SUNDANCE CHANNEL
The Lazy Environmentalist
Season Two Premiere
Tuesday, April 20 at 8:00pm ET/PT (Airs Tuesdays at 8:00 pm)
Sundance Channel brings back a second season of the original program The Lazy Environmentalist, beginning Tuesday, April 20 at 8:00 pm ET/PT. Hosted by eco-entrepreneur and author Josh Dorfman, the primetime, hour-long series earned the 2009 Environmental Media Association Award for “Best Reality Show,” and showcases Dorfman’s mission to prove that greening the planet doesn’t have to be complicated — even for someone like Josh, a self-described “lazy environmentalist.” In each episode of the eight part series, Dorfman (who penned The Lazy Environmentalist: Your Guide to Easy, Stylish, Green Living and The Lazy Environmentalist on a Budget) persuades conservation skeptics who are experts in their fields that a green approach can easily translate into any profession or lifestyle.
CITIES ON SPEED
SERIES PREMIERE
Tuesday, April 20 at 8:30 pm ET/PT (Airs Tuesdays at 8:30 pm through May 11)
Sundance Channel premieres the four-part original documentary series Cities on Speed (airing Tuesdays at 8:30 pm). The hour-long portraits of four global cities – Bogota, Cairo, Mumbai and Shanghai – look at one of our greatest challenges: planning for future citizens in booming megalopolises. Cities on Speed is a wonderfully varied experience; that includes humor, lyricism, drama and surprise as well as a glimpse of the real life and potential futures of four of the globes busiest urban centers.
- Tuesday, April 20 Cities on Speed: Cairo– Directed by Mikela Krogh. “Cairo: Garbage” captures a city struggling to change its habits as it follows several people dealing with garbage in its various stages, including Ayman Samir, who owns a 5-star restaurant in a wealthy neighborhood; Taher Hanafy, a district manager for an Italian waste collection company; and Atif, who makes a living recycling plastic in one of the city’s famed “garbage villages.”
- Tuesday, April 27 Cities on Speed: Mumbai – Directed by Camilla Nielsson and Frederik Jacobi. Mumbai is like a city on steroids, and its propulsive growth has largely overwhelmed its existing transportation infrastructure. Mr. R.K. Das is a vice president of the state road construction agency; it his job to make sure bridges and freeway overpasses are built on time and in accordance with environmental requirements imposed by the World Bank. But the construction of new roads raises issues of class and wealth, as epitomized by the conflicting viewpoints of Yasin Patel, one of the many émigrés seeking a better life for himself and his family in Mumbai; and Veena Singhal, a wealthy, educated Mumbaiker who advocates for long-term solutions over short-term fixes, and is leading the charge against a proposed freeway in her neighborhood.
- Tuesday, May 4 Cities on Speed: Shanghai– Directed by Nana Frank Møller. Half a million people move to Shanghai every year, and the city is running out of space to house them. Urban development professor Yu Shu envisions the next stage of Shanghai’s development taking place underground, and he leads his students in imagining how to bring terrestrial features – plants, sunlight – to subterranean spaces. Meanwhile, new construction above ground continues at a breakneck pace as entire neighborhoods are razed to make way for new buildings and highways. One resident who must now find a new place to live is Xixian Xu, an avid amateur photographer whose passion for Shanghai’s landscapes has resulted in a stunning record of a vanished environment.
- Tuesday, May 11 Cities on Speed: Bogotá– Directed by Andreas M. Dalsgaard. Tracing the years 1995 to 2005, “Bogotá Change” is the surprising, inspiring story of how two charismatic, unorthodox mayors transformed one of the world’s most dangerous, violent and corrupt capitals into a model city of the future. The first, the bearded academic Antanas Mockus, targeted Bogotá’s moral culture, with mimes, street theater, and mock vaccines among his teaching tools. The other, Enrique Peñalosa, resolved to give the city an entirely new infrastructure, tackling everything from public plazas and libraries to sewage and public transportation. With Mockus and Peñalosa and key members of their staff as first hand witnesses, the film uncovers the startlingly fresh ideas and strategies that helped them succeed.
SEDUCE ME
WEB SERIES PREMIERE
Tuesday, April 20
Very much the spawn of the 2009 multiple Webby Award- winning series Green Porno, this new series will once again star Isabella Rossellini, only this time, she acts out the bizarre seduction strategies of nature’s most unique creatures, from bed bugs to jellyfish. The 5 two-minute films premiere on April 20 on sundancechannel.com and will debut on VOD on May 5th and on-air on May 25th at 9:50pm ET/PT.
DIY NETWORK
GARAGE MAHAL
EPISODE 208 – ECO GARAGE
Friday, April 23 at 9:30pm ET
Encore presentation on Friday, May 7 at 9:30pm ET
The Museum of Science and Industry houses Chicago’s Greenest home as part of their Wired Smart home exhibit. Host Bill Goldberg and the Garage Mahal Team is brought in to help make the home’s garage the ultimate DIY- friendly space. A recycling center that you can build at home, a compost station to help with gardening, and a system to convert cooking oil to fuel are just a few of the incredible builds and hi-tech gadgets going into the space. Eco-guru Ed Begley Jr. also stops by to help.
GET YOUR GREEN BACK
Wednesday, April 21 at 8:00 – 10:00pm ET
DIY Network will build confidence and educate homeowners on how to choose the right projects to make their home more energy efficient during its Get Your Green Back event. The network will air energy efficient episodes of Yard Crashers, House Crashers and 10 Grand In Your Hand the day before Earth Day, April 21 from 8-10p ET. Join DIY Network for this primetime event to educate homeowners around the country on energy efficient home projects.
Tuesday, April 27 Cities on Speed: Mumbai
- Wednesday, April 21 at 8:00 pm ET Yard Crashers 311: Woodsy Spa Retreat
A plain yard becomes a woodland retreat with a lodge structure built over a hot tub, a wood deck and a cultured stone fireplace.
- Wednesday, April 21 at 8:30 pm ET Yard Crashers 210 Barn Deck
What was once a dead lawn, overgrown plants, unused kids toys and outdated backyard accessories gets a facelift. With a sweet design and hard work, this backyard comes to life as a one hundred year old barn deck is set into place, a concrete chic fire feature and vibrant plants are incorporated into the mix.
- Wednesday, April 21 at 9:00 pm ET House Crashers 105 Bedroom Oasis
These homeowners needed a mature place to retreat to but their unexciting bedroom looked more like a college dorm room than a retreat. White walls get covered with a metallic bamboo faux finish and turquoise carpet gets replaced with hardwood flooring. Also, dressers disappear as the closet grows bigger and is fitted with a customized organizational system. But, the real magic happens when stained distressed wood becomes a custom headboard and bed.
- Wednesday, April 21, 9:30 pm ET, 10 Grand in Your Hand Firehouse Fixes
These homeowners needed a mature place to retreat but their unexciting bedroom looked more like a college dorm room. White walls get covered with a metallic bamboo faux finish and turquoise carpet gets replaced with hardwood flooring. Also, dressers disappear as the closet grows bigger and is fitted with a customized organizational system. But, the real magic happens when stained distressed wood becomes a custom headboard and bed.
THE MARTHA STEWART SHOW
Nationally Syndicated, Check Local Listings
On the Thursday, April 22nd edition of “The Martha Stewart Show” (syndicated, check local listings), daytime host Martha Stewart celebrates the 40th anniversary of Earth Day. Joining her in-studio is: Martin Carey, who designed the first Earth Day poster; coral reef expert Stephanie Wear; filmmaker Ric Burns; and Marlon Du Toit, Field Guide at Singita Kruger National Park.