Green Cleaning Product Video Progress

Green Cleaning Product Video Progress05/24/2011   You may be aware that one of D.r.e.e.m. Reality’s projects is DreemTV, which is a collection of educational videos about various sustainable topics. This February we purchased a High Definition video camera, audio recorder, and recently a new Mac computer – to help us get DreemTV on the move. We also have Jason Raggio, our in-house editor, eagerly awaiting footage to masterfully put together. Our first idea for a video is intended to be quick and simple: The importance of using Green Cleaning Projects. The goal is to provide a persuasive case for consumers to make the switch from the traditional toxic cleaners to the biodegradable variety that are increasingly more available.  Originally, we thought it would be a quick, 10 min video, but as the brainstorms rolled on we realized the potential for a more thorough examination of the topic. Here are some of the ideas for the script: Interviews with UC Berkeley post-doc Martin Mulvihill, Executive Director of the Berkeley Center for Green Chemistry . Interview and tour of the West County Waste Water District (WCWD) in Richmond California, with Joe Neugebauer Exploration of the effectiveness, availability, and cost of various green products Interviews with people that have been effected by toxic cleaning products The challenge has been to get a volunteer film crew to help us. In February we were lucky to be chosen as one of a select few non-profits to participate in a cooperative project with Mt. Diablo High School in Concord, CA. Their Digital Safari Academy’s spring semester project challenges students to create a three part marketing package, including printed material (brochure, business cards, etc), web material (website, photos, etc), and an educational video. BINGO! Together with our DSA team of Brenda Bach, Nina Tran, Winnie Wambui, and Qua’tasia Williams, we went WCWD to conduct an interview with Joe and to collect footage for the Green Cleaning Product video. Our goal was to gain an understanding of what happens to the water after we dump our cleaning products down the drain. Neon blue toilet bowl cleaner, the dirty water after mopping, flowery laundry detergent after the rinse cycle, and so on. Can the Treatment Plant remove the toxins from the water before it goes back into our rivers, lakes, ocean, and drinking water? Furthermore, what exactly IS the treatment process? After that quite educational visit to WCWD we amassed an enormous amount of raw footage for the video. This 90-plus gigabytes of footage provides us an impressive start to the project. Our next step for that section of the video is to sort the relevant footage to cooperate with the material Joe covered in the interview (click here to see the transcript from the interview). We hope that soon, we can set up an appointment to speak with Martin Mulvihill about the industry of green chemistry – where it is headed, what concerns there are, and what we all can do to make a difference. Essentially, we are seeking volunteers that may be interested in getting involved with the film creation. If you, or someone you know, is interested in building their film production resume or just want to be part of this great project – contact us! We’re always looking for more Dreemers to plug in where they feel motivated. And we’d like to give special thanks to our DSA girls, their teacher Randy Depew, and Mark Westwind who elected D.r.e.e.m Reality for the project. Additionally, we’d like to thank Joe Neugebauer and the West County Waste Water District and for their enthusiasm to increase clean water awareness! ~Dani