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ReGeneration Roadtrip: All the world's a green stage
The Green Theater Initiative aims to direct change |
Sarah van Schagen |
08 Oct 2008 |
Gristmill |
| Actor Gideon Banner cut his professional stage chops as a performer with Blue Man Group -- and yes, that means he spent his evenings covered ear-to-ear in blue paint. But it seems that a nice shade of green is really more his style. Banner is the founder of the Green Theater Initiative, a nonprofit organization hoping for a curtain call on the unsustainable aspects of the theater industry. Similar to efforts being led by Wicked producer David St ... |
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| Topics: green living, movies, New York City, ReGeneration Roadtrip, video (all these topics) |
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ReGeneration Roadtrip: There's no green business like show business
Film Biz Recycling aims to roll credits on the wasteful film industry |
Sarah van Schagen |
08 Oct 2008 |
Gristmill |
| When a director yells 'cut!' on the set of a TV show, commercial, or feature-length film, the cameras may stop rolling but production is far from over. While editors are looking at raw footage, producers are eyeing premiere numbers, and actors are reading over new scripts, someone else is tearing down the sets and getting props off the lot. But where does this stuff end up? Too often, it's the landfill, says Eva Radke, founder of Film Biz Recycling. ... |
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| Topics: business, green living, movies, recycling, ReGeneration Roadtrip, video (all these topics) |
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Mel Gibson talkin' to De Niro about eco-thriller
Stars align for Edge of Darkness |
Sarah van Schagen |
05 Aug 2008 |
Gristmill |
| Mel Gibson: Hey, De Niro, you wanna star in an eco-thriller with me? Robert De Niro: You talkin' to me?Gibson: Yes, I'm talkin' to you. It's called Edge of Darkness; it's based on that BBC miniseries. Are you familiar with it? De Niro: You talkin' to me?Gibson: Yeah, it's about this homicide detective (that'd be me) who uncovers government and corporate cover-ups when his environmental activist daughter is murdered.De Niro: You talkin' to me?Gibson: Yes, Bobby, ... |
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| Topics: celebrity, green living, movies (all these topics) |
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Gossip whirl
Gossip Girl, <em |
Holly Richmond |
31 Jul 2008 |
Gristmill |
| Spotted: B and S mugging for the camera. The cast of the CW's Gossip Girl are forgoing bottled water in favor of bringing their own mugs to the set. And stars Blake Lively, Leighton Meester, and Penn Badgley appear in three short eco-ads, below: In other celeb news you can reuse, Alexis Bledel of The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 2 is promoting the travel of your old pants (specifically jeans) to New Orleans for recycling into insulation. I won't say green i ... |
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| Topics: celebrity, green living, movies, recycling, TV, video (all these topics) |
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The new film Wall-E gets it right
The link between obesity and the environment |
Maywa Montenegro |
11 Jul 2008 |
Gristmill |
| Slate's Dan Engber has attempted to take down Wall-E in classic Green Room style with a piece slamming the film's connection between obesity and environmental destruction. Engber's critique is flawed in so many ways that it's hard to know where to begin ... For instance, he doesn't seem to believe that obesity really has much to do with being too sedentary or eating too much. To support this, he cites research saying that 80 percent of the variation in body weight ... |
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| Topics: climate, food, green living, health, movies (all these topics) |
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Reel Funny
An interview with climate mockumentary filmmaker Randy Olson |
Erik Hoffner |
10 Jul 2008 |
Grist Feature |
| Randy Olson became a filmmaker after fifteen years as a marine biologist, so the perspective he brings to the craft is rooted in science -- but blended with his own irreverent humor. His hilarious new film on global warming is a perfect example. Randy Olson. After quitting his university job in 1993, Olson went to film school and teamed up with one of his heroes, renowned marine ecologist Jeremy J ... |
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| Topics: climate, funnies, green living, interview, media, movies (all these topics) |
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Wall*E
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David Roberts |
07 Jul 2008 |
Gristmill |
| I saw WallE the other day with my kids and I found it absolutely rapturous, particularly the first half-hour or so. I wouldn't be surprised if it ends up nominated for Best Picture. Not only is it a creative triumph, but it manages to convey 'lessons' (ugh) about 'environmental stewardship' (ugh) in a way that isn't didactic or overbearing. It's really something. I was going to try to write a profound post about it, but luckily Frank Rich takes on that task today, so ... |
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| Topics: brilliance, education, green living, movies, video (all these topics) |
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A new way of thinking
Manufactured Landscapes is as good as they say |
JMG |
28 Jun 2008 |
Gristmill |
| Obviously I need to watch movies faster. Almost a year ago today I posted about wanting to watch Manufactured Landscapes, featuring the work of photographer Edward Burtynsky, mainly shot in China. I finally got around to it.Not only is the movie visually arresting, but it is very, very disturbing.Surprisingly to me, the sparse narration includes a pretty good description of peak oil. The filmmaker, Jennifer Baichwal, shows some incredible aerial shots of a ginormous highway octo ... |
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| Topics: green living, movies, oil (all these topics) |
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Lights, camera, eco-action!
