From A-list actors driving hybrid cars to red carpets made from recycled plastic bottles, Hollywood is doing its utmost to flaunt its green credentials.
But the entertainment industry remains one of the biggest polluters in southern California, campaigners say, with many of its eco-friendly gestures simply showy stunts that make little difference.
Producing films and television programmes remains an incredibly energy intensive business, requiring massive amounts of power to operate vast lighting rigs, run air conditioning systems and cameras, and feed huge casts and crews around the clock.
Then there is the disposable nature of the industry - the intricate sets built from scratch, such as the airport created just for Steven Spielberg's 2004 film The Terminal, which use up tons of wood, metal, plastic and paint and are often discarded when production ends. (The Telegraph)
Who is surprised? Just like Live Earth and Al Gore, high profile "celebrity" environmentalists [and many non celebrity versions] are hypocrites of the highest order. They all are, and always have been. "Do as I say and not as I do" has always been their mantra - and always will be. After all, they are far more important than us "little people" who exist merely to worship the ground they walk on.
But the entertainment industry remains one of the biggest polluters in southern California, campaigners say, with many of its eco-friendly gestures simply showy stunts that make little difference.
Producing films and television programmes remains an incredibly energy intensive business, requiring massive amounts of power to operate vast lighting rigs, run air conditioning systems and cameras, and feed huge casts and crews around the clock.
Then there is the disposable nature of the industry - the intricate sets built from scratch, such as the airport created just for Steven Spielberg's 2004 film The Terminal, which use up tons of wood, metal, plastic and paint and are often discarded when production ends. (The Telegraph)
