Environmental Media Association

Join us on January 27th as we celebrate environmental
messaging and sustainable production in Hollywood. We are thrilled to have EMA Board Chair Lance Bass as our host and the iconic Laura Dern as our Ongoing Commitment Award Recipient.

Tables to our annual fundraiser are still available --> https://www.green4ema.org/33rd-ema-awards

Thank you, The Hollywood Reporter, for sharing the news! Toyota USA presents the 33rd Annual EMA Awards.

Netflix Leads Nominations for Environmental Media Association Awards Laura Dern is set to be the 2023 EMA Awards Gala honoree.

So smart! Nothing that can serve a second or third purpose should end up in a landfill.

What a smart idea! What if you could replant your Christmas tree instead of tossing it to the curb?

If only we could enlist The Marvels to combat ! Congrats to everyone who worked hard behind the scenes to earn Marvel Studios "The Marvels", our EMA Gold Seal for sustainable production. From reducing single-use plastics to composting food waste, film sets, big and large, can create art without the negative impact.

Learn more about our Green Seal here --> https://www.green4ema.org/ema-green-seal-production

Two million species are at risk of extinction, a figure that is double previous UN estimates, new analysis has found.

There's no money on a dead planet.

Earth has warmest October on record. We need climate action now!

We are nature. When we hurt the planet, we are only hurting ourselves.

While 21 species received critical protections too late, experts removed 100 species from the endangered list due to a number rebound. Conservation works! We must invest in protecting biodiversity before it is too late.

21 species removed from endangered list due to extinction, U.S. wildlife officials say The Fish and Wildlife Service said 21 species, including a mammal, birds, fish and mussels, are being removed from the endangered list because they're now considered extinct.

Same.

It's spooky season!

Genre films, especially horror, are a great medium for environmental storytelling. Here are few Eco-horror films to start your macabre journey.

EMA Green Streaming Guide: Eco-Horror for October — Environmental Media Association It's officially spooky season, which, to many, means horror movies. While horror is a great escape from the frightening realities of our modern world, it's also the perfect medium for environmental messaging. Don't believe us? Well, there's a whole subgenre of  eco-horror to change your mi

LA friends! Catch a screening of Kiss The Ground's newest doc, "Common Ground," in Santa Monica this Friday. Our CEO, Debbie Levin, will join EMA Board Member Frances Fisher onstage.

The documentary features EMA Board Members Ian Somerhalder and Rosario Dawson.

Learn more here --> https://commongroundfilm.org/

"Everything is living." We are part of a natural system, not apart from it! Wise words from Environmental and Indigenous Rights Defender Helen Gualinga.

When we hurt our planet, we are only hurting ourselves. 🌎

Environmental Media Association The Environmental Media Association (EMA) is the entertainment industry's foremost environmental non

Some good news to start the week!

Amazon Deforestation Down 66% From Last July in Lula's Brazil - EcoWatch Since Brazil's President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva took office at the start of this year, Amazon deforestation has fallen dramatically.

"It is 100% essential for students to include sustainability in their filmmaking before heading into their careers." EMA Green Seal for Students recipient Abraham Abotel

Our EMA Green Seal for Students is training the next generation of filmmakers to tell their stories sustainably.

EMA Green Seal for Students Spotlight: Abraham Abotel — Environmental Media Association The Green Film School Alliance  continues to grow. Last year, over 20 projects earned the EMA Green Seal for Students. Like our  EMA Green Seal for Productions , student films that achieve a minimum of sustainable production goals as identified in the GFSA's Production Environmenta

Climate inaction will cost us much more than investing in !

Truth!

David Attenborough Fans

Listen to Iron Man and go meatless for a few meals each week!

Learn more about Robert Downey Jr's new book "Cool Food" here -> https://www.greenmatters.com/climate-action/robert-downey-jr-climate-change

Via Green Matters

Starting the week with some great news!

Ecuador votes to halt oil drilling in Amazonian biodiversity hotspot Referendum result comes as blow to president, requiring state oil firm to dismantle operations area of Yasuní

Did you know that humans consume about 5 grams of tiny plastic particles every week, or roughly the weight of your credit card?

It's no wonder a new study found microplastics in heart patients.

Learn more: https://nypost.com/2023/08/12/microplastics-found-in-human-hearts-for-first-time-study/

"We're losing an estimated 100 million sharks annually, which may be as high as 270 million; there's no real way to count. That's 30,000 an hour."
We spoke with EMA Board Member Eli Roth about how anyone can use their voice to help save the sharks. Read our exclusive EMA interview! 🦈

How Saving Sharks can Help Save Ourselves: An Interview with EMA Board Member Eli Roth — Environmental Media Association As an organization that believes the media can change minds for the better, it's not always the case. While 1975's "Jaws" remains a classic American movie, it instilled a deep-seated fear of sharks into millions of movie-goers. While sharks are apex predators, they aren't the supervillain

Smart idea!

A sea of clouds.

Photo credit: Mark Bouldoukian

We love to see it! 🌻

Congrats to Universal Pictures' Oppenheimer for receiving our EMA Green Seal for sustainable production!

Learn more -> https://www.green4ema.org/ema-green-seal-production

Happy birthday, Harrison Ford! Thanks for all you do for the planet.

Sustainability on set is not impossible!

Congrats to the cast and crew of Mission: Impossible 7 for receiving our EMA Green Seal for sustainable production.

Learn more about the program here --> https://www.green4ema.org/ema-green-seal-production

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Human tracks...

We only have one Earth! Let's start acting like it.