SIMPLE LIVING ENTERS FOURTH SEASON APRIL 6

Mount Airy, NC – The fourth season of the Simple Living with Wanda Urbanska television series begins airing on UNC-TV on Sunday, April 6, 2008 at 6:30 PM. The popular, North Carolina-based how-to series – which teaches viewers how to be better environmental stewards, more thoughtful consumers, achieve greater community involvement and financial responsibility – will be offered for the first time in high-definition.

The new season will consist of 13 half-hour episodes and cover a wide range of topics such as global warming, local food, farmland preservation and a “green” remodel of a mid-century ranch house. Guests include: television personality Ed Begley Jr., internationally renowned green architect Bill McDonough, climate change activist Bill McKibben, green building guru David Johnston, Natural Home editor in chief Robyn Griggs Lawrence, and Beau Turner of Ted Turner Enterprises.

“We are delighted to be partnering with UNC-TV as our presenting station to PBS stations around the country,” said Wanda Urbanska, host and president of the Mount Airy-based Simple Living, an independent production company. The series is being distributed by the Boston-based American Public Television (APT). Frank Levering is director and co-producer of the series.

“Our viewers have responded so positively to Simple Living, and UNC-TV is happy with its success,” said Tom Howe, UNC-TV’s director and general manager. The series is “a wonderful addition to our broadcast schedule and to public television broadcast schedules throughout the United States. It presents timely, educational, interesting and thought-provoking information, all in a most entertaining format. The program is amazingly adept at speaking to a growing audience that is looking to ‘get back to basics.’ ”

Simple Living is pleased to continue its partnership with North Carolina-based corporate sponsor NCFI Polyurethanes. The Mount Airy-based NCFI is a manufacturer and marketer of premium foam insulation and cushioning products. NCFI is an Energy Star partner, member of the U.S. Green Building Council, and received the prestigious 2004 Stratospheric Ozone Protection Award from the Environmental Protection Agency for “extraordinary accomplishments and significant contributions to protect the environment.” For more information, contact www.ncfi.net.