Since you can't escape the Film Festival anyway, here's more news: yesterday, Toronto's film production industry announced the Green-Screen initiative, aimed at reducing waste and energy use during shooting. Spearheaded by studio operators, unions and guilds, ideas include serving food in biodegradable containers and transporting stars in hybrid cars.
“The Incredible Hulk,” currently shooting at Toronto Film Studios, has production crews communicating electronically where possible, printing double-sided, and using a pine wood in place of rainforest woods for set building. We think this is great news – even if the initiative is voluntary – since film production is really only a step lower on the carbon-footprint ladder than F1 racing (sorry Matt ;)
(*so why the picture of Brad Pitt? well, he's in Toronto, he makes films, and you probably read this because of him)
in defence of F1, the FIA is in talks currently with team owners to eliminate the fuel burning stage of round three qualifying. if that isn'g going green, i am not sure what is.
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