Highlights of the Second Season

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Length: 27 minutes

This episode of the award-winning GreenWorks for Pennsylvania TV show reviews its second season and provides
a general overview of the television show as a whole. Hosted by producer Tamar Charry, learn how and why GreenWorks began, what the show has accomplished during its second season, and a glimpse of the show's future.

This episode also brings back some of the best stories from the second season including:

• Karen Hoheman, a Westmoreland County resident who found a large, ugly, and illegal dump on her property that was dangerous to neighbors and area hikers. Karen, with assistance from PA CleanWays, organized a massive cleanup of the dump; she and her neighbors successfully removed several miles of illegal trash;

• Local residents of the Babbs Creek Watershed, near Williamsport, who teamed up with the Pennsylvania Environmental Defense Foundation to restore the creek, which has been "dead" for over 100 years due to the effect of deep coal mining. Now the fish are coming back and so are the fishers.

• Marcie Lynch, a lifelong resident of Happy Valley, who has asthma but breathes easier because the Centre Area Transit Authority switched from diesel to compressed natural gas;

• The A.J. Meerwald is a turn-of-the-century oyster schooner that now acts an environmental learning center. The ship hosts a group of kids from Philadelphia as they spend a day learning about the sea-water quality, the animals that live in it, and the ways our actions on land affect the water. The A.J. Meerwald sails under the flags of the Pennsylvania Environmental Council, the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection, and others;

• "Mission Possible"-Environmental Ed takes a high tech trip into the Mott's Applesauce plant as the PA Department of Environmental Protection conducts a "P2E2," that is, a voluntary Pollution Prevention and Energy Efficiency inspection of the plant, which allows the company to determine ways it can reduce pollution. The plant has already been certified as having attained ISO 14001 compliancy, which recognizes a high degree of pollution prevention measures in place.

• A profile of Pittsburgh commuter, Pam Metzger, who leaves her car at home and rides the rails to work, sailing past miles of traffic. Listen to Pam as she explains why she takes the train instead of driving, how she feels about being able to reduce pollution, and how she "laughs at traffic" from the train.

Get Involved:

Centre Area Transit Authority
2081 W. Whithall Rd.
State College, PA, 16801
Phone: (814) 238-2282

Delaware Bay Schooner Project
2800 High St. Bivalve
Port Norris, NJ, 08349
Phone: (609) 785-2060
Fax: (609) 785-2893

Mott's Aspers Plant
45 Aspers North Rd.
Aspers, PA, 17304
Phone: (717) 677-7121 ext. 20

Pennsylvania CleanWays
105 W. Fourth St.
Greensburg, PA, 15601-2981
Phone: (724) 836-4121

Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection
Office of Pollution Prevention and Compliance Assistance
909 Elmerton Ave.
Harrisburg, PA, 17110
Phone: (717) 705-4797

Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection
South East Regional Office
555 N. Lane
Lee Park, Ste. 6010
Conshohocken, PA, 19428
Phone: (610) 832-6011
Fax: (610) 832-6022

Pennsylvania Environmental Council
Philadelphia Office
117 South 17th Street
Suite #2300
Philadelphia, PA, 19103
Phone: (215) 563-0250

Pennsylvania Environmental Defense Foundation
20 Kenwood Drive
Carlisle, PA, 17013
Phone: (717) 258-0310