New flicks feature green themes |
Sarah van Schagen |
24 Jun 2008 |
Gristmill |
| Photo: rpb1001 The oppressive heat of global warming got you headed to your local air-conditioned movie theater? No? It's just the popcorn? Well, either way, you may end up seeing a blockbuster with an environmental theme. Lately there's been a bumper crop of eco-stuff hitting the big screen or making its way there soon.For starters, you've probably heard the not-so-friendly reviews of The Happening, M. Night Shyamalan's latest showing. But rotten (organic ... |
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| Topics: celebrity, green living, movies (all these topics) |
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A radiant documentary
Radiant City is a mesmerizing documentary on sprawl |
JMG |
12 Jun 2008 |
Gristmill |
| Radiant City is as described in the trailer -- oddly disturbing, strangely amusing, and sadly illuminating: A terrific movie. It features planning guru/God Andres Duany and dyspeptic sprawlhater James Howard Kunstler (in a strange and hilarious tie that looks like he slept in it for a couple days) intoning, in a reasonable tone, some of their most on-target slams on sprawl and the suburban paradigm. It includes lots of "fun facts" about the suburbs, including on ... |
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| Topics: green living, movies, placemaking, sprawl (all these topics) |
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Sizzle this summer
New mockumentary on climate science, dialogue, and societal change is opening soon |
Erik Hoffner |
09 Jun 2008 |
Gristmill |
| Filmmaker Randy Olson has just completed Sizzle: A Global Warming Comedy, a hilarious new mockumentary thickly peopled with real life climate scientists, activists, skeptics, and a rollicking plot-line that could bring a lot more people into the global warming tent. I found it refreshing and a good follow-up to the Gore movie, because it's not so much about the scientists or the celebrities telling us why we should care. Instead, it's fun, watchable, and about real peop ... |
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| Topics: climate, funnies, green living, movies (all these topics) |
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Neve gonna get it
Neve Campbell's eco-flick won't air in the U.S. |
Sarah van Schagen |
06 Jun 2008 |
Gristmill |
| Neve Campbell. Burn Up is the (totally and completely fictional) story about a clash between Big Oil and Big Green. The Canadian/British miniseries features Party of Five star Neve Campbell as an environmentalist hired to work for an oil company (as a greenwash decoy, of course, though she doesn't realize it until too late ... mwahahaha).Unfortunately for us Yanks, though, Burn Up will not be airing stateside. (At least not yet.) But if you're one of our lu ... |
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| Topics: Big Oil, celebrity, green living, movies (all these topics) |
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Recount
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David Roberts |
28 May 2008 |
Gristmill |
| I watched Recount last night, and my god, it is a gut punch. |
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| Topics: green living, movies, politics, shenanigans (all these topics) |
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The Iceman melteth
Val Kilmer to star in Arctic horror flick |
Sarah van Schagen |
16 May 2008 |
Gristmill |
| Photo: © Val Kilmer This summer, the Iceman cometh ... to a horror flick about global warming. The Thaw, which begins shooting mid-June with star Val Kilmer, is based on the premise that melting ice caps reveal a woolly mammoth hosting a deadly prehistoric parasite that comes back to life to infect the world ... mwa-ha-ha. Ahem.From director Mark A. Lewis:"I think ultimately where this story comes from is the idea or, more accurately, the feeling of vulnerab ... |
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| Topics: celebrity, green living, movies (all these topics) |
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650 million years in 94 minutes
A History Channel production on climate is worthwhile |
JMG |
01 May 2008 |
Gristmill |
| A coworker lent me an amazing piece of work called A Global Warning? It does an excellent job illustrating the chaotic nature of terrestrial climate and explaining the theories behind some of the most dramatic climate transitions. It's not a perfect movie, but if you won't read With Speed and Violence, it's probably the best thing there is. It gets into both ocean clathrates (methane hydrate crystals) and the melting permafrost (more methane). Best of all, not a single d ... |
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| Topics: climate, climate science, green living, movies (all these topics) |
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Bambi Would Be Proud
Walt Disney Co. gets into nature |
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22 Apr 2008 |
News |
| Posted at 1:40 PM on 22 Apr 2008 The Walt Disney Company has announced a new film division that will focus on nature documentaries. The creatively named Disneynature will aim to produce two films every year starting in 2009, hoping to catch the interest of some of the viewers who flocked to Warner Bros.' March of the Penguins and the Discovery Channel/BBC series "Planet Earth." Keep your eyes out for the Disney-produced Earth in 20 ... |
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| Topics: business, green living, movies, news (all these topics) |
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The spy who greened me
Bond film to feature greenwashing eco-villain |
Sarah van Schagen |
08 Apr 2008 |
Gristmill |
| Everyone's favorite secret agent is at it again -- and this time he hopes to live and let Greene die. That's right, Craig (Daniel Craig) is filming the next Bond flick as we speak type. Quantum of Solace continues the storyline that began with Casino Royale and finds Bond shaken (not stirred) by the death and betrayal of a loved one. He wants revenge, and he points a (Gold)finger at "eco-entrepreneur" Dominic Greene (the man with the green gun?). Play ... |
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| Topics: business, celebrity, green living, greenwashing, movies (all these topics) |
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DiCaprio's new digs
Leo's new condo full of green amenities, paparazzi |
Sarah van Schagen |
08 Apr 2008 |
Gristmill |
| Attention, paparazzi: It's Leonardo DiCaprio's 11th Hour in his current New York abode. He's Departed (or will soon) for a new LEED-certified condo in Manhattan's Battery Park City neighborhood.DiCaprio's new digs are quite the eco-residence, featuring solar panels, a green roof, and units "decked out with locally obtained renewable materials and low- or nonpollutant paints, sealants, and adhesives." Of course, the place also features a 50-foot lap pool, ... |
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| Topics: celebrity, energy, green building, green living, movies, New York, solar voltaic power (all these topics) |
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Water, water everywhere, but ...
