The fourth annual REEL Earth Day Challenge has raised $100,000 toward projects delivered through Metro Vancouver Regional Parks Foundation. Since 2021, the annual BC film industry fundraiser for parks and greenspaces has raised over $473,000. “Creative BC's Reel...
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Reel Green™ Vendor Spotlight: Driving Force
Driving Force, a Reel Green™ Advisory Partner and eco-friendly vendor is driving sustainability within the film industry! Across Canada, Driving Force is known for solving problems, keeping promises, and helping communities. Their sustainable role in the Vancouver...
REEL Earth Day Challenge – Fall 2023 Report
The 2023 #REELEarthDayChallenge brought together film crews, productions, sponsors and industry stakeholders to raise funds towards projects for Metro Vancouver Regional Parks. This year the BC film industry raised $100,000 towards 9 projects. These projects are led...
Reel Green™ Circular Economy Toolkit is Now Live!
A circular economy is one that minimizes waste and makes the most of available resources. In contrast to the traditional linear economy, which follows a "take, make, dispose" model, a circular economy aims to keep products, materials, and resources in use for as long...
Reel Green™ Vendor Spotlight: ShareWares
Reel Green™ Vendor and Circular Economy Committee Member, ShareWares, is an easy and affordable zero-waste packaging company that provides a city-wide borrowing program where reusable cups and takeout containers are used, returned and sanitized for...
A look at CBC’s Inaugural Report on Production Carbon Emissions
Did you know that travel and transport produce the most carbon emissions during productions? In their inaugural report on Production Carbon Emissions, the CBC delves into the main sources of production-related carbon emissions and discusses ways to reduce them. The...
Reel Green™ Vendor Spotlight: Onstage Cleaning
Reel Green™ Vendor, Onstage Cleaning, is the leading film industry professional cleaning company that provides eco-friendly cleaning services while creating safe, sustainable and healthy cleaning protocols for each customer all while taking care of the planet. Onstage...
REEL Earth Day Challenge – Summer 2023 Report
The 2023 #REELEarthDayChallenge brought together film crews, productions, sponsors and industry stakeholders to raise funds towards projects for Metro Vancouver Regional Parks. This year the BC film industry raised $100,000 towards 9 projects. These projects are led...
Reel Green ™ Screening Series: THE MAGNITUDE OF ALL THINGS
On November 9th , Reel Green™ presented THE MAGNITUDE OF ALL THINGS as part of our Reel Green™ Screening Series, where we feature Canadian filmmakers that are leading the way in telling climate stories. Focused on bringing community and industry together to learn and...
Reel Green™ Vendor Spotlight: Vancouver Film Studios
Reel Green™ Advisory Partner and Green Vendor, Vancouver Film Studios (VFS), is leading the way as a sustainable studio facility! As the first soundstage facility to gain B-Corporation certification in the world, and Canada’s first carbon-neutral film studio,...
Reel Green™ Celebrates Waste Reduction Week: Paving the Way for a Greener Motion Picture Industry
Waste Reduction Week, taking place from October 16th to 22nd, marks a dedicated time for individuals and organizations to reflect on their environmental impact and find innovative ways to reduce waste.
Martini Film Studios receives BC Hydro Sustainability Award
BC Hydro is supporting the electrification of the motion picture industry and has been helping communities in British Columbia, from Maple Ridge to the City of Vancouver, to introduce clean power kiosks in 20 locations planned across the Lower Mainland. One studio...
REEL Earth Day Challenge – Directors Chairs at Sapperton Landing
Have you seen the REEL Earth Day Challenge Directors' Chairs at Sapperton Landing yet? Designed and created in a unique way to show the relationship between the BC Film Industry and the Metro Vancouver Regional Parks, these chairs acknowledge the impact of Reel...
Portable Electric Achieves B-Corp Certification
Reel Green™ Vendor, Portable Electric, a leading manufacturer of portable and mobile battery energy storage systems and e-Chargers, announced in July 2023 that it has officially become a certified B Corporation, marking a significant milestone for the company and the...
Clean Energy Power Tie-Ins Program – Applications Open for 2023/24
The Power Tie-ins Program is a granting program delivered by Creative BC for Reel Green™’s Clean Energy Committee. The Committee is investing up to $2,500 in electric grid tie-in projects to reduce greenhouse gas emissions in high-volume filming areas. The tie-in...
Reel Green™ Vendor Spotlight: Scriptation
Reel Green™ Vendor, Scriptation, is an Emmy® Award winning, script-reading and annotating, must-have app for productions (directors, cinematographers, producers, and writers) to go paperless on set. With 9 different features, Scriptation can elevate your script taking...
Gemma Martini is Named a Clean Energy Champion
Gemma Martini’s clean energy actions as CEO of Martini Film Studios in Langley have earned rave reviews. She’s Langley’s business person of the year, and her film studios operation has earned recognition as a BC Hydro Clean Energy Champion. As part of a series that...
April 2023 Clean Energy Battery Workshop Highlights
At the beginning of April, Reel Green™ hosted our second Clean Energy Battery Workshop, in partnership with IATSE Local 891, MBS Equipment Company Canada and Bridge Studios. There were around 70 industry and...
Green Good News Stories
Reel Green™ is collecting information about positive green experiences and green accomplishments to better tell the story of the sustainability progress in the motion picture industry in British Columbia. If you are a sustainability coordinator, crew member, film...
British Columbian Filmmakers Tell the Story of the 2021 Lytton, BC Wildfire
A British Columbia-based production company Wallop Film has partnered with The Guardian to tell the story about the infamous 2021 Lytton, BC wildfire, in Burned To The Ground. A story that feels increasingly relevant right now as wildfires rage across Canada this...