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This Week on THE GREEN

Airs every Tuesday night starting at 8PM on the Sundance Channel.

IT’S NOT EASY BEING GREEN: EPISODE 6

Water availability can separate successful homesteads from struggling homesteads. Having free access to water is a huge benefit for people living in regions with lots of fresh water at the same time as it can be a tremendous burden for communities with scarce water resources. Places like California demonstrate the vital importance of water resources.

The water theme is explored on IT’S NOT EASY BEING GREEN: Episode 6. The Strawbridge house has been running everything from water purchased from the the ‘MAINS’ (Municipal Watershed). Dick is on a quest to hook up a water pump to the spring that bubbles away at the bottom of the family garden. Bridgette is excited about this project and feels it is perhaps the most important conservation innovation that has be done on the homestead thus far.

Here is a short clip that will give you a taste for some of the events this week.

ECO BIZ: GREEN BAKERY

Maury Rubin took a pastry class in the French countryside on one of his vacations. This experience was a whim but it awakened the inspiration to create a green bakery that was tasty and sustainable. Maury has made everything in his bakery sustainable, including interior design, transportation and of course the ingredients are all sustainable and organic.

Read more at the ECO BIZ homepage or visit The Birdbath Bakery website [buildagreenbakery.com] to get info directly from the company itself.

ECO-DOCUMENTARY: INHERITANCE: A FISHERMAN’S STORY

Catch an interesting documentary that follows the conservation efforts of a fisherman whose town’s nearby fishing lake has been compromised by a foreign mining operation. The hero of this story is Balazs Meszaros, a family fisherman who heads up the local union and tries to maintain the livelihoods of his fellow fisherman in a very difficult situation.

Check out this video clip and make sure to catch THE GREEN this week.

ECOISTS: LAIRD HAMILTON

Laird Hamilton is a world famous water sports athlete. He has helped to put a lot of interesting information out about ecological and environmental issues. He is mainly dedicated to cleaning up the oceans where there is great surfing to be had. Check out this brief clip from ECOISTS and catch this segment on THE GREEN.

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