By Frank Sesno •
April 15, 2009
Editor’s Note: This post is a guest contribution by Frank Sesno, Emmy-award winning journalist and former CNN Bureau Chief. ”Planet Forward” is an innovative, viewer-driven program driven by the power of ideas, as citizens make their case for what they think about the nation’s energy future. The show debuts TONIGHT (8pm), in a primetime PBS special. See Frank Sesno’s last post for CleanTechnica here.
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By John Garamendi •
April 8, 2009
By California Lt. Gov. John Garamendi: At an event last month, I joined environmentalists and California Assembly members to promote a package of bills that will help provide a model the rest of the country can follow. If the bills pass the legislature and are signed into law, California will once again demonstrate trailblazing environmental leadership, phasing out the production of disposable plastic bags, polystyrene packaging, endocrine disruptor bisphenol-A, cigarette butts, and removable bottle caps, all of which blight our [...]
By Frank Sesno •
March 23, 2009
Editor’s Note: This post is a guest contribution by Frank Sesno, Emmy-award winning journalist and former CNN Washington Bureau Chief. ”Planet Forward” is an innovative, viewer-driven program driven by the power of ideas, as citizens make their case for what they think about the nation’s energy future. The show debuts on the web first and then moves to television, in a primetime PBS special on April [...]
By Tiffany Washko •
March 19, 2009
Most of us are already familiar with the fun and educational programming provided by PBS. Many of us grew up with Sesame Street and The Reading Rainbow right? Well, I am pleased as punch when I find my kids engrossed in PBS programming because I know they are likely learning while viewing.
Well now PBS is participating in an entertaining, educational, and free Earth Day campaign! This is even better news for an eco conscious parent.
The online content and programming are ADORABLE – and all free – and help instill a love of the environment and eco-conscious values in children and their families. Joining in the campaign is a great way for kids and families to start a dialogue about the importance of preserving the earth, while learning and having fun.
By Reenita Malhotra •
January 22, 2009
Warren Buffett, the chairman of Berkshire Hathaway says that President Obama’s #1 job is to fix is the economy but even though we have “got the right person in the operating room, but it doesn’t mean the patient is going to leave the hospital tomorrow.”
In an exclusive interview with PBS’s Nightly Business Report, Warren Buffett tells anchor Susie Gharib, that America was in an “economic Pearl harbor” last September, that went for a nosedive after October 1st 2008.
By Stuart Stein •
October 27, 2008
Since I received such a great and varied response from my post, Do Publishers Think We’re Stupid?, I am continuing the series with Do TV Executives Think We’re Stupid?
Author, critic and food writer John Mariani, (Esquire magazine, Diversion magazine, Bloomberg News, Bloomberg Radio and The Italian-American Cookbook among other books) published an article in the August 2008 Esquire magazine, The Worst (and Best) Cooking Shows on Television.
Mr. Mariani writes,
As someone who writes about food and restaurants for a living, I have near-zero interest in watching most of the food shows on TV, where hijinks, hair, and cleavage have replaced the authoritative, careful instructiveness of Julia Child, David Rosengarten, and Sara Moulton — most of whom are either off the air, dead, toiling in obscurity, or relegated to reruns.
The Food Network, which once had all those people on, is now home to a bunch of screaming, loutish characters who read from cue cards with about as much as contrivance as Jerry Springer sympathizing with a 400-pound transsexual. Still, there are some good shows out there that teach you as much about how to cook something as about the culture or reasons behind it.
Here, here! Let me expound on his insight and give you my opinion of the Bad, the Ugly and the Good.
By Levi Novey •
September 8, 2008
American filmmaker Ken Burns, most famous for his documentary on the American Civil War, is currently on a working vacation in Glacier National Park. He is obtaining footage of the park for his upcoming documentary that will be titled The National Parks: America’s Best Idea.
Burns says he was fascinated by the idea of telling the story of how Yellowstone and other national parks were created: “in a [...]
Editor’s note: We’re excited to hear that King Corn is coming to the small screen, and that its creators have a new film coming out. Thanks to our friends at Eco-Libris for sharing this post with us; it was originally published on Saturday, April 5, 2008.
Two weeks ago Eylon Israely conducted an interview with King Corn’s Director and Producer, Aaron Woolf . Today we’ve got interesting updates on the film and its creators.
Firstly, If you haven’t seen this documentary yet, here’s your chance - King Corn airs on PBS on April 15! So mark it down in your calender.
And there’s also a new film from the creators of King Corn - The Greening of Southie. The film will have its world premiere on the Sundance Channel on Earth Day, April 22 at 9:40PM. This time, the filmmakers explore green building, and they’re focusing on the first green residential project in one of the favorite neighborhoods: South Boston, or Southie as everyone calls it. Here’s a little bit more about it:
