Bill Nye is a long-time environmentalist with a motto: "Leave the world a better place. (Sometimes you gotta pick up somebody else's trash.)"

After a successful run on PBS with "Bill Nye the Science Guy," the multi-hyphenate comedian-TV host-science educator-mechanical engineer is now finding out how "Stuff Happens" on Planet Green's new half hour show (catch it on Tuesdays at 9PM ET). In it, Nye traces where the things we eat, wear, and use come from, and what impact that has on our entire planet.

If anyone's equipped to find links to our stuff and make the information fun, it's this 53-year-old who once had a day job as an engineer and spent nights doing stand-up comedy. "My family is funny," Nye said. "I mean funny in the sense that we make people laugh, not just funny looking."

We talked to Nye about his "feud" with neighbor Ed Begley, Jr., why breakfast matters and got him to confess his biggest eco sin.

TDG: One of your first "Stuff Happens" episodes is about breakfast. What's so special about breakfast and the environment?
Are you kidding? It's the most important meal of the day. It had the iconic story that North American pigs - from where we get bacon - I presume unwillingly are fed feed made with South American anchovies (and herrings and sardines). Farmers say eating fish helps their animals grow to that wonderfully ample size consumers want. Because of this, we're accidentally destroying an ecosystem. It's the story of stories.

How so?
We're seriously depleting the world's anchovy population and leaving the penguins and South American seabirds with nothing to eat. These birds are dangerously close to starving because the anchovy and sardine populations have been decimated.

What can we do?
Strange as it may seem, you could eat more anchovies. This would raise the price of the fish and make anchovy fish feed more costly and less desirable to pig farmers. Also eat organic bacon from pigs raised on 100% agricultural feed. If you're looking for the true organic meat products, make sure it's grass-fed only.

Let's talk about your green competition with neighbor Ed Begley, Jr. On a show last year, he put up a wind turbine and you said you were doing the same ... did you?
No. His didn't work. There were problems with it. But I'll jump back on the bandwagon. To have 500 kilowatts running through my house is well worth it.

Previously we brought you the 10 funniest green viral videos from the Internets. That got us thinking about traditional versus new media, and we realized that all those professional writers, editors, actors and crew out in Hollywood have actually made some funnies too.

Although it can be hard to squeeze good funny out of the global warming crisis and other serious environmental problems, here are our favorite comedic green moments from recent TV shows. Hopefully, these will get even the most serious eco-warrior to chuckle at something.

10. Chris and Jerry's Tips for Green Living on CBS "Late Night with David Letterman"

Comedians Chris Elliot and Gerald Mulligan take on composting. Don't try this at home, kids. Seriously.

9. NBC Green Week: "Survivor Man" on "The Office"

We are so grateful to Steve Carell and Tina Fey for not letting NBC's mandated week of environmental programming feel like we were watching un-aired "Caveman" episodes -- although the zero amount of laughs in "Caveman" created zero methane from viewers. Wait, there were viewers, right?

"Survivor Man" not only stars Carell, he wrote it. "The Office" is about a paper company -- not exactly grounds for eco-friendly material, so Carell went outdoors for the laughs. When HR wonk Toby brags about going on corporate boss Ryan's "wilderness adventure retreat," Michael (Carell) embarks on a solo camping trip wearing nothing but the clothes on his back for his version of "Man vs. Wild."

This is the only clip we could find on Hulu, although it's not really the funniest part of the episode. Oh well, you get the idea.

8. Scrubs, "My Inconvenient Truth" (Episode 703)

The show's moved to a new network on ABC, but they managed to deliver a funny green episode on NBC when the janitor (played by the hysterically funny and comedic genius Neil Flynn) decided to become an "environmental officer" after watching "An Inconvenient Truth."

There's a great clip on Hulu of Flynn in action, though we couldn't embed that one for some reason. Check out this Nature Conservancy PSA instead:

Master skeptics and raconteurs Penn Jillette and Teller recently took the environment to task on Showtime's "Penn and Teller's Bullshit" claiming, among many things, that Al Gore is an energy hog.

The "Being Green" episode brings up the now-old allegation that Gore's 20-room Tennessee mansion uses more electricity each month than the average American uses every 17 months. The sleight of hand sleuths also report that the carbon offset credits Gore purchases come from Generation Investment Management, a company our ex-VP owns.

A wolf features prominently in upcoming PBS coverage.

But despite the Gore-bashing, P&T stopped short of calling global warming bullshit because...they really don't know: "We know that feng shui is bullshit; the Bible is full of bullshit. But global warming? There's evidence the planet is getting warmer, but we can't be sure we're causing it. And even if we did cause it, we don't know that we can fix it. And even if we can fix it, we don't know how."

As expected, the "Being Green" message boards were jammed with protests: "Your Al Gore thing is so blown out of proportion. His electricity is sourced from green energy sources, his mansion doubles as an office. This whole hate outcry generated by the nutty right has long been debunked and here you are bringing it up again."

