Matt Damon Hosts “Plan B: Mobilizing To Save Civilization”

A New Episode Of The PBS Series Journey To Planet Earth Premieres
March 30th At 10 PM

Matt Damon Hosts "Plan B: Mobilizing To Save Civilization"

WASHINGTON, D.C., March 25, 2011 –/WORLD-WIRE/– “Plan B:
Mobilizing to Save Civilization,” a documentary based on the book
by environmental visionary Lester Brown, will be broadcast on PBS on
Wednesday, March 30, 2011 at 10 p.m. Academy Award winner Matt Damon
returns as on-camera host/narrator. Produced by Emmy Award-winning
filmmakers Marilyn & Hal Weiner, “Plan B” is the 12th episode of
the award-winning series Journey to Planet Earth, which reports on
the most important environmental and sustainable development issues
of the 21st century.

Matt Damon narrates Journey to Planet Earth

Appearing with Lester Brown are Nobel Laureate Paul Krugman,
Pulitzer Prize winner Tom Friedman, former Governor and Secretary of
the Interior Bruce Babbitt, along with other scholars and scientists.
Locations include: China, Japan, Korea, India, Italy, Turkey,
Bangladesh, Zambia, Haiti, and the United States.

What makes “Plan B” significant and timely is that it provides
audiences with hopeful solutions — a road map into a new and
emerging economy based upon renewable sources plus realistic
strategies to avoid the growing threat of global warming. View a clip
at: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nLUEEGxlvlY

Journey to Planet Earth is one of the most successful environmental
series in the world, with episodes broadcast in most major overseas
television markets. The series currently yields a worldwide
television audience of more than 75 million viewers per year. There
are also more than 15,000 videos of the series in educational media
libraries yielding an annual audience of approximately 1.2 million
students. For information about corporate underwriting opportunities
or the purchase of Journey to Planet Earth episodes for educational
use please send an e-mail to screenscope@screenscope.com

or visit the series web site located at

http://www.pbs.org/journeytoplanetearth/

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Here’s What’s Been Said About Journey To Planet Earth:

“The scope is wide, the photography compelling, the presentation
is crisp. Take notice unless you’ve already booked passage to
another galaxy.” LA Times

“Profoundly serious stuff, crucial information for us and our
children and theirs. A continuing series that looks at the orb with
fresh eyes, is unmistakably a wake-up call.” Newsday

“Don’t miss Journey to Planet Earth.” People Magazine

“Tonight’s Best TV – Journey To Planet Earth. Welcome back,
Matt Damon! We’re glad to have you home again.” Entertainment
Weekly

“Superbly illustrates the desperate need for a balance between the
needs of people and the environment. An extraordinary production – a
must buy for media libraries.” School Library Journal

“Lavishly shot, this series introduces worldwide environmental
concerns to students and other interested viewers.” Booklist

“Plan B” is made possible by major grants from the W.K. Kellogg
Foundation, Arthur Vining Davis Foundations, Turner Foundation, and
the Wallace Genetic Foundation, with additional funding from Park
Foundation, Weeden Foundation, and the Campbell Foundation.

Web: http://www.pbs.org/journeytoplanetearth

Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/JourneytoPlanetEarth

YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/journeytoplanetearth

Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/j2planetearth

Downloadable photos at: http://www.pbs.org/pressroom

Contact:

Cara White

843.881.1480

mailto:cara.white@mac.com

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