Although we’ve been hearing about “green living” more and more over the last few years, it seems like with the recession, the whole sustainable living has been overshadowed by the current economic crisis to a degree. This however hasn’t stopped us here at the Green Motorist from publishing the latest green auto news, and apparently it hasn’t stopped the TV networks from pushing forward with TV shows focusing on green living as well.

Here are a few of our favorite green living shows.

1. Carbon Cops

Carbon Cops is a show on the Sundance channel (channel 332 on Dish Network ) that premiered in the spring to a very welcome reception. Basically the hosts of the show (Lish Fejer and Sean Fitzgerald) calculate a family’s carbon footprint and then the family has to figure out how they can cut their footprint in half using conventional and sometimes not so conventional methods. It’s sort of like a green version of Extreme Makeover: Home Edition.

2. Garbage Moguls

When I first heard about this show I expected it to be just another reality job show like Deadliest Catch or Ice Road Truckers but with garbage men. However I was surprised to find out the show is actually about a group of guys that create / develop useful products using everyone elses trash. That’s right, these guys take everything from candy wrappers to beer bottles and figure out how to make them into surprisingly useful inventions. You can catch Garbage Moguls on the National Geographic Channel (If you have Dish Network Satellite TV it’s channel 186.

3. Survivorman

Ok you may not think this show is exactly about “green living” but I actually disagree and would even argue that this is the best green living show out there. If you haven’t seen Survivorman yet, it’s about a guy who treks out into the wild and has to survive for a week using nothing but the few minor provisions he brings with him. What sets Survivorman apart from some of the other survival shows out there (*cough Man vs Wild *cough) is the fact that Les Stroud does all the camera work himself, which means he really is completely alone in the wilderness.

The show isn’t necessarily about just surviving but really about how to live off the land using just what you need, and I think this philosophy is in line with green living in general. You can watch Survivorman on the Discovery Channel, Dish Network Satellite TV channel 182.

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