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Wow, Lauren Selman is very career smart! She says that she did not find her job, she created her job by starting her own business ‘Reel Media’ and being one of first environmental consultants for the film industry in the US. She wants to turn around the industry from being ‘wasteful to resourceful.’ And she’s doing just that. Because there are not many consultants in this area, it seems she’s making a pretty

good living too! One of the film industry’s difficulties is that’s it’s such a fast moving industry, where something is rarely ever permanent. Lauren also says – grinningly -, that when you tell somearticle how to do their job differently, ‘that often causes some feedback.’ It’s a tough job, but someone has to do it :)! Watch her story here.

One of the most important things when working on set for actors, crewmen and of course the producers, is to get enough hydration. But instead of using very wastefull PET bottles and creating a landfill, you can use the dopper! A special customised dopper was presented and handed to Thekla Reuten at our Green Film Making Competition Seminar. Such a great idea to get every person working on your production their own dopper! When you’re filming on location, you can also check where the nearest free water taps are by using this app. How cool is that?

Now that the seminar is just behind us and we are ready for competition applications, it’s time to get you even more inspired by the latest international green filmmaking news!

Nic Balthazar, Belgium Filmmaker, recently started producing his film, ‘Tot Altijd,’ which will be showing in theatres early 2012. Read more on the story here. What’s so remarkable, is that his goal is to make this film completely carbon neutral. And he’s not working alone! All the energy that’s needed will be provided by the solar panels of IZEN to the film’s production company Eyeworks. An inspirational example of sustainibility! We’re wondering what else they are doing to get that footprint completely neutral and will be keeping tabs on this film!

Have some news of your own? Don’t forget to share all your ideas in the process on our Green Filmmaking Facebook Community!

Photography: Solar Sunflowers in Austin, Texas by David Newsom

Our seminar for the Strawberry Earth Green Film making Competition was a huge succes! A special thanks goes out to The Hub, our partner who welcomed us into their innovative place for collaboration.

The day was filled with inspiring speakers, a crowd hungry for
knowledge of green filmmaking, and engaging coversations during our lunchdate, provided with the best nutritious food by Foodlem! If you weren’t there, here’s is what you’ve missed out. Starting with our wonderful host Allard Faas interviewing our guests, Ynzo van Zanten then kicked off by questioning the very nature of the way we do things in business. ‘We need to rethink, redesign, re-act!’ He said.

Thekla Reuten, our ambassador of the competition, shared her excitement for the sustainable possibilities in the industry, but also her concern on filmmakers having difficulties to find the time worrying about green issues next to their busy production schedule. A reacurring theme for this seminar seemed to be ‘time and money are key.’

What we’ve also learned here is that for a film to be really
sustainable, it’s not only important to gain insights (by yourself or hired sustainability advisors), but also to get your crew on board. Even more so, the sustainable options need to be just as effective as their more power-consuming alternatives.

Tabitha Jenkins (Ealing studios) shared some news on the English green filmmaking scene and how people are keen to ‘make it happen’, however ‘there’s so many people and processes involved in the film industry, it will be a gradual change.’

Finally, Chai Locher introduced his 7-step program to implement ideas into concrete actions, which will hopefully inspire filmmakers and kickstart their production. We also got some great tips on how to build sustainable filmsets, how to get crew members from A to B, and lots more.

We’ll be sharing video’s, more tips and info here soon!
Stay up to date here for anything green filmmaking related and join the competition!