And: "It's getting pretty ridiculous to deny man-made global warming at this point. Seriously guys, do your homework, interview some real scientists (the ones you claim to love and respect SOOOO much) and you'll find out that your position on this issue is BULLSHIT."

At least the National Geographic Channel (NGC) is keeping it real with "Man-Made: Power Towers"-a documentary (premiered July 31, check for repeats) about building the Bahrain World Trade Center along the Persian Gulf Shores. This 50-story glass-tower is the world's first skyscraper to incorporate wind energy to supply clean power to this ginormous building.

As green continues its steady march into the mainstream, heart of America, some of the world's top touring musicians are getting into the act. From Radiohead to Jack Johnson, Kanye West and more, major recording and performing artists are doing more for the planet.

Jack Johnson

Solar stages are set up and taken down across the country, tour buses are motoring around on biodiesel, recycling and reuse efforts are being stepped up at venues and after parties, and even song lyrics are taking on a green hue (thanks in part to one Miley Cyrus!).

Our intrepid green celebrity blogger, Tommi Lewis Tilden, put together this don't-miss list of Summer's 10 Hottest Green Music Tours. Check it out, and get your tickets before the shows before summer fades out.

"This used to be a soda bottle." So says the print on the lanyard securing my FOX press credential at the TCAs (Television Critics Association) -- a two-week long conference at the Beverly Hilton Hotel, in the very same ballroom the Golden Globes are held, where stars and execs from all the net and cable channels trot out new and returning shows.

Tommy Lee and Ludacris from Planet Green's Battleground Earth

While we can't answer why -- with 200-plus channels -- most TV fare is lame, we can fist-bump the industry for making green strides onscreen and behind the scenes. (Even watching FOX News' latest star Karl Rove smirking on a panel didn't curb our enthusiasm, but more on that later.)

What do you do when Japanese whale hunters ignore the laws (or find a "scientific expedition" loophole), killing more of these magnificent mammals in the past twenty years than ever before? You sic a radical sea-faring crew of eco-pirates on them, of course.

In Animal Planet's intense documentary "Whale Wars" (airs in November), the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society, headed by Captain Paul Watson, engage in sea battles with the hunters -- ships are rammed, stink bombs tossed, anti-whaling declarations are broadcast over loud speakers, and whales are chased to safety.

During one confrontation, Watson was shot in the chest (thankfully, he wore a bullet-proof vest), and in another, a grenade was lobbied onto the Sea Shepherd. The Japanese threaten that the fight will get even nastier. But Watson, who was a Greenpeace founder, is unperturbed: "Whaling has no place in the 21st century. Sea Shepherd will not stop until the killing ends."

The showdown between Paul Watson's Sea Shepherd Society and whalers is featured in Animal Planet's "Whale Wars."

A less serious clash pits metal rocker Tommy Lee against rapper Ludacris in Planet Green's "Battleground: Earth," and both talked up their personal green changes. Ludacris just purchased a GM Tahoe hybrid and says he's in the process of plopping solar panels atop his Atlanta home. "Georgia is one of the few states that I know you can charge the power company back for the energy you don't use," he said.

You know something's rotten in D.C. when indie bands like Something Fierce have no choice but to cancel much-anticipated summer tours over mind numbing gas prices. "Once I ran the numbers it was a 'There was no [expletive] way' kind of moment," the band's 23-year-old singer-guitarist Steven Garcia tells USA Today after pulling into a Houston gas station to fill up the band's Dodge tour van.

The Police announce a contribution to MillionTreesNYC with Mayor Michael Bloomberg.

Gas prices are making a serious dent in our summer music fun. It's not just the bands that can't pony up the travel fees, it's us fans who're already so tapped out 'cause of pump prices that we're hard pressed to buy live music tix without breaking the bank. As Mike Meyers' cooler than "The Love Guru" alter ego Wayne used to say; "That's mental."

But before we spew, vomit or hurl over our sorry state of the union, let's take the high road and do the glass half full thing. Like opting to spend our hard-won greenbacks on the acts that can afford to tour and who're doing it eco-correctly.

Put on the Green Light
If you missed The Police while they were out on their top-grossing 2007 reunion tour, you can catch their last round of U.S. shows in July and August, with Elvis Costello as the opener.

The August 7 finale is at NYC's Madison Square Garden (with The B-52s opening) because, says the group: "We kicked off our very first American tour at CBGB's in 1978, and this summer, 30 years later, our journey will come full circle as we play our final show here in New York City."

Of course, Sting is no stranger to green efforts -- having established The Rainforest Foundation in 1989 with wife Trudie Styler -- and along with bandmates Andy Summers and Stewart Copeland, will donate $1 million to a NYC program that aims to plant 1 million trees by 2017. "We have a long history here. We wanted to leave a gift with our last performance that would keep on giving year after year, decade after decade -- the gift of trees does do that," said the frontman in looktothestars.org.

Though after this it's Adios, Policia, the group reportedly plans to release a live DVD of concert footage shot in South America.

