Documentaries

Going Green: Green Pioneers 

This installment of CNN's Going Green series spotlights Green Pioneers - individuals working on the front lines of environmental challenges around the world. From groundbreaking ideas in urban planning, to scientific research designed to help protect the world's oceans, Green Pioneers focuses on the people who are using innovative ideas to make a difference in our global habitat. Join Colleen McEdwards for an insightful half hour program focused on some of the world's foremost Green Pioneers.

Going Green: Green Light for Business

In a business environment, where the top priority is often the bottom line, the decision to “go green” has added benefits.  Often, a company’s conversion involves streamlining, reducing waste, becoming more efficient and utilizing resources in a new, more effective ways. In short, the company develops new ways to work smarter.

So how are the world’s most forward-thinking companies achieving their environmental and economic goals? CNN’s extensive newsgathering operation is on full display, as our journalists travel across the globe to meet with CEOs, city leaders and environmental entrepreneurs.

Culminating in an unprecendented half-hour special hosted on three continents, we go behind the scenes at a major Hollywood studio, run through Russia’s plans for the Winter Olympics, see Sweden's designs for ending the use of fossil fuels, get a never-before-seen look at the eco-friendly engines that drive Google and see why Paris may be repositioning itself as the “City of ‘Green’ Lights” for those who want to promote business and  protect the planet.

Going Green: Your Green World
"Your Green World" is a special program devoted to the current state of green initiatives around the planet. Arwa Damon leads a team of international correspondents highlighting today's environmental concerns and the  most innovative ideas to help solve them. In Europe, the program explores the aviation industry's bold plans to reduce carbon emissions coming from airplanes. In the United States, we're given a first look at the latest "green gadgets" coming to market, including phones that run off the sun. An in Jakarta, we're there for a wedding, where the marriage vows include a mandatory promise to help plant trees.

Going Green: Search for Solutions

The world's first 'ecopolis' in the UAE, vertical farms in rundown NYC buildings, Italian 'smog-eating cement' and British carbon neutral beer are just some of the remarkable initiatives highlighted in CNN's global week of special programming, "Going Green: Search for Solutions".

Airing the week leading into the G8 Summit in Hokkaido, Japan, where global warming and climate change are high on the agenda, the week represents the network's most comprehensive assessment to date of environmental threats and solutions in five distinct areas: food and water production, living, business, transport and energy. CNN correspondents report live from five continents, harnessing resources from the network's 30 international bureaus.

The week culminates with a 30-minute special of the same title, featuring highlights of the week's coverage.