BC’s Green Film Industry

Last February we told you about Vancouver Film Studios and their move to become carbon neutral.

Now, BC’s film production community has a gateway web site to provide information and promote the greening of the film and TV industry in our province.

ReelGreenBC.Ca is part of the BC Film Commission…

Reel Green BC encourages partnership with green initiatives already being implemented in the community and provides tools and information for companies and individuals wishing to become more environmentally responsible in carrying out the business of motion picture and entertainment production.

The site features contact information for companies providing services to the industry, environmental best practices and resource links.

Find them at www.reelgreenbc.ca

Ecotourism Conference in Vancouver

Later this year, Vancouver will be hosting an ecotourism conference. Conference dates are October 27-29 and registration is slated to open in mid-June. [Read more]

Podcast - JER Envirotech

Unless you work in the industry, it isn’t likely that you think much about thermoplastics.

But thermoplastics are used in hundreds of items in your home, your car, and your workplace. Anything around you that is made from extruded or moulded plastic is a product of the thermoplastics industry.

JER Envirotech is a British Columbia company at the forefront of new technology that’s changing the thermoplastics industry and helping the environment at the same time. [Read more]

Skaha Bluffs Access Secured

Great news via the Mountain Equipment Co-Op newsletter:

Permanent access to Skaha Bluffs in BC’s South Okanagan has been secured. The local climbing community has worked for years to secure public access to the Bluffs.

Mountain Equipment Co-op and The Land Conservancy (TLC) joined the effort in 2006. With financial support from the province of BC, the Nature Conservancy of Canada, the Climber’s Access Society, and other partners, TLC closed the $5.2 million deal on January 16, 2008.

All in all, more than 740 MEC members gave over $140,000 to the campaign. MEC matched those donations up to the first $100,000 and kicked in an additional $250,000 – for total contribution of $350,000 towards the land purchase

You can also read more at the Shaha.org web site…

“The newly acquired land falls within the proposed Skaha Bluffs Provincial Park recommended in the Okanagan Shuswap Land and Resource Management Plan and will be managed for its important conservation and recreation values as a Class A provincial park. The property is made up of coniferous forest, riparian areas, rugged terrain and some shrub-steppe grasslands. This habitat helps support up to 15 species-at-risk, including California bighorn sheep.

“This purchase was made possible through the co-operation of many partners and their
unwavering dedication to seeing the project through,” said B.C. Environment Minister Barry Penner. “I had a chance to hike through the property and see the Skaha Bluffs first-hand last summer and, with the encouragement of MLA Barisoff, enthusiastically authorized the provincial financial contribution to secure public access to great recreational opportunities and protect a special part of the Okanagan.”