EcoSense for Living TV series premieres in Georgia during Earth month

Jennie Turner Garlington, Creator and Executive Producer of EcoSense for Living

EcoSense for Living exposes everyday tips and topics to simultaneously save money and the environment. Episodes will premiere in Georgia during Earth Month and are slotted for Tuesdays April 5, April 12, April 19 and April 26 at 7:30 pm on GPB.

An excerpt from the show's creator and executive producer, Jennie Garlington:

“People think being green means spending more money,” Jennie said. “Our series reflects the opposite. There are ways – lots of them – to save money while helping the environment. In EcoSense for Living we have created an outlet to communicate to everyone just how easy it is to save money and to join in saving our resources for our children, whether you are a single homeowner, a huge corporate entity or an elementary school student. It’s all about saving our world for the generations to come and I can’t think of a better time to spread the word in Georgia than during Earth Month.”

EcoSense for Living: Episode 1, will premiere on GPB Tuesday, April 5 at 7:30 pm.

EcoSense for Living: Children & Nature, episode 2, profiles the importance of getting children outside and more involved in nature. Richard Louv identifies the phenomenon of dwindling exposure to nature as “nature deficit disorder” in his book “Last Child in the Woods.” Louv is interviewed in this episode which will premiere on GPB Tuesday, April 12 at 7:30 pm.

EcoSense for Living: Green Jobs, episode 3, explores how corporations large and small are making a difference in America with green jobs. The Louisiana Green Corps, a small pizza place called Pizza Fusion, and Coca-Cola’s Spartanburg plant, a model of sustainability and material recovery, are all profiled in this episode. It will premiere on GPB Tuesday, April 19 at 7:30 pm.

The newest episode, EcoSense for Living: Green Buildings, profiles homes, a school and even Atlanta’s Phillips Arena to illustrate how energy efficient buildings reduce our carbon footprint in remarkable ways. Phillips Arena was retrofitted with energy efficient systems and it now uses 21% less electricity than other arenas of similar size. This episode also profiles Arabia Mountain High School which focuses on environmental learning throughout its curricula using Promethean boards (to reduce paper and enhance learning), outdoor classrooms, and even energy- and water-efficient rest rooms. Green Buildings compares modular, new, completely green homes to modified older homes with energy efficient systems and opens by touring the Solar Decathlon in Washington, DC for a glimpse of the cutting edge green building designs being developed across the globe. Sponsored by the Department of Energy, the Decathlon is a competition showcasing design and designers, many of them college students, from Germany to California. Episode 4 will premiere on GPB Tuesday, April 26 at 7:30 pm.

Watch GPB on these nine stations across Georgia: Atlanta – Channel 8.1; Albany - WABW/14.1, Augusta - WCES/20.1, Chatsworth - WCLP/18.1, Columbus - WJSP/28.1, Dawson - WACS/25.1, Macon - WMUM/29.1, Savannah - WVAN/9.1, Waycross - WXGA/8.1. www.gpb.org

You know I'll be tuning in! For those of you not in GA, don't worry...I'll recap each episode here on my blog. Stay tuned!