QUEST Documentaries

From Waste to Watts/ Wetlands Time Machine (1x13)

Exibido em:: Jul 10, 2007

* From Waste to Watts - Some of San Francisco's most expensive table scraps are getting a new life as clean energy. Find out how restaurants like Slanted Door and Jardiniere are sending leftovers to a new project at UC-Davis, where gourmet waste is transformed into green power. * Wetlands Time Machine - Over 100,000 acres of wetlands are being restored in the Bay Area, but how do we know what to restore them to? Quest discovers how historical ecologists are recreating San Francisco Bay wetlands that existed decades ago. * WiFi Revolution - San Francisco and other Bay Area cities are now planning city-wide wireless internet networks, providing web access to all. But how exactly does the technology behind WiFi work?