The fifth webisode of RETURN OF THE WAR ROOM offers a behind the scenes glimpse of the campaign strategy behind Bill Clinton’s run for President. This episode features Dee Dee Myers lecturing at CUNY.

The fourth webisode of RETURN OF THE WAR ROOM offers a behind the scenes glimpse of the campaign strategy behind Bill Clinton’s run for President while highlighting issues in the current presidential race. This episode features Paul Begala and students at Georgetown University.

The third webisode of RETURN OF THE WAR ROOM offers a behind the scenes glimpse of the campaign strategy behind Bill Clinton’s run for President.

The second webisode of RETURN OF THE WAR ROOM offers a behind the scenes glimpse of the campaign strategy behind Bill Clinton’s run for President. This episode features James Carville engaged in a discussion of politics and media on XM radio.

The first webisode of RETURN OF THE WAR ROOM offers a behind the scenes glimpse of the campaign strategy behind Bill Clinton’s run for President.

Last night we filmed a live show at a popular music venue in the French Quarter called One-Eyed Jacks [www.oneeyedjacks.net]. The Headliners: Rotary Downs [www.rotarydowns.com], a popular New Orleans rock band whose newest release, Sing Like The Sun, has received national attention. Not only was the band incredibly friendly, but a few days before we filmed their set, we discovered that Byron designed their lead guitarist’s new home! (Chris Colombo gives us a tour of his house-in-progress with Byron in this Webisode.)

(The series also features songs by New Orleans musicians Blair [www.myspace.com] and The Iguanas [www.myspace.com].)

Casey, Alex, and Adriana came for a ladies’ night out. We shot the band performing their title song, and we filmed the girls as they proceeded to knock their male counterparts. It was a much-needed break from the site. As for the gender rivalry, ladies and gents, watch the show. Our crew refuses to take sides. What I can tell you is that it all started with a messed up wooden beam…

Rachel Clift
Producer

Demonic Trash Can Avatar is stalking our green events

May 22nd, Tuesday night, there was a very stimulating GREEN meeting in Second Life. Simran Sethi discussed cars and general environmental tips for driving green.

This week also included the documentary FOREST FOR THE TREES. The doc discusses the environmental martyr Judi Barr, whom the government tried to frame as a suicide bomber when her car exploded in a rally to stop unhealthy logging practices. Eco-terrorism was a topic as well, and it created quite a stir among the local crowd.

As we always try to provide video content in our blogs, here is last week’s webisode.

How far would you go for something you believe in? This is such an important question, and Simran wants you to consider it. Simran wonders if eco-terrorism is a red-herring invented by those who oppose environmental policy change or if there is a valid concern about it. We will let you draw your own conclusions but in case you are interested in checking out some resources for environmental changes you can take part in, check out the Sundance Channel Guide to Greener Living.

Dont’ Miss It: The Next Second Life Q&A Session with Simran Sethi

When: Tuesday, May 29 at 10 PM EST/7 PM PST
What: An evening starting with an environmentally themed short film and ending with 45 minutes of Q&A with one of the world’s most renowned environmental journalists: Simran Sethi
Topic: How Green is your furniture?
Where: Sundance Channel in Second Life, in the Main Screening Room

As a parting gift, here is a very adorable and short clip where Simran shows us her winning personality, and morality for that matter.

On May 15th, the theme on THE GREEN is “Eat”. The ultimate drug, food is quite literally the primary substance from which your body creates the tissue of the human organism; the saying that “you are what you eat” is extremely apt in this regard. Interestingly enough, one can make the claim that all the lifeforms in America are derived from corn molecules. Why is this? Well the feed and fertilizer for the animal products and vegetable produce we eat in this country are both refined from corn products. Hence, we are made out of corn. Now that you are totally freaked out, and afraid that we are all “Children of the Corn”, let me reassure you, it’s not that bad. Molecules, atoms and compounds are extremely good at transforming themselves into new things, so while there is a legacy of corn floating around somewhere in our bloodstream, it’s ok, we’re happy right?

One major topic in the realm of food is the concept of ‘organic’. What exactly does it mean? Dictionaries define ‘organic’ as “of, relating to, or derived from living organisms”. In a colloquial sense, ‘organic’ means that nature could produce the object in question. In my extensive experience, filling my tummy with yummy ‘organic’ is just below winning the lottery and definitely above a shiatsu massage. In fact, it’s almost as good as make-up sex. Often times, organic food just tastes better, and since it cannot be treated with preservatives to lay around for weeks, its always fresher than your laundry. It’s highly recommended that you try to eat something off the stem one of these days; there is really nothing like pulling an apple off a tree and having a big, juicy bite with sweet stuff dribbling down your neck.

Well enough silly nonsense, at this point in the week we love to show you THE GREEN Online with Simran Sethi Webisode for the following week. Simran talks about the Eco Documentary OUR DAILY BREAD. If you can bear to witness an objective appraisal of our industrial food system here in America, you will be moved somewhere on your chair for sure, so make so to login to our Green Minisite and check out the Eco Documentaries section.

We hope to share more dribbly details with all of you soon!

