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Welcome to the Green Man Show!

It's time to tune in to your environment! Visit with the innovative people who protect our environment, and explore some of the inspiring natural places and new challenges facing our community, our region, and our world.

Okay, there's one small problem. The GreenMan Show, which was produced for years for County Cable Montgomery, no longer has a home. Sigh. Someone pulled the switch on us -- for now. Fear not, we're working diligently to line up a new venue for our show and hope to get back to bringing you entertaining ideas and insights on your environment.

Until then, we're leaving elements of this website up and running, anticipating a return to the airwaves (or fiber-optic cables, or whatever comes our way.

Now Showing

Champion Trees & Forest Stewards

You may not know it, but there’s a good chance that you’re living in the middle of a forest – an urban forest Join GreenMan host Joe Keyser to learn more about that forest, as well as tree-related education programs, schoolyard reforestation, and champion trees, and meet some of the outstanding stewards of this vital part of our local ecosystem.. Our special guests are members of the Forestry Board, and include Dave Honchalk, from the Smith Environmental Education Center, David Plummer, manager for the Montgomery County Soil Conservation District, and Joe Howard, champion tree sleuth and forestry booster extraordinaire. We’ll also take a trip outdoors to visit the Goshen Elm, Maryland’s Millennium Tree and the inspiration for a “one tree park.”

Previous Shows

1. Alien Invaders in Our Parks
2. Environmental Education
3. Winter Heating Tips
4. Local Stream Ecology
5. Mold Prevention
6. EnergyWise Appliances
7. Stormwater, Watersheds, and Rainscapes
8. Hybrid Electric Vehicles
9. Illegal Dumping
10. Green Energy Choices
11. American Elms on the Rebound
12. EnergyWise Consumer Electronics
13. The Potomac Conservancy
14. Forest Preservation Strategy
15. Bugs, Birds, Bats and More
16. Special Protection Areas
17. Green Schools and School Eco Response Teams
18. Household Hazardous Waste Program
19. Exploring Vernal Pools
20. Air Quality Protection Strategy
21. Stormwater Facility Transfer Program
22. Business Recycling Opportunities
23. Summer Cooling Tips & Deregulation Update
24. Wind Energy: Power for Change
25. Friends of Sligo Creek
26. Maryland Green School Program
27. Waste Reduction Tips for the Holidays
28. Healthy Indoor Child Care Environments
29. Energy Efficient Indoor Lighting & Outdoor Light Pollution
30. Maryland's Green Schools Program
31. Pesticides Alternatives
32. Anacostia Watershed Society
33. Brookside Gardens
34. Chesapeake Climate Action Network
35. Solar Energy & Touring Solar Homes
36. Energy Assistance Programs & Conservation
37. It's a Green Day at Kingsview!
38. Alien Invaders in Our Midst!
39. Champion Trees & Forest Stewards
40. Bay-Friendly Lawn Care
41. Montgomery County Bikeways
42. Environmental Protection and the Path to Sustainability
43. Green Power & Clean Energy Rewards

Your Host

Joe Keyser has been writing the GreenMan column for the Gazette Newspapers since 1996. Joe was also the voice of the GreenMan for a popular series of weekly EcoMinutes on Classic Rock 94.7 FM, before launching the GreenMan Show with his producer Jessica Fusillo.

Beyond the GreenMan persona, Joe is the president of GreenMan Communications, dedicated to assisting nonprofit environmental and horticultural groups and associations with program development, communications, media relations, and marketing. He also serves on the board for OurEarth.org, as well as the board for the Maryland Association for Environmental and Outdoor Education (MAEOE).

His previous outreach campaigns for Montgomery County, Maryland have won more than 40 international, national, and regional awards, including the Outstanding Community Achievement Award from the National Recycling Coalition, Achievement Awards from the National Association of Counties, ECO Awards from the Natural Resources Defense Council, ADDY Awards and Citations of Excellence from the American Advertising Council, and the Composting Council’s first H. Clark Gregory Award. See below for more information about awards related specifically to the GreenMan Show itself.

Joe holds graduate and undergraduate degrees from Georgetown University. Joe, originally a seventh-generation Dutchman from Brooklyn, New York, is also a Virginia Master Gardener. He and his wife, Dr. Linda Migl Keyser, an Associate Professor at the Georgetown University School of Medicine, have tended an edible landscape and habitat garden on their rooftop in Arlington, Virginia, for well over 20 years.

Awards & Honors

GreenMan Show Wins 2004 Pegasus Award

The GreenMan Show was awarded a 2004 Pegasus Award for the 15-minute program featuring “Energy Vampires,” produced by Jessica Fusillo and GreenMan Host Joe Keyser. The Pegasus Awards are the video industry’s premiere competition for recognition of exemplary work produced by non-broadcast video professionals. This is the first Pegasus Award for The GreenMan Show.

The GreenMan Show was recognized for its outstanding production quality in the Government category of Profile of Department or Program. The production was assessed by a distinguished panel of judges representing industry professionals from around the country. The GreenMan Show was honored with a prestigious Award of Excellence, the Pegasus’ highest award.

GreenMan Show Wins 2004 Bronze Telly

The GreenMan Show’s opening sequence and graphics have been awarded the 2004 Bronze Telly. The Telly Awards, now in its 25th year, is a widely known and highly respected national and international competition and receives over 10,000 entries each year. This year, The GreenMan Show’s open and graphics were put against such competitors as Discovery Communications, Harpo Productions, Comcast and ESPN, and won the second-place Bronze Telly. This is the second Telly for The GreenMan Show. Last year the program was awarded the top honor of a Silver Telly under the Government Programming Category.

GreenMan Show Wins 2003 Silver Telly

The GreenMan Show on Cable Channel 6 is a 2003 Silver Statue Award Winner in the 24th Annual Telly Awards. The Telly Awards showcase and give recognition to outstanding non-network and cable commercials, as well as film and video productions. Over the past 23 years, the Telly Awards has become a well-known, highly respected national competition, as well as one of the most sought-after awards in the TV, commercial and video industry, with in excess of 10,000 entries submitted each year.