NOVA · Season 51 · Episode 17

“Building Stuff: Change It!”

Aired Thursday 28 November 2024

Thousands of years of human innovation have allowed us to shape the environment to improve lives. The consequences of our activities are not always benign – but there are solutions. From electrifying aviation, to building robots to protect threatened coral reefs, a new generation of engineers is finding creative solutions to some of our most critical environmental challenges.

S51 E17 discussion