Series Overview | Episode Descriptions

The Green21 perspective is positive, empowering and intelligent. The series integrates first-person storytelling and the insights of experts, scientists and visionary thinkers. Each half-hour episode covers an issue such as climate, energy, transportation, water and economics. Green21 takes a whole systems approach to the issues, inspiring people to reimagine the world and create significant change.

The Green21 broadcast series is created specifically for public television. Climate change and sustainability are the defining issues of the 21st century and Green21 provides vital information and perspective. The series will be available free of charge to the widest audience in all U.S. markets.

Public television is accessible to 99% of U.S. viewers via broadcast, cable and satellite. Most American households (67%) and over 133 million people tune into public television each month; some 80 million people in almost 50 million households watch public television during an average week.* The content presented in the series is well suited for public television audiences as they tend to be pro-active members of their communities.

The series will be offered to all PBS stations in the U.S. free of charge with broadcast rights of unlimited releases over three years. This means that the stations can repeat the series as many times as they wish within the rights period.

The Green21 production process leverages multiple media and formats at every stage development. Interviews with experts will cover topics that span multiple episodes, and full-length interviews will be available immediately for audio podcast distribution on this web site.