Doing a good deed seems simple, right? Like you buy flowers for your mom, easy and thoughtful.

But even small acts today have hidden consequences. A hundred years ago, it was simple. You pick some

flowers, hand them to your mom, and everyone's happy, no strings attached. Now, that bouquet might come from

halfway around the world, flown package, treated with herbicides and pesticides, and passed

through complex supply chains with environmental and labor costs all baked in. A rose still

smells sweet, or does it? I'm digging into the flower industry because it's springtime

and I want to make sure my good intentions are actually doing some good.

The book was kind of a catalyst for a revival of local flower farming in the United States.

So now there's a slow flowers movement in the U.S.

Amy Stewart is the author of the book Flower Confidential. I chat with her about the ins and outs

of the flower ecosystem. After that, we get into Aquafaba. Ever heard of it? Well, pay attention,

because not only is it fun to say, but it might be the solution to bringing down your grocery bill.

And Teresa Carey is going to challenge us all in a sort of balderdash of climate tech game.

I'm Dr. Samantha Amin and welcome to Curiosity Weekly from Discovery.

We're diving into one of the biggest challenges of our time, climate change.

We know the science, rising global temperatures, melting ice caps, extreme weather.

It's clear we need to act fast.

But the good news is that innovators and researchers around the world are stepping up in some

seriously creative ways.

From sucking carbon out of the atmosphere to transforming emissions into useful products,

the field of climate tech is exploding with new ideas.

So we're going to gamify things for you.

...