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Hood Games: Stop clearcutting the youth	Chris Schults	04 Jul 2006	Gristmill
Over at Treehugger TV, there is a new video about Comet Skateboards (a green 'board manufacturing company) and their community event, Hood Games: In addition to raising funds and for a sustainably designed skate park in downtown Oakland CA, Comet has collaborated with others to put on Hood Games. Hood Games 4 took place in Oakland, and brought together a truly remarkable gathering of the skateboarders, parents, and friends for a full day of music, art, and of course ...
Topics: California, green building, sports, TV, websites (all these topics)

EMA Awards 2006: Call for entries	Chris Schults	30 Jun 2006	Gristmill
The Environmental Media Association is seeking entries for their Sixteenth Annual Environmental Media Awards. (You might recall that Vanessa McGrady covered last year's event for Grist.) Categories include: Feature Film Made for TV Movie Television Episodic Comedy Television Episodic Drama Reality Program (New!) Children's TV Program: Animated & Live Action Daytime Soap Opera (New!) Documentary: Short (under 45 minutes) Documentary: Feature (over 45 m ...
Topics: innovation, movies, TV (all these topics)

Addicted to Oil, with Tom Friedman	David Roberts	26 Jun 2006	Gristmill
I poke fun at Thomas Friedman on occasion. His platitudinous, gee-whiz, American-tourist prose, presented with a heaping helping of deep-think pretension, is a target-rich environment. But that gee-whiz persona serves him well when he's right, and he's right about energy. His Discovery Channel program Addicted to Oil, which aired Sat. night, is absolutely stellar. Catch re-runs if you can -- or, if you lack scruples, the torrent is floating around. I'm sure green ...
Topics: cars, electric vehicles, energy, oil, TV (all these topics)

Too graphic for TV	Chris Schults	25 Jun 2006	Gristmill
From peta2.com, PETA's youth-oriented site, we learn of a new music video by Rise Against intended to '[show] everyone what goes on in the world and what people are doing to this planet and to animals.' According to band member Tim McIlrath: It is the most important video Rise Against has ever made. This video transcends our band and our music and talks about a much bigger picture, a picture that affects each of us. I hope people check this video out and then sha ...
Topics: animal welfare, music, TV (all these topics)

Al Gore on Today show	Chris Schults	24 May 2006	Gristmill
Hey, NBC's Today is focusing on -- wait for it -- climate change! Check out Katie Couric's interview with Al Gore. (Sigh, requires IE.)
Topics: Al Gore, climate, TV (all these topics)

Pat Michaels slanders Al Gore on Fox's Hannity & Colmes	David Roberts	18 May 2006	Gristmill
I just sent the following email to Fox News and Pat Michaels:-----Patrick Michaels appeared on Fox's Hannity & Colmes on May 16. He said this: I have a quote from [Al Gore], from Grist magazine recently. He said, "I believe it's appropriate to have an over-representation of factual presentations on how dangerous it is." He says it's appropriate to over-represent the danger on this issue. You have to realize what he said and take that as you se ...
Topics: Al Gore, TV (all these topics)

The CEI ads	David Roberts	17 May 2006	Gristmill
OMFG, so, I finally went and watched the TV ads to be aired by the Competitive Enterprise Institute a week before An Inconvenient Truth is released. I'm not sure what I expected, but these things are genuinely funny. They look like nothing so much as a parody produced by Saturday Night Live. The tag line -- the last line of the ad, read dramatically as a little girl blows a dandelion -- is: "Carbon dioxide. They call it pollution. We call it life." It's a ...
Topics: climate, climate change skepticism, green living, messaging, TV (all these topics)

President Al Gore's SOTU	Chris Schults	14 May 2006	Gristmill
Somewhere, in an alternate reality ... Thanks SNL! Update [2006-5-15 11:10:13 by David Roberts]: It appears the video was yanked off YouTube. For now, at least, it's still available on Crooks & Liars.Update [2006-5-16 15:11:25 by David Roberts]: It's also available on iFilm.
Topics: Al Gore, TV (all these topics)

Media Shower: Al over the place	Chris Schults	29 Apr 2006	Gristmill
On Thursday, Dave attended a press screening of An Inconvenient Truth, so expect a review of it soon. And on Tuesday, May 2nd, he'll be chatting with the star of the film, Al Gore. If you have any burning questions, just let Dave know. In related news, David Remnick of the The New Yorker published a glowing review of his own, in which he writes: 'An Inconvenient Truth is not the most entertaining film of the year. But it might be the most important.' Word. Al als ...
Topics: Al Gore, An Inconvenient Truth, movies, TV, websites (all these topics)