The GREEN meeting this week was very lively, and people asked many questions about Green clothing. Feeling good about what you are wearing can be quite important, so perhaps in this case “looking good” is all about “feeling good”. Simran Sethi happily fielded questions from the audience and talked at length about green fashion and other interesting environmental topics.

In case you could not make it to the event in Second Life but you still want to watch this week’s webisode, click the video below.

The webisode deals with the documentary “Art from the Arctic”, a film that touches on the ways art and science can be combined to educate and motivate people towards a green lifestyle. If you are looking for a great introduction to what is involved in a “green lifestyle”, check out the Sundance Channel Guide to Greener Living.

Dont’ Miss It: The Next Second Life Q&A Session with Simran Sethi

When: May 15 at 10 PM EST/7 PM PST
What: An evening starting with an environmentally themed short film and ending with 45 minutes of Q&A with one of the world’s most renowned environmental journalists: Simran Sethi
Topic: What is green about your food?
Where: Sundance Channel in Second Life, in the Main Screening Room

It’s that time of the week when we talk about THE GREEN online host fashions as seen on-air and in our weekly webisode.

This week, Majora Carter wears a striking strapless dress by Linda Loudermilk [www.lindaloudermilk.com]. The bright yellow color of the dress appears similar to a sunflower petal, perhaps that is the main ingredient in the dye. Linda Loudermilk is all about making natural pieces modern and clean, in an attempt to escape the stereotype that all green things look unfinished or rough around the edges. Her hope is that people will buy her clothing for the high quality design, not just on the basis that the clothing promotes a healthier world.

The necklace around Majora’s neck is made by the vivacious jewelry designer Lulu Frost [lulufrost.com]. Lulu Frost is especially interesting because her pieces are made from mostly recycled and repurposed objects, like using ’20s antique dress clips to make beautiful decorative earrings. Lulu finds forgotten art and gives it a new shine.

Simran Sethi on the right; she wears a top by Living Planet [www.myspace.com] and her skirt is made by Anna Cohen [www.annacohen.com]. Purple is such a pretty color, don’t you think? There is such nice detail on the blouse Simran is wearing, not to mention how striking the barely there shoulder pads are. Reminds me of “Dallas” a little but without the over-the-top hair and the excessive padding. The skirt is a deep black color and even has a decent amount of sheen to attract the eye.

As always, feel free to log in to the discussion area and tell us what you think of the clothes and the designers. It’s admirable to aim for beauty and sustainability.

This week on THE GREEN, we are dressing up people who like organic clothes and we are looking behind the manikin of fashion companies that care about the environment. Clothing is a very important product to consider in the sustainable limelight because it’s simply everywhere. Clothing is also central to one’s identity. Often what you wear to the ‘big’ interview can have as much impact as what you say during it. What is the difference between an office with a formal dress code and one with casual clothes? For that matter, should school and athletic uniforms be required to be green?

The ethical implications of clothing production come into play here as well; everyone has heard about the sweatshop and even slave-labor conditions of some clothing manufacturers. There are simply no incidences of this conduct in the sustainable clothing market, as the people who make said clothing simply will not stoop to these draconian business practices.

As we find out on THE GREEN, organic and sustainable clothing is not only produced in harmony with nature, but is also created free of chemicals that can be harmful when wearing clothing. There are good reasons that all undergarments are made from natural products like cotton or silk. Without further preamble, here are some useful links to illuminate this week’s content on THE GREEN.

As always, if you find some lacking depth or just plain disagree, login to Sundance Channel and take those notions into our green discussion area. [www.sundancechannel.com]

BIG IDEAS FOR A SMALL PLANET: WEAR

Before describing to you in flowery terms as to why you should love this episode, please check out the following BIG IDEAS webisode that has some exclusive clips you can only get on the Sundance Channel website.

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Now that you are once again in love with Robert Downey Jr. and are itching to find Linda Loudermilk clothing [www.lindaloudermilk.com], you should know that tonight, may 8th, on THE GREEN, you will get to learn a lot more about Linda Loudermilk and her inspirational clothing line.

BIG IDEAS FOR A SMALL PLANET also covers some other major areas of the clothing industry. You have clothing production as seen through Patagonia’s [www.patagonia.com] recent environmentally-friendly line. It’s pretty amazing that a hard plastic bottle I drink from can be recycled into a soft-fabric fleece jacket that can keep someone warm through the winter.

Next up on the BIG IDEAS agenda is clothing reusing, as seen through the inventive Swap-O-Rama-Rama [www.swaporamarama.org] events. This is a creative event where you drop off your old clothing and if you want to, you can actually learn to sew and make your own clothing by combining other people’s old clothing into something new.

There is so much in a BIG IDEAS FOR A SMALL PLANET episode, it’s simply shocking. I cannot even fit it all into one blog post, so pull out a pillow for your chair and check out our eco-videos [www.sundancechannel.com] so you can see for yourself how much hope there still is for this world.

We encourage all of you to come back soon and get more amazing blog, I know it can be too stimulating for your senses but it’s also good for your soul.