GREENWORKS FOR PENNSYLVANIA WINS
EMMY® FOR OUTSTANDING PUBLIC AFFAIRS SERIES

PHILADELPHIA (September 18, 2000) - The GreenWorks for Pennsylvania television series has been awarded the 2000 Mid-Atlantic Emmy for Outstanding Public Affairs Series.

In this category, GreenWorks was up against the New Jersey Network (NJN), Thirteen WNET New York, the New Jersey Education Association (NJEA), and Philadelphia's NBC-10. This is GreenWorks' first Emmy®; the show's other honors include: acceptance into the Philadelphia Festival of World Cinema; the Council of State Governments Innovation Award; four Telly Awards; and more. The Mid-Atlantic Emmy® is an award of the National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences, Philadelphia Regional Chapter.

GreenWorks, a thirty-minute, monthly program that spotlights ordinary people taking innovative, positive steps to make a difference in the environment, received two Emmy nominations; this one for Outstanding Public Affairs Series, and another for Outstanding Documentary Program.

GreenWorks Executive Producer Timothy Schlitzer said, "This award not only recognizes GreenWorks, but it salutes the hard-working individuals, businesses, and communities that we spotlight in our show. These people go above and beyond the call of duty in helping the environment, and we thank them for helping make GreenWorks a success."

Beginning its fourth season, each month GreenWorks features a different environmental topic or theme, such as sustainable agriculture, watersheds and Erie and its environment. The program currently plays on 81 television and public access stations throughout Pennsylvania and on the World Wide Web at www.greenworks.tv.

The Emmy was awarded September 16, at the 2000 Emmy® Awards Gala Presentation in Philadelphia.

For more information about GreenWorks or to purchase a VHS copy of the show, please call 1-877-PAGREEN, or log on to the website at www.greenworks.tv.

CONTACT:
Environmental Fund for Pennsylvania
215-545-5880