# optical (video feeds) — RSS Amplifier Recent posts from the 2 feeds in the RSS Amplifier directory that cover optical. Page: Feed: --- ## [Green Building in the Age of Wild Fires with Drew Hubbell](https://www.uctv.tv/shows/41530) _2026-05-09 · Energy Solutions (Video)_ Architect Drew Hubbell explores the intersection of sustainable design and architectural artistry, highlighting how thoughtful, aesthetically rich structures can also embody strong environmental principles. He presents several recent projects, with particular attention to their fire-resistant strategies and materials. Against the backdrop of increasingly destructive wildfires across California,… [Listen](https://podcast.uctv.tv/vod/41530.mp4) ## [Water Wealth and the Ancestral Circular Economy with Kamanamaikalani Beamer](https://www.uctv.tv/shows/41295) _2026-02-04 · Energy Solutions (Video)_ The extractive linear economy and policies focused on endless growth have produced unparalleled socioeconomic inequality and the climate crisis. Communities around the world are calling for new economic models that are regenerative towards people, place, and ecosystems. Ancestral ʻŌiwi (indigenous Hawaiian) economic systems were built around people's relationships and understandings of wai… [Listen](https://podcast.uctv.tv/vod/41295.mp4) ## [Economics Always Wins: Climate and Electrification in the 21st Century with Tom Steyer](https://www.uctv.tv/shows/41034) _2025-12-02 · Energy Solutions (Video)_ Climate investor and philanthropist Tom Steyer, recipient of the 2025 Charles David Keeling Memorial Lecture, talks about the current and future state of energy. In a conversation with Scott Lewis of Voice of San Diego, Steyer argues that capitalism and policy must work together at scale, and highlights the marketplace rise of renewables like solar and EVs alongside challenges like slow… [Listen](https://podcast.uctv.tv/vod/41034.mp4) ## [The Challenge of Building Better Batteries](https://www.uctv.tv/shows/41031) _2025-10-27 · Energy Solutions (Video)_ Batteries have become an essential component of our daily life. They power our smartphones, laptops, tablets, and many of the cars around us. They are also key to the renewable energy transition. Building better batteries requires the design of materials whose chemical composition and structure evolve drastically on charge and discharge, yet those changes must be perfectly reversible for the… [Listen](https://podcast.uctv.tv/vod/41031.mp4) ## [The Moral Economy of Resource Extraction and the Future of Industrialization](https://www.uctv.tv/shows/40428) _2025-06-10 · Energy Solutions (Video)_ The "energy transition" is actually a shift from relying on fossil fuels (like coal, oil, and gas) to using metals to generate energy. However, extracting metals has always been a significant environmental and political issue, especially for cities. This problem has been around for centuries, even ancient Roman writers wrote about it. In this program, Helen Thompson, Professor of Political Economy… [Listen](https://podcast.uctv.tv/vod/40428.mp4) ## [The Deadly Trade in Oil and Gas](https://www.uctv.tv/shows/40220) _2024-11-15 · Energy Solutions (Video)_ Oil and gas are the most traded commodities on the planet; they are also the chief causes of the most grievous harm our species has yet faced, the burgeoning climate crisis. Bill McKibben is the Schumann Distinguished Scholar at Middlebury College and a founder of Third Act, which organizes people over the age of 60 to work on climate and racial justice. He examines how the export of hydrocarbons,… [Listen](https://podcast.uctv.tv/vod/40220.mp4)