The Meaning of Green

Season 1 Episode 5: Water: Undoing the Wrongs of Those Who Thought They Were Doing Right 20.12.2019 30:53 ↓

Forests, the Panama Canal, hydropower in Brazil, and the US's dam building frenzy in the 20th century.

Season 1 Episode 4: Trash Matters and Moves 03.12.2019 30:00 ↓

A stop sign with bullet holes, garbage wars, environmental justice, and Japan's proximity principle.

Season 1 Episode 3: 'Bad Mothers' and Bad Drivers: Getting the Lead Out of Gasoline 20.11.2019 30:06 ↓

Leaded gasoline and moms, mice, misfueling, and crime.

Season 1 Episode 2: Whatever Happened to Acid Rain? 14.11.2019 28:45 ↓

Acid rain was front and center on our nation's environmental agenda, but that issue seems to have dropped from sight. What's the story?

Season 1 Episode 1: Rachel Carson and Richard Nixon 07.11.2019 29:10 ↓

Why and how environmental issues rose on the national political agenda in the 1960s and 70s.

Season 1 Preview 08.09.2019 3:10 ↓

In this preview episode, Dr. Thomson introduces The Meaning of Green's Season 1, which asks: what forces aid or constrain environmental policy success?