A pair of Vancouver filmmakers who recently travelled across the country promoting their film's message of waste reduction are coming to Squamish next week for a screening of the film and a discussion about reducing the waste we produce.
The Clean Bin Project, a feature documentary about an initiative that started as a household competition to see who could produce the least garbage, is to be screened on Friday (Jan. 28) at 7 p.m. in the multi-purpose room, below the cafeteria, at Quest University.
Filmmakers Grant Baldwin and Jenny Rustemeyer started the project as an attempt to answer the question, "Is it possible to live completely waste-free?" They went head to head in a battle to see which could swear off consumerism and produce the least amount of landfill garbage in a year, the pair said in a statement.
"The film, which is rated G, strikes a balance between laugh-out-loud moments and heartbreaking statistics," the statement said.
"We had watched a lot of environmental documentaries that ended up making us feel overwhelmed by the scale of our current problems," said Baldwin, who directed the movie. "We wanted to make a film that would be entertaining and leave people feeling inspired to change something in their own lives."
In an email to The Chief, Rustemeyer wrote that the film has played to more than 35 audiences from Whistler to St. John, N.B., "inspiring waste reduction across Canada."
The Squamish screening will include a question-and-answer session with Baldwin and Rustemeyer about waste reduction. Admission is free for all students (from Quest and the community), and by donation for others, with proceeds helping support the film. For more information, please visit www.cleanbinmovie.com
