December 13th 2007
New Discovery Show, Wasted, Helps Families Go Green
Filed under: film-tv, green and famous, television — parrish @ 10:42 am
Discovery Communications’ green network, Planet Green (which will soon be launching in 50 million homes), has just announced a new 10-episode series called, Wasted, hosted by Annabelle Gurwitch and handyman Holter Graham.
Wasted will feature a spectrum of households that will get three weeks to reduce their general consumption, and will then be rewarded cash based on their planetary savings. So think like Extreme Home Makeover with less tears and lower property taxes.
Hostess, Annabelle Gurwitch, has been involved with environmental causes for years and is often featured discussing them on the NPR program, Day to Day, and writes a column for The Nation. She also writes, directs, and narrates the webisode series, My Big Fat Environmental Crisis.
If I had cable, I’d be all over this show like sunlight on solar panels (come on, at least give me credit for trying).
And I do think he’s got a valid point
What’s even better is, I believe they are using all certified organic makeup for the hosts - NVEY ECO?
I love this show but the only thing that bothers me is when a home owner is accused of using too much water (like for small kids pools etc) Holter shows up with a truck full of water and just sprays the same amount the family is accused of wasting onto their property, seems like these “special” effects are wasting water as well no?
I watch the show that talked about Wasted electric in the home.That used a devise that measured the electric cost per room,or per appliance.Where can i pick up one of those meters.
Thanks
To Chuck Ellis, who wanted a device to measure electric usage… I found a couple online:
Kill-a-watt offers a unit that monitors a single appliance’s usage
One from Blue Line Innovations will wirelessly display your home’s electric usage (displays the real-time data.)
Try looking at savingsadvice.com blog for more information. This is where I found information on the Blue Line product.
I’m interestd in the worm composting and would like to know how to start one.