SAG-AFTRA & Other Groups Launch Green Council Initiative To Promote Eco-Friendly Entertainment
SAG-AFTRA, in partnership with the Motion Picture Association and a host of other industry unions and organizations, has launched the Green Council Initiative to promote eco-responsible entertainment. Founded by SAG-AFTRA President Fran Drescher, the initiative’s top priority is the reduction of single-use plastic on set, on screen and in audience homes, while normalizing the use and depictions of reusables – much like the “Buckle Up Hollywood!” movement pushed to promote seat belt awareness back in the 1990s.
Green Council’s founding members include Drescher, Cate Blanchett, Robert Redford, Meryl Streep, Jeff Bridges, Diane Keaton, Kevin Bacon, Kyra Sedgwick, Salma Hayek, Gloria Estefan, Peter Sarsgaard, Rosario Dawson, Billy Porter, Aida Rodriguez, Jason Momoa, Rachel Bloom, Chris Colfer, David Dastmalchian and Ellen Crawford.
“Tonight the entertainment industry takes the hero’s journey together on behalf of the greater good in solidarity,” Drescher said in announcing the formal launch of the Green Council while in Washington DC for the White House Correspondents’ Association Dinner. “We appreciate that our industry is unlike most others, because we have the capability of shaping a culture, shifting a paradigm, influencing audiences around the world, and to that end, tonight we launch Green Council.”