We have three winners: Patricia (84), Gloria (107) and Kathy Youhanna (168). Thanks to the Sundance Channel!
The Green is an entertaining, primetime source for informative and inspirational programs about the planet we call home. Each night of the The Green features a documentary and original series, combined with interstitial elements. Presented by Robert Redford , The Green airs on Tuesday nights at 9:00pm.
Check out The Green website and learn more about being green.
Screenhead has three (3) The Green Messenger bags to giveaway thanks to the Sundance Channel!
The Green is an entertaining, primetime source for informative and inspirational programs about the planet we call home. Each night of the The Green features a documentary and original series, combined with interstitial elements. Presented by Robert Redford, The Green airs on Tuesday nights at 9:00pm.
Check out The Green website and learn more about being green.
To try and win one of the three The Green messenger bags, post your name and Screenhead will pick the winners Thursday, May 28, 2009.
Sundance Channel continues with its “The Green” Program. I’d love to see more of these shows to support being green.
Tuesday, June 24th
9:00pm e/p
“Big Ideas for a Small Planet: Animals”
Animals don’t generate carbon footprints like we do, but having furry friends living among us is not without ecological impact. From zoos to shelters to pampered pets, this episode will explore how animals’ diets and living environments are increasingly reflecting the “green-ness” of their human guardians.
9:35pm e/p
The Great Warming – Directed by Michael Taylor. Narrated by Alanis Morissette and Keanu Reeves, “The Great Warming” explores how a changing climate is affecting the lives of people around the world. The film taps into the growing groundswell of public interest in climate change to present both an emotional and an accurate picture of the future of our planet. It includes comments from scientists, opinion-makers, and the emerging voice of the American Evangelical community about America’s lack of leadership in one of the most critical environmental issue of the 21st century.
Tune into this cable, reality show where you can learn how to be green and help the environment.
Tuesday, June 10th
9:00pm e/p
“Big Ideas for a Small Planet: Business”
Corporations have begun embracing green business practices as beneficial to their bottom lines, productivity, and image with consumers. This episode visits companies, large and small, in the eco-vanguard: businesses that are doing well by doing good for the earth.
9:35pm e/p
Crude Impact- Directed by James Jandak Wood. This award-winning film details the many ways that oil has shaped the world by enabling humankind to dominate virtually every other species living on the planet. The film spans over 150 years as it considers the past, present and future of human oil usage, exploring topics including the science of Peak Oil; the human and environmental toll exacted by oil dependency; and the role of oil in geopolitics. Incorporating with expert analysis by scientists, policymakers and activists, Crude Impact delivers a message of hope along with its wake-up call, mapping positive actions that individuals can take right now. Social Justice Award, 22nd Annual Santa Barbara International Film Festival.
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Tuesday, June 3rd
9:00pm e/p
“Big Ideas for a Small Planet: Live”Â
The recent building boom – one of the biggest in history – used enormous quantities of resources and generated millions of tons of garbage through the demolition of older structures. This episode surveys some fresh ideas for eco-conscious construction and de-construction.   Â
9:35pm e/p
Weather Report – Directed by Brenda Longfellow. There are places in the world where climate change is not an abstract notion, but a factor in the daily weather report. Weather Report journeys to the frontlines of climate change in the U.S., Canada, Kenya, India and China, visiting ordinary people whose lives and livelihoods are being dramatically impacted by persistent droughts, high winter temperatures, dust storms, sudden monsoons and other extreme weather events. The film also looks at how individuals, communities and companies have begun to reckon with the dangers of a warming earth, and are implementing new approaches to energy production, farming and other environmentally sensitive practices. Â
Tuesday, May 27th
9:00pm e/p
“Big Ideas for a Small Planet: Transport”
The automobile is still king in America, and it’s the single greatest polluter in most cities. This episode will show us how city governments, private organizations and university scientists are working to get commuters to leave their cars behind for cleaner, more efficient modes of transportation.Â
9:30pm e/p
Contested Streets: Breaking New York City Gridlock - Directed by Stefan Schaefer. Historians, urban planners and archival footage combine to tell the story of New York City’s chronic gridlock and its concurrent quest for safer, less crowded streets. Beginning its tale at the turn of the 20th Century, the film traces the dangers and developments, perspectives and personalities that have shaped the flow and flaws of Manhattan street traffic to the present day. As New York City citizens and government alike seek to reduce congestion, filmmaker Schaefer travels to Europe to survey new approaches to transportation in three dynamic world capitals: Copenhagen, Paris and London.
 Tuesday, May 20th
9:00pm e/p
“Big Ideas for a Small Planet: Grow”
Green spaces are essential to the health and welfare of cities and suburbs alike. As urban populations swell, creative environmentalists are scouting surprising spots for vegetation amidst the cement and concrete. Suburbanites lucky enough to have green space are introducing a new level of environmental consciousness to their lawns and gardens.
