Planet Green Review

Posted on: August 7th, 2009 by Kevin

I’ve heard of Planet Green quite a bit over the last year or so since it launched in June 2008. The idea behind Planet Green was to create the first eco-friendly living channel to go along with the whole green movement. However thanks to my old cable provider I wasn’t able to check it out since it wasn’t included in my programming package.

Around a month ago I switched to Dish Network and realized I now get Planet Green (channel #194) so I thought I would check it out to see what all the fuss was about. Overall the channel feels like a “Green” version of the Discovery channel which makes sense considering its owned by Discovery, however most of the programming is original and just as entertaining.

Current Shows on Planet Green Include:

Alter Eco
Battleground Earth
Emeril Green
G Word
Go for the Green
Greenovate
Greensburg
Hollywood Green
Living With Ed
Mean Green Machines
Off the Grid
Renovation Nation
Stuff Happens
Total Wrecklamation
Wa$ted!
Whale Wars
Worlds Greenest Homes

So far I’ve been able to catch a bit of Renovation Nation and Whale Wars (which is also on the Discovery Channel). I expected both programs to have a fairly low production value considering they are for a fairly niche channel, however I was presently surprised with both shows and will definitely tune in again.

If you don’t get Planet Green and are an eco freak like me then you defiantly want to find out if your cable of satellite company currently offers it, you may even already have it but have just overlooked it. I know for a fact that Dish Network currently offers it in standard definition as well as a Planet Green HD channel. If you know of any other cable or Satellite TV providers that carry it be sure to leave a comment below.