Last week, a group of eager green production enthusiasts gathered at The Mill’s 1st floor space. For our third Green Production Get Together, we welcomed guests from BAFTA’s albert initiative, as well as crewing company Connection Crew. As ever it was a great mix of agency staff, production company in-housers and freelancers, crew and suppliers. […]
EVENT GALLERY: 3RD GREEN PRODUCTION GET TOGETHER
This week’s GPGT3 was a great evening, with a brilliant turnout, great speakers, and a special edition of Play Your Carbon Right. The Mill were fantastic once again, hosting us on their 1st floor space and providing bountiful beverages. We’ll be posting a full write-up in the coming days – in the meantime here are some […]
EVENT FLYER: 3RD GREEN PRODUCTION GET TOGETHER
Come and join us at The Mill on Tuesday 17th April for the next Green Production Get Together! As usual we’ll have a couple of speakers to inspire us, plus a special edition of our exciting game, Play Your Carbon Right, based on the 90’s Bruce Forsyth classic! Like our previous events, we’ll also have production […]
DAVID REVIEWS / THE ADGREEN PODCAST
In March Jo Coombes joined Dougal Wilson, Alessia Small, Rupert Reynolds-Maclean and Morgan Whitlock to record a podcast on sustainable production for David Reviews. You can listen to it here on the David Reviews website, or on iTunes. Just before Christmas, DAVID had a meeting with Jo Coombes, the founder of AdGreen. She described how two […]
LBB ONLINE / CARBON EMISSIONS & PRODUCTION: THE MAGIC NUMBERS
AdGreen founder Jo Coombes does the maths on how production can cut emissions and save more than a few pounds too. You can read the full article here on the LBB website. Yesterday I read ‘Arctic warming: scientists alarmed by ‘crazy’ temperature rises’. I wasn’t going to write about this year’s APA Masterclass session, but after […]
EVENT FLYER: THE APA’S EVENING OF GOOD KARMA
Come and shake off the January blues on Tuesday 23rd, and join the APA at The Mill from 6.30pm to 9.30pm to celebrate the work of the Good Karma collective! The collective comprises a range of initiatives and charities working within the industry to assist production companies in addressing issues such as diversity and […]
NEW YEAR, NEW (RE)SOLUTIONS!
Five easy things were so 2017! Whether you’re agency, production company or supplier, commit to going BIGGER and BOLDER in 2018 with these suggestions for a cleaner and greener office, and productions with a smaller environmental impact: The renewables industry is booming and 2018 is the year to jump on the bandwagon. Our friends at […]
THE LOCATION GUIDE / TOWARDS A GREEN FILM FUTURE: SUSTAINABILITY AND THE GLOBAL PRODUCTION INDUSTRY
To coincide with this year’s Focus event, Jo wrote a piece regarding the current state of sustainability in our industry for the event brochure. It’s also been added to The Location Guide’s website – you can read the full article here. The topics of sustainability and manmade climate change have become commonplace in the discourse […]
EVENT WRITE UP: 2ND GREEN PRODUCTION GET TOGETHER
Last week, we had our second Green Production Get Together! Like the first one back in March, it was again hosted by The Mill in their 5th floor bar, and was well attended with a mix of production people, agency staff, crew and suppliers. After a bit of mixing and mingling, we kicked off by recapping […]
EVENT GALLERY: 2ND GREEN PRODUCTION GET TOGETHER
This week’s Green Production Get Together [the sequel!] was another great evening, with production staff, suppliers and those working agency side coming together at The Mill to share their green production experiences and expertise with those who attended. We’ll be posting a full write-up in the coming days – in the meantime here are some lovely pictures […]