Eco Company Teens

Eco Company follows students into class. But it's not your average class! This ones on wheels…18 of them! And they're learning how to cook! It's Chef Jamie Oliver's Big Rig Teaching Kitchen. See what's on the menu today!

Lights! That's something we probably take for granted and don't think too much about. However, Chris visits one research center that not only thinks about lights…they're inventing the future!

The buses of the future...are here now! Forget the noisy engine and the plumes of black exhaust! These buses are clean and quiet and much more fuel efficient than your regulation diesel bus. They're powered by hydrogen fuel cells and Jalena hops on board to check them out.

There are 4,000 varieties of bees in North America. Much of the produce we eat depends on them. However, their populations are in decline due to disease, pests, urbanization and climate change. Vincent visits a bee research facility and suits up...to find out more!

Girl Scouts are "Green by Nature!" And we find one group who are giving their time to help restore a natural habitat for Coho Salmon. Lagunitas Creek is one of the few creeks that still support the salmon and these girls are working to keep it that way.

The manufacture and distribution of new clothing takes a lot of resources and a lot of energy. But there are other ways to be in style while saving money and protecting the planet. Jalena finds one place and gets some real bargains.

Summer Camp?...what a great time! We visit a summer camp at a unique location. It's called Common Ground and it's an environmental camp in the Summer and a charter high school in the Fall. They're teaching and preparing the environmental leaders of the future!

We found some typical teens who went to the beach...but, not-so-typically, it was a beach in Costa Rica! They're members of the Environmental Science Academy at Oakland High School and their trip to Costa Rica inspired them to do their part to reduce the use of plastic.

What does sustainability really mean? Let's go to our Eco-Lingo dictionary and find out.

It's one thing to produce a good product. But when you do that AND restore habitats, improve the lives of farmers and turn around an environment, that's something worth noting. A family coffee business is doing just that.

We meet some teens spending the day learning about raptors and their relationships with the environment and farmers! The day culminates with the teens building box homes for barn owls. It's day of discovery for all.

What will the car of the future will really be like. Well, the future is NOW and we visit a Hydrogen Fuel Cell research project to see what they look like. These cars are a reality and we'll be seeing them on our roads very soon.

Levi's Stadium, home of the San Francisco 49ers, was awarded LEED Gold Certification when it opened in 2014. So we thought we should check it out. Miles goes behind the scenes...and up on the living roof...to get all the details.

Eco Company visits Soil Born Farms in metropolitan Sacramento,. Besides growing fruits & vegetables to ensure everyone in the community has affordable, high quality produce, this farm also runs an education program that teaches students about farming,. We catch up with them during the first week of summer camp!

The Nigiri Project...a story about sushi, fresh fish on rice! We'll not exactly. The Nigiri Project is a cooperative effort to help the endangered Chinook Salmon population by allowing salmon fry to grow in rice fields until they're big enough to make the journey out to sea.

ZERO LITTER! Zip. Nada. Absolutely none. hat's the goal of a group of teens who are part of Earth Team in Northern California. And why should we settle for anything less than zero? These teens are tackling the problem with cell phones, pads and social media. It's not your parents litter drive!

In part 2 of our profile of Santa Monica High School's award winning Team Marine, we follow the students into the classroom. There they regularly run water quality tests, work to lobby against single use plastic bags...and recently built a solar boat!

Santa Monica High School is just a few blocks from world famous Santa Monica Beach, a great reason for the students there to take a special interest in keeping it clean and free of trash. The school's multi-awarding Team Marine does that...and a lot more in part 1 of their story!

Jessica catches up with Ally Maize, the teen who founded the Green Youth Movement...GYM for short. Gym works with elementary and middle school students to develop green lifestyles at an early age. And Jessica gets a ride in Ally's unique electric car!

Eco Company goes to the Brower Center where Jordan sits down with four award winning teens from across the country. Each one identified an issue and decided to do something about it. When you see teens like this, you know our future is in good hands!

Making bricks out of mud and baking cookies in a solar oven. Sounds like great fun, right! Jalena takes her shoes off on a visit to the School Farm to help stomp on the ingredients to make adobe bricks. It's squishy fun!

Eco Company visits Sacred Heart Preparatory in Menlo Park, CA, they boast a brand new, LEED Platinum-rated science and multi-use building and state-of-the-art resource monitoring. Here you will find sustainability both inside and outside of the classroom.

A non-profit agency that is provides urban youth 18 years and up with special job training to help them join the green work force! These young adults are getting experience installing solar panels on residential roofs. More than hands on experience, they gain a brighter future.

High school students go wading into ocean tide pools at low tide. They are art of Nature Bridge TEEM program and they're looking for sea creatures for their educational lab. Athenna gets her feet wet following along to learn more.

San Ramon Valley High School has a very active environmental club. And one student had an idea to save water in the community. Dana Wilke got the town council's approval and support to create a new campaign, "Just Say Water."