ENVIRONMENT

Episodes of The Green

Big Ideas for a Small Planet

www.sundancechannel.com
Fuel Investigates the future of automotive fuel with segments on a truck that runs on vegetable oil from a fried-chicken party; one-woman’s bio-diesel publicity campaign; and the test of an ethanol racing car at Daytona.
Build A visionary architect works with clients to build their first “green” home; a designer demonstrates his real-life tree house made of growing tree trunks; and environmentally conscious ideas are introduced to low-income neighborhoods.
Cities A real-estate developer helps turn a polluted brown field into a sustainable community; an energy innovator submerges two turbines in New York City’s East River; and a band of guerilla gardeners covertly beautifies blighted urban plots of unused land.
Wear Designer Linda Loudermilk creates high-fashion clothes out of eco-friendly fabrics; a sportswear manufacturer recycles used materials for its clothes; an innovative designer and entrepreneur convince people to re-use old clothes in radically new ways.
Eat An up-and-coming chef shows off his new green restaurant, where even the rooftop doubles as a produce garden; a burger restaurant uses sustainable meat and produce from farms within 100 miles; and a young entrepreneur finds treasure in another man’s trash.
Drive A Silicon Valley carmaker debuts an electric sports car of the future; an entrepreneur shows off his brightly colored affordable electric commuter car; and a high-school team works on their electric vehicle prior to competition in a variety of road rallies.
Furnish A leading furniture company explores the goal of making all new products 100% sustainable; two designers use leftover scrap wood to create recycled furniture; and a Philadelphia-based firm shows off their innovative and stylish home-product designs.
*Additional episodes not yet scheduled include Create, Kids, Paper or Plastic?, Sports, Work, and Pray.

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