{"id":392,"date":"2015-10-12T20:48:09","date_gmt":"2015-10-12T20:48:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/2bgreener.com\/?p=392"},"modified":"2015-11-01T16:00:59","modified_gmt":"2015-11-01T16:00:59","slug":"reuse-expert-earth-angel-will-you-be-mine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/2bgreener.com\/?p=392","title":{"rendered":"Reuse expert: Earth Angel – will you be mine?"},"content":{"rendered":"

It’s time to start touting some excellent companies. Consider this a product and company spotlight piece. So many people are doing astoundingly important work and it continues to be hard to get traction (as evidenced by writing a blog, as well!). I’m hoping even my few (and valued) readers will share and support these gutsy green gurus.<\/p>\n

First on my list is\u00a0Earth Angel<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Earth Angel is a TV and film production assistance company focused on greening media productions. \u00a0I met their founder, Emelie O’Brien, at a SPARKS event in NYC at which I was speaking on resiliency. She is passionate, professional and focused, and has taken on the headaches of an industry that can be considered “low hanging fruit” but which is also one of the hardest industries in which to affect systemic change.<\/p>\n

Her business focuses on diverting wastes from landfills. This is most successful early in pre-production planning where you can source sets and props through reuse, make arrangements for local foods and for serving that supports easy donation of leftovers, and when you can get the whole production team on board. Because diversion from landfill is NEVER about just recycling. \u00a0It’s about avoiding waste at the start, and therefore it is about putting money where it is truly needed. In this way Earth Angel helps the productions to save money while being greener and creating good team energy that helps every creative effort. That’s TBL in the spotlight!<\/p>\n

Imagine how wasteful TV and film productions typically are! They are focused on creating a temporary reality and dealing with many actors and staff that are at a location for a short time frame. No permanence makes it uber-tough. \u00a0All those balls in the air. \u00a0And currently there is very little in our current methodology that makes it easy to make smarter triple bottom line choices for a short term endeavor. Not to discount the work that is being done, I assure you. There is just so much more…<\/p>\n

[Enter Earth Angel, in soft lighting] \u00a0As an example, pulled from their website, Earth Angel was part of the production team for The Amazing Spider Man 2 (2014) and here are a few of their success points:<\/p>\n