Award-Winning Film · One Planet, Many People · 2021
The Road To Zero Emissions | Short Film
Charting the path toward a zero-emissions future — and the collective choices behind a smaller human footprint.
Role
Director · Editor
Year
2021
Type
Short Film · Sustainability
Contest
One Planet, Many People
The Idea
A smaller footprint as a shared journey
The Road To Zero Emissions charts the path toward a zero-emissions future and the collective choices required to reach a smaller human footprint. Made for the One Planet, Many People video scholarship (Population Media Center / Building U), it links sustainability to questions of population, consumption, and shared responsibility.
Zero
A smaller footprint as a journey we take together
Hope
Hope framed as more persuasive than fear
Hope is more persuasive than fear when you’re asking people to imagine a different future.
The Film
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Reflection
Reflection
With The Road To Zero Emissions I tried to make the idea of a smaller footprint feel like a journey we take together rather than a sacrifice imposed on us. The “One Planet, Many People” framing pushed me to think about sustainability and human population as deeply intertwined, which changed how I approached the whole piece. I learned that hope is more persuasive than fear when you’re asking people to imagine a different future, and I wanted viewers to leave believing zero emissions is a destination we can actually move toward.