Design E-squared

Flipping through Metropolis Magazine's 25th anniversary issue yesterday, I took note of an advertisement for something called design:e2, billed as

A television series
that explores the
economies of being
environmentally conscious

The series is presented by Autodesk, produced by kontent+real, narrated by Brad Pitt, and is set to hit your "omnidirectional sludge pump" in June. The bare-bones website (full website set to launch on April 1) further explains:

Eight different topics -- from sustainable architecture to water culture to alternative energy to organic farming to recycled clothing and more -- are presented in depth in six thirty-minute episodes, challenging us to live smarter, live greener, and live with the future in mind

On the surface, this sounds like one of those shows that makes TV worthwhile, but can eight topics in 180 minutes do more than touched on? Is that enough time to really challenge us or inform us? I don't think so. I would hope for at least an hour on each topic, giving each one some depth and an opportunity for various voices to be more than soundbites, a la the preview on the website. Regardless, it still sounds like something worth watching, much more than most crap on TV.