Co-create the Current Green Show with Current Green

Leah,

Many of the green topics you have listed sound intriguing. "Recycle it Forward" is the name of the series I am creating of 5 minute videos about tips for living green. The idea is that by influencing a few to make greener choices, those few will each set examples for a few more and the rate of green choices grows exponentially. I would love to submit it to your, “Green on a shoestring: cheap tricks,” section. Green news, climate science and weird videos are all sections I would watch as well. What does “Greenwasher of the week” entail?

One segment I would love to see is profiles of people practicing what they preach. For example, I know a woman who has been bringing the same plastic silverware on her annual family camping trip for ten years (and that is only the beginning). Profiles of people living in Tumbleweed Homes such as Dee Williams of WA, who lives in an 84sf house built from salvaged materials, could fascinate the public with positive role models.

Another aspect of living the green life where I find interest is in naturally occurring green lifestyles around the world. So often the media points out struggle and strife and while this is necessary, I believe that positive and successful lifestyles are being too often overlooked. By focusing on exemplary ways of living, we can be humbled and inspired to start making changes in our own lives. Positive focused media may not get the highest ratings, but I believe it is where we can make the highest degree of positive change. Many other cultures naturally have a low impact lifestyle. While there are thousands of green alternatives to reckless consumerism, one is reduced packaging. For example, Americans can’t buy a candy without 3 layers of wrappers. Many other countries would never dream of rewrapping something that is already wrapped leading to unnecessary waste.

As for the title, I was thinking "Aqua Marine Green Team." The team represents all those who participate in the global effort towards a greener planet while the aqua marine represents a more modern and upbeat color than the traditional kelly green.
"Living the Green Life, It’s Only Natural" is another title that could work.

Hope this helps!

-Feather

Absolutely: please continue to make suggestions.

wow. Your ideas are magnificent: and thank you for the continued insight about what you find of value and of interest. If there is a title that you saw that you liked...speak now.

I would like to see more on what the average person can do to create our own energy at home.

I have nothing against the giant wind farms, solar arrays ect. But with these cinfigurations, we still have to pay for our energy, and I'm sure the corporate energy giants are gearing up for this. Just like the coal and oil industries have made us "dependent" on them. I would rather not be dependent on other energy sources as well.

I would like to switch directions and see more people become more independent.

There are ways we can make our own energy at home with small windmills, solar panels, and rain collectors. We could even make a small profit ourselves by doing this and leave "the grid" out of the picture. I see this as being self reliant and being responsible for our own energy needs.

Just some thoughts, as now we have a chance to ween ourselves from corporate energy.

WILL DO -
MUCH LOV OUT TO LEAH
---FROM THE GANG AT CTN...

Earthquake shakes central Indiana, Illinois

Associated Press
Friday April 18, 2008

West Salem, Ill.
A 5.4 magnitude earthquake that appeared to rival the strongest recorded in the region rocked people up to 450 miles away early Friday, surprising residents unaccustomed to such a powerful Midwest temblor.

The quake just before 4:37 a.m. was centered six miles from West Salem, Ill., and 66 miles from Evansville, Ind. It was felt in such distant cities as Chicago, Cincinnati, Milwaukee, and Des Moines, Iowa, 450 miles northwest of the epicenter, but there were no early reports of injuries or significant damage.

“It shook our house where it woke me up,” said David Behm of Philo, 10 miles south of Champaign. “Windows were rattling, and you could hear it. The house was shaking inches. For people in central Illinois, this is a big deal. It’s not like California.”

Bonnie Lucas, a morning co-host at WHO-AM in Des Moines, said she was sitting in her office when she felt her chair move. She grabbed her desk, and then heard the ceiling panels start to creak. The shaking lasted about 5 seconds, she said.

The quake shook skyscrapers in Chicago’s Loop, 240 miles north of the epicenter, and in downtown Indianapolis, about 160 miles northeast of it.

Irvetta McMurtry of Cincinnati said she felt the rattling for up to 20 seconds.

“All of a sudden, I was awakened by this rumbling shaking,” said McMurtry, 43. “My bed is an older wood frame bed, so the bed started to creak and shake, and it was almost like somebody was taking my mattress and moving it back and forth.”

Lucas Griswold, a dispatcher in West Salem, said the Edwards County sheriff’s department received reports of minor damage and no injuries.

“Oh, yeah, I felt it. It was interesting,” Griswold said. “A lot of shaking.”

Indiana State Police spokesman Sgt. Todd Ringle in Evansville said there were no immediate reports of damage.

The quake occurred in the Illinois basin-Ozark dome region that covers parts of Indiana, Kentucky, Illinois, Missouri, and Arkansas and stretches from Indianapolis and St. Louis to Memphis, according to the U.S. Geological Survey.

