Earth Angel

09/30/2020

We are thrilled to present our video for the United Nations Summit on Biodiversity, premiering today! 75% of the Earth’s land surface and 66% of the oceans have been significantly altered by human actions. We have a responsibility to heal what we have destroyed and we can't accomplish that without engaging all sectors of life, including the media industry. This video marks the beginning of a much larger industry initiative coming soon! Check out the link below to sign up to get involved! www.earthangel.nyc/globalgreenmedia

09/25/2020

Today is Global Day of Climate Action organized by Fridays for Future. 💚♻️ The link below will take you to see what climate strikes are going on near you today. Share with us how you're showing up to fight climate change 👊 https://fridaysforfuture.org/action-map/map/

09/25/2020

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09/25/2020

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09/18/2020

Join Earth Angel as we watch and listen to influential leaders, researchers, and scientists talk about the existing solutions and practices that are restoring the biodiversity and balance of our Earth organized by Project Drawdown. The event takes place from 7-9 pm EST on September 21st -- register through the link below!

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/drawdown-2020-climate-week-event-tickets-114185375532

09/14/2020

Our thoughts are with our friends on the West Coast. We hope you're staying safe.

We've compiled a list of actions we can take to mitigate the damage of this climate change induced disaster. Please let us know below about other ways to help!

09/08/2020

Who's Saving the Planet

Who's Saving the Planet

This episode takes behind the scenes to a whole n'other level. If you're like us, you've never thought about sustainability in the film industry before, but typically movie making is pretty unsustainable. Tune in to our latest episode as Emellie O'Brien from Earth Angel talks about her work behind the scenes of movies like The Amazing Spiderman (and many more) to help them be more sustainable!

#sustainabilitypodcast #ecopodcast #environmentallyfriendly #reducereuserecycle #theamazingspiderman #spiderman #emmastone #movies #blockbusterfilms #movienight

09/04/2020

HUGE round of applause for British Film Institute, We Are ALBERT and Arup for their incredibly comprehensive latest report: Screen New Deal, a route map to sustainable production. We are proud to be contributors and would like to thank all those involved who are helping chart the way toward a net zero emissions industry. 💚🎬 find the report for download in the link below!

https://wearealbert.org/2020/07/22/screen-new-deal/

08/26/2020

Three of our angels are now Climate Reality Leaders! 🌏👊💚 Can you spot them in the second photo? 😉

The Climate Reality Project's mission is "TO CATALYZE A GLOBAL SOLUTION TO THE CLIMATE CRISIS BY MAKING URGENT ACTION A NECESSITY ACROSS EVERY SECTOR OF SOCIETY." The Climate Reality Leadership Corps is a free training that takes "great leaders and makes them exceptional, providing training in climate science, communications, and community organizing to better tell the story of climate change and inspire communities everywhere to act." We can't recommend this training enough! Sign up on their website to receive information about future trainings. Link below!
https://www.climaterealityproject.org/training/?utm_source=RTPinitiative&utm_campaign=RTP&medium=referralhttps://www.climaterealityproject.org/training/?utm_source=RTPinitiative&utm_campaign=RTP&medium=referral

08/17/2020

Earth Angel is committed to practicing anti-racism and ensuring that the entertainment industry transitions to a model that is not only sustainable, restorative and circular but also inclusive, equitable and intersectional. Our newly released company values and commitments are now available on our website, as well as a growing list of anti-racism resources ( https://www.earthangel.nyc/our-values ). "We cannot successfully fulfill our mission until our BIPOC, LBGTQ+ and differently abled brothers and sisters are safe from injustice and oppression because they too have a crucial role to play in overcoming these crises."

08/17/2020

Fear not for your food scraps! Despite NYC municipal brown bin collection being halted due to budget cuts, several options have become available for residential compost drop-off sites! @ahealthyblueprint has created a tracker with sites all over the city where we can bring our compost! Also a special shout-out to our friends at Save Our Compost for fighting to keep residential composting free and public in NYC! Link below to the live compost tracker! Feel free to comment or message us with compost questions and tips! ✨🌱 bit.ly/NYCdropofftracker

07/31/2020

After years of resistance, brave indigenous leaders have finally defeated the Dakota Access Pipeline after a federal judge ordered its shutdown in early July. The proposed Atlantic Coast Pipeline was also discontinued as well as the Keystone XL Pipeline. These are major victories that our indigenous community deserves to be celebrated for. We must continue to defend and advocate for indigenous peoples. Link below to read more about the three major pipeline defeats.

https://insideclimatenews.org/news/07072020/pipeline-climate-victories-dakota-access-keystone-xl-atlantic-coast

