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Late Show with David Letterman Green Tips
Posted by: | CommentsDavid Letterman has been known for making eco-friendly television, and we have blogged about it before, if you remember the in-depth look into his interview with former United States Vice President Al Gore. Knowing that The Late Show host has an interest in the environment, it is not surprising that one of his bits was about green tips.
This foray into eco-friendly television was started when Letterman said that “everyone is concerned with the planet blowing up and we want to preserve life on this planet”. He then launched into The Late Show’s green tips, so here are possibly some of the funniest and worst tips ever:
- People leave grass clipping on their lawn as natural fertilizer. In Las Vegas they are paying people to pull out their lawns and replace it with a natural desert landscape because they don’t have enough water for people to water their lawns.
- Replace paper napkins with reusable cloth napkins.
- Buy food from local sources when possible.
- Breath fewer times per minute.
- Turn off the lights when you enter a room.
- Cut the electricity you use by purchasing a toaster powered by a wind turbine.
- Instead of a hot pockets switch to lukewarm pockets.
- Save $50.00 a year on your phone bill by speaking in a lower tone.
- Instead of using a fuel wasting lawn mower encourage your kids to graze.
- Reduce your carbon footprint by flying on the backs of large birds.
- Use cloth diapers rather than disposable diapers on your pet monkey.
- Instead of using bottled water carry a wet sponge.
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An Eco-friendly HGTV is Red, Hot and Green with Carter Oosterhouse
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Do you remember the uber cute carpenter Carter Oosterhouse from the TLC show Trading Spaces? Well, Carter is back in a big way and with an eco-friendly television show: Red, Hot & Green. On the Rachel Ray Show, Carter performed an eco-friendly makeover of actor John Stamos’ Broadway Dressing room. John Stamos, best known for his roles on Full House and ER, is currently starring in the Broadway revival of Bye Bye Birdie. Carter was given a mere 48 hours to give makeover to this barren dressing room. John asked for a late 1960’s Hollywood glam vibe for his home away from home. Carter achieved this look by using a dark grey wallpaper, as he feels that wallpaper adds an artistic element to a room. He then added lighter colored squares of wallpaper on the focal wall to brighten up the space. The remodel included building shelves etc… out of MDF (medium density fiberboard).
Now in the past MDF was not an eco-friendly product but Oosterhouse used a new green MDF which boosts a non-toxic adhesive to join all the fibers together. The dressing rooms’ grand reveal was everything Stamos had asked for and more. It was masculine but with a definite sense of style and an eco-friendly slant. Oosterhouse used a color palette black, white, and grey with red as an accent color. “Spectacular” said Stamos of his renovated dressing room. John’s favorite element was that he has a space he can relax in, which will still accommodate guests.
Tags: Bye Bye Birdie, Carter Oosterhouse, eco-friendly television programming, eco-friendly TV show, ER, Full House, Go Green, green makeover, HGTV, home renovating, home renovations, John Stamos, medium density fiberboard, Nicole Facciuto, Rachel Ray, Rachel Ray Show, Red Hot & Green, reduce consumption, reduce energy costs, TLC, Trading SpacesThe Green Screen – Top Chef Airs Eco-friendly Television
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As part of our continuing series reviewing eco-friendly television and film, The Green Screen takes a look at Bravo’s popular reality TV show Top Chef. Yes, even reality TV can be eco-friendly and I wanted to give a shout out to one of my personal favorites.
Top Chef features host and head judge Tom Colicchio as an intimidating yet charismatic mentor. Along with co-host Padma Lakshmi and my other favorite judge, Gail Simmons, Top Chef fascinates you with culinary skill and lures you in with food you can only look at and not taste. The show’s format involves chefs from around the world competing to become Top Chef with an contestant eliminated each episode if their food doesn’t make the grade. And even though you can’t taste the food, it’s clear from Judges feedback that these Chefs are talented.
So how are they eco-friendly? Well, Top Chef contestants often cook with sustainable foods and always shop with reusable bags. Viewers of the show know the format – they cook in a mini-challenge and then head to the elimination challenge where they are given a budget to shop for ingredients. Every time they shop for food, they fill up their groceries in reusable bags. After their food has been prepared, tasted and evaluated, the Chefs head to judges table to determine who will be eliminated. Unlike most reality TV, Top Chef is not a popularity contest, they are assessed based on cooking skills only, not personality. If you haven’t seen it, you really should tune in – it’s reality TV at its finest.
Top Chef takes it a step further since contestants often cook with sustainable foods from a sustainable farm. Read More→
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