Reel Green Media

Lauren Selman
Founder & CEO

Producer / Actor / Director / Activist

For more than a decade, Lauren Selman has been actively involved in the arts and the environment. As an actress, speaker, and activist on she is committed to helping green the arts.

As an honors graduate from the University of California, Berkeley, with a simultaneous degree in Conservation Resource Studies (B.S) and Theater Performance Studies (B.A), she is situated to merge entertainment and the environment. Selman has been involved in theater, film and television since she was a child, but it was living in the Ecuador Amazon rainforest and learning about the effects of oil development that solidified her commitment to environmental change. The following year, she exemplified a green lifestyle by riding her bicycle 4,000 miles across the United States, from Connecticut to San Francisco.

For her senior project in University, Selman conducted a study on what she loved most, entertainment and the planet. Her final project, titled "Lights, Camera, Eco-Action!" merged her passions and took a micro and macro view of the entertainment industry. Her conversation with industry professionals, networking and extensive research now makes her a knowledgeable asset to a discussion about greening the films. Although her paper has been turned in, she continues to gathers more about the latest information on what she calls, "reel greening!"

Selman has received numerous awards for both her involvement in the arts and the environment. The University of California, Berkeley, awarded her with the Departmental Citation for Excellence in the Department of Theater, Dance & Performance Studies and the Sara Huntsman Sturgess Memorial Prize for Outstanding Artistic Accomplishment. She was also recognized as a Distinguished Bay Area Youth Activist at the World Sustainable Symposium.

As a result of her research, commitment and dedication to making films a little greener, she has spoken at various conferences, including, the 2007 Association Film Commissioners International Conference, UCLA's The Business of Green, Hollywood Goes Green and more. She is a published author, frequent blogger at Serene Ambition and is working on her next book.

In addition to working with films, film schools and film offices to be more environmentally conscious, she has the great opportunity of mentoring with the outstanding student team at EarthTeam's "The Green Screen”, a television show produced by SF East Bay Area teens. (She was featured in Episode 11.) The Green Screen is committed to providing youth with leadership opportunities through the media, building skills in organizing, educating, and communicating around environmental issues.

Her philosophy is that with creativity and innovation, we can green the movies together.

"With every waking day, I hope to continue to live a life of service and social transformation and be the change that I want to see. If the passion, creativity and commitment of people can be liberated for the common good, we can change the world. As youth today, we stand in a powerful place, at a threshold of opportunity: the choices we make can transform the future and do something about the suffering that is taking place in the world. But I believe we can only do this if we combine our passion, creativity and commitment with the wisdom of the generations before us.”

-Lauren Selman

Jim Selman
President of Paracomm International

Jim Selman is a recognized leader and authority in the field of organizational transformation and culture change. Beginning over 35 years ago, he was among the pioneers of organizational/management practitioners who identified the need for manifesting organizational change, distinguishing the leverage points for leaders and managers to generate change and developing a technology for accelerating the pace of change. As a coach, facilitator and consultant, he has made numerous breakthrough contributions to his clients¡ capacity to mobilize people and build competencies in the areas of communication, relationship, business process design, coordination and executive leadership.

Mr. Selman was an early designer and continual innovator in the process of culture change, organizational visioning, and the implementation of practices producing recognized, lasting benefits. In 1976, he formed his own firm and began the research into the nature of culture and large-scale systems change which later distinguished organizational transformation as a distinct field of management theory and practice. Prior to this innovative launch of Selman & Associates (since 1988 known as ParaComm Partners International), Mr. Selman was a partner with the firm of Touche Ross & Co. In 1984, Mr. Selman co-founded Transformational Technologies, an operating network of over 70 consulting organizations in the United States and Europe.

Since 1998, Mr. Selman has worked with over 700 Public Service Executives in their learning to lead change. His leadership course, "Coaching for Breakthroughs and Commitment," is seen as a component in an overall strategy to transform the culture of the Canadian Government to become a more citizen-focused and effective learning organization. He has also worked with many of the major federal departments of the Canadian Government in the design and implementation of transformational strategies.

Mr. Selman received his BA degree from the University of Oklahoma with majors in Social Psychology and Philosophy, and he attended graduate school at the University of Florida.

He has consulted internationally in French and Spanish, is a co-founder of an accredited post-graduate program in Buenos Aires and has consulted to companies throughout South America and Mexico in association with Merkaba and Susanna Von der Heide.

In 2002, Mr. Selman provided inspiration, vision, and technology to the formation of the Legacy XXI Institute. He is a Founding Member of the Board of Trustees.

Our AssociatesIan Caine Wilson
Ian Caine & Associates

Ian Caine was raised with a keen awareness of the natural environment. Ian’s parents made experiencing and appreciating nature a priority in his upbringing. Many of Ian’s summers were spent swimming in the Pacific Ocean and exploring the wonders of Yosemite National Park. These experiences have translated into a deep respect for the Earth and a desire to help minimize the impacts that human activity have upon it.

Another priority of Ian’s upbringing was learning to respect and care for those that have experienced a lack of social justice. Growing up in a very diverse, both socio-economically and racially, part of suburban Los Angeles allowed Ian to gain a first-hand account of many of today’s social injustices. Ian’s parents instilled a commitment to giving back to community and doing what one can to mitigate the social ills of society.

This upbringing led Ian to obtain a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology from Saint Martin’s University in Olympia, Washington, and begin a career of working with youth. Ian spent several years working with abused and neglected children in Southern California and then went on to become a middle school teacher in both California and Washington. During this time, Ian was an Academic Leader at Holland Middle School and coordinated the implementation of the Enhancing Education Through Technology grant.

Having taught for several years, Ian was ready for a new challenge. The current environmental and social crisis of the world led Ian to search for a way through which he could maximize his positive impact upon the world. When Ian discovered Bainbridge Graduate Institute and its MBA in Sustainable Business program, he realized that business, with its position of power in our world, had the potential to create significant change. In 2007, Ian entered the program and began to research different industries and their impacts upon society.

Upon investigating the entertainment industry, Ian realized that it potentially has the greatest power to create a shift in the current culture of natural destruction and social injustice. This revelation led Ian to find Reel Green Media and join the company in an effort to promote change and make a difference in the world.

In Ian’s free time he enjoys playing with his two daughters, being a family man, riding a bicycle, bodysurfing, permaculture, snowboarding, African drumming, eating good food with friends and family, and learning about new ways to positively impact society.