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by Liesl Bradner

    Looks like Adrian Grenier may need his own Entourage to help shuffle him back and forth between acting gigs. The word on the grassy knoll is the star of the popular HBO series has booked a hosting gig on Discovery Channels’ new upcoming network, Planet Green. The show has tentatively been given a very familiar title as our own website, “The Green Life.” The format is similar to numerous home makeover shows but instead of redecorating for a quick sale the program focuses on remodeling people’s homes, dorm rooms, businesses and even film and TV stage sets with cool, eco-friendly features. Grenier doesn’t just talk the talk but lives the green life as his own home in Brooklyn uses recycled blue-jeans for insulation, reclaimed oak floors and a solar roof. As a highlight of the show, he will also personally give a green makeover to his newly purchased L.A. area home.

Planet Green recently announced another new 10-episode series called “Wasted”, hosted by actress and comedienne Annabelle Gurwitch, best known as the co-host of the cult favorite “Dinner and a Movie” on TBS and handyman Holter Graham.

Wasted will challenge homeowners to reduce their general consumption in three weeks, and will then be rewarded cash based on their planetary savings.

Discovery Communications, Planet Green, the first-ever 24-hour television network dedicated solely to green lifestyle programming, is scheduled to premiere in June 2008.

by Rebecca Metz

Cate Blanchett is greening her Sydney estate
Cate Blanchett and her playwright husband Andrew Upton, are in the process of creating a greener space with their $10 million dollar Sydney mansion. The actress and her family have reportedly moved out of their home temporarily while Lesiuk Architects, a Palm Beach-based firm specializing in environmental projects begins work.

The nearly $1.5 million in green improvements will include grey water recycling, a 20,000-litre water tank, solar paneling and energy-saving lights.

Cate and her husband also announced that they plan to make green renovations to the Sydney Theatre Company in 2008. They are reportedly in discussions with companies to make the building more eco-friendly and self-sufficient, including upgrades such as solar panels and rain water collection devices. Their goal is to have the theater generate enough power on its own to run an entire season off the grid. If they accomplish this, they would be the first theater company in the world to do so. Bravo!

Larry Hagman has the largest residential solar power system in U.S.
Larry Hagman, who was the hard-driving, tough talking J.R. Ewing of the hit television show Dallas recently shared with attendees of the Hollywood Goes Green conference his passion for renewable energy. While Hagman played an oil tycoon on TV, his personal home doesn’t use a drop of black gold. In fact, his 46-acre farm produces enough energy to power a more than a dozen average households. In fact, Hagman has the largest residential solar-power system in the United States — a 102.7KW array that produces 150,000 kilowatt-hours per year.

“Anyone that uses electricity in the next ten years will pay a tremendous amount of money for it,” said Hagman. His own electricity bill for his 46-acre farm dropped from $37,000 to $13 after his first solar array went online!

Hagman is turning his attention globally and is currently scheduled to travel to South Africa in 2008 with the Solar Electric Light Fund (SELF) — a nonprofit organization focused on providing solar electrification and energy self-sufficiency in developing countries.

Realizing that affordable energy isn’t going to be around forever, Hagman is investigating alternatives from biodiesel to hydrogen. He emphasized the importance of increasing investment in renewable resources before we’re faced with a horrible crisis. We couldn’t agree more!

photo credit: Sydney Morning Herald