Hollywood Spotlights the Environment (by Sue Ziedler)

..."While there's been a lot of greening of studio lots, what still needs to be focused on is the actual production process, in terms of fuel consumption, energy efficiency, waste generation and food sourcing," said Lauren Selman, chief executive of Reel Green Media, a consultant that helps movie sets incorporate environmental practices....

The Hollywood Reporter (by Stephen Galloway)

Even some who praise the studios say they could be doing more. "More people could be using biodiesel generators on their honey wagons (mobile bathrooms) and their sets," says Lauren Selman, who runs Reel Green Media, a company that helps productions go green. "More sets could be recycled, more (productions) could be offering healthier foods."

Selman points to four major areas where further action could be taken: accommodation, travel, waste generation and shipping -- the four environmental "bads," as she calls them.

But, she notes, "the difficulty of greening the entertainment industry is that it is so woven into various subcontractors and other industries. In order to green the movie industry, you are essentially greening every contractor related to that industry."

Selman’s view is still far more positive than that of the UCLA report, "Sustainability in the Motion Picture Industry."

Producers Guild of America (by R.J Hume)

If going green is still daunting to you, let me introduce you to Reel Green Media! Lauren will work with your team on educating them on different resources and tips specific to your production as well as the city you are in. She will empower individual departments to utilize green options, from materials for sets, to natural makeup, to eco-friendly detergent, to healthier food at craft services. Reel Green Media's philosophy is to "save you green when going green" and makes greening easy.

“Nothing Grows Where a Film Crew Goes” (by Lauren Selman)

TRACTION is an inter-active, online magazine by and for women in "the industry", and proudly spawned by the Women In Film/General Motors Alliance.

My Motive to Think Green(by Paige Donner)

At the Hollywood Goes Green Conference held last week at the historic Roosevelt Hotel and sponsored by the iHollywood Forum, Lauren Selman, founder of Reel Green Media, a consulting firm, reminded us all that "ecos" means "home" in its original Greek and that the real impetus behind the environmental movement and its "green initiatives" is simply that we gladly take care of what we love, don't we? And don't we love our home, Planet Earth? Well, don't we?!?

Green Hollywood (by Paige Donner)
Below the Line is published by Film Works Media, Inc.

“Greening is a human issue. It’s not just about global warming, it’s
also about our health,” said Lauren Selman, founder of Reel Green
Media. Selman consults for film and TV productions on how to
orient towards sustainability. All too often, she says, the wood used
on sets is thrown away or burned. She cites Toronto-based SetReset.
com as a company specializing in the re-use and re-sale of sets and
décor that have been struck.

The Green News, (by Dyani Main)
Dyani is a crew member on The Green Screen, EarthTeam’s Environmental Teen Television show and she met Lauren Selman at the EarthTeam sponsored Coastal Clean-Up on Sep 15th.