episode description
Microclimates are now producing famous fine wines, but what happens if the climate changes? Scientists are predicting that global warming could increase the number of super-hot days in some of the world’s best wine-producing regions, interfering with the way grapes ripen. Tired of toxic embalming fluid, rainforest wood caskets and other ecologically unfriendly practices, a new generation of undertakers is attempting to green-up the funeral industry with burials that go easy on the land. An explosion in green building is underway, with cleverly engineered libraries, office buildings, even public housing projects popping up across the globe. Find out why green construction projects are championed as much by landlords trying to cut energy and water costs as by environmental groups.
