One aspect of going green on a budget that we have had some trouble with on Cooper is making sure the cast and crew are using the recycle bins.

For any production that is going green the one recommendation I would make is to educate your cast and crew on recycling. When you already recycle it’s easy to think everyone else knows what is recyclable and what is not, and that’s just not the case. By doing a little education on day one it makes the process much easier.

When it comes to production not everything goes as planned. That adage also applies when taking a production green on a budget. One day out from our first day of principle photography on Cooper we get an email from the company supplying our cast and crew with reusable aluminum water bottles, saying there is a problem and we will not be receiving the order today as expected due to an inventory mix-up. They apologize and say they will have our bottles to us within forty-eight hours. The only problem, that leaves us with no water bottles for our first day on set.