Where: BAFTA, 195 Piccadilly, W1J 9LN
When: 18 October 2010

At an unseemly early time – 9am – I joined Alistair McGowan, Tim Bevan and a host of other filmmakers to discuss climate change. The film industry can be an incredibly wasteful place and time restraints make recycling hard. However, a number of companies are tackling this, Including Greenshoot. A company who managed to recycle 95% of the sets from Nanny McPhee 2.

The event was chaired by Alistair McGowan, who was on top form.

Other people who were there; Jonathon Porritt, founder director of Forum for the Future and former Chairman of the UK Sustainable Development Commission; Paul Evans, CEO, Greenshoot; Andy Whittaker, CEO, Dogwoof; Fergus Rolfe, Low Carbon Innovation Centre; Tim Bevan, Working Title and Chair of the UK Film Council, but unfortunately Amanda Berry, Chief Executive, BAFTA; couldn’t make it due to illness.

Afterwards there was a educational free market where a list of companies gave free advice and help on reducing the carbon footprint of companies. AECom; BSI British Standards; Carbon Aware Productions; Cinema Exhibitors’ Association; Davis Langdon; Dogwoof Greenshoot; Julie’s Bicycle; Low Carbon Innovation Centre Magnificent Revolution; Nice and Serious; Red Redemption; South East Media Network; Wedlake Bell all made an appearance. I found the people form 10:10 particularly helpful.

Frost Magazine will be doing a series of article on the environment and how to reduce your carbon footprint soon.