Green In The Media 30th March - 5th April

Al Gore's An Inconvenient Truth finally gets it's terrestrial premiere on Channel 4 on Saturday.

Hang on, did I just say Channel 4? Friend of the denialists Channel 4?? Hmm, wonder how much promotion it will get.

Monday 30th March

View from the Green Room
On: Community Channel
Time: 08:00 to 08:30 (Also Tue 0730, Thu 0730, Sat 0730)
View from the Green Room is the UK's first environmental surf documentary. It examines the pollution issues of today through the eyes of Surfers Against Sewage (SAS) campaigners.

Tuesday 31st March

The Ashden Awards
On: Community Channel
Time: 06:30 to 07:25 (Also Thu 0630, Sat 0630)
National.
A film presenting the United Kingdom's nominees for the Ashden Awards, highlighting work on sustainable energy solutions around the globe.

Home Planet
On: BBC Radio Four
Time: 15:00 to 15:30
Richard Daniel and the team discuss listeners' questions about the environment and the natural world.

Wednesday 1st April

Debating Animals
On: BBC Radio Four
Time: 21:00 to 21:30
First of two programmes in which Rod Liddle examines our differing responses to related animal species and tries to establish what those responses tell us not merely about the animals but about ourselves. Rod considers the otter and the mink - the one a playful, affectionate emblem of British environmental awareness, the other invariably depicted as a voracious invader. Sir David Attenborough and ecologist Johnny Birks help Rod to separate fact from fiction and understand why one member of the Mustelid family should have us cooing and handing over money to environmental causes while the other can expect loathing at best and more often than not calls for a mass cull. He also hears from people involved in the Hebridean mink cull, who are acting to save indigenous bird species in the Western Isles.

Thursday 2nd April

One Planet
On: BBC World Service Radio
Time: 10:30 to 11:00 (Also 1630, 2030, 0130)
The programme that explores the biggest issues in the environment. This week a look at recycling in the Indian city of Mumbai.

Oceans
On: BBC Radio Four
Time: 21:00 to 21:30
What Lies Beneath
Series in which Gabrielle Walker explores why we know so little about the oceans that make up nearly 80 per cent of our planet. Gabrielle examines the intimate relationship between the oceans and our climate. She finds out how the ocean currents influence the temperature of the planet and the important role oceans may play in protecting us from the damaging effects of global warming.

Saturday 4th April

An Inconvenient Truth
On: Channel 4
Time: 21:20 to 23:10
Davis Guggenheim's Oscar-winning documentary about the environment features the unlikeliest of movie stars. Former presidential candidate Al Gore hardly has the charisma of, say, George Clooney, but he holds this film together as, in front of an audience and with few aids beyond photo slides, he explains how humans have messed up the planet.


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