World Water Day, Grand Canyon film highlight water crisis |
Sarah van Schagen |
21 Mar 2008 |
Gristmill |
| Saturday is World Water Day, a time set aside by the U.N. during which member nations are encouraged to address the worldwide water crisis. This year's theme is the 'International Year of Sanitation' (sexy!), which is aimed at 'accelerat[ing] progress for 2.6 billion people worldwide who are without proper sanitation facilities.' For more on this topic, check out the Guardian Weekly's special supplement 'Every Drop Counts.' [PDF] But World Water Day is also mean ... |
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| Topics: Arizona, green living, movies, national parks, water crisis (all these topics) |
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Oscars: green, but not braggy
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Sarah van Schagen |
25 Feb 2008 |
Gristmill |
| As I reported last week, the Oscars went green(er) again this year. But if you watched the awards show last night, you might have noticed there was nary a mention of it, aside from a few jokes from Jon Stewart -- quite a contrast to last year's Al-and-Leo show. In other green-award-show news, the Independent Spirit Awards, held Saturday night, also had a green tinge. Ed Begley, Jr., even made an appearance to help power the event via bicycle. Which I believe wa ... |
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And the green award goes to ...
Will Oscar's eco-efforts pale compared to last year? |
Sarah van Schagen |
22 Feb 2008 |
Gristmill |
| This story has been updated with breaking news about the greening of the Oscars. See below for details. Matt Petersen and Salma Hayek at Global Green's pre-Oscar bash. Photo: Global Green Last year's Academy Awards were a veritable green fest, what with Inconvenient Truth's multiple wins and the Gore/Leo announcement about the Oscars officially going green (albeit via carbon offset). Green itself could have gotten its own award -- perhaps for its role as & ... |
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| Topics: celebrity, green living, movies (all these topics) |
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Planeteers in heaven
Live-action Captain Planet film a no-go |
Sarah van Schagen |
06 Feb 2008 |
Gristmill |
| Dear children of the '80s,I heard a rumor last week that Warner Bros. studio had announced a live-action film version of the '90s cartoon series Captain Planet and was planning to release it in late 2009. Captain Planet, you say? Why, he's our hero! (Wasn't he gonna take pollution down to zero?)Sadly, though, I must report that I then contacted the Warner folks (and their bros) and found out that this rumor is, in fact, "untrue." I know, I know. I too am ... |
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| Topics: green living, movies, TV (all these topics) |
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Coming clean
Kudos to Seventh Generation on a Hollywood moment |
Katharine Wroth |
23 Jan 2008 |
Gristmill |
| I'm not saying I paid good money to see 27 Dresses this weekend. Nor am I saying that its ending, however formulaic, made me cry. What I am saying is how nice it was to see a generous, nearly full-screen shot of a Seventh Generation cleaning product clutched in Katherine Heigl's frenzied hand. Not to mention some tossed-off comments about corporate eco-responsibility. Hollywood: making green normal since ... late 2007. |
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| Topics: business, celebrity, green cleaning, green living, green products, movies (all these topics) |
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Sundance green?
Green films premiering at Sundance Film Festival |
Sarah van Schagen |
23 Jan 2008 |
Gristmill |
| Isabella Rossellini Photo: Duffy-Marie Arnoult / WireImage If you're a super-hip journalist with awesome connections and a sweet gig, you're spending a cush week writing about the Sundance Film Festival from snow- and celeb-covered Park City, Utah. If you're me, you're sitting in front of a computer screen in an office building in Seattle reading about all the super-hip journalists with the awesome connections spending a cush week at Sundance. (Not. ... |
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| Topics: celebrity, green living, movies (all these topics) |
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Paparazzi, can you hear me?
Top green celeb stories of 2007 |
Sarah van Schagen |
20 Dec 2007 |
Gristmill |
| Here are the Official Top Green Celeb Stories of 2007, listed in very particular order and determined via a very scientific process (a combination of my memory and Grist's archives): 5. Brad Pitt adopts Maddox Pax Thien Zahara New Orleans. 4. Leo DiCaprio releases 11th Hour, which sinks into obscurity faster than the Titanic. 3. Primetime television attempts eco-programming; finds out the environment isn't funny. 2. Celeb-studded award shows go green -- ... |
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