EnviroVideo

About Envision Environmental Media Center

Envision Environmental Media Center (EEMC) is a Not-For-Profit Corporation with 50l(c)(3) tax-deductible status. EEMC has the chartered purpose of educating the public about environmental issues -- to increase awareness and understanding of environmental matters -- by producing and distributing television programs.

Established in 1995, EEMC has produced, through EnviroVideo, a project of EEMC, more than 200 TV programs, including interview and news shows, specials and documentaries about vital environmental and social justice issues, for a national television audience.

EnviroVideo's award-winning documentaries and its television series, Enviro Close-Up with Karl Grossman, have been broadcast regularly for over six years on Free Speech TV, a non-commercial, independent television network.

Enviro Close-Up with Karl Grossman is a series of half-hour TV interview shows hosted by Karl Grossman, a veteran investigative journalist and full professor of journalism at the State University of New York. Through informative discussion Enviro Close-Up with Karl Grossman explores issues such as global warming; safe, clean renewable energy; sustainability; nuclear proliferation; environmental justice; green technology; biodiversity; over-consumption; environmental pollution and its effect on human health.

Free Speech TV reaches over 25 million homes across the US on the Dish Satellite Network (Channel 9415) and on 172 cable TV systems in 35 states.

And now, many of our videos are streamed on youtube.com, erweb.org and other websites, with several getting over 10,000 views in 2007.

The underlying premise of EEMC is that there are critical environmental issues at hand that can best be communicated to large numbers of people through the media most favor for news and information--television and the Internet. Our goal is to provide information people can use to make informed decisions and take positive action to create a sustainable future. Contact EnviroVideo at: envirovideo@earthlink.net

Board of Advisors

The Board of Advisors of Envision Environmental Media Center includes a spectrum of educators, physicians, environmental leaders and video documentarians.  Among the advisors are: Dr. Helen Caldicott, co-founder and president emeritus of Physicians for Social Responsibility; Dr. Michio Kaku, professor of theoretical physics at the City University of New York; Harvey Wasserman, author and senior advisor to Greenpeace; Judith Long, an editor of The Nation magazine; John Reilly, award-winning video documentarian; investigative reporter Eric Nadler; James Riccio, nuclear policy analyst for Greenpeace; Gary Ferdman of Business Leaders for Sensible Priorities; Selma Brackman, director of the War & Peace Foundation; David Barsamian, author and director of Alternative Radio; Dr. Ralph Herbert, professor of environmental studies at Long Island University; Jeff Cohen, founder of Fairness & Accuracy in Reporting.

Principals of Envision Environmental Media Center

Karl Grossman
Program Director and Host

kgrossman@hamptons.com,
www.karlgrossman.com
www.karlgrossman.blogspot.com

Karl is Program Director for EnviroVideo and Host of the TV interview show series Enviro Close-Up with Karl Grossman, seen on Free Speech TV, channel 9415 on the Dish Satellite Network, since 2002.

An investigative journalist who specializes in energy and the environment, a long-time TV newsperson, news anchor, and full professor of journalism at the State University of New York/College at Old Westbury. He is an associate of the media watch group Fairness & Accuracy in Reporting (FAIR).

Video documentaries he has written and hosted for EnviroVideo include Nukes In Space: The Nuclearization and Weaponization of the Heavens, Nukes In Space 2: Unacceptable Risks, Three Mile Island Revisited and The Push To Revive Nuclear Power, all of which have received video festival awards. These, as well as his latest television documentary, Star Wars Returns, are available on this web site.

His books include The Wrong Stuff: The Space Program's Nuclear Threat To Our Planet, Cover Up: What You Are Not Supposed To Know About Nuclear Power, and Power Crazy. These and his latest book, Weapons In Space, are available from Amazon.com.

Journalism by Grossman on the nuclearization and weaponization of space have been included six times on Project Censored's annual lists of the ten most "under-reported," "best-censored" stories. Grossman is the recipient of the George Polk, James Aronson and John Peter Zenger Awards. His most recent article, Money is the Real Green Power: The Hoax of Eco-Friendly Nuclear Energy, appears in FAIR.

Karl’s website is www.karlgrossman.com and his blog is at www.karlgrossman.blogspot.com.

Steve Jambeck
President
Director & Co-Producer

Steve directs the TV interview show series, "Enviro Close-Up with Karl Grossman", seen regularly on Free Speech TV, channel 9415 on the Dish Network since 2002.

Steve has over 25 years of Network and Independent TV production experience. He is the recipient of a Primetime Emmy Award and The Monitor Award. Steve has co-produced, directed and shot five TV documentary features for Envision Environmental Media Center, winning the Gold Award at the WorldFest-Houston International Film and Video Festival and the First Prize for Documentaries at the Long Island Film Festival. His TV documentaries have aired worldwide.

Joan Flynn
Producer

Joan produces the TV interview show series, "Enviro Close-Up with Karl Grossman", seen regularly on Free Speech TV, channel 9415 on the Dish Network since 2002.

Joan has worked as an Independent TV Producer since 1992. She co-produced five TV documentary features for Envision Environmental Media Center that won two first prize and two second prize film festival awards. She is also a Media Consultant to the Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom.