Where backyard experiments expose the strange limits of greener ideas.

This series turns sustainability science into hands-on tests, from making ethanol out of grass to building lumber from waste and even reshaping used pods into shoes. You will see practical principles pushed into wildly impractical scenarios, revealing what works, what fails, and why. Sign up to watch inventive experiments that make complex ideas memorable.

Episode guide

4 episodes

1Can You Power A Lawnmower With Grass?

Is corn the only crop that can be made into fuel? In a fun twist on sustainability Andy from the YouTube channel 'How To Make Everything' tests if he can use clippings from mowing his lawn to create fuel that powers the very lawnmower he uses to do so.

17 min

2CARDBOARD LUMBER PART 1

What is one to do when supply is low and global demand is high? In our new series with Andy from @How To Make Everything, we’re exploring if household recyclables can be turned into a lumber substitute.

14 min

3CARDBOARD LUMBER PART 2

Is it possible to mass-produce a lumber substitute at home? In our new series with Andy from @How To Make Everything, we’re exploring how to mass-produce building materials from household recyclables.

19 min

4K-Cups/Recycled Plastic into Shoes

K-Cups have made our morning routines wonderfully easier, but we know that they create a lot of excess waste. That's why Andy from @How To Make Everything jumped on the opportunity to recycle them into something we all need: shoes!

19 min

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