Environmental activists Greta Thunberg and George Monbiot have helped produce a short film highlighting the need to protect, restore and use nature to tackle the climate crisis. Living ecosystems like forests, mangroves, swamps and seabeds can pull enormous quantities of carbon from the air and store them safely, but natural climate solutions currently receive only 2% of the funding spent on cutting emissions. The film’s director, Tom Mustill of Gripping Films, said: ‘We tried to make the film have the tiniest environmental impact possible. We took trains to Sweden to interview Greta, charged our hybrid car at George’s house, used green energy to power the edit and recycled archive footage rather than shooting new.’
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CREDITS
Narrators: Greta Thunberg & George Monbiot
Director: Tom Mustill
Producer: Triangle Monday
DoP & Editor: Fergus Dingle
Sound: Shaman Media
GFX: Paraic Mcgloughlin
Online: Bram De Jonghe
Picture Post: Special Treats Productions
Mix: Mcasso Music
Audio Post: Tom Martin
NCS Guidance: Charlie Lat
Music: Rone / InFiné Music
The Independent film by Gripping Films(Tom Mustill) was supported by:
Conservation International
Food and Land Use Coalition
Gower St
With guidance from
Nature4Climate
Natural Climate Solutions
www.grippingfilms.com
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