SUNDANCE CHANNEL'S THE GREEN™ PRESENTED BY ROBERT REDFORD
With 13-Part Original Series "Big Ideas for a Small Planet"™
And Weekly Documentary Premiere
Fuel, Waste, Fashion, Architecture, and Food Among Topics to Be Addressed

Joel Woolf (l) and Basil Gelpke (r)

With THE GREEN, Sundance Channel becomes the first television network in the United States to establish a major, regularly-scheduled programming destination dedicated entirely to the environment!

Consisting of three hours of programming, THE GREEN will present original series and documentary premieres about the earth's ecology and concepts of "green" living that balance human needs with responsible care for the planet. THE GREEN reflects the current tipping point in public awareness about ecological issues and the trend towards environmentally sustainable approaches to modern living.

Leading off each edition of THE GREEN at 9:00pm is the original program "Big Ideas for a Small Planet," a documentary series presenting the forward-thinking designers, products and processes that are on the leading edge of a new green world. Each episode revolves around a different green theme as it spotlights a specific innovator or innovation that has the potential to transform our everyday lives. The individuals profiled range from scientists to fashion and product designers, entrepreneurs to first-time inventors.

Each episode of "Big Ideas for a Small Planet" is paired with a thematically complimentary documentary premiere at 9:30pm e/p. For example, the debut episode of "Big Ideas for a Small Planet" explores alternative fuel sources, and is followed by the television premiere of Crude Awakening – The Oil Crash, a look at the past, present and future of the world's oil reserves.

"BIG IDEAS FOR A SMALL PLANET: FUEL" and A Crude Awakening: The Oil Crash Kicks Off THE GREEN Series On April 17th:

9:00pm e/p
"Big Ideas for a Small Planet: Fuel" - Joel Woolf, alternative-fuel enthusiast and inventor of Veg Powered Systems, drag races his truck with the vegetable oil from a fried-chicken tailgate party, while a one-woman, bio-diesel PR campaign in Prada shoes hooks up clients with diesel cars around the country, and an Indy 500 driver tests his Team Ethanol car at Daytona.

9:30pm e/p
A Crude Awakening: The Oil Crash – Directed by Basil Gelpke, Ray McCormack. An absorbing, lucid and lively primer on the past, present and future – such as it is – of oil, the non-renewable resource that changed the nature of everything from agriculture to manufacturing to war. The filmmakers illustrate their story in fresh and revealing ways, interweaving a host of expert interviews with archival elements including news footage and sprightly cartoons extolling the wonders of oil. At the heart of the film lies an urgent question: if the first half of the age of oil is now ending, as many believe, what will happen in the second half, when oil supplies dwindle to zero?

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