"full frame" contributor sandra hughes takes a look at the competition. sandra: it's down to the wire for students competing in the u.s. department of energy's biennial solar decathlon. collegiate teams spent two years building solar-powered homes and then must reassemble them in just 9 days. woman: are you nervous? woman 2: we are nervous. we're excited, though, at the same time. we're just so excited that we built our house from the ground up. sandra: this year, the competition is in irvine, california. each of the 14 solar homes are paid for by student fundraising. [crowd cheering]g] man: so, a team not only needs a good set of architects and engineers to design the house, but these are multi-disciplinary teams, and the best ones have a couple of business students, mba students maybe, to help them do fundraising. they have good communicators because they got to get their story out. man: ...bedroom. richard: they need interior decoration, they need landscape engineers. sandra: and of course, they need solar panels. richard: these are zero-net energy hous

"full frame" contributor sandra hughes takes a look at the competition. dra: it's down to the wire for students competing in the u.s. department of energy's biennial solar decathlon. collegiate teams spent two years building solar-powered homes and then must reassemble them in just 9 days. woman: are you nervous? woman 2: we are nervous. we're excited, though, at the same time. we're just so excited that we built our house from the ground up. sandra: this year, the competition is in irvine, california. each of the 14 solar homes are paid for by student fundraising. [crowd cheering]g] man: so, a team not only needs a good set of architects and engineers to design the house, but these are multi-disciplinary teams, and the best ones have a couple of business students, mba students maybe, to help them do fundraising. they have good communicators because they got to get their story out. man: ...bedroom. richard: they need interior decoration, they need landscape engineers. sandra: and of course, they need solar panels. richard: these are zero-net energy houses.

"full frame" contributor sandra hughes takes a look at how innovators are finding solutions to fight the drought. [thunder] sandra: when the rain falls in los angeles now, conservationists head directly into the storm. man: well, we're sampling for stormwater runoff. we're sampling the quality and the quantity of stormwater runoff. at this point, we're taking water samples. we're filling individual bottles which will be analyzed in a lab for different water quality parameters. sandra: they're testing water quality as part of a plan to harness mother nature to save and store more water. so, the next time a long drought hits, the western u.s., especially los a angeles,, will be ready. man: people think that we live in a desert, but we don't. it's a semi-arid environment. we actually rereceive quite a bt ofof rain, between 10 and 15 inches a year. it doesn't sound like a lot, but for every inch of water that rains here, we throw away 3.8 billion gallons of water. so, on the driest year in recorded history two years ago during the drought, it rained 3.6 inches in los angeles. that means w

"full frame" contributor sandra hughes takes a look at how innovators are finding solutions to fight drought. [thunder] sandra: when the rain falls in los angeles now, conservationists head directly into the storm. man: well, we're sampling for stormwater runoff. we're sampling the quality and the quantity of stormwater runoff. at this point, we're taking water samples. we're filling individual bottles which will be analyzed in a lab for different water quality parameters. sandra: they're testing water quality as part of a plan to harness mother nature to save and store more water. so, the next time a long drought hits, the western u.s., especially los a angeles,, will be ready. man: people think that we live in a desert, but we don't. it's a semi-arid environment. we actually rereceive quite a bt ofof rain, between 10 and 15 inches a year. it doesn't sound like a lot, but for every inch of water that rains here, we throw away 3.8 billion gallons of water. so, on the driest year in recorded history two years ago during the drought, it rained 3.6 inches in los angeles. that means we t

"full frame" contributor sandra hughes went along for a ride to find out more about the awesome work ls with wings. leeann: hi, jack. jack: you must be leeann. leeann: i am. sandra: clutching a bouquet of roses and an anxious husband, breast cancer patient leeann brill is heading home to las vegas from california, courtesy of her flying angel, jack lowman. leeann's cancer treatment has taken place at the university of california irvine medical center, about 433 kilometers away from her home. the trip back and forth was originally a daunting task for her and her husband. leeann: i was due to have chemo once a week for 12 weeks. my husband is a pharmacist. he would work 12-, 14-hour days. he would get home about 10:00 at night, and we would pack the car up, leave about 11:00 p.m. and drive, so we'd get here maybe 3:00 in the morning and--for my 8:00 a.m. chemo the next morning, stay overnight wednesday night, and then drive back thursday morning, and we did that for two w weeks, and it was exhausting. sandra: seeing how tired the couple was, the medical center told the brills about a be

for "full frame," this is sandra hughes in tijuana, mexico.oming up next, a look at the culture of volunteerism in asia. we'll be right back. since 2001, when the united nations designated an internationanal year o of volunteeeers, publicic perceptin of volunteerining in china has evevold, especiaially among youg people. in the past decade, millions have volunteered during key national events in china. that's helped to bring increased awareness and attention to social services and the country's development goals. joining us now to discuss the state of vovolunteerism i in china and wt the next generation may bring is dr. yawei liu. he is the director of the china program at the carter center and the associate direrector of the e ca resesearch center in a atlanta, georgia. he's also an adjunct professor of political science at emory u universitity. welcomo "full frame," dr. liu. liu: it's great to be here. walter: let me take a step back to 2001. whahat were somome of e events that ococcurred then, and--and did that really get, basically, a jump

for "full frame," this is sandra hughes in tijuana, mexico.r: coming up next, a look at the culture of volunteerism in asia. we'll be right back. since 2001, when the united nations designated an internationanal year o of volunteeeers, publicic perceptin of volunteerining in china has evevold, especiaially among youg people. in the past decade, millions have volunteered during key national events in china. that's helped to bring increased awareness and attention to social services and the country's development goals. joining us now to discuss the state of vovolunteerism i in china and wt the next generation may bring is dr. yawei liu. he is the director of the china program at the carter center and the associate direrector of the e ca resesearch center in a atlanta, georgia. he's also an adjunct professor of political science at emory u universitity. welcomo "full frame," dr. liu. liu: it's great to be here. walter: let me take a step back to 2001. whahat were somome of e events that ococcurred then, and--and did that really get, basically, a