Lauren Selman |
Monday Jan 01 2007
My daughter’s self-introduction below speaks pretty much for itself and
who she is. We can all learn from our children. Perhaps our willingness
to learn is the basis for working together to create a better world,
what I call Eldering. In my relationship with Lauren, I not only learn,
but am constantly inspired and a little bit in awe of her commitment to
making a difference, her humanity and her love for people. I am proud
to present my daughter here at Serene Ambition…."I slept and dreamt that life was joy. I awoke and found that life was service. I acted and, behold, service was joy."
These words of Rabindranath Tagore epitomize the direction of my life.
Ever since I was child, I have always immersed myself in the most
diverse and delicious tastes of what life has to offer. As I grew up,
social pressure insisted I specify my direction. From medicine to
politics, the arts and space travel, my life has twisted along many
paths and I have come out on the world's great stage as a global
citizen. Some young people believe growing up means abandoning their
ideals. But I have learned that it means learning how to live our
ideals, every day, on the Earth.
My current project involves REEL GREENING!, a concept that emerged from
my senior thesis research project at Berkeley and that focuses on
bringing environmental consciousness to the events and entertainment
industry. As a simultaneous degree honors graduate (with a BS in
Conservation Resource Studies and a BA in Theater Performance Studies),
I have merged my passion for the environment and entertainment to form Reel Green Media.
My
interest in the environment was sparked while I was studying the
effