Michael Lawton

Industrial Hemp Harvest in Deutschland

August 14, 2013

Newly legalized, textile mills are processing the country’s first modern harvest of industrial hemp. Michael Lawton reports from Germany on the new varieties of the crop, which cannot be made into marijuana, and the forecast for the multi-purpose crop’s financial success.

German Mag-Lev Train

August 14, 2013

Bavarian Monks Go Golfing?

August 14, 2013

Share Tactics

August 14, 2013

A German Town Takes Charge of their Energy Needs

August 14, 2013

The Cooperative Automobile

August 14, 2013

Reporter Michael Lawton explores a car-sharing program that has taken hold in Germany. The founders of “Stattauto,” which means “instead of a car,” consider private car ownership wasteful and unnecessary for many urbanites.

Java Trees

August 14, 2013

Indonesia has planted millions of trees to help absorb carbon but that doesn’t make up for the country’s spotty record on preserving its forests.