Have you ever noticed how much stuff you waste around the office? 

I noticed there are a few ways that help us save the environment as well as little cash too. At home my wife and I have always tried to recycle on a regular basis, in fact now she has bought separate canisters to divide all the trash up, making it a lot less time consuming when taking it to the center. This led me to feel like we should be doing this at the office too, I mean why not!

I noticed there a a few supplies we, and I’m sure other videographers, run through like water. For example discs, how many discs do you go through when doing a project? It can be a lot for us. I started asking everyone to use rewritable discs when burning a project for in house review instead of throwing away multiple discs just for testing. I know that not only saves waste but also money. We also try to save paper as much as possible by sending contracts, receipts, and bills electronically and always accepting electronic forms when others offer the same. It saves valuable space on my desk too!!!!:) Maybe some tapes can be reused two or even three times depending on the shoot. If we are just trying to test a type of shot for a future project, sure we’ll record over a tape we don’t need anymore, the money there can add up for sure! Ink cartidges run out too, and although I’m not a big fan of having them refilled with generic brands, we do take the old cartridges to places like Kinkos and PetSmart that accept them and use them for a good cause. I’m sure there are plenty of other great ideas and I’d love to hear them if anyone has one.

We try to promote “Green” type projects too. We currently offer 10% off for weddings that are considered environmentally friendly. Unknown Films  has footage of a green wedding we filmed that was featured on the news station KOLR10 in May. The story can be seen on our youtube channel at http://youtube.com/watch?v=ONNrvKny7Xk It seems like these ideas and more could make a larger impact on the world and your community.

I like our company playing a bigger part in not just videomaking but also helping effect the world around us in a positive way. Without a thriving world community the company would never exist. Thanks to everyone that helps! -Nathan Maulorico