Eco 4 the World Summer Rayne Oakes hosts new television show	Chris Schults	25 Apr 2006	Gristmill
Back in February, I mentioned that Summer Rayne Oakes was filming a 'new, entertaining, environmentally-charged show.' After contacting the eco-fashionista's PR firm, I was told I would be among the first to get more details. 'Yeah, right,' is what I thought to myself. Yet, months later, what do I find in my inbox but a press release:Big Durian Productions announces the move to sign model and environmental activist Summer Rayne Oakes as one of the hosts for the upbeat, ...
Topics: TV, green living (all these topics)

Media Shower: The MTV generation	Chris Schults	21 Apr 2006	Gristmill
A lot of media companies have been jumping on the stop-global-warming bandwagon lately, but few are as influential with the kids as MTV: Following President Bush's State of the Union declaration earlier this year that 'America is addicted to oil,' MTV announced today the network's latest pro-social initiative, BREAK THE ADDICTION, a year-long campaign to engage, educate and empower young people to take simple, daily actions that can have a measurable impact in t ...
Topics: TV, climate, green living (all these topics)

Earth Day Network TV	Chris Schults	21 Apr 2006	Gristmill
Today, the Earth Day Network launched Earth Day Network TV (currently streaming: a live panel discussion on matters earthly, accompanied by a live chat). You'll also find a variety of videos submitted from different groups, on subjects ranging from renewable energy to climate change to trailers for environmental-media projects. Here is some info included in an email that I received back in March: [The network] will include hours of interviews, documentaries, f ...
Topics: TV, green living (all these topics)

NYT on environmental programming	Chris Schults	18 Apr 2006	Gristmill
Tonight, PBS will be airing 'Nova: Dimming the Sun' and 'Journey to Planet Earth: The State of the Planet's Wildlife.' (Check local listings.) Over in the television section of The New York Times you'll find a review of these two shows, as well as HBO's 'Too Hot Not to Handle' that Dave wrote about here. When television is such a mathematical word problem, it hurts the idle brain. But idling is exactly the problem, and three nationwide Cassandra cries dominate th ...
Topics: TV (all these topics)

Media Shower: green.tv A broadband TV channel for environmental films	Chris Schults	14 Apr 2006	Gristmill
Environmental media is blooming on the internets these days. The folks over at Treehugger are keeping on schedule by pumping out a new video each week. The latest piece is on organic and biodynamic wines. Along the same lines, I discovered that Daryl Hannah has launched a weekly video blog called dh love life, where she'll cover issues like biodiesel to green building. And late this week I got word of green.tv (a domain I wish I grabbed myself): green.tv is th ...
Topics: green living, movies, TV, websites (all these topics)

Now playing: dh love life	Chris Schults	11 Apr 2006	Gristmill
Move over Current TV, lookout Treehugger TV ... here comes Daryl TV! Actually, that's dh love life, Daryl Hannah's weekly video blog, which covers a range of green topics. Now playing is a piece on vegan junkfood. Previous episodes covered biodiesel and a natural products expo. Upcoming episodes will feature green building and a skater/farmer (organic I presume). I'm hooked. (Via TH)
Topics: TV, websites, celebrity (all these topics)

Current TV: Make your own Yaris TV ad, and more	Chris Schults	07 Apr 2006	Gristmill
So you think you've got the chops to produce a television commercial after making your own Chevy Tahoe ad? Well, let's see how well you do when you have to shoot and edit it yourself! Still up to the challenge? If so, head on over to Current TV where they're seeking submissions for viewer-created ads for the Toyota Yaris. What would you do with your Yaris? Now, you don't have to own a Yaris to take on this project. Just make a V-Cam commercial about what you would d ...
Topics: cars, TV, websites (all these topics)

Media Shower: Another weekly roundup	Chris Schults	24 Mar 2006	Gristmill
Well, I'm off to the Hazel Wolf Environmental Film Festival soon for a weekend bonanza of green films. I don't have much time to write, so here's another weekly recap: On Saturday I wrote about the speech that Edward R. Murrow gave at the 1958 Radio-Television News Directors Association & Foundation Convention in Chicago. I posited the following: Can we use the medium of television, which some seem to despise, for good? It's not too late to spend your two cents. ...
Topics: messaging, movies, TV (all these topics)