Ah, summer. Time to roll out the big flicks, beach parties and global grooving. So who's rocking the green?

Planet Green Premiere Party
Discovery's Planet Green threw one heckuva launch concert for their new 24/7-eco channel (debuts June 04) and thedailygreen.com scored a VIP pass to the Tommy Lee/Ludacris headlining love jam. The duo is set to star in "Battleground Earth," where they "fight the toxic forces that threaten Mother Earth." We're buying it.

Tommy Lee and Ludacris on stage.

Comedian Tommy Davidson hosted the fete while aud members tossed giant green balls around L.A.'s beauteous Greek Theater. A surprisingly taut-looking Twisted Sister's Dee Snider belted "We're Not Gonna Take It," followed by more perfs including Christian band Switchfoot, Ziggy Marley and ZZ Top's Billy Gibbons.

PG's newest stars dutifully walked the green carpet, such as a hirsute Tom Green plugging his upcoming game show, celeb announcer Maria Menounos (who hosts "Hollywood Green"), and Bill Nye, making the rounds for "Stuff Happens."

Adrian Grenier and the cast of "The Green Life."

A dapper, suit-sporting Adrian Grenier joined green guru Boise Thomas, sustainable style expert Angela Lindvall and eco-renovation expert Darren Moore to talk about their new series "The Green Life." Grenier recently told TV Guide: "My friends and I get together, turn off all the electricity in the house and go off grid. We enjoy each other's company without distractions from the radio or cell phones -- and our carbon footprint is zero!" Somehow we can't see Turtle, Drama, E or especially Ari digging that scene.

Back to the (Santa Monica) Beach
At the beach city's Pacific Park Pier amusement park, Mrs. Governator Maria Shriver and her kids recently rode the spanking new Ferris Wheel -- a $1.5 million energy-efficient marvel -- at the ride's dedication ceremony. The wheel is solar powered and 75 percent more energy efficient than the previous one, which was auctioned off on Ebay for a whopping $132,400, half of which went to the Special Olympics charity.

The Hulk.

Edward Norton's Incredibly Green Hulk
Edward Norton's been getting some bad press for his "feud" with Marvel over the final cut of "The Incredible Hulk" (in theaters June 13), so he's laying low so as not to jeopardize the movie from becoming a green monster hit.

But Norton and producer Gale Ann Hurd shouldn't be mum about the enormous eco efforts they made throughout the "Hulk" production. Early on, they teamed with the Environmental Media Association to "be the greenest movie ever." EMA prexy Debbie Levin developed a "green coach" program -- experts who advise films on all aspects of production from purchases to building green sets and carbon offsetting.

Hurd said she intended to make "Hulk" a green standard-bearer for the rest of the biz.

Catching Cash For Kelly Slater's Charity
Sean Penn, Eddie Vedder and Ben Harper recently turned out to fete surf god Kelly Slater's Foundation, supporting enviro groups Miocean, Reef Check and the Surfrider Foundation. The bash, held at a Cotton Point, CA Oceanside estate raised more than $350,000.

LooktotheStars.org reports that Vedder and Harper performed to a group of 600, with Slater joining to jam on the night's final tune -- Pearl Jam's "Indifference." "Half of every song I've ever written, was written in the ocean so that's sort of my way of giving back," says Vedder.

Chris Noth at a Rainforest Alliance Event.

Big's Little Green
And with boffo box office numbers for "Sex and the City," we're inspired to mention that "Big" actor Chris Noth recently attended a Rainforest Action Network bash for Gotham Magazine in NY. Proudly showing pics of his 4-month-baby boy Orion, Noth tells the New York Daily News that people need to support the organization and protect our "green little planet despite George Bush!"

Shoeless Scarlett
June 1 kicked off Soles4Souls Barefoot Week, and Don Cheadle, Jessica Alba and Scarlett Johansson are some celebs helping support the charity's work--donating shoes where needed, especially after natural disasters. According to Soles4Souls founder Wayne Elsey, 300 million children have never owned a pair of shoes and that same amount was dumped into American landfills last year alone. Ms. Johansson has reportedly donated 2,000 pairs of shoes to the charity.

Photo Credits: Wireimage.com and Universal Studios

It seems like Hollywood's making a grab for green screens. Eco programming, that is. On the heels of Sundance Channel's mega-successful launch of green block shows, Discovery and Disney are coming up with their own shades of the hue.

Here's what's soon to hit the green screen scene:

Planet Green Launching June 4th, this is arguably the biggest green splash on the tube — it replaces Discovery's Home channel and is the first to offer 24/7 eco fare.

Some of PG's lineup includes 14 personality-driven shows like Emeril Lagasse's eco-cooking show, a lifestyle program from Entourage star and eco warrior Adrian Grenier, Tom Brokaw specials and a weekly eco broadcast by Bob Woodruff.

The happiest news is the channel picked up Living with Ed, starring our eco hero Ed Begley, Jr. Sounds like the format stays the same as we watch Ed and wife Rachelle negotiate living green in a town where everyone lives large.

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