The organization’s Web site said earthquakes occur irregularly in the area, and that the largest historical earthquake in the region — also a magnitude 5.4 — caused damage in southern Illinois in 1968.

"Just hang tight and let us find out what is going on, but get educated and learn what to do when there is an earthquake," said Pam Bright, director of public information and outreach for the Indiana Department of Homeland Security.

She said that information is available at the department's Web site at www.in.gov/dhs.

I second Hunter Lovins. Also Amory Lovins, David Blume, Linda Gunter. Illinois is pushing for more nuclear and coal power. A regular WILL -- 580 AM - Urbana, IL (University of Illinois) NPR, PBS, Talk Radio guests states that solar power does not work in Illinois. I'm off the grid but 'neighbors' (GE, Ameren) steal my electricity. It seems to be a wireless connection to my Outback and 'something' in the frame of my house, gutters. Just so you know A LOT of dirty pool is going on. The corporations and their supporters really want mining coal and nuclear to continue. I'm afraid they will dig underground for FutureGen and then use the 'hole' to stick Clinton's radioactive waste in there. Mattoon (location of proposed FutureGen) is near the New Madrid fault area, as is the Clinton nuke plant. Other ancient, dangerously relicensed nuke plants are located to the north near Chicago and the Quad cities.

sickinjersey:
I like your play on words. I too think "green" is overused. Especially if this show will deal with serious issues such as climate change, mountaintop removal, the health of our oceans, etc.

I am SHORE that the ocean has alot to do with being green.GREEN is old so the language will need to evolve and expand.I Shore would be interested in seeing more about the oceans role in cleaning the earth and how we can help the earth clean it self.SHORE SOLUTIONS TO TODAY'S BIGGEST CLEANING CHORE.

Having quite a bit on sustainability would be interesting to have on the new green show! As I am learning more about the college I will be attending, Pitzer College, I learned about an alumni, Hunter Lovins, who specializes in Sustainability. She would make a fantastic guest. Also, a segment on College and University issues within climate changes etc.

My suggested name for the new show?

Current Presents greenspace

I would like to see an interview segment about Acoustic Pollution with a question to everyone about; "What does that mean to be green to You Today?" You could interview Dr. Louis Hagler. He is a retired physician living in the Bay Area that have written to the Medical Journal of Medicine of the health problems that acoustic pollution bring to all of us. You also could interview Dr. Arline Bronzaft, She is an expert on noise pollution living in NYC that gave great contributions to NYC Department of The Environment working together with the Mayor in many issues. You could interview Richard Tur from Noiseoff in New York City.

http://www.noiseoff.org

Richard started Noiseoff from nothing and He is now running and educating a group of people all over the United States. You could interview the person on the EPA that was responsible to put together the EPA's new page on Noise Pollution.

I am still not over of what happened with the San Francisco Mayor's interview here where a very important question got dumped by some of the voters lurking behind Current. I am still holding them responsible for this San Francisco "coverup" issue and I am committed to bring this "coverup" issue to as many responsible individuals out there as possible.

Question on our Local Public Transportation
http://tinyurl.com/kk3fua

You also can follow this discussion on Twitter;
http://twitter.com/stopnoise

My channel here at Current, "YouWebRadio" can be followed here;
http://tinyurl.com/d8bzed

Acoustic pollution it is a health threat issue the should be taken more responsibly because it involves people lives and their quality of living. It is at its bottom a human rights violation and abuse. Since Mayor Willie Brown's Administration, we have here in San Francisco a Transportation Administration now under Mayor Newsom's executive power that decided before the Year 2000 that the Public Transportation should acoustically ride inside people's homes and this wrong policy has been continued unabated for (8) Eight Years where they have been using all their acoustic noise power to demoralize and sabotage inhabitants, pedestrians and passengers.

I am also concerned that after being working on these issues here for about at least a Year I am not getting the exposure in the Current.com General Channel as I should. If a person, from their internet browser logs to Current at first, they are not going to see me anywhere. Only people that starts to play with the channel might see and participate of my health and environmental discussions.

Please do not think I want to be a Star, but think about the health and environment social issues I am trying to pass everyday so people will be more active and responsible towards letting parts of the Public, Industry, Commerce and our own Government policies rule and abuse others in the City. Not everything that is related to "Green" are fun and trendy. Abuses against human life must be exposed first and that is what many people are mistaken here. We already have the General Media in the Bay Area diminishing these issues and "covering up" for the polluters. It is sad to see Current or the Current Community taking the same path through. Maybe we can be more responsible and do something to change this reality by reaching the largest number of people. I well know that many people here does not like me because I have confronted their own ignorance in the subject of noise pollution and that is where the voting system here fails miserable.

When a small majority wrongfully lobbied a very important issue, that is not democracy but pure ignorance.