theconversation.com: The Bafta film awards are brilliant at making film feel like it matters. The clothes, the cameras, the applause, the shared cultural moment. That spectacle is the point.
But it also has a climate shadow. Not just from the night itself, but from the behaviour it effectively rewards and normalises in the weeks around it.
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I like that this article is really highlighting what is a real solution versus what are camera ready solutions that are easier and maybe less actually effective. A lot of the solutions it feels like, especially just like carbon off setting, feels very green washy and just like showing that they're trying to make a change and not actually making real changes that will make really big impacts. I like how this article talks about combining flights and flying commercially. There definitely is a level of safety concern that comes with it but honestly I think that like they said, other industries are doing this form of travel that is much more environmentally friendly in a way that is working for everybody. I think that it's at least something that is worth trying out because of how much of the emissions for awards events come from travel.
As someone who is passionate about sustainability and the arts, this was a really insightful reading. With the climate crisis on the rise, it is important to take in sustainable practices in your everyday life, but also in big events like the Baftas. As the entertainment industry starts to invite more sustainable practices into the field, it is starting to be seen. It does not surprise me that the most carbon emissions are produced for the Baftas and most awards shows, I would assume, are from travel. Whether it be flying or driving, hundreds to thousands of people are coming to these awards. The article suggests a solution for these people to take commercial flights and lose the private jet to get from one place to the other. In reality, this could work, but I also feel like the safety of the celebrity is at stake, simply because people are unpredictable these days. So rather than commercial, maybe making a flight specifically for the people going to the award shows, or having multiple people on a private jet. It is just a thought.
This certainly isn’t surprising, but it is saddening. To know that 65% of total emissions per production is travel and transport, with flights being 30% of that total, is sickening. While the visible efforts like diesel-free generators and “green” electricity tariffs are good, I don’t believe that they’re enough. The article sums it up well- any improvement is still improvement, yet it’s important to note that the showcase of it all is the likely motivation. Meaning, the behind the scenes issues are likely to go unfixed and unacknowledged by the BAFTAs. This person’s research and their claim as to how to help this issue is an interesting one- shared big-name flights over private jets. Potentially televising it (or at least in today’s day and age, posting it all over social media) to create hype around the event while making more money for the organization. I don’t think these celebrities will go for it, but the idea behind decreasing emissions per person is awfully enticing. I wonder how it can be incentivized further beyond ‘if you don’t, it’s a remote acceptance for you’.
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