Discovery Channel, Discovery Health, HD Theater, Animal Planet, The Learning Channel, The Military Channel, and The Science Channel---sometimes I feel as if I've learned more from watching the Discovery Channel and its offshoots than I did in all of my science classes in high school. Watching these channels negates somewhat the guilt of watching television because you are actually expanding your knowledge base on a variety of scientific topics.
Imagine my delight when I came across a show called "Invention Nation" that airs at 10 p.m. on Monday nights (Eastern Time) on the Science Channel. What's so great about this show? Well, the show is all about 
inventors of green technologies and what means they used to make their ideas a reality. The show is "hosted" by three like-minded friends---Nobu, Chris, and Micah---who decided to follow their green convictions and modified a van so that it ran on used vegetable oil. Then they drove that van from New York to California in search of green inventors. And they've found some winners! In one episode, they visited a plant that converted construction site waste to energy. In another episode they met two ladies who want to install energy-harnessing revolving doors in high-traffic office buildings. I read on the Invention Nation website that one inventor created solar panels from used CDs? Now, I must've missed that one, but I'm dying to see it!
You've got to check out this show! Go to the Discovery Channel Website and check out this and other awesome shows that I'm sure to blog about in the future!
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