Jack Bauer has saved the world (or North America anyway) roughly a half-dozen times on Fox’s hit television show "24". In the upcoming season, he’ll not only venture out to do so again, he’ll crusade to save the environment as well.

Okay, maybe it won’t actually be Jack Bauer doing so; he is a fictional character after all. However, executive producer Gordon Howard is determined to set the environmental standard for green television production and is introducing eco friendly initiatives in "24's" production. The show will convert generators to run on biodiesel as opposed to regular fuel, offices are using LED lights and all scripts are printed on post-consumer recycled paper. Employees are given incentives to drive hybrid vehicles, and if Gordon is successful, his piece de resistance will be a carbon-neutral season finale next spring, a first in television production. Kiefer Sutherland, who stars as Jack Bauer on the series, has recorded a public service announcement for fox.com, which you can view here.

Maybe the show’s next green initiative for this season can be for Jack Bauer to save the world shirtless. Purely for the sake of protesting clothing that is not made of sustainable material of course.

» Newsweek