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EcoGeek

project · in 37 videos (2007–2013)

Mentions by year: 2007: 20 · 2008: 7 · 2009: 4 · 2011: 2 · 2012: 3 · 2013: 1

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What the videos say

2007

  • 2007-01-11 · Brotherhood 2.0: January 11th — Hank asks John or viewers what to do with business cards he had printed online for Detroit, which did not come out like his Kinko's sample. (00:01:43)
  • 2007-01-16 · Brotherhood 2.0: January 16, 2007 — John asks Hank to mail him about five of the misprinted EcoGeek business cards, getting his address from their parents. (00:02:37)
  • 2007-01-27 · Week 2 Condensed Highlight Reel — Hank's online-ordered business cards came back misprinted; he asks John and viewers what to do with cards that say EcoGeek. (00:04:28)
  • 2007-02-16 · Brotherhood 2.0: February 16th — Hank lists his work: Brotherhood 2.0 with his brother, running EcoGeek.org (a blog on environmental technologies), his old web design and development business, and trying to be a freelance writer; he is in this month's Mental Floss. (00:00:11)
  • 2007-03-22 · March 22nd: Book Club and Business Cards — Hank says he has used the business-card cube in the intros to his EcoGeek videos, which viewers will soon be able to see on EcoGeek. (00:02:01)
  • 2007-03-22 · March 22nd: Book Club and Business Cards — Because he runs EcoGeek, Hank is getting a free copy of Deep Economy; he will read it too, as he will probably interview the author for his website, and hopes to discuss it with John first. (00:02:42)
  • 2007-04-11 · April 11th: EcoGeek Podcasting — Since John's day-in-the-writer's-life video showed that watching someone type isn't very interesting, Hank shows what he does by discussing the biggest current green-technology issues. (00:00:10)
  • 2007-04-11 · April 11th: EcoGeek Podcasting — Hank asks John what he thought: he is thinking about doing a podcast for EcoGeek, is trying it out, and appreciates any opinions. (00:02:58)
  • 2007-04-16 · Brotherhood 2.0: April 16: Brotherhood of Traveling Shirts — John loved Hank's EcoGeek podcasts, looks forward to more, and advises him not to cut off the beginnings of his sentences. (00:01:07)
  • 2007-04-19 · April 19th: For Sale?! — Hank asks for comments or suggestions about his EcoGeek.org video podcast intro. (00:03:39)
  • 2007-04-23 · April 23rd: Celebrity — Asked in the comments how long a video takes, Hank says it is hard to say, since he interleaves writing EcoGeek stories and breakfast, but concentrating it takes at least two hours. (00:01:50)
  • 2007-05-21 · May 21st: Comment Bashing, Anniversaries and EBO Ladies — Hank announces that Yahoo's new site green.yahoo.com features EcoGeek content alongside NRDC, Amory Lovins, TreeHugger and Worldchanging. (00:01:36)
  • …and 9 more statements in 2007 (most important shown)

2008

  • 2008-08-12 · Eight Days of Awesome — In New York City Hank met the editor-in-chief of Scientific American, who said he admires EcoGeek; Hank says it felt like being king of nerddom for a day. (00:00:40)
  • 2008-09-14 · Hank Vlogs (and a String Quartet) — Hank says he has been absent mostly because of EcoGeek, which is doing very well. (00:00:00)
  • 2008-09-14 · Hank Vlogs (and a String Quartet) — EcoGeek's one employee left for a bigger position, so Hank is doing all his old work again; he is hiring and may have found someone. (00:00:00)
  • 2008-09-25 · Obama llama Duck — Hank explains that his old idea of the brothers punishing themselves for donations to Obama's campaign was dropped: good, but not achievable alongside Nerdfighters, EcoGeek and Paper Towns. (00:00:00)

2009

  • 2009-05-14 · GREEN SCREEN!!!! — Hank announces that as of today his YouTube channel TheEcoGeek is live, another thing he is doing with the green screen. (00:01:17)
  • 2009-05-14 · GREEN SCREEN!!!! — As the EcoGeek, Hank will discuss all kinds of environmental news on the channel, mostly focusing on green technology. (00:01:49)
  • 2009-05-14 · GREEN SCREEN!!!! — Hank points to the subscribe button on the EcoGeek channel page, suggests viewers click it, and asks them to tell him what they think of the channel. (00:01:49)
  • 2009-08-05 · Twitter Games and Truth or Fail — Hank says he has been reluctant to adopt Twitter (the EcoGeek Twitter mostly carries EcoGeek stories) but has now started a personal Hank Green Twitter. (00:00:23)
  • 2009-09-21 · Health Care Reform: The Hank Factor — John says Hank is 29, a video blogger and musician, and runs the environmental technology website EcoGeek. (00:00:00)
  • 2009-09-21 · Health Care Reform: The Hank Factor — John says Hank started EcoGeek in graduate school and it has grown into a business. (00:00:00)
  • 2009-09-21 · Health Care Reform: The Hank Factor — John says Hank now has insurance through that plan, though without drug coverage he still pays $20 a day; worrying less about cancer and bankruptcy, he invests more in EcoGeek, which employs more people. (00:02:04)
  • 2009-12-28 · How To Be a Nerdfighter: A Vlogbrothers FAQ — Asked whether they have real jobs, John says Hank runs the environmental technology website EcoGeek. (00:00:44)

2011

  • 2011-05-05 · IT'S HANKO DE MAYO!! — Since turning 30, John says, Hank kept publishing EcoGeek.org, 'the best environmental technology website', and fostered young musicians from Chameleon Circuit to Mike Lombardo through DFTBA Records. (00:01:24)
  • 2011-10-27 · 7,000,000,000 People — Hank says he has a problem with talking about population as the problem; EcoGeek commenters always say 'this wouldn't be necessary' if only the population were smaller. (00:00:58)

2012

  • 2012-05-05 · It's HANKO DE MAYO!!!!! — John thanks Hank for increasing awesome through Vlogbrothers, The Lizzie Bennet Diaries, SciShow, Crash Course, HankGames, VidCon, DFTBA Records and EcoGeek, and says he does too much. (00:02:12)
  • 2012-06-08 · How to be More Productive...With Hank! — Hank lists his many jobs: VidCon is coming up at the end of the month, The Lizzie Bennet Diaries just passed 50,000 subscribers, plus SciShow, Crash Course, Truth or Fail, EcoGeek and DFTBA Records. (00:00:03)

2013