theGreenScreen

This week (11/13/11 @ 11am, WBIN-TV) on the green screen: An Earthtec fashion show, a solar road trip, and an e-textbook program.

The Green Screen heads back to Bow, NH to take a look at the nearly completed house built by Ridgeview Construction that utilizes green building practices.

One band, one brand fashion show at Earthtec Headquarters in Portsmouth, NH pairs emerging artists with emerging fashion designers. Earthtec founder Dennis Randall talks about sustainable fashion.

Fred Greenhalgh of ReVision Energy takes us on the road to see solar technology being used by real people in the real world.

This segment takes a look at sustainable holiday shopping. How to spend thoughtfully and reconnect with the spirit of gift giving.

The Green Screen catches up with a group of Portsmouth residents who say recycling doesn't have to be ugly. Area schoolchildren working with a local artist created 6 hand-made recycling stations to reflect this historic town's downtown aesthetic.

The Green Screen looks into being sustainable about holiday shopping.

The Green Screen talks with Slow Food Seacost about the Halloween parade in Portsmouth.

The Green Screen heads to the University of New Hampshire to learn about the first annual National Food Day.

This weeks episode is about sustainable holiday shopping. How to spend thoughtfully and reconnect with the spirit of gift giving.

This week we're following the national Food Day story, and Fred from ReVision Energy takes us on a solar road trip.

Surfers do their part to keep their favorite pasttime green.

In this segment, we hear from the participants, sponsors, and organizers of a certificate program aimed at educating business leaders in implementing sustainable practices in business.

In part 2 of this 2 part special report, we follow the formation of the New Hampshire version of the Occupy Wall Street movement. We also hear from professors of political science at the University of New Hampshire about their perspectives on the movement in general and more specifically what it could mean for the NH primary. Also included: Scott Szycher of the Green Alliance connects the dots between what happens on Wall Street and what happens in our environment.

In this segment, we hear from recipients of the 2011 Lean & Green award. These are given to businesses in New Hampshire who are improving their bottom lines by incorporating green and sustainable practices into how they run their businesses.

In part 1 of this 2 part special report, Solutions reporter, Michael Grosse, follows the formation of Occupy New Hampshire and reports on the link between the Occupy Movement and the environment.

In this segment, The Green SCreen's host, Bill Rogers, learns about the different types of spray foam insulation.

In this episode, The Green Screen goes to the beach! We find a surfing sub-culture dedicated to turning on their industry to greener ideas. Then we look at a local slice of an international beach cleanup day.

Host Bill Rogers interviews The Green Screen's new producer, Michael Grosse.

A breakaway segment from Episode 101 of The Green Screen. Filmed at the Green Alliance summer cookout in Greenland, we take a look at a car dealership that makes green choices as common business practice.

In this, the first episode of our second season, we look at MyEnergyPlan.net, the Green Alliance, and we introduce our new producer Michael Grosse. MyEnergyPlan.net offers web-based tools to save homeowners money, to connect them with contractors and service providers in their region, and to show them examples of real people saving money by improving their homes.

In "The Plan" theGreenScreen.tv meets with climatologist Cameron Wake of the University of New Hampshire to talk about the link between greenhouse gases and climate change. Peter Frumhoff of the Union of Concerned Scientists talks solutions and Jack Bingham takes us on a solar thermal storage tank installation.

In A Dozen Solutions theGreenScreen.tv visits The ribbon-cutting for the Hoop House at South Berwick's Central Elementary and how this project in growing, cooking and eating local food combines with the landscape efforts of Terrence Parker to create a an outdoor classroom. Visited for the ribbon-cutting by US Congresswoman, Chellie Pingree, the projects combine to connect kids to the land and food that it creates that is all around them. In Meredith, New Hampshire, a successful effort to revive and old mill building into a hotel – the Inn at Mill Falls – has become an engine to revitalize a community. And Tom Jackson brings a selection form his upcoming film, At Any Cost, about the underside of select coal and petroleum businesses.

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."

