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Lydia Dean Pilcher discusses the importance of setting clear sustainability goals in film production.

PGA Sustainability Task Force co-chair and Emmy-winning producer Lydia Dean Pilcher shares why setting clear sustainability goals at the start of a production is the only way to make them stick — and what that looks like in practice. Lydia co-developed the PGA's newly released Sustainability Tool Kit for Producers with Mari Jo Winkler and Clara George, also featured in this Best Of series. Essential listening for producers and production managers ready to move beyond good intentions. Full toolkit at producersguild.org/sustainability-tool-kit-for-producers This is an excerpt of a previously released episode. Listen/watch the full episode! YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Z6i_4TgT-U Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/episode/4hyJgKeKGZuJLsC5nTGnT2?si=5b084d6661224110 Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/s1-e11-finding-collective-continuance-with-producer/id1753867919?i=1000669030714 Learn more about Lydia and the PGA Sustainability Toolkit 🔗 PGA Sustainability Tool Kit: sustainability.producersguild.org 🔗 Lydia Dean Pilcher on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lydia-dean-pilcher-23772046/ 🔗 Lydia Dean Pilcher on Instagram…

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Hosts: Zena Harris, Mark Rabin

Guest: Lydia Dean Pilcher

Topics covered

• sustainability
• filmmaking
• production management
• Emmy-winning producer
• PGA Sustainability Tool Kit

Keywords

• sustainability goals
• film production
• PGA
• Emmy-winning producer
• toolkit
• production managers
• clean energy

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Organizations: PGA Sustainability Task Force, Producers Guild of America

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