October 12th 2007
Morgan Freeman and Brad Pitt Narrate Upcoming PBS Series e2
Filed under: green and famous, television, thegreenpicture, web — paige @ 8:46 am
Morgan Freeman and Brad Pitt are both lending their narrative voices to the second season of the PBS series “e2: the economies of being environmentally conscious.” The new set of episodes will focus on energy and design and features some of the leading voices and visionaries paving the road of sustainability and innovation.
“e2 energy” narrated by Morgan Freeman features: Nobel Peace Prize winner and founder of Grameen Bank; Amory Lovins, founder of the Rocky Mountain Institute; Dr. José Goldemberg, Brazil’s former secretary for the environment; Tim Pawlenty, governor of Minnesota; Brian Schweitzer, governor of Montana; Samuel Bodman, the U.S. secretary of energy; and Jeffery Sachs, economist and Columbia University professor.
“e2 design” narrated by Brad Pitt features: Thom Mayne, architect of the new San Francisco Federal Building; Enrique Peñalosa, the former mayor of Bogotá, Colombia; Jonathan Rose, a New York-based affordable housing developer; Adriaan Geuze, the lead architect of the Borneo Sporenburg development in Amsterdam; Ed Mazria, architect and founder of the Architecture 2030 organization; and His Holiness the Twelfth Gyalwang Drukpa, the Buddhist spiritual leader who commissioned the architecture firm Arup to build a sustainable school in Ladakh, India.
Check out the first complete episode for free at www.e2-series.com TODAY, Friday the 12th, and running continuously through the week. In true cinematic artistry, the folks at kontentreal have produced episodes that “capture the complex environmental challenges that we face, as well as the possibility that prgmatic solutions are within reach.” A full schedule of Webcasts is available on the e2 site for viewing prior to the official release on PBS. So grab a sneak peak and check it out - it is definitely worthy of your web time.
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