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- As people, we want to explore beyond the Earth. But for many, the growing challenges of sustaining our civilization has become too important to ignore. To meet this challenge, we will need agriculture technology that uses resources extremely efficiently. The answers might lie where we least expect them. NASA's development of Bio Regenerative Life Support, or using plants to recycle air and water, is the best example of this type of technology. It may be that exploring further and living on another planet is not a luxury after all, but instead a crucial step in how humans change the paradigm we are caught in on Earth.
- A water crisis has California in headlines across the country, but the untold story is that a water shortage is dogging all of the states in the Colorado River Basin. Beyond the Mirage: The Future of Water in the West reveals new technologies and challenges old ideas through interwoven stories that connect the Colorado snowpack to the bright lights of Las Vegas; presents the challenges facing and competition between the desert cities of Arizona, California and Nevada and potential solutions being developed in Israel and China.