I’ve just recieved this press release from Peace Point Entertainment Group who are looking for you green geniuses out there. Get your thinking caps on…..
Science Channel Seeking Backyard Green Inventors!
US television network are looking for grassroots green inventors for new television series.
Do you take it upon yourself to create your own ingenious solutions to environmental conundrums?
We’re looking to feature inventions and inventors from all walks of life that will inspire a greener globe!
A brief description of your savvy invention along with why your project is deserving of national attention should be included!
Please put your city and state in the subject line. Photographs would also be a big help, but aren’t mandatory.
Contact: greeninventors@peacepoint.tv
About the Show
Trippin’ the Green Fantastic seeks out and gives light to grassroots, green inventors –those everyday folks who have taken it upon themselves to create their own ingenious solutions to environmental conundrums.
The Hosts
A couple of everyday guys who are passionate about being green hop aboard ‘Lady’ a veggie oil fueled SUV and trek across America on an awesome road trip adventure to find the homespun green gold – those far out homemade eco inventions.
Every episode begins with the hosts driving Lady down a stretch of highway en-route to visit their next backyard inventor. Our hosts have been a part of this quiet revolution, live and online, for years so for our hosts these visits feel as intimate as visiting old friends.
Our hosts showcase three to four grassroots inventors every episode. Soon after the introductions the guys’ passion and curiosity take over. They explore the lives of the inventors to get a sense of the person and why they took ‘going green’ into their own hands. What was the ultimate moment of inspiration that moved them to action? What was the green problem that just had to be solved? How was the contraption built? What tools did they use –from duct tape to found items? Our hosts are fascinated by the processes of prototyping, testing and final application. They want to learn everything about the invention, including its limitations that perhaps they can help solve.
To make the exploration show-don’t tell, our hosts get as involved as possible with the inventor and his contraption. Testing, tweaking, rebuilding, enhancing and of course getting in the application of the contraption, whether it’s testing out a toilet bowl sink invention, helping build a solar panel from used CDs or tasting meals cooked in a dishwasher. For good episodic balance between ‘viewer accessibility’ and ’wow-factor’, the McGyver-esque designs range from simple to complex –from a cholesterol lamp made from cast-off plastic cartons to an entire residence living completely off the grid.
Between visits we hang with them doing the sustainable living thing, stopping for fuel and negotiating their way into roadside diner kitchens to clean them out of their used grease and generally inspiring (not preaching to) all the Americans they meet along the way to get a little greener.
On Trippin’ the Green Fantastic we extract basic science principles behind the inventions as well as show that passion, purpose and imagination can make anything possible.
