Tuesday, May 24, 2011

theGreenScreen.tv 011 The Mission

Host Bill Rogers speaks with Zach Smith of The Last Environment, an organization that works with local communities to educate a diverse global audience in compelling and often last-chance locations with a focus on earth system science, social justice solutions and sustainability. Dyanna Smith (no relation to Zach) is president of Red Eft Organization whose mission is to assist other organizations in issues around sustainability. She speak of their first Whaleback Film Festival in Portsmouth, NH and presents a clip from the Audience Award winning film, Beyond Denial."

Monday, May 16, 2011

theGreenScreen.tv Episode 010 Portsmouth, NH, USA

theGreenScreen.tv host Bill Rogers speaks with:

Bert Cohen of Sustainable Portsmouth about creating system change in what Bert calls the eco municipality of Portsmouth.

Kim McGlynchee teaches science at Portsmouth High School and advises students at their eco-club.

Jerry Monkman brings his film, "The Anderson Farm" which leads off the Whaleback Film


Wednesday, May 11, 2011

theGreenScreen.tv Episode 009 The Green Alliance

Host Bill Rogers speaks with Sarah Brown about the rapidly growing Green Alliance of NH, southern Maine and northern Massachusetts. Sarah tells how the organization joins businesses with interested consumers and supporters of green and how each are connected by the organization.

We see the connection as we go along for a Green Alliance Cruise on the Isle of Shoals Steamship's Thomas Leighton as it cruises the harbor.

Bill also catches up with Dennis Randall of Earthtec Sustainable Lifestyle Clothing about how recycled bottles can be put to use in creating fabric for some of the clothing they create. Dennis speak of the wider vision of the company in creating a better connection to the place we live, with clothing to meet the challenges of the natural environment.

Sunday, May 1, 2011

theGreenScreen.tv Episode 008 Food & Motion

theGreenScreen.tv host Bill Rogers speaks with

Phil Hughes of the Black Bean Cafe in Rollinsford, NH talks about wanting to create a place where "everybody knows your name."

Gary Hirshberg of Stonyfield Organic tells of the connection between what we eat and how we live and shows this connection with the first Stonyfield 5K Road Race. Add to this a dancing cow and snow and rain in late April and you have the recipe for some inspiration to run!

Kathy Gunst, chef and cookbook author and John Forrti of Strawberry Banke take Michelle Obama's initiative "Let's Move" to heart as they spur 400 students at Central School in South Berwick, Maine to plant seeds for the food they can eat.

And Doug Willey of the Dover New Hampshire ReStore, a division of Habitat for Humanity tells how recycled building material can help out homeowenrs with economical used ; supplies as landfills are saved from being a larger repository and funds from ReStore sales are used to build homes for more people.