Using TV to illumininate and inspire	Chris Schults	18 Mar 2006	Gristmill
Last night I watched the film Good Night, And Good Luck. If you haven't seen it yet, I highly recommend it. It is currently available on DVD. The movie is about the 1953 CBS News team (led by Edward R. Murrow and Fred Friendly) that successfully went head-to-head with the junior senator from Wisconsin, Joseph McCarthy. How closely the situation in 1953 mirrors today is disturbing, but CBS's success gives us hope. The film begins and ends with the 1958 Radio-Telev ...
Topics: movies, TV (all these topics)

Media Shower: A weekly roundup	Chris Schults	17 Mar 2006	Gristmill
Wow, I guess I underestimated my ability to influence coverage here at Grist. If you haven't noticed, environmental media has been getting a lot of play around here lately. So, this week I'm simply going to provide a roundup of green-media topics appearing on Grist (and elsewhere): More Environmental Film Last week I mentioned there'd be more on environmental film festivals. I didn't lie. If you missed it, check out Paul Henderson's report, Feelin' Movie, which discu ...
Topics: movies, music, TV, websites (all these topics)

State of the planet's wildlife and water Courtesy of PBS	Chris Schults	14 Mar 2006	Gristmill
While most television networks lack programming in the environmental arena, at least we have PBS, which will air a few green specials just in time for Earth Day. First we have 'Planet H20': PLANET H2O, a two-part television special premiering in April, is an excellent resource to introduce young people to water conservation. Told through the stories young people, it explores issues regarding fresh water systems around the world. Check local listings for dates and ...
Topics: TV, water pollution, wildlife (all these topics)

Media Shower: An addendum	Chris Schults	10 Mar 2006	Gristmill
When I was asked to start writing this weekly column, I toyed around with the idea of having myself a slogan: 'I watch TV so you don't have to.' It is a good thing I didn't, because I'm failing miserably. First, Brendon directs me to CBS's The Amazing Race, which is in its ninth season. I gave up watching the show a few seasons ago. But without Brendon's tip I wouldn't have realized that in episode two, which takes place in Brazil, the teams had to make their own et ...
Topics: biofuels, ethanol, green living, TV (all these topics)

Media Shower: Environmental film	Chris Schults	10 Mar 2006	Gristmill
If you watched the Oscars on Sunday night and were paying close attention, you may have noticed that climate change made a small appearance. Missed it? It was right there in the middle of the 'issues' montage. If you don't believe me, head on over to Oscar.com and take a look at item number ten. See it? Day After Tomorrow. (For those of you not familiar with the movie, IMDb can help. May I also suggest this and this.) As I mentioned last week, this year's Academy A ...
Topics: movies, TV, websites (all these topics)

TV for treehuggers Treehugger TV has arrived	Chris Schults	10 Mar 2006	Gristmill
We've all encountered comments like 'television rots your brain.' Generally speaking, I don't believe technology is inherently bad. What we should evaluate is its application and use, not technology itself. Which is why I advocate that enviros utilize traditional and emerging media to their advantage instead of abandoning it altogether. With television, I think most of us would agree that environmental issues and innovative green products and ideas do not get the co ...
Topics: TV, websites (all these topics)

Dig This: My two cents on an eco-building TV program Building green while sitting on your couch	Sarah K. Burkhalter	21 Feb 2006	Gristmill
Photo: BuildingGreenIn case you have forgotten -- it's been a long week, with a holiday, hooray! -- last week's Dig This claimed that I will use my weekly soapbox here to promote house-related stuff that's affordable to the average human being. Well, today's column is aimed at the average human being that owns a TV. If you are one of these lucky folk, you too can tune in to PBS this summer for the first-of-its-kind Building Green: During the first season of 'Bu ...
Topics: green building, TV (all these topics)

Oil on The Daily Show Jon Stewart interviews an oil analyst, who basically blows it	David Roberts	16 Feb 2006	Gristmill
A couple days ago, Jon Stewart interviewed Peter Tertzakian, author of A Thousand Barrels a Second: The Coming Oil Break Point and the Challenges Facing an Energy Dependent World. (You can watch the interview here.) I haven't read the book, so I don't know what Tertzakian's general outlook is, but I can tell you that on television his outlook is boooring. It's highly unfortunate: The Daily Show reaches an extremely influential demographic, and the peak-oil issue despe ...
Topics: books, energy, oil, TV (all these topics)

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