From the Wasteland of Reality TV comes a show that puts an environmental twist on a stale premise. Hey, that’s kinda like recycling, and the best part is they don’t use the word PIMP. Wasted is basically an environmentally themed Extreme Makeover: Home Edition. Here is a synopsis from IMDB…

A half-hour factual entertainment series that proves you don’t have to be extreme to be green. From worm farms to rainwater butts and solar power to heat pumps, we take your average household of eco horrors and turn it into a clean green haven, saving our families serious cash in the process. Every week we take a different family, audit their waste and energy usage with our unique eco calculator and confront them with the terrifying truth about their long-term impact on the planet. Our eco-expert will put them on a green regime to clean up their act. After tracking the family we re-calculate their household footprint and hand over their cash savings. WASTED! is an information-rich series that transforms your average eco criminal into your ultimate green convert.

I was really bummed out when I read a comment that people my age who don’t have a TV primarily bring about this deficit so they can tell all their friends that they don’t have a TV. There is nothing more depressing than finding out that you personify a cliche. In actuality I live in a furnished flat that includes a TV. I just don’t pay for cable and I don’t switch it on. I am proud to say that I have never, in my entire life, bought a television set. I wonder if the reality show encourages their featured households to abandon television viewing as a way to reduce consumption.

I would have happily included a clip of the TV show if I could find one on YouTube. Here is a heavy handed and shocking anti-television hip hop video instead..

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