What's On Planet Green: World's Greenest Homes
by Kara DiCamillo, Newport, Rhode Island on 06.24.08
We're hoping that you've been following the newly launched Planet Green, the first ever 24-7 TV channel dedicated to green living. With more than 200 hours of original green lifestyle programming, Planet Green is a fresh conversation about what it means to be environmental. We've been bringing you clips from the new shows and encourage you to use our channel finder so you can watch Planet Green in your home.
We've featured Wa$ted, Mean Green Machines, Hollywood Green, Renovation Nation, and Supper Club, G Word, Stuff Happens with Bill Nye, Alter Eco with Adrian Grenier, Greenovate and the compelling story of Greensburg. Today we're bringing you the scoop on World's Greenest Homes, a new half-hour series with design expert Emmanuel Belliveau. The new series guides viewers on a whirlwind global tour of breathtaking green and glam residences.
Catch more info below the fold.
Be prepared to be taken deep inside the most stunning eco-friendly dwellings on the planet while watching World's Greenest Homes. From hi-tech super-homes fit for a Hollywood star to experimental eco-dwellings that wouldn’t look out of place in a Sci-Fi film, these are high concept, one of a kind homes to die for -- and every single one of them has top-notch green credentials and an array of mind-blowing eco innovations. In a dynamic room-by-room tour, Belliveau revels in the interior style and décor as well as the architectural boldness of each building while also uncovering the incredible green secrets behind each home.
Watch the World's Greenest Homes trailer and catch new episodes this coming Friday at 6pm, only on Planet Green.
Visit the Planet Green website to view a full line-up of Planet Green, browse for shows and sign up for email reminders.
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It’s my first time on your blog and I will be returning and subscribing!
I think this post was amazingly ironic since it was posted next to an ad picturing an ancient Incan City in Peru with a lush green farm land out front. I don't think any Home built today is even close to being the "World's Greenest Homes"
I've watched this show before and I have to say that it's not very impressive. Most of the homes on this show are huge "ecco mansions" massive houses that have far more square footage than any family would need. In addition they use up more than their fare share of material. (Even if your hardwood floor is bamboo, do you need 4000sq feet of it? Wouldn't 1400 sq feet do?)
You can't tell me that a family of 4 would need a 5000sq foot home even if it has solar panels. When I first tuned in I was expecting them to visit straw bail homes, rammed earth homes, or at the very least modest homes that had a modest footprints on the environment.
It's a celebration of excess and I find it disturbing.
More proof that although conservation is the key, advertisers will pay only for consumption.
I think "the monk" sums it up best. Interesting show, I enjoy learning about the technology, but the show really ought to be called the world's greenest mansions. MOST of the homes are middle-aged folks without children, who live in ENORMOUS houses. They are beautiful, have lots of nice eco features, but you could literally house a whole community in many of those houses, and the bottom line is thats not sustainable, because everyone can't live like that.
I am reading whats been posted.The home I share is on this program.The Happy house in Rollins mt.Its interesting because we have never seen the show its self.We do not watch television.Took a week, before we saw the show our home is on and thats because family recorded it for us.
While I am reading about how these are all mansions.I will admit to being middle aged with 8 grown children and 4 grandchildren.But our home is 2400 sq feet including the garage which I use as my art studio.
Its interesting to see the comments.To build our home we barrowed 160,000 that paid for everything including the land.We kept our home very green and healthy.Even if we do not have huge solar panels everywhere.
Anyhow just wanted to voice my opinion and let folks know that some of us on this show are every day people with limited incomes who think about the enviroment and how we can help the mother earth during our journey here.