Last night, I stumbled across an interesting TV program on my local PBS station (NJN) called “Growing The Green Economy.” The show touched on some of the issues that have been covered regularly in TFM, including the concept of creating economically sustainable and successful businesses and facilities.
The description from the Web site describes the program in the following way:
How consumer demand for ecologically sound products and energy has impacted the marketplace and job opportunities. Included: green technologies, including biofuels, wind power, solar energy and water-saving methods.
Of particular interest was a statistic claiming that the U.S. recycling industry now employs more workers than the automobile industry! (Not sure if I heard that one correctly, but if it’s true, it surprised the heck out of me.)
Hosted by Simran Sethi, the program is based on a book of the same name by Hazel Henderson (with assistance from Sethi and a forward by Hunter Lovins). Check your local PBS programming for rebroadcast schedules of this show.
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Tonight at 8:00 pm Eastern, most PBS stations nationwide will premier a NOVA documentary, Saved By The Sun , which features an interview with Rocky Mountain Institute Chairman and Chief Scientist Amory Lovins. The one-hour documentary poses a burning question about the future of life on Earth: can we harness the hottest thing in the universe to cool down our warming planet?
In the course of the program, viewers are treated to a tour of Lovins’ amazing, energy-efficient home, which doubles as RMI office space. In addition, Reader’s Digest has just named Lovins its Best Energy Saver. The accolade reads:
For three decades, physicist Amory Lovins has preached that America can wean itself from fossil fuels — and save money by doing so. Now businessmen and bureaucrats are beginning to listen. As founder of the Rocky Mountain Institute, a Colorado-based nonprofit consultancy group, Lovins helped persuade Wal-Mart to switch to more fuel-efficient trucks, Texas Instruments to build a chip plant that uses 20% less energy, and the U.S. Army to give solar power a shot. “I don’t do problems,” this environmental visionary told The New Yorker. “I do solutions.”
To watch a two-minute preview, click here. Please check local listings for confirmation — broadcast dates and times can vary.
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