The U.S. Forest Service
announces today that they have teamed up with Hollywood to build the first “100 percent sustainable studio set.”
The Forest Service’s
Forest Products Laboratory teamed up to help create a hotel room for a two part episode of the show ‘Raising Hope.’
According to the release, the Hollywood set consists of “100 percent,
USDA-certified bio-based and made with 100 percent cellulose fibers
including post-consumer paper, wood and agricultural raw material
sources” and “no toxic additives or adhesives.”
“Raising Hope” art director John Zachary is thrilled. “The ongoing
use of tropical hardwoods in set construction is an environmental
tragedy and this experiment provided a cost-efficient alternative to
unsustainable forest products,” he said in the release.
The team used “environmentally friendly paint, wallpaper, glue and carpet” during production...
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Ain't that a fine use of taxpayer dollars. I recommend one thing: sequester.
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