"The science is clear." Netflix has unveiled a trailer for yet another David Attenborough documentary, this one titled Breaking Boundaries: Science of Our Planet, from filmmaker Jon Clay. Attenborough and scientist Johan Rockström examine Earth's biodiversity collapse and how this crisis can still be averted. It tells the story of the most important scientific discovery of our time - that humanity has pushed Earth beyond the boundaries that have kept Earth stable for 10,000 years, since the dawn of civilization. The 75-minute film takes the audience on a journey of discovery of planetary thresholds we must not exceed, not just for the stability of our planet, but for the future of humanity. It offers up the solutions we can and must put in place now if we are to protect Earth’s life support systems. Attenborough is on a roll these days, or perhaps he's just gravely concerned for our planet...
- 5/10/2021
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
Netflix says it has a plan to hit net zero greenhouse gas emissions by the end of 2022, with a big part of the streaming giant’s efforts aimed at operating more eco-friendly film and TV productions.
The “Net Zero + Nature” plan was outlined Tuesday in a blog post by Emma Stewart, PhD, who joined Netflix as its first sustainability officer last fall. At Netflix, “we aspire to entertain the world,” she wrote. “But that requires a habitable world to entertain.”
In 2020, Netflix estimates its carbon footprint was 1.13 million metric tons, down slightly from 1.31 million the year prior (mostly due to delayed content productions during the Covid-19 pandemic). Roughly 50% of that was generated by the physical production of Netflix films and series, including third-party projects licensed as Netflix-branded originals. Another 45% came from corporate operations (e.g. office space) and purchased goods (like marketing spend) and 5% was attributed to internet cloud providers...
The “Net Zero + Nature” plan was outlined Tuesday in a blog post by Emma Stewart, PhD, who joined Netflix as its first sustainability officer last fall. At Netflix, “we aspire to entertain the world,” she wrote. “But that requires a habitable world to entertain.”
In 2020, Netflix estimates its carbon footprint was 1.13 million metric tons, down slightly from 1.31 million the year prior (mostly due to delayed content productions during the Covid-19 pandemic). Roughly 50% of that was generated by the physical production of Netflix films and series, including third-party projects licensed as Netflix-branded originals. Another 45% came from corporate operations (e.g. office space) and purchased goods (like marketing spend) and 5% was attributed to internet cloud providers...
- 3/30/2021
- by Todd Spangler
- Variety Film + TV
"Back then, we really thought we had more time... [But now the] climate has reached a global crisis point." Time for everyone to wake up and make real change to save our planet. This isn't really a short film, per se, but it is a short doc film and it certainly has some impressive filmmaking / animation. Johan Rockström 2020 is a video made by the Swedish filmmaking / animation collective known as Brikk as part of the Ted Countdown global initiative (to fight climate change head on). The video features Swedish Earth Science professor Johan Rockström speaking (in English) about the worsening of our climate and the problems we now face. He originally gave a Ted Talk in 2010 (watch that here) about what's going on with our beautiful planet Earth, but now only 10 years later he's even more worried than ever. Yes, everyone keeps saying this, but damnit, we need to keep saying it until things change.
- 11/3/2020
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
Filmmaker Nathan Grossman has followed Greta Thunberg’s remarkable journey from the earliest stages of her school strike for climate in 2018 to the United Nations Climate Action Summit last September, often operating as a one-man band shooting quietly in the background with fairly basic camera equipment.
“As the movement grew and she grew, and the scope of the film grew, I thought to myself, ‘Jesus, were we too reluctant to bring in heavier gear?’” says Grossman, who met Thunberg in 2018 through a mutual friend who knew of her plans to strike outside the Swedish Parliament.
The director, whose previous environment-focused work included a series on meat consumption in Sweden, couldn’t have imagined his film “I Am Greta,” which premiered in Venice on Sept. 4, would be among the first major documentaries to hit theaters this fall amid the pandemic. Distributed by Dogwoof, the film is set to play movie theaters in Europe,...
“As the movement grew and she grew, and the scope of the film grew, I thought to myself, ‘Jesus, were we too reluctant to bring in heavier gear?’” says Grossman, who met Thunberg in 2018 through a mutual friend who knew of her plans to strike outside the Swedish Parliament.
The director, whose previous environment-focused work included a series on meat consumption in Sweden, couldn’t have imagined his film “I Am Greta,” which premiered in Venice on Sept. 4, would be among the first major documentaries to hit theaters this fall amid the pandemic. Distributed by Dogwoof, the film is set to play movie theaters in Europe,...
- 9/6/2020
- by Manori Ravindran
- Variety Film + TV
Davos, Switzerland — Hours after President Trump kicked off the 2020 World Economic Forum on Tuesday by bashing climate activists as “prophets of doom,” Greta Thunberg countered with yet another scathing indictment of government and corporate leaders for failing to take meaningful action to combat climate change. “Our house is still on fire,” she said, calling back to her address at the conference last year. “Your inaction is fueling the flames by the hour.”
But the newly anointed Time Person of the Year is only one of several youth climate leaders working...
But the newly anointed Time Person of the Year is only one of several youth climate leaders working...
- 1/23/2020
- by Ryan Bort
- Rollingstone.com
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