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• How Coca-Cola is reducing its water consumption

  

  With over 900 bottling operations globally, how does Coca-Cola keep its water consumption in check? Jeff Seabright, vice president of the Environment for Coca-Cola, talks about how they're using new water filtering and recovery technologies to bring the company's water use down.

  Length: 00:02:02

• Was the Copenhagen Climate Conference a failure?

  

  At the Cleantech Forum in San Francisco, Bryan Walsh, environmental columnist with Time magazine, moderates a panel on international policy for tackling climate change. He asks Dickson Pinner, a partner with McKinsey and Marc Stuart and founder of Ecosecurities, whether the recent climate conference in Copenhagen produced any meaningful policy or regulations.

  Length: 00:05:03

• Inside eco-friendly air travel

  

  You can reduce your carbon footprint when traveling through San Francisco International Airport. Purchase a carbon offset for your flight -- and help restore redwood forests in Northern California at the same time. SmartPlanet's Sumi Das explains how it works.

  Length: 00:02:46

• Smart coffee roaster burns 80% less carbon

  

  Equator Coffees, a specialty coffee wholesaler, is going green throughout its business operations. The co-founders, Helen Russell and Brooke McDonnell are using sustainable farming practices to grow their coffee cherries by partnering with local farmers in developing countries. On their site, they also have a smart coffee roaster that burns 80 percent less natural gas than a traditional coffee roaster and a food composter that turns excess coffee waste into fertilizer.

  Length: 00:03:43

• New breed of accountants measure carbon footprint

  

  San Francisco based, Climate Earth has developed new software technology that measures and analyzes the carbon impact inside the supply chain, from the production of a carton of orange juice to the construction of a giant skyscraper. SmartPlanet talks to commercial builders, Webcor, about how they're using the technology to get a more detailed account of their carbon footprint during the construction process.

  Length: 00:02:27

• Bon Appétit nourishes Silicon Valley cafeterias with locally-farmed food

  

  SmartPlanet takes a tour of Yahoo's kitchen to see the sustainable options, food management company Bon Appétit has implemented. Innovations include locally farmed food options, a low carbon diet calculator that measures your food intake against your carbon footprint, and a food dehydrator that converts excess food scraps into mulch.

  Length: 00:04:30

• The food carbon calculator: How does the food you eat affect global warming?

  

  Helene York, vice president of strategic partnerships at Bon Appétit demos the company's Low Carbon Diet Calculator. The software tool allows users to calculate the carbon emissions created in everyday meals such as cheeseburgers, tacos and chicken sandwiches and then they can decide how their food choices impact the environment.

  Length: 00:01:00

• Food dehydrator turns food scraps into fertilizer

  

  Bob Hart, the head chef at Yahoo, shows off the company's new food dehydrator. The contraption takes excess food and paper waste such as fish, herbs and napkins and converts it into fertilizer. The whole process takes about 18 hours from start to finish.

  Length: 00:00:45

• Smart toy shopping this holiday season

  

  Looking to buy a 'green' toy for the holidays? San Francisco based Green Toys manufacture their toys out of recycled milk containers. The safe plastic material is called high-density polyethylene and it's free from suspect chemicals you might find in other children's toys. SmartPlanet talks to the co-founders about their business plan, innovative packaging concept, and how the company is reducing its carbon footprint by making its toys in the United States.

  Length: 00:03:34

• U.S. CTO: Better cybersecurity, better health care

  

  At a Churchill Club event held at the Computer History Museum in Menlo Park, Calif., the United States’ CTO, Aneesh Chopra, describes his plan to invest in security infrastructure upgrades to help create a more efficient and smarter health care system.

  Length: 00:03:10