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. Peter Frumhoff of the Union of Concerned Scientists speaks how solution can build on solution to find more constructive ways to use energy with a variety of solutions. Kim McGlinchey 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 Festival in downtown Portsmouth.

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.

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 homeowners with economical used supplies as landfills are saved from being a larger repository and funds from ReStore sales are used to build more homes for more people.

theGreenScreen.tv host Bill Rogers speaks with Mary Doyle, Publicity Director with the York County, Maine Shelter Programs. She explains how they have found that saving energy as they create energy through renewables has saved taxpayers plenty of funds even as residents have been helped through better facilities that they care about. Jennifer Lewis-McShera speaks of how Clay Hill Farm in Cape Neddick,Maine has brought the eco-benefits of their restaurant and banquet facility to celebrate the many shades of green the place inspires. In their Green Wedding Giveaway they have brought hundreds of thousands to celebrate how commitment to a wedding partner can be a model to live green. Peter Frumhoff, senior scientist with the Union of Concerned Scientists, continues his series Ask the Scientist with a look on what CAN be done to combat the worst aspects of climate change.

theGreenScreen.tv host Bill Rogers speaks with members of our local community in the Seacoast of New Hampshire. Rian Bedard runs eco movement consulting & hauling whose power and rationale comes from the compost all around us. Rian brings a clip from one day in the life of a compost hauler and shows us where it all goes. Ann Bliss is a board member of SeaREI, the Seacoast Area Renewable Energy Initiative, which brings the concept of barn raisers to solar with their "energy raisers" in which members assist one another to put more solar on more homes and businesses. Dan Freund brings his shortstream.tv which looks to the very local Portsmouth community as inspiration for media as immediate as it is short.

In Episode 005 of theGrenScreen.tv we visit the University of New Hampshire and student "Casey on Campus" who presents how others can follow her lead and take facts and figures to their school's administration to get real and positive action on campus climate change. Host Bill Rogers speaks with Bill Burtis of the connection between organizations and the political landscape of New Hampshire as it relates to energy and climate. We look at the Clean Air - Cool Planet sponsored conference on energy policy with visits from 2007 presidential candidates Mike Huckabee, Bill Richardson, John McCain and Dennis Kucinich. Then Senator Barack Obama presents his energy plan in Portsmouth while a 2007 candidate for President. Dari Sassan of the NH Office of Energy and Planning and Tom Rooney of TRC Energy Services Group present on the recent Local Energy Solutions Conference. And our Bald Guy on Climate Change visits his mom to learn of a pioneer in thermal solar energy. Peter Frumhoff of the Union of Concerned Scientists continues in his series "Ask the Scientist" to address how human actions can be a primary driver of climate change.

In Episode 004 of theGrenScreen.tv host Bill Rogers speaks with Beth Tener of New Directions Collaborative who brings clips from -Mt. Wachusett Community College and their move from energy laggard to leaders. -Beth also presents how Health Care Without Harm helped Boston Hospitals take a wider view of health by integrating sustainability to a community both inside and around the hospital structures. We also speak with media relations executive Bill Burtis, media who tells how Clean Air - Cool Planet and their affiliate NE Carbon Challenge ; find the solutions embedded in communities. In a Now or Never Podcast we learn of the formation of the NE Carbon Challenge as Julia Dundorf and Denise Balha combine forces to teach their friends and neighbors how they can "Save 10,000 pounds." Finally we see a clip from the recent My Energy Plan video contest featuring Ted Johnson and the work he has done around his house to make the most of the energy all around him.

