Earth Day: How Hollywood's A-List Is Making a Difference
By Emily Christianson, Hollywood.com Staff
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Tuesday, April 22, 2008
Erasing the ‘Almighty’ Foot Print
What: Evan Almighty
Who: Director Tom Shadyac
Balancing Act: Its not easy being green, especially on a mega-movie set, but director Tom Shadyac managed to go ultra-eco friendly on his hit comedy Evan Almighty. Shadyac and his team worked with The Conservation Fund to zero-out their CO2 emissions by planting 2,065 trees. In addition, they recycled set materials, used recycled paper for scripts and marketing products and rode bicycles around the set. The L.A. premiere proved just as green. The team recycled waste, arrived in hybrid and bio diesel vehicles, took pedicabs to the after party and even gave away GE light bulbs.
Reduce, Reuse and Recycle: "We recycled during filming," Shadyac explains. "Every piece of material—lumber, windows, door and window treatments, flooring, hardware, etc.—that was salvageable was recycled, repurposed and donated somewhere, as opposed to just throwing it into a landfill. We melted down the steel (from the ark’s steel infrastructure), sold it and then donated the money to Habitat for Humanity."