Possibly Podcast

Metal tins of meat, boxes of litter, bags of dry food, all of these products start to add up when you have a cat, or two or three. What are ways that cat owners can reduce the environmental impact of their pets? The post How Can You Reduce The Environmental “Pawprint” Of Your Cat? appeared first on TPR: The Public's Radio .

If CO2 causes climate change and trees use CO2 to grow, would it be possible to plant enough trees to reverse climate change? The post Can We Plant Enough Trees To Fix Global Warming? appeared first on TPR: The Public's Radio .

Turning your food scraps into compost is ideal, but what do you do if you live in a place where composting is impossible? Is it better to throw your food in the trash or down the kitchen disposal? In this case, we don’t really have a clear answer. Neither option is ideal. The post What Should You Do If You Can’t Compost Your Food Scraps? appeared first on TPR: The Public's Radio .

This spring, the Providence City Council passed a ban on plastic bags. Soon, you’ll only find paper and reusable bags at stores in Rhode Island’s capital city. But are paper bags the ideal alternative to plastic? And what’s the environmental impact of making cloth bags? The post Should You Use A Paper Or Plastic Bag For Your Groceries? appeared first on TPR: The Public's Radio .

It feels like the right thing to do- washing and reusing sandwich bags instead of throwing them away- but is it? How much water and energy do we use when we’re cleaning a Ziploc bag? Is it more than what it takes to make a new one? The post Is It Worth It To Wash And Re-use Ziploc Bags? appeared first on TPR: The Public's Radio .

Why are so many people talking about banning straws right now, and how much of a difference does skipping the straw actually make? The post What’s The Real Impact Of Plastic Straws? appeared first on TPR: The Public's Radio .

Is it true that Rhode Island’s glass isn’t getting recycled? The post Does Glass Get Recycled In Rhode Island? appeared first on TPR: The Public's Radio .

Since China recently stopped taking recycling from the US, does our recycling here in Rhode Island have somewhere to go? The post Where Does Our Recycling Go? appeared first on TPR: The Public's Radio .

What items can be recycled, and what are the most common recycling mistakes? The post What Can Be Recycled? appeared first on TPR: The Public's Radio .

Can we heat our homes without cooking the planet? The post Possibly: This Cold House appeared first on TPR: The Public's Radio .

This is Possibly , a new partnership between Rhode Island Public Radio and Brown University. You've heard it all before: humans are destroying the... The post Possibly: The Future Of Food (Pilot Episode) appeared first on TPR: The Public's Radio .