FILM INDUSTRY GOES GREEN

By: Lissette Perez Staff Writer

The film industry has made a big social impact on society since the nineteenth century but they have also made a big environmental impact. As the majority of us are painfully aware, the earth is producing too much carbon dioxide than it can handle.

While we love watching movies and TV shows, making a film is a lot of work between the equipment, transportation and energy. All these things add up and increase the amount of carbon dioxide emissions that is released in the atmosphere and the planet just can’t handle it anymore.

Imagine how many movies or films are constantly being made at the same time in different places in the world. According to www.bbc.com produces 2,840 tons of CO2 equivalent. It would take 3,709 acres of forest a year to absorb this amount.”

The main problem is fueling the trucks that carry the equip ment and the generators needed to film on sites that have no power. With climate change on the rise and everyone trying to do their part in saving the planet, the film industry has started to produce films in the most resource-efficient way possible, aiming towards reducing their carbon footprint. Companies like Sony have started to make science-based goals to reduce their carbon footprint and aim to reach a zero environmental footprint by the year 2050, while Walt Disney Studios has introduced fulltime positions of environmental stewardship. What is a stewardship? It’s a job in which people oversee establishing sustainable programs on sets and advocating for the environment. They also educate staff and crew on practicing sustainable alternatives.

Big film studios have started to step up and find ways to film while being environmentally friendly. According to www.forbes.com, “Amazon Studios, Disney, NBCUniversal, and Sony Pictures Entertainment are all currently part of the Sustainable Production Alliance and have made concerted and documented efforts to change their procedures

Despite being each other’s competition, these big companies have come together to figure out a way to reduce their carbon