I reached a conclusion to Why are Michiganders returning fewer bottles and cans for America Recycles Day before I could use this video.
Rejected video for Jane Goodall post
Oct. 2nd, 2025 08:51 amRejected image for EMA Awards post
Sep. 28th, 2025 06:55 pmI made this for The 2025 Environmental Media Association (EMA) Awards nominees, saw a flaw, and made another version that was less flawed.


The video I originally planned for today
Aug. 28th, 2025 08:47 amI replaced it with Company Man asks 'The Decline of Claire's...What Happened?' A tale of the Retail Apocalypse. Priorities.
Rejected video for World Giraffe Day post
Jun. 21st, 2025 02:13 pmRejected video for Earth Day post
Apr. 22nd, 2025 10:20 pmI wanted to be spooky, so I posted Storied asks 'Why Does A Ghost Whale Terrorize The Japanese Coast?' An Earth Month ghost story, then I wanted to laugh, so I posted 'The Daily Show' Celebrates Earth Day by Tackling Climate Change.
Rejected video for World Water Day post
Mar. 22nd, 2025 01:41 pmThis didn't fit two of the themes in The United Nations on glacier preservation, the theme of this year's World Water Day, so I'm posting it here.
Video for a postponed driving post
Oct. 18th, 2024 02:41 pmI was thinking of using this in today's post, but wrote Take 'A 538 Election Road Trip', a driving update instead.
Unused video for plastic pollution post
Sep. 23rd, 2024 07:07 pmI was thinking of using this in SciShow and Wild Hope explain 'How to Save the World from Plastic', but went in another direction at the end.
Another postponed video for CityNerd post
Sep. 18th, 2024 07:18 pmI mentioned this video in passing in Bright Sun Films 'Abandoned - Unfinished Bloomfield Park,' a tale of the real estate crash and Great Recession but posted CityNerd responds to comments on his Project 2025 video instead. Priorities.
A video I should show my students
Aug. 21st, 2024 11:42 amI have lectured on sea otters as keystone species for nearly two decades, but didn't have a good video about them for all this time. Now I do.
Rejected video for Planet Earth III post
Aug. 10th, 2024 08:29 pmI chose the version with more narration to include in Planet Earth III's Emmy nominations for World Lion Day.
Postponed video for World Snake Day post
Jul. 16th, 2024 10:10 amI was considering using this video today, but decided on PBS Terra on 'the invasive Burmese Pythons of the Everglades' for World Snake Day. Maybe on a future World Snake Day.
I decided to save this for next year's post instead of PBS Terra on redwoods and moss for World Rainforest Day. I'm an environmentalist, so I conserve my resources.
I decided against using this video...
Jun. 18th, 2024 10:00 am...in 'The debate over the Anthropocene, explained' by Vox and SciShow because that post was already long enough and this video was even slower and more technical.