Thanks be for Turnoff Week, I now have an excuse to take a short vacation. But since there are a couple shows worth noting, here’s a quick update.
If your kids haven’t checked out Cyberchase, the PBS Kids animated series that actually has some math skills attached to it – not to mention fun plots, the usual bad guy out to take over the universe, etc. – record it this week because math meets meteorology. And this being Earth Week and all, the weather is big. Check your local listings for times.
At 9 p.m. on Wednesday (4/22) on Planet Green, check out their challenge series Wa$ted. The hosts challenge homeowners and even a fire station to make their homes and workplaces greener by doing things like using real dishes and cooking instead of the take out habit. Drinking filtered tap water instead of buying bottled water. All that stuff – and there are some great tips.
Finally, only because I like what the company is doing am I recommending Garbage Moguls, on National Geographic Channel, Wednesday at 9 p.m. (4/22). The owners of TerraCycle take garbage, such as cookie wrappers and used billboards and make useful products out of them. On the plus side, there is some real out of the box thinking going on in one of the design sessions and it’s a great example of working creatively. On the down side, the people across the board aren’t very nice to each other – and it gets pretty grating after a while. Oh, and the language gets a little rough here and there, with some words bleeped.
Now, of course, you’re recording these shows for looking at after this weekend, and in the meantime are doing cool things like making kites or cookies or singing songs or something else fun, right? Right?
Anne Louise Bannon
Your Family Viewer
