In 1896 Svante Arhenius discovered that fossil fuels are a source of carbon dioxide. In 1965 the US Presidents science advisory panel reported that pollution is a major threat to society. In the 1970s atmospheric scientists Manabe, Wetherald and Sawyer confirmed that human activities are contributing factors to climate change. Richard Maxwell and Toby Miller explored the environmental impact of media technology in 2012. Kääpä explored sustainability in media in 2018, yet in 2022 sustainability in Film, TV and Media is still in its infancy, while other sectors are taking strong measures to reduce their carbon footprint. This report synthesis Elkington’s’ triple bottom line with Porters’ value chain in Film, TV, and media production as framework to teach sustainability. Research highlights the importance of Small Medium Enterprises (SMEs) in the sector and underscores Green Production strategies that reduce the carbon footprint. Research reveals that the sector has the unique potential to change the way audiences perceive sustainability using Green Content strategies and highlights the sustainability problem in distribution. Results suggest that educational institutions in Film, TV, and Media must do more to integrate sustainability into their curricula to unleash the full potential beyond sector boundaries.
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This book is for the newcomer to the industry, the curious individual who loves storytelling. If you want to learn how to produce a complex short film project and all the people connected to it, then this guide is for you.The Creative Producer normally does not make the biggest headlines. Fame is more often than not, claimed by the Actor and Director of the film. But it is the Creative Producer who puts together the deals, finds the best possible talent for a project and facilitates an environment that allows the creative minds of cast crew to unfold.This is the true skill of the Creative Producer – find the story, get the best possible people involved and make sure they have everything they need to do their best
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This book is for the newcomer to the industry, the curious individual who loves storytelling. If you want to learn how to produce a complex short film project and all the people connected to it, then this guide is for you.The Creative Producer normally does not make the biggest headlines. Fame is more often than not, claimed by the Actor and Director of the film. But it is the Creative Producer who puts together the deals, finds the best possible talent for a project and facilitates an environment that allows the creative minds of cast crew to unfold.This is the true skill of the Creative Producer – find the story, get the best possible people involved and make sure they have everything they need to do their best
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Thermoset materials find use in almost all industrial sectors, especially where lightweight, stiffness, resistance and dimensional stability are key performance requirements. However, traditional thermosets suffer from several drawbacks: they are made of fossil-based non-reversible polymers and toxic monomers; more importantly, thermosetting materials are virtually neither recyclable nor reprocessable, due to their crosslinked microstructure. Currently, most thermoset materials are incinerated or accumulated in landfills at the end of their life. Landfill waste degrades to liquids known as landfill leachates that lead to health and environmental problems. A significant part of these wastes originate from thermoset materials used in paints, coatings, sealants and adhesives applied as a thin film to all sorts of surfaces. These unrecyclable materials contribute to nano- and microplastic formation. Despite many efforts in the past years in this context, substantial further developments are required. Production of thermosets from biobased feedstocks using safe and sustainable-by-design approaches is therefore crucial to address the well-being of people and to have a healthy planet.SMARTCASE aims to develop safe and circular carbohydrate-derived reactive polyester resins for coatings, adhesives, sealants and elastomers for application in the building and interior sectors. The new two-component (‘2K’) formulations are designed to replace currently used fossil-based epoxy and urethane resins by biobased and GHS-label-friendly alternatives. This not only improves the safety of workers and end-users of these materials, but also reduces the dependency on fossil resources and facilitates the transition towards abundantly available biobased raw materials.A new class of biobased polyesters resins and thermosets will be designed in SMARTCASE using safe and sustainable by design approaches allowing for more sustainable and feasible end-of-life options. Biobased polyesters in general meet the requirements of circularity, as they can be efficiently recycled back to their monomers at end-of-life. Accordingly, the recycling and degradation behavior of the developed formulations under thermal, mechanical and chemical conditions and their biodegradation will be studied. Hence, the output of the project contributes to the main goals of the NGF BioBased Circular program.The project follows a value-cycle approach with a multi-disciplinary and balanced consortium of industrial representatives from every part of the value chain, from carbohydrate feedstock suppliers to resin formulators and end users. This enables a system innovation instead of a (single) product innovation. The following results are expected within 10 years (mostly by the end of the project ): - Sustainable feedstock platform for novel biobased (BB) platform chemicals- Access to novel monomers and building blocks- Access to safe and novel polyester-based resin components- Access to high performance, safe and circular thermoset formulations- Scale-up of the best thermoset formulations- Validated performance of novel thermoset formulations in industrial applications- Sustainable and circular-by-design thermoset formulations with defined end-of-life solutions - Data on LCA, TEA, toxicity and sustainability- Engaged stakeholders and effective dissemination of project outcomes By ensuring these results are implemented by industrial partners both during and after the project, they will benefit not only stakeholders, chemical industries, and consortium partners but also the general public.