In episode 003: Build Me Green theGreenScreen.tv host Bill Rogers looks at green innovative projects from historical to the latest in contemporary building. First it's the historical renovation of James Petersen's engineering offices. Assisted by Michael Bruss and Bruss construction the sequence asks if historical renovation and energy efficiency can be combined. In the last sequence Shane Carter of Ridgeview Construction uses structured insulated panels to make a new home efficient enough to be near energy zero, where the home's energy system can generate more energy than the house consumes.

theGreenScreen.tv comes to you from the Building Energy 11 Conference and Trade Show at the Seaport Trade Center in Boston. Brought to you by NESEA (Northeastern Sustainable Energy Association). Host Bill Rogers speaks with a wide range of attendees of the events including: Joerg Gaebler of Wagner & Comapny Jack Bingham of SEA Solar Store Peter Crawley of EBI Consulting Mike Lassel of Lassel Architects Phil Kaplan of Kaplan Thompson Architects Scott Szycher of the Green Alliance Dr. Ricky Stern of "E' Inc. Laurie Leyshon of MAGJC Ed Whitaker of Thermal Storage Solutions and others

theGreenScreen.tv is a weekly broadcast about climate change solutions that save. Host Bill Rogers tells how the Now or Never Project became Bald Guy on Climate Change and then theGreenScreen.tv and how all are spurred by the idea that the solutions to our carbon-coated culture are all around us. The theme of this opening episode is snow and ice with segments from America's smallest "ski resort" – the mighty Powderhouse Hill of South Berwick, Maine and how a single rope can bring a community together. A joint photovoltaic, hot water solar installation by ReVision Energy in Rollinsford, NH that goes up during a snow storm showing how the sun can energize us even in the heart of winter, and making a homeowner's dream come true. Ice Scientist Cameron Wake of the University of New Hampshire plays on the ice that he studies, too and shows us how climate change threatens the games we love to play in winter. Cam joins with sustainable clothing maker, Earthtec and Athletes for a Fit Planet for the New England Pond Hockey Classic on Lake Winnipesaukee and as he waits for his game to begin he tells us what the ice reveals; that climate change has already shortened the days ice covers New Hampshire's largest lake.

Can a New England Farm be the center for postive climate change? Dorn Cox and researchers at the University of New Hampshire see the small scale of a New England farm as a measurable way to look at a climate change solution. Can there be power from the flower?

NOW OR NEVER is a series of stories for television and web broadcast about people taking action and becoming part of the solution to climate change. In this episode volunteeer workers run Powderhouse Hill in southern Maine, keeping a ski area open with the energy of a local community. The truck that the Hardee boys drove up the hill and parked to run a rope tow still provides the support for the current lift. With climate change upon us the spirit of time's gone by lives with us today.

NOW OR NEVER is a series of stories for television and web broadcast about people taking action and becoming part of the solution to climate change. In this episode the Now or Never team continues their coverage of the Global Warming and Energy Conference hosted by Clean Air Cool Planet in Manchester, New Hampshire. In Part two we hear from four Presidential candidates who shared their opinions on climate change with us at the conference.

NOW OR NEVER is a series of stories for television and web broadcast about people taking action and becoming part of the solution to climate change. In this episode we'll take you to the top of Cannon Mountain in Franconia New Hampshire where a sub-committee of the US Congress met to discuss the impact of climate change. In this short clip you'll see an exchange that surprised us.

NOW OR NEVER is a series of stories for television and web broadcast about people taking action and becoming part of the solution to climate change. In this episode the Now or Never team visits the Global Warming and Energy Conference hosted by Clean Air Cool Planet in Manchester, New Hampshire.

NOW OR NEVER is a series of stories for television and web broadcast about people taking action and becoming part of the solution to climate change. In this episode one of our interns, Brian Thomas, talks about the "Triple Threat" and offers some simple suggestions to save energy and mitigate climate change.

NOW OR NEVER is a series of stories for television and web broadcast about people taking action and becoming part of the solution to climate change. In this episode one of our interns, Emily Kirkpatrick, talks about energy conservation in her own life.

NOW OR NEVER is a series of stories for television and web broadcast about people taking action and becoming part of the solution to climate change. In this episode towns in NH wrestle with resolutions about climate change.

What is Now or Never? Now or Never is about climate change solutions. What are people doing about this huge problem? We see it coming down to what people are doing in their own back yards.

The second podcast from Court Street Media for Now or Never, a film about climate change solutions. What are people doing about this huge problem? We see it coming down to what people are doing in their own back yards.