Take Back My TV

Take Back My TV is a campaign to get TV manufacuturers to take responsibility for recycling the products they create, especially as more and more are being discarded in anticipation of the impending change to digital only broadcasts. Find out more HERE.

Environmental Reality TV

A local cable station in Boston has created Energy Smackdown a reality TV show about families competing to see who can reduce their carbon footprint the most. You can watch episodes of the series HERE. And find out who won and how they did it HERE.

Take The Reaper Bowling

A great classic PSA from Australia...

Read A !#&% Book!

This is the controversial parody PSA rap video "Read A Book" which has been running on BET recently... NOTE: This is really, really not work safe (language-wise).

Stop The Bullets. Kill The Gun

A simple, striking commercial from the UK based Choice FM...



via ID United

Stay Free: Baby Vids Make You Dumber

A recent Stay Free article discusses a new study(PDF) that shows that the educational merits of videos like Baby Einstein are dubious at best and possibly bad for mental development at worst. Also interesting is the debate that continues in the comments section between the author and a supporter(representative?) of the chidren's media industry. Read the entire post with comments here.

Oliver Stone on Iraq

Oliver Stone recently directed a commercial for MoveOn.org based on their recent VideoVets campaign. Here he discusses his feelings about the current war in Iraq and making the commercial...

Steven Colbert on rBGH

Steven Colbert's take on the recent flap over labeling of products using Recombinant Bovine Growth Hormone (rBGH) is, as usual, right on target...



via Treehugger, thanks Melinda!