MusEco Media and Education Project
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The Media in MusEco Media!
What makes our organization unique in the region is our emphasis on broadcast media as a primary delivery mechanism for the quality information resources we produce.
This is the best, most efficient way that we get the word out on topics and issues critical to sustaining quality of life and supporting local and regional culture.
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Television Projects
MusEco productions include three television projects: our Green Smarts with the Green Man series, our Montana Gets Green series with KTVQ in Billings, and our television program Green Trends West through Community Seven TV in Billings. All three productions are concerned with communicating information and resources about sustainable living and sustainable business to the public.
Green Smarts with the Green Man (TM)
Green Smarts with the Green Man is our sustainable living series that is currently airing on CBS-affiliate KTVQ television in Billings. This fun, funny, lighthearted but educational series brings veteran actor Scott Prinzing to the big screen to demonstrate sustainable living practices and procedures. Everyone LOVES it... and you will too!
Scott is The Green Man, and the series is written, filmed and produced by Kris Prinzing. Kris also does the narration for the series.
We are currently working on making The Green Man into a 1/2 hour television series. This effort will take time and money, but we are excited about the possibilities for it. We hope to start filming the pilot in early 2010.
You can watch all the currently airing episodes of Green Smarts with the Green Man on our YouTube channel! Start the adventure by clicking on the embedded video below!!
Green Trends West
Green Trends West is a program that explores innovations and trends in sustainability in our region. It is hosted by MusEco's own Kris Prinzing. The program airs on Community 7 television every Thursday night, alternating at 5 and 6:30 p.m. (unfortunately, it is hard to keep track of which is when!) Kris interviews individuals who are leading positive, innovative projects in sustainability and environment in our local and regional community. Many of the guests are businesspeople, talking about their business' efforts to be sustainable or support the sustainability efforts of others.
To recieve the program you must have cable service in Billings. In the future the station will broadcast over the internet as well. For more information please visit the Community 7 website.
If you are interested in being or recommending a guest for the program, please contact us!
Montana Gets Green
Montana Gets Green is a 2-minute monthly news feature that MusEco produced in collaboration with KTVQ television in Billings during 2008/2009. The pieces featured local businesses and organizations efforts to incorporate sustainable practices and products into their operations. The series also featured sustainable living resources.
The project features a website with green living links and information, and is being developed into a community resource hub at the present time. The broadcast portion of the project is being reconfigured, so stay tuned for more information!
In the meantime, watch the July 2009 episode below! You can watch it and then link to 8 other episodes, and please also check out the Montana Gets Green website!
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Radio Projects
Montana Muse
Montana Muse was a weekly radio show that featured music created by Montanans. The program aired from February 2005 - May of 2008 on Yellowstone Public Radio. The emphasis was on Montanan-made music that rarely receives airplay on commercial radio stations: bluegrass, classical, folk, instrumental, blues, jazz and traditional country and western, plus music from Montana's ethnic traditions. Each program was organized around a musical genre or theme, and the musical selections were interspersed with host Scott Prinzing's informational commentary.
In 2007, Montana Muse was honored with an E.B. Craney award in recognition of the excellence and importance of the program!
Very soon we will post the entire archive of Montana Muse radio programs on this website, and you will be able to link to all of them from this page. Come back soon!
Waste Not Want Not
Waste Not Want Not: Conserving the Last Best Place (WNWN) aired for exactly four years on Yellowstone Public Radio. See our Program History page for more details.
Many of the programs will be archived on this page of our website in the future. For more information or copies of back shows, contact us.
In Tune
In Tune was produced by Scott Prinzing for Yellowstone Public Radio in 2001- 2003. The program featured interviews with a variety of interesting Montana musicians. Program archives will eventually be available on this page. See our program history page for more information.
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Print Projects
Scott and Kris both write for local and regional publications in their specialty areas.
Kris writes the Eco-Sense column in the Billings lifestyle glossy Magic City Experience, and has done so since the March 2008 issue. Prior to that she wrote fairly regularly about environment and visual arts topics for The Billings Outpost. See past articles at the respective websites: search them for Kristen Prinzing. (We will post articles here in the future.)
Scott recently completed TEN years writing about music for The Billings Outpost, eight and a half of that was his local music column In Tune. While he was very sad to part with his column, it was time to move on to new things. Scott enjoyed meeting many, many talented and dynamic people over the course of writing for The Outpost, and is proud to lay claim to starting the annual Tuney Awards (Kris's idea, Scott's albatross) in 2001.
Scott wrote a Montana music column for Montana Magazine from 2004 - 2007, and has written articles about Montana music for Montana Living, Queen City News and Magic City Experience as well.
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Blogs
Scott writes a blog about Montana music called My Montana Muse.
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MusEco thanks it's partners and supporters!!
Partners include KTVQ Television, the Good Earth Market and Toucan Art Gallery (Billings) and the Office of Public Instruction (Helena). Sponsors for our broadcast projects include Innovative Technology Solutions, Montana State University-Billings, Billings Insulation Service and Green Realty.
THANK YOU!
Check back regularly as this newly updated site develops over the next couple months. (We will add our sponsor's logos and links to this spot, for instance! Don't miss it!)
Website created and maintained by Kris Prinzing - email her about any website issues you encounter, please!
Last site update: February 19, 2010 ...
News
New GREEN MAN on the air!
MusEco wins 2009 ECOSTAR AWARD!
Read the MusEco SUSTAINABILITY PRACTICES statement!
View our CALENDAR for info!
Visit the Earthshine site! (Earthshine's music raises funds for MusEco!)
Pages
This Just Out:
February 19, 2010
Watch the latest Green Man episodes on our YouTube channel!!
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