With the 2023 EMA IMPACT Summit, Presented by Toyota Motor North America, only a week away, we wanted to highlight one of our incredible speakers. EMA Activist Board Member Maya Penn is the perfect example of an activist who utilizes media to inspire climate action.
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EMA has you covered if you are tired of watching the same old movies and are looking for something new
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Black Americans have discovered sustainable methods for survival, progress, and prosperity despite an unjust power structure. In honor of Black History Month, it’s important to recognize the voices of Black authors in the environmental space. Recognizing, amplifying, and centering the knowledge of Black activists is critical to the environmental industry.
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This week, we got to have an empowering discussion with vegan leader Jennifer Stojkovic on all things food-tech and women's leadership. Jennifer is the founder of Vegan Women Summit (VWS), and author of The Future is Female.
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Valentine's Day typically dominates people's thoughts when they think of February. Environmental Media Association wants to share a new framework of what your brain should think about: a must-see list of movies or television shows that were sustainably produced!
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Education is crucial in our fight against the climate crisis. It empowers, engages, and encourages people to demand systemic change and a more sustainable future.
Our Youth for the Climate’s (OY4C) mission is exactly this. We offer high-quality, accessible and free climate education. We are a global youth and grassroots organization founded in August 2021 by Ava Langridge, an 18-year-old climate activist leading millions to use their voices.
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As we continue our efforts to green the entertainment industry, examining all aspects of production is critical. While screenwriters, directors, and actors play a vital role, it's the hard work of people like Brandon Geller, Sustainability Manager at Sunset Studios, accelerating tangible change.
EMA chats with Brandon to learn how studios can follow Sunset's lead and embrace sustainability without impeding creativity.
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While the holidays might be the most wonderful time of the year, it is also one of the most damaging times for the planet. Americans throw out approximately 25% more garbage between Thanksgiving and Christmas.
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Lena is Next Earth's Owner and Principal Consultant, a consulting firm aimed at decarbonizing the motion picture industry. She has held various roles in tv and film production, where she began seeing the solutions the entertainment industry can offer society. This realization eventually led her to incorporate sustainability into her work, where, most recently, she became the Regional Sustainability Advisor for Netflix Productions.
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If you’re reading this, you were probably also devastated by the recent news presented by the World Wildlife Fund.
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We are grateful that so many of our Board Members are leading us toward sustainable fashion, including one of our newest Board Members, Vittoria Buraschi. Vittoria is the creator behind Unimpressed Studios, a sustainable clothing line inspired by vintage.
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The GFSA is also pleased to recognize that 24 student projects from five schools (AFI, NYU, UCLA, the University of Arizona, and the University of New Orleans) have earned a 2022 Environmental Media Association’s (EMA) Green Seal for Students. The Seal is presented to student productions that achieve a minimum of sustainable production goals identified in the GFSA’s Production Environmental Actions Checklist (PEACHy) for young filmmakers, a guide to reduce waste and lower their carbon footprint. The EMA 2022 Awards took place on October 8th, 2022.
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Earlier this month, the annual EMA Awards in Hollywood brought together executives, celebrities, influencers, and activists to celebrate the entertainment industry's drive to showcase just and equitable climate stories in all available mediums. As the availability and format of media consumption grow, from traditional film and TV to modern streaming and the web, all mediums are embracing the need to tell stories that reflect the state of our planet and the people who thrive on it.
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Seeing how passionate people can be about taking action for our planet is always exciting. We recently sat down with EMA Activist Board Member Alán Sneider, who talked about his journey, which started with his love of animals.
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Like so many realized during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, there have long been systemic social equity injustices affecting communities.
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When you think of sustainable business, what's the first thing that comes to mind? Whether it be governance, equity, or waste management, countless organizations have taken the planet's call to oversee their carbon footprint more seriously.
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Sophia Kianni is an American climate activist known for her focus on advocating for the translation of climate information into a more diverse range of languages. In doing so, Sophia hopes to equalize the spread of scientific knowledge and information in communities worldwide.
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Zahra focuses her work on educating others about the importance of social justice in the environmental movement, as well as how to develop a mindset that embraces climate optimism. Whether speaking at an event, writing her next book, or overseeing her fashion brand, she is determined to overcome the climate crisis in more ways than one.
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Zahra focuses her work on educating others about the importance of social justice in the environmental movement, as well as how to develop a mindset that embraces climate optimism. Whether speaking at an event, writing her next book, or overseeing her fashion brand, she is determined to overcome the climate crisis in more ways than one.
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