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ENVIRONMENTAL CHARTER HIGH SCHOOL’S GREEN AMBASSADORS WILL BE FEATURED ON SUNDANCE CHANNEL’S ORIGINAL SERIES “BIG IDEAS FOR A SMALL PLANET”™ ON TUESDAY, JUNE 12

LAWNDALE, CA – March 27, 2007– Environmental Charter High School’s Green Ambassadors will be featured on Sundance Channel’s original series “Big Ideas For A Small Planet”  in the episode airing on Tuesday, June 12th at 9:00 ET (6:00pm PT). 

The mission of the Green Ambassadors of Environmental Charter High School is to provide high school students with experiences that foster personal growth, community service, cross-cultural and global exchange, and leadership skills to tackle the most critical environmental issues facing our planet.  The Green Ambassadors provide training to already established clubs through green mentors, by developing new interpersonal skills (empowerment, networking, and enrollment), knowledge (environmental and scientific), and ecological values (biodiversity and interconnectedness) focused on specific issues where students can create social awareness and measurable change. 

“Big Ideas for a Small Planet,” is a documentary series presenting the forward-thinking designers, products and processes that are on the leading edge of a new green world.  Each episode revolves around a different green theme as it spotlights a specific innovator or innovation that has the potential to transform our everyday lives.  The individuals profiled range from scientists to fashion and product designers, entrepreneurs to first-time inventors. The series also features a cast of recurring expert commentators, including activists, scientists, writers, and environmental personalities who provide the big-picture context to each week’s stories.  “Big Ideas for a Small Planet” is produced by Scout Productions (“Queer Eye for the Straight Guy” NBC/Bravo and The Fog of War). 

In “Big Ideas for a Small Planet: Kids” Eleven-year old activist Evan Green hosts a kick-off party to recruit new members for his Red Dragon Conservation Team, a group of kids and adults dedicated to saving the rainforest and fostering biodiversity; a group of students from the educational initiative “Plastics are Forever” collects used containers from a Los Angeles waterway  and creates rafts from the trash to float down the creek; and toy-maker Barbera Aimes, founder of ImagiPLAY, creates non-toxic toys made from renewable rubberwood and recycled cardboard.

“Big Ideas for a Small Planet” airs as part of THE GREEN, a weekly primetime destination airing Tuesdays on Sundance Channel that focuses on environmental topics.  With THE GREEN, Sundance Channel became the first television network in the United States to establish a major, regularly-scheduled programming destination dedicated entirely to the environment.  THE GREEN reflects the current tipping point in public awareness about ecological issues and the trend towards environmentally sustainable approaches to modern living.  The destination is designed to be both edifying and entertaining, with an emphasis on information, practical advice and community building.  Presented by Robert Redford, the destination is hosted by award-winning journalist Simran Sethi and community advocate and MacArthur Fellow Majora Carter, two dynamic leaders who have distinguished themselves with revolutionary ideas in such areas as civic planning and global business practices. THE GREEN is presented by Lexus and Citi Smith Barney.    

Under the creative direction of Robert Redford, Sundance Channel is the television destination for independent-minded viewers seeking something different.  Bold, uncompromising and irreverent, Sundance Channel offers audiences a diverse and engaging selection of films, documentaries, and original programs, all unedited and commercial free.  Launched in 1996, Sundance Channel is a venture of NBC Universal, Showtime Networks Inc. and Robert Redford.  Sundance Channel operates independently of the non-profit Sundance Institute and the Sundance Film Festival, but shares the overall Sundance mission of encouraging artistic freedom of expression.  Sundance Channel’s website address is www.sundancechannel.com.

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Press Contacts:
Viviana Franco
Development Manager
Environmental Charter High School
310-676-3107  

Sundance Channel

Katie Lanegran 
Sr. Director, Public Relations
Sundance Channel
(212) 708-8044
katie.lanegran@sundancechannel.com

Environmental Charter High School to be featured on the Sundance Channel
Feb. 2, 2007

Lawndale , Ca - Environmental Charter High School (ECHS), an innovative, public high school in Lawndale, Ca., has been chosen to be the focus of one of thirteen episodes on the Sundance Channel’s new series “Green Innovators”. Filming commenced Wednesday, January 24th in Ballona Creek.   The show is scheduled to air in April 2007.

The episode will highlight ECHS’ Plastics are Forever Project, an in-depth study of the environmental effects of plastics in the marine environment.   Sundance will explore the history of the project and reveal ECHS’ current student work to document plastic waste within Ballona Creek. Students will build a fleet of small boats made entirely of disregarded plastics and navigate Ballona Creek teaching invited guests about the impact of plastics.

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