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Peter Netjes is a location manager for well known Dutch and international film productions, not the least of which were Zwartboek and Ocean’s Eleven. When it comes to sustainable filming, he certainly has some pointers on how to make change happen.

‘As a location manager, my main job is to make sure that there is access to water, electricity and sanitary facilities on set. Another thing I’m very familiar with is the amount of waste we produce. You have your regular day where there’s about forty crewmen walking about, and that produces over fifteen filled trashbags a day. But sometimes you also have extra’s working, not to mention the waste coming from the set, which means even more trash is thrown out. And you know where most of that trash comes from? Catering: plastic bottles,

plates and cutlery. That’s why I think a great way to reduce that would be to switch to reusables. Let everyone have their personalised mugs with their names on it!’ Peter also tells us that when someone once suggested that the crew and actors should try to have their breakfast at home to save time and energy, people thought this was an outrageous idea. But when you think about it, it’s not such a bad idea at all! He also thinks that change comes from within: the department should have a vision when it comes to sustainably and involve everyone equally to make it happen. ‘The challenge is to change what’s familiair, to create new and better habits.’

Day three: how

to make a solid business plan (10 tips by Taco Bos from New Venture), Next steps with change managers Chai Locher and Thieu Besselink. Contestors found this creative brainstorm to be very productive and it gave them new insights, connections and incentive to make plans!

You can check out all the pictures made in these three days on our Flickr page. And don’t forget to check out our current Facebook page for the Green Filmmaking competition!

Photography by Reuben Hamburger

Day #2
It started with a mini excursion to ID&T and presentation by Carlijn Lindemulder, who showed us the many similarities between festival events and film and the efforts in trying to creating both as sustainably as possible. Teun van der Laan (Club van 30) gave us a little wake-up call concerning the urgency of changing the way we think and the way we impact the planet. Then followed three rounds of mini workshops on Green Film Making in different hotel rooms, and our big group of filmmakers split up into small groups: Light (Daan de Boer), Energy (Bredenoord), Catering & Water (Lotte Wouters ZININ Catering), Art Department & Recycling (Eko-logisch.nl), Transport (Nissan, Tom van de Beek & New Motion), Sustainable finance (ASN Bank), How to Green Your Office (Ynzo van Zanten). Thanks to the Lloyd Hotel for welcoming us into their beautiful domain!

For the workshop materials, check out this page.

Photography by Reuben Hamburger

Our three days of workshops have been really inspiring and successful if we might say so ourselves ;-), and we not only have all our speakers to thank, we cannot go without thanking you, the competitors who showed us great enthousiasm, imagination and a drive to change the whole industry!

Video documentation, workshop material and tips & handy links will soon be made available to you in the next few days, so stay tuned! Here’s a short recollection of the program:

Day #1
A kickoff with our lovely ambassador and actress Thekla Reuten, a talk from Aart van Veller, founder of Wij zijn Koel and jury member of the competition. Followed by a presentation of Meredith Bergmann from Green Media Solutions, New York City. She gave us many concrete insights on set dressing and ways to engage crew & producers in sustainable solutions. Juhi Shareef from the company Eco Age Consultancy, founded by Colin & Livia Firth, shared what’s new on the horizon, like the soon-to-become British standard for green filmmaking, BS 8909. Special thanks to the Conscious hotel for being a great host and giving us the grande tour!

For more recaps, read the next two posts for day #2 and #3!

Meanwhile, be sure to share all your ideas and insights on our facebook GFMC page and tweet about the competition with hashtags #GFMC or #greenfilmmaking!

Photography by Reuben Hamburger

Tomorrow is when our three days of inspiration starts for the Green Film Making Competition 🙂 From hands-on workshops to an exciting field trip, competitors will get to know every aspect of green filmmaking. Let’s share some highlights with you:

Wednesday @ The Conscious Hotel: A very inspirational day with some very special guests from the London & New York filmscene.

Thursday @ LLOYD Hotel: Let’s get to work with our workshops: we’ll cover every theme, from lighting and waste to catering and water!

Friday @ The Hub: Strawberry Earth & special guests will dig into the businessplan and help you get ready to put your thoughts intro writing! We’ll also cover how to get your team involved and motivated for your sustainable ventures.

See you there!