07/22/2020

In the spirit of Plastic Free July, here are some items we didn't know contained plastic! Find the best swaps in the article linked below ♻️💚 Reminder that the first best option is to use up what you already own! https://greenisthenewblack.com/10-surprising-things-that-contain-plastic/

07/20/2020

Earth Angel Ambassador Lauren McCrostie writes out tips in a Spotlight article to help us become more sustainable with our practices in the film industry. Thank you for using your platform to educate! Link below. 💚♻️️ https://www.spotlight.com/news-and-advice/tips-and-advice/sustainability-on-set/

06/25/2020

This month, we want to highlight eco warrior Xiuhtezcatl Martinez. Featured on TIMES Next 100, Xiuhtezcatl has been speaking up about environmental racism since a very young age. He is also an Indigenous rapper. He spoke to the UN General Assembly at just 14 years old in Spanish, English and his native indigenous language, Nahuatl. He believes young people have the power to make change as do we. 👊💚

06/16/2020

Earth Angel wants to shout out our friends at Common Ground Compost! Common Ground works with the NYC community to facilitate the recycling of organics in any capacity— supporting the health & sustaining the growth of urban communities. Their latest newsletter offers all sorts of great resources on urban composting, while pointing out that composting is a proactive way to help combat environmental racism: "Composting is one of countless ways to directly combat environmental injustice. Hundreds of thousands of tons of NYC garbage ends up in Black and Brown neighborhoods in other states and a third of all NYC garbage ends up in the south Bronx." - Jesi Taylor Cruz 👊💚 link below to the rest of their newsletter written by Jesi Taylor Cruz.

https://us13.campaign-archive.com/?u=318641c7ce71e058b237f6daf&id=cf0999a248

06/15/2020

Change starts with us.

The last day to apply to vote in the New York primary election, whether absentee or in-person is tomorrow, June 16th. Let's celebrate and honor Pride Month and the Black Trans Women who started this movement by registering to vote and voting for what's right.


Link below with more information on how to register.

https://www.elections.ny.gov/VotingRegister.html

06/10/2020

To Save the Climate, Look to the Oceans

ICYMI: "To save the climate, look to the oceans." Marine biologist Dr. Ayana Elizabeth Johnson highlights how the ocean is trying to save us:

Offshore wind! 🌬
Coastal ecosystems! 🌱
Algae biofuel! ⛽️
Regenerative #OceanFarming! 🦪

https://blogs.scientificamerican.com/observations/to-save-the-climate-look-to-the-oceans/

They can be a source of clean, renewable energy, sustainable food, and more

05/21/2020

We want to shout out the Wythe Hotel located in Williamsburg. The Wythe Hotel has been closed to the public and opened their doors to frontline workers who live with at-risk people in their household. A selfless act that our frontline workers deserve. 💚

05/18/2020

Isra Hirsi, daughter of Rep. Ilhan Omar, is a social justice and climate activist. She is only 17 and has been inspired since the age of 11 after hearing about the water crisis in Flint, Michigan. She co-founded the US Youth Climate Strike branch of Greta Thunberg's movement and advocates for groups experiencing environmental racism. What an eco warrior! ✊Photo credits: Colin Michael Simmons

05/16/2020

Today is the Hollywood Digital Climate Summit presented by NYU Los Angeles and Variety in partnership with the Young Entertainment Activists Organization. YEA! is an organization that unites young activists in the entertainment world to curate action-oriented experiences. It's not too late to check out their line-up and join for insightful discussions about how we can help with the Climate Crisis starting with the film industry at 2 PM EST/11:00 AM PST today. Link below! ✊💚

https://www.hollywoodclimatesummit.com

05/15/2020

Today is National Endangered Species Day. There are approximately 41,500 endangered species today. There are some measures we can take to help these species and it begins with reducing our personal footprint and advocating for the stop of using these species as resources. 🐢💚 Check the link below that will take you to the World Wildlife Fund Take Action Page where we can learn about other measures that can be taken to save our ES.

https://support.worldwildlife.org/site/SPageServer?pagename=can_home&_ga=2.39958433.2099507881.1589379052-225972346.1588795101

05/14/2020

Join us tonight for a Fireside Chats with Mike Dos Santos from Versatile Studios. Our CEO, EOB, will be a guest speaker along with Julie Raskin from the New York City Department of Sanitation and Nicole Grossberg from NYC zerowaste talking about how to keep clean and green. Fireside Chats goes live at 8 pm tonight on Versatile Studios FB page!

