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Greening the Screen launches Regional Green Guides
Greening the Screen launches Regional Green Guides
Following Film New Zealand’s
recent successful re-launch of the Greening the Screen
website, Film New Zealand now releases the highly
practical Production Services and Resource Guides for the
Auckland, Rotorua, Taranaki, Wellington, Canterbury and
Dunedin regions.
Film New Zealand CEO, Judith McCann applauded the joint Queenstown Lakes District Council and Film Queenstown Zero Waste project developed in 2008 and felt that Film New Zealand could further support regional sustainability and environmental initiatives with the production of these Green Guides for key screen production areas in New Zealand.
“The guides are intended to provide helpful information on services and resources that can assist production companies reduce their environmental impact” she commented.
Film New Zealand engaged consultant Emma McConachy from sustainability consulting firm Green Fox, to work on the guides. Design company Station Creative donated the front cover artwork.
“Greening the Screen not only gives you practical advice on how to reduce, reuse and recycle, it can now help you find where to do this as well,” said Film New Zealand Projects Coordinator Sandra Clark.
Visit: www.greeningthescreen.co.nz/downloads
Background on Greening the Screen
Development of the Greening The Screen website and toolkit was funded by the Ministry for the Environment, Landcare Research and Waitakere City Council and developed in association with South Pacific Pictures and SPADA, the Screen Production and Development Association representing New Zealand producers and production companies. It has been widely endorsed by the screen production industry here in New Zealand.
Greening The Screen was re-launched by Film New Zealand in August 2009.
About Film New Zealand
Film New Zealand is the independent
industry-led national film office, supported by Government
with core operating funding from Ministry of Economic
Development, supplemented by the New Zealand Film
Commission, project funding from NZ Trade &
Enterprise/Investment NZ, and contributions from key
sponsors and screen production industry members. Its
services are employed by New Zealand filmmakers as well as
those from overseas.
For more information
about Film New Zealand visit www.filmnz.com
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