Doc/Fest and the Enviroment
In 2006, Sheffield Doc/Fest became the first documentary festival in the world to be CO2 free™. Doc/Fest is proud to announce that the 2008 Festival will continue to be CO2 free™ thanks to a partnership with Carbon Planet. Sheffield Doc/Fest has been recycling more - more plastic, more card and paper and re-using envelopes and printer paper. We've continued building our online admin system to try and reduce the amount of paper we use in the running of the festival. Around the festival you'll see recycling points where you can recycle unwanted leaflets or publications. You'll have noticed that we didn't send out your catalogue last year - instead we made the daily schedule interactive, online once again and downloadable as a pdf.
Impact on Global Warming
There are greenhouse gas emissions associated with everything we consume and everything we do. These greenhouse gas emissions are the leading cause of global warming and climate change. Sheffield Doc/Fest urges all of its patrons to Measure, Reduce, and Offset the greenhouse gas emissions associated with their own lives. We would like them to especially consider the transport emissions associated with attending the festival. If travelling to the events locally, please ride a bike, or walk, or use public transport if coming from further a field.
Measure (your carbon footprint)
Reduce (your greenhouse gas emissions through behavioral change)
Offset (with properly certified carbon credits)
Those emissions you can't reduce today offset with certified carbon credits on the Carbon Planet website. Why offset? Because the planet can't wait.
Other ways you can be a planet saving super hero:
-Refuse those plastic shopping bags
-Talk to your power supplier about Green Energy and switch
-Install a water saving shower head in your home
-Sell your car and buy a bike
-Wash your clothes in cold water
-Turn off your appliances at the wall (don't leave them on standby)
-Buy local, choose your greengrocer and local butcher over the supermarket, most supermarket produce has travelled a long way before it reaches the shelves
-Turn off your air conditioner
-Say no to packaging
-Be the change now - reduce where you can and offset the rest with properly certified carbon credits
Visit Carbon Planet where you can learn more about global warming and the greenhouse effect, and where you can buy certified carbon credits to eliminate your personal global warming impact. Don't forget to have a look at their bi-monthly newsletter for more tips on reducing your impact on global warming, as well as up to date news on global warming happenings worldwide.
Make your travel to Sheffield CO2 free™, click here
Filmmaking is one of the most greenhouse gas intensive industries on the planet. Sheffield Doc/Fest encourages filmmakers to make their films CO2 free™ with a greenhouse gas emissions audit and certified carbon credits. Please email Carbon Planet for more information.
Who has Carbon Planet worked with?
A Crude Awakening
ABC TV Production of "Crude"
Interview with Swiss television journalist Basil Gelpke
Blink Films
Caravan Pictures
Doc NZ
Free Range Studios
Sunny Side of the Doc
Revolver Films
Logic Films
December Films
Adelaide Film Festival
Sydney Film Company
Green Film Festivals in Seoul CFFIS
Hot Docs (Toronto)
The Greencode for screen industries
The Greencode project for the media industries is an eco-ethical code for documentary, media and broadcast production companies and organisations in Canada and around the world. The companies and organisations involved in initiating this project have decided to do their small part to improve the environment by reducing their ecological footprint. In addition to producing films, television and media that engage popular reflection on social issues, they also make a commitment to take simple actions in their production processes to encourage ecological friendly sustainability.
All filmmakers, internationally, are encouraged to join. Please visit The Greencode project website for more information.
The Greencode project was designed and is administrated by Marie-France Cote and La Productions Rapide-Blanc.