9:35pm e/p
Off the Grid: Life on the Mesa – Directed by Jeremy Stulberg and Randy Stulberg. Some 400 people make their home on a rugged 15-square mile stretch of New Mexico desert known as the Mesa. Devoid of basic amenities like running water, paved roads and power lines, the Mesa isn’t an easy place to live, but it does offer solitude and autonomy to those who need it, as well as an alternative to contemporary consumer society. This candid documentary captures the tenor of a proudly self-contained and democratic society while profiling several residents, including Maine, a magnetic Gulf War veteran; Mama Phyllis, an even-tempered former psychiatric nurse; and Stan, a kindly pig farmer and father figure to the teenage runaways that have come and gone for years.
Heads up everyone! The “What’s the Big Idea?” contest will be accepting entries until May 20th!! Please do enter as the prizing ($10,000) and the purpose (creative new ways to go green) is pretty phenomenal! In the link below you will find a Call-To-Action clip that you can feature on your site that explains more about it as well as the info and links below.
Sundance Channel invites consumers to share their inspired eco-solutions in the second annual national contest entitled “What’s The Big Idea?” presented by Lexus Hybrid Living. The contest, in which consumers submit a short film or photo essay demonstrating how they work green, play green, eat green or live green, helps to kick off season two of Sundance Channel’s original series “Big Ideas for a Small Planet,” which launches on April 1 as part of The Green, Sundance Channel’s weekly destination focusing on environmental topics. The winner will be awarded a cash prize of $10,000 to help make their “Big Idea” a reality as well as a private green audit by “Big Ideas for a Small Planet” subject Current Energy. Four runners up will receive a Sundance Channel Green VIP Bag.
Current Energy provides energy-efficient solutions that are environmentally sensitive or advanced. Focusing on home and business systems as a whole, Current Energy saves customers money on products, services and utility bills. Â They are featured in “Big ideas for a Small Planet: Gadgets” airing on June 17th.
Contestants will submit their one-minute short film or photo essay featuring their “Big Idea” at the contest site between April 1 and May 20.  Sundance Channel will select the top 25 entries to be viewed and voted on by users between May 27 and June 24. The five proposals to receive the most votes will be reviewed by a panel of environmental experts who will pick the winner. Pieces will be judged on creativity, overall theme, feasibility and presentation.  The winner will be announced the week of July 7th.
Tuesday, May 13th
9:00pm e/p
“Big Ideas for a Small Planet: Recycle”Â
Recycling efforts have come a long way since the bottle bills of the 1970s – a good thing, since the U.S. produces 400 MILLION tons of garbage per year. Individuals and organizations are taking on the challenge of recycling everything from computers to medicine bottles to handbags. The methods can be can be as simple as re-use, or as technologically sophisticated as chemically transforming one discarded material to create another.
9:35pm e/p
Burning the Future: Coal in America - Directed by David Novack. This timely documentary takes us to the Appalachian Mountains of southern West Virginia to explore the political, economic and environmental issues surrounding coal, the source of more than half of U.S. electricity. At particular issue is the controversial above-ground mining technique known as mountaintop removal, which is defended as safe by the coal industry but opposed by a growing number of residents who believe it is a threat their land, their health and their unique way of life. Burning the Future offers a penetrating portrait of the hidden cost of coal as it follows the efforts of those trying to halt mountaintop removal, including an ecology professor and a working mother whose Appalachian roots stretch back to the 1700s.
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Take a look at what is showing on the Sundance Channel for environmental efforts to save the planet.
Tuesday, April 22
9:00pm e/p
“Big Ideas for a Small Planet: Gen Y”Â
Generation Y – the children of baby boomers, now in their late teens to early 20s – came of age to ever-louder warnings of climate change, resource depletion, and species extinction. It’s an eco-aware group, but also one inclined toward buying, eating, traveling and consuming more than any generation before. By blending environmentalism with consumerism, the life choices Gen Y is making right now – how they party, where they go to college, even how they get married – open a fascinating window onto how future generations will care for the earth.
9:35pm e/p
The Greening of Southie – Directed by Ian Cheney. This documentary goes behind the scenes and onto the scaffolds to follow the construction of Boston’s first green residential building, a luxury condominium complex called the Macallan. Located in the city’s storied working-class neighborhood, South Boston (aka “Southie”), the Macallan was conceived with the ambitious goal of securing a Gold LEED rating from the U.S. Green Building Council. Moving between the idealistic young development team, a wide range of suppliers, and the seasoned union construction crew, The Greening of Southiemaps each step – and occasional misstep — on the Macallan’s road to LEED certification and move-in day.