally-friendly agriculture, and preservation of forest and habitats – an […]
Episode 210: Backyard Chickens
These days, people are really getting closer to their food source – whether for fun, community, food safety, or environmental impact – and that means lots of homegrown veggies, herbs […]
Episode 209: Critter Control
Whether you have a big yard or a small kitchen garden, you have critters! We all love wildlife and sharing “our” space with them, but sometimes that means complete destruction […]
Episode 208: Waterwise Gardening and Landscaping
We all learned in school that water covers 75% of our vast blue planet, but in truth 97% of that is salt water, and another 2% is frozen or inaccessible! […]
Episode 207: Dispelling Garden Myths
Are wood chips good or bad for your landscape? Should you stake those young trees, or not? Is landscape fabric necessary? Should you go by the rules Grandma taught you, […]
Episode 206: Hydroponics
Hydroponics is a method of growing plants in nutrient-rich water without the use of soil. From a high-tech urban farmer growing fresh, organic greens year-round in shipping containers, to an […]
Episode 205: The Northwest Flower and Garden Show
Have you ever been to a flower and garden show? Each one has a distinct personality, its own program, and history. Many of them have competitive display gardens, speakers, and […]
Episode 204: City Homesteading and Preserving the Harvest
On average, the food we eat today travels an average of 1500 miles from farm to fork! This can be reduced dramatically a number of ways, including making informed choices […]
Episode 203: Greenhouses for Year-round Growing
The key to controlling your growing environment when you can’t control the weather is to use a greenhouse. They make year round growing a possibility no matter where you live. […]
Episode 202: Best of Season One – Inspiring PLACES
After highlighting some of the most intriguing people of season one, that we share with you some of the most interesting places we visited during that time. And just as […]
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