Find out what’s on
Sky is celebrating World Environment Day (June 5th) with a week of special green programming. By now, we’re all getting used to headlines about the state of the planet, and rising sea levels and carbon emissions. However, it is not all doom and gloom and we want to help inspire you to take action through our special programming.
Sky Movies
On June 5th we are have a date with the planet with Yann Arthus-Bertrand’s film Home on Sky Movies 2 and Sky Movies HD at 7pm. Home is a documentary featuring Yann Arthus-Bertrand’s trademark breath-taking aerial photography, and conceived as a global call-to-arms.
Released globally on World Environment Day (5 June) on screens across the planet it aims to raise awareness and inspire global action. Visit: http://www.home-2009.com/us/index.html (opens in a new window)
Yann Arthus-Bertrand’s stunning photography is renowned the world-over, so we’re very excited to be the only place that the British public will be able to see this beautiful work in HD.
Sky Arts
As part of Sky Arts season Everything’s Gone Green, we will be showing all this week Design E2 from 7pm, Sky Arts 1. Brad Pitt narrates this look at New York’s environmental influences as part of our innovative green season. Visit: http://www.skyarts.co.uk/tv-guide/ (opens in a new window)
National Geographic
We go to extremes in Expedition Antarctica where forty-five scientists and crew voyage into this most hostile and unknown environment, where they conduct exhaustive science work and make remarkable discoveries.
Scientists try to forecast the future consequences of the big melt and race against the clock to forecast the global consequences in Extreme Ice.
Stunning archival footage combined with the scientific breakthroughs of 2008 form the core of Earth Report 2009, our window into the front lines of science.
Don’t miss the chance to follow eco warriors Dick Strawbridge and Jem Stansfield as they use ingenuity, resourcefulness and humour to confront eco challenges head on in Planet Mechanics. And finally, whilst politicians argue about the best way to save the planet, Richard and Jonny set up house together to investigate the hard-nosed realities of living the green life in I Didn’t Know That: Green Special. Visit: http://www.natgeochannel.co.uk/programmes/green-week/intro (opens in a new window)