Planet Green is casting for Tom Green’s new show, and wants you to be a part of it! As we mentioned back in April, one of the shows Planet Green has on tap for us is a Tom Green-hosted game show, and now it looks like they’re finally getting the show into gear. A casting call is being held for the show, which will be called “Green’s Got Game,” and wouldn’t you know it, I have the information right here!

Think you’re “green” enough to be on TV?!!! Are you “sustainable” under pressure?! Come audition for a new game show with TV & film star Tom Green on Discovery Channel’s network PLANET GREEN! If you’re environmentally conscious, always telling your friends/family to recycle, buy organic and favor the bike over the car, this is the show for you! Be part of the awareness and have fun competing for trips around the world!

The casting is taking place in Los Angeles, so some of you might not really be in the area, but if you are interested, you can takepart here to apply to join in on the crazy fun.

I love cooking shows and the Food Network and all that good stuff, so I’m pretty excited to tell you that Emeril Green, the new series starring Mr. Emeril Lagasse himself, will premiere on Planet Green tonight.  And not just one episode, either.  Starting at 8pm (or 7pm in the Central Time Zone, which is like Indiana or Tahiti or something), Planet Green will be airing six straight all-new episodes of Emeril Green.  Here’s where I would say “Bam!” or some other Emerilism to humorously tell you I find this news exciting, but let’s just leave that part out today.  Anyhow, Planet Green’s website describes the show as such:

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About a month ago, I posted something about Greensburg, Kansas rebuilding into the model green community following tornadoes that destroyed the town.  Well, apparently I’m not the only person that’s heard about this.  Go figure. 

In fact, Leonardo DiCaprio, when taking a break from being Mr. Environmental Guy (actual nickname), is producing and hosting a 13-part series on the town for Planet Green, the new channel we’re all pretty pumped about. 

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Planet Green, the new channel we discussed here, is filming the finale concert on of Battleground Earth (the show that with the obvious pairing of Ludacris and Tommy Lee), and wants you to be a part of it. And even better yet, our green friends at ecorazzi wants you to be a part of it for free. Read on from their webiste:

“Discovery Communication’s premiere of Planet Green, the first and only 24-hour eco-friendly lifestyle and entertainment television network, which premieres June 4 and a LIVE CONCERT. The event is part “green” carpet, VIP party and part concert featuring Ludacris, Tommy Lee and other musical performances. The concert is the backdrop of the final taping for the new Planet Green series, BATTLEGROUND EARTH: LUDACRIS vs. TOMMY LEE, which premieres on August 3rd. Proceeds from this event will benefit the fund created to restore areas destroyed by recent wildfires in and around Griffith Park.”

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The TakePart Top 10 Weekly Roundup is a compilation of the week’s most notable stories from our entertainment-meets-social-action blogging network. Want to learn our top eco-kinky tips for ‘greening up’ your sex life? How about the top 10 ways to take action against AIDS?  Check out some of our most popular stories of the week, as well as a few TakePart blogger favorites!

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Somewhere Over the Rainbow: American Idol & Yip Harburg

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Top 10 Ways to ‘Green Up’ Your Sex Life

Top 10 Global Warming Myths Debunked

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Top 10 Immigration Films

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Top 5 Things You’ll Love About Planet Green

Leonardo DiCaprio Does Everything For the Environment, Ever

The Discovery Channel, which helped bring you the almost-too-awesome Planet Earth and Blue Planet mega-epics, has announced that June 4 will be the launch date for a new television channel, Planet Green. We can assume that the channel’s name gives a pretty good description of what it’s all about. At takepart we’ve already told you that Adrian Grenier, the dude from Entourage who isn’t the brother of the dude from The Outsiders, is working on a show for the network. We’ve also mentioned that Tom Bergeron, who apparently hosts Dancing With the Stars (but I only know from post-Fugelsang/Fuentes era America’s Funniest Home Videos), will also have his own program. Yet there’s already so much more to love about this station, which is why I’m bringing you The Top 5 Things You Will Love about Planet Green, in no particular order.

1. Tommy Lee and Ludacris are in a show together.

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“Entourage” star Adrian Grenier’s mania for sustainability has earned him a reputation as one of our most eco-centric actors, so it’s no surprise he’s being honored with the Vail Film Festival’s 2008 Blue Sky Award for Environmental Activism, as Ecorazzi reports:

Grenier’s commitment to environmental issues has long been a focus outside of the actor’s successful television, movie, and documentary projects. He has a home in Brooklyn that utilizes insulation made from recycled jeans, energy produced by solar panels, and other sustainable elements. Most recently, he signed on with Discovery Channel’s Planet Green to create a series “that will illustrate how making small changes in everyday living can be cool and simple.” Tentatively titled The Green Life, the show is expected to debut early summer “˜08. 

The show will be produced by a new company Grenier “˜s formed with partner Peter Glatzer, named “Reconcile.”  The name conveys Grenier and Glatzer’s goal to inspire us all to make amends with Mother Nature before she totally disowns us. Ecorazzi quizzed Grenier and Glatzer on how they intend to use their show to spread the sustainable gospel:

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