Sustainability
‘Twisters’ Team on Incorporating Accurate Science and Climate Change Into Updated Film: “If We Didn’t Get It Right This Time, It Would Be a Big Deal”
At the Hollywood Climate Summit on Wednesday, Twisters director Lee Isaac Chung, executive producer Ashley Jay Sandberg and actor Brandon Perea were joined by some real-life tornado experts to discuss how science and climate change were woven into the upcoming film. The new movie serves as an update to the 1996 project of the same […]
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Eco-Travel for the 1 Percent: The 7 Most Luxe, Sustainability-Focused Resorts Around the World
Gone are the days of eco-lodges where guests are forced to be friends with bugs and rough it for the sake of leaving a lighter footprint on Mother Earth. Now, meaningful sustainability practices are baked into more and more high-end properties, and it’s not all that difficult to find ones that are chic and have […]
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Shailene Woodley Isn’t Worried About the Planet. She’s Worried About You.
It seems odd to call someone who is just 32 years old a “longtime environmentalist.” And Shailene Woodley herself dismisses labels like “environmentalist” or “activist.” So … environmental enthusiast? Tree hugger? Whatever you call her, the Big Little Lies and Ferrari star has been actively championing environmental causes since she was a child actor appearing […]
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Hollywood Flashback: When Wall-E Became an Environmental Folk Hero
Set on a trash-filled, uninhabitable Earth in 2805, Wall-E tells the story of a lonely robot left behind to clean up the mess — and 16 years after the Pixar film’s release, that robot has become something of an environmental icon. In the film, Earth has been destroyed by corporate greed and consumerism, with humans […]
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The Greening of Reality TV
When Cyle Zezo left The CW last year after a decade working in unscripted, he knew he didn’t want to leave the world of reality TV behind. (He segued to a new role as executive producer, on such shows as Penn & Teller: Fool Us and Mysteries Decoded.) But he also wanted to serve his original […]
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Hollywood Talks Big on Climate. But What Is It Really Doing?
In April, Paramount Pictures senior vp Douglas Rheinheimer, who oversees facility operations for the lot, spoke at the U.S. Department of Energy’s annual buildings summit. It’s a key gathering for C-suite execs, government officials, policy experts and property owners who are thinking seriously about the practicalities of a sustainable future. Rheinheimer’s highly technical presentation about […]
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30 Production Companies and Studios Join Sustainability Push in Unscripted TV
Just two months after launching their formal initiative to make unscripted TV more sustainable, eco-entertainment organization Reality of Change and environmental nonprofit Rare have assembled 30 studios and production companies to work on an advisory committee to address the climate crisis across the industry. Gathering for the first time in late May, the committee will […]
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Hollywood’s Hottest Vegan Restaurants
Los Angeles has no shortage of vegan eateries. With a wide variety of plant-based options from sushi to West African cuisine, there is almost certainly an option for whatever food craving may come. While the scene remains robust in L.A., there have been some shakeups this year. In April, the acclaimed, previously fully plant-based restaurant […]
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“Say It!”: Why TV Weather Forecasters Can No Longer Avoid Climate Change (Guest Column)
“Lemme explain your viewers to you,” The News Consultant said with supreme self-confidence, and everyone on the news team leaned in. He was GQ-chic, in from the Big City, and dominating the small conference room decorated with posters of ABC’s 1991 primetime lineup. The window between Roseanne Barr and ALF looked out onto bleak sky broken […]
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Hillary Clinton Urges Hollywood to Focus on How Climate Change Is Hurting Kids
While Hollywood movies like Don’t Look Up and The Day After Tomorrow have used climate change as the inspiration for some high-stakes storytelling, Hillary Clinton would like the entertainment industry to start thinking smaller. A lot smaller. Like, infant or preschooler small. Through the Clinton Foundation’s Too Small to Fail program, an early childhood initiative […]
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How Hollywood Can Make Climate Stories Sexy
We’ve seen the apocalyptic headlines (and movies). We’ve heard the scientists’ warnings. We know they’re the characters who are ignored until it’s too late. The consequences of that ignorance are supposed to teach us something, right? Right now, mediamakers are grappling with what their personal and professional roles are within the ever-unfolding climate crisis. Our […]
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‘Twisters’ Director Lee Isaac Chung Wants Nature to Put Us in Our Place
One prevailing word comes to mind when beholding the eponymous forces of nature in Twisters: fear. The term, in the biblical sense, connotes an awe and respect of a greater, not entirely knowable power that puts humanity in its proper place. That’s the impression that helmer Lee Isaac Chung (the Oscar-nominated writer-director of 2020’s Minari) […]
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