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Zooey Deschanel in a scene from "New Girl." “New Girl,” “Parenthood” and “Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey” on Saturday, Oct. 18, 2014 were recognized for supporting green initiatives by the Environmental Media Association. Image Credit: AP

TV’s New Girl, Parenthood and Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey have been recognised for supporting green initiatives by the Environmental Media Association.

The organisation presented its Environmental Media Awards on Saturday during a gala dinner that also celebrated its 25th anniversary.

Board member Ed Begley, Jr, lauded the Environmental Media Association for encouraging entertainment media to serve as a vehicle to educate the public about environmental concerns.

Guests at the dinner programme at Warner Bros. Studios in Burbank, California, included Malin Akerman, Lance Bass, Sara Gilbert, Jeff Goldblum and Arnold Schwarzenegger.

Other winners announced on Saturday were the feature film Disneynature Bears, the documentary GMO OMG, the children’s programme Paw Patrol and the digital video Should We All Be Eating Insects?