05/07/2020

NYC Compost and E-Waste Collection efforts are being suspended as of today for 14 months due to budget cuts. As our North Brooklyn Neighbors stated in their letter to DeBlasio, "COVID-19 is a health crisis and an economic crisis occuring during an environmental crisis. We must find ways to overcome each crisis without exacerbating one another." Please join us in speaking out to our city officials on this topic! The easiest way to contact the mayor is through the link below. You can also dm us for a template letter to send to your NYC district speaker on the New York City Council.

https://www1.nyc.gov/office-of-the-mayor/mayor-contact.page

New York City Department of Sanitation NYC Mayor's Office NYC zerowaste

05/01/2020

"The cameras have been turned off, the sets are dark, and technicians and other crews have been quarantined in their homes." The New York Times wrote an OpEd that hits close to home about many of our green sets going dark. Link below for an emotional read.

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/21/opinion/coronavirus-film-sets.html?auth=login-email&login=email

Image credit: Craig Blankenhorn for The New York Times

04/27/2020

An eco tip from Earth Angel: did you know 100 billion pieces of junk mail are sent yearly in the U.S.? That's a 100 million trees cut down for mail we don't want! We can start unsubscribing or opting for digital mail through DMA Choice. You can read more about unsubscribing from TenTree’s blog post: https://www.tentree.com/blogs/posts/how-to-stop-junk-mail?fbclid=IwAR1_iciPs0FRCmQyiMwPqQIcpiYCDWk8aLDNAZGf_pbU0SRb4Cb85uxphm4

04/22/2020

Happy Earth Day from Earth Angel to you! Here are some of our team members’ favorite photos taken with mother nature herself. We urge everyone to do what they can to help preserve this planet we call home! Tag us in your favorite photos of earth and tell us what you're doing this Earth Day! 🌎💚

04/21/2020

Our Spring newsletter TRASH TALK came out today! 🗑️💚 Check the link below to get the latest sustainable production news and to subscribe to our future newsletters!

https://mailchi.mp/earthangel.nyc/trash-talk-earth-angels-winter-2020-newsletter-4671445

04/17/2020

The IATSE Local 52 Community Outreach Program came together last week for #FaceGearFriday making 500 masks using 3D printer technology. These masks are already in use at local NYC hospitals! Well done, Local 52! A true example of #NewYorkStrong. You can find other stories like this and more resources for the community on our new COVID-19 Resources page on our website: https://www.earthangel.nyc/covid-19

04/15/2020

Earth Angel was featured in the Set Scouter blog! Click the link below to read more - from greening your everyday life to greening sets. "If you have an eco leader in each of your daily environments, good change is bound to be normal. That could be you!" 💚🙌 https://blog.setscouter.com/green-pas-the-crew-member-for-environmentally-friendly-film/ Set Scouter

04/14/2020

Some good things that happened this past month: the New York plastic bag ban and the NYC Food donation and food scraps law! ♻️These are great steps towards a better future for our planet. Businesses that generate large amounts of food must donate any leftovers before tossing it, reducing waste. https://www1.nyc.gov/assets/donate/site/DonateFood/About

New York City Department of Sanitation Donate NYC 🙌🏼💚

04/10/2020

The Mayor's Office of Media and Entertainment has created a short survey to measure the impact of COVID-19 on commercial businesses in entertainment. The information you provide will help the Mayor's Office fight for more support on a local and federal government level. Click the link below to fill it out! https://bit.ly/MOMECOVID19Survey

Media & Entertainment businesses, we've got your back. We'll fight for more financial support for you from our government.

It takes just 5 minutes - fill out our COVID impact study: https://bit.ly/MOMECOVID19Survey

04/06/2020

Here at Earth Angel, we're missing our Brooklyn office, seeing our team and set life. But during this time of uncertainty, one important thing to remember is that we're all in this together and all of our essential workers are heroes! THANK YOU to everyone who is on the front line of this crisis working tirelessly to keep our communities safe and well. 👏

03/30/2020

We Must Respond to Climate Change Like We're Responding to Coronavirus

COVID-19 has resulted in immediate action from political leaders. The fast response from governments around the world to this pandemic shows us that it's possible to take this same swift action with the climate crisis, too. We've linked an article from TeenVogue below, check it out. 🌎♻️
https://www.teenvogue.com/story/coronavirus-response-climate-crisis?utm_brand=tv&utm_medium=social&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=facebook&mbid=social_facebook

Rapid change and disruption of business as usual is possible!

03/28/2020

The safety and health of our Earth Angel family and friends is our top priority. Even though EARTH angel HOUR 2020 was postponed to a soon to be determined future date, Earth Hour can still be celebrated in our homes! Turn off your lights from 8:30 pm to 9:30 pm tomorrow to join the World Wildlife Fund, Earth Angel, and many others in showing our commitment to protecting our planet. 🕯️🌎💚