First generation “Greensters” are making a statement that Hollywood can be green.

On the set of "At What Price" made possible by Rebel Without A Car Productions, you wont see any cars parked around but you will see bikes galore! All ranging from beach crusiers, to Xtracycles to homemade bicycles with trailers.

On the first day, everyone showed up on their bike, introductions where made, speeches said then it was off to get the equipment. I was given an Xtracycle to ride across town since it was capable of holding A LOT more then my little basket could and we needed to pick up some heavy equipment. Most of the cast and crew got to and

 from set using a bike or by taking the bus (I must admit, living over 30 miles away made me the black sheep on this crew, as I drove to set everyday) but everyone put in the effort not to make a huge carbon footprint.

After venturing through the back streets of Hollywood, we showed up to Castex Rentals to very surprised looks from the Castex employees. At first they didn't really believe we where going to haul all of this film equipment on just bicycles alone, they even started laughing as we started figuring out what could go where. We got to work on loading up the bikes, strapping down c-stands, piling up sand bags, finding room for apple boxes, etc. After the nice men at Castex finally realized we where the real deal, they jumped right in and started helping load stuff, then of course started taking pictures to share with everyone from their camera phones. I don't blame them; we ARE the first generation Greenseters after all.

That first day really set the mood for the shoot. There were so many friendly people from such diverse backgrounds. Our chef for the weekend, the Footprintologist Hovig and his lovely wife Christine made sure everyone was keeping sustainable by using reusable utensils, plates, cups, and napkins to make as little trash as possible. We also recycled all the soda cans, composted the leftover food and there was not one plastic bottle on set the whole weekend. Our coffee in the mornings was made by camping gear; our food was cooked using a propane grill, so no electricity was used. At the end of the shoot, I think we only had maybe half a garbage bag full of trash (maybe less!). Considering there was over 20 people on location at any given time, that's pretty incredible.

Other things we tried to avoid was using electricity. Introducing the Nila lights made from recycled materials, these babies where wonderful! Use less energy and they put off 80% less heat so your actors can be more comfortable under the lights. These lights where powered with battery packs that had been charged using a solar panel.

With great talent and an amazing crew, I am excited to see the final outcome of all our hard efforts. I'm also a little more excited to see the documentary about how it all came together, even though I lived it, it's still exhilarating to see other's points of view about what happened that weekend.