TV

AIT on Showtime

Al Gore’s Academy Award-winning documentary An Inconvenient Truth will make the move to the small screen, appearing this Sunday night (8pm EDT) on Showtime. Check your local schedule.

My aborted adventure on Fox

I’ll tell you a little secret. Late last week, for a few brief, surreal hours, I was scheduled to appear on the Fox News show Hannity & Colmes to discuss … well, allegedly the greening of the Oscars, but as anyone who’s seen the show knows, the real topic was always going to be the […]

Tell us when green bursts from the screen

For the second time in two nights, I was innocently watching bad TV when a green theme popped up. A gal can’t get a break from her day job these days with so many producers rushing to prove their eco-cred. So how far-reaching is this trend? Figuring that out will either require me to watch […]

Damn I hate that show

For the first few seasons of 24, I kept trying to get into it — I’d watch the first three or four episodes and give up. I dropped by for an episode or two this season, and it confirmed my initial impression, which is: 24 reflects a warped, adolescent view of violence and human nature. […]

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The Energy Star Alliance is running a public service announcement profiling a fictional family powering their house with static electricity.

It's a pretty funny commercial; I wish I knew the ad firm that did it.

Damn he’s smart

The Rocky Mountain Institute's Amory Lovins appeared on PBS's Charlie Rose Show on Tuesday. He was, as usual, brilliant and absurdly quotable. The guy's a human pull-quote generator. Charlie Rose is kind of dippy though. Here's the full video:

A green-carpet report from the Environmental Media Awards

I adore pop culture. I live for the environment. But I rarely have a chance to indulge my two obsessions at the same time. So when I was invited to cover the Environmental Media Awards, I did an Ashlee Simpson-esque jig. Fashion! Hybrids! Great hair! Really, could a gossip-rag-reading, E!-network-loving enviro ask for anything more? […]

From the show Weeds

Showtime's semi-hit show Weeds is about Nancy Botwin, a suburban stay-at-home mother of two boys who, after the death of her husband, turns to selling marijuana to make ends meet. Soon she starts growing too.

I'm in the midst of watching the second season. With some partners, Nancy's just developed a new strain (dubbed "MILF weed" by Snoop Dogg himself) and started selling it. Cash is pouring in, so Nancy goes on a shopping spree. Here's a short clip of what it looks like:

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Despite my best efforts, I can never get the videos on Big Picture TV to work. (I wish everyone would just switch to Flash, a la YouTube.) But perhaps you can. If so, go check out the three clips of Bill McKibben they just put up.

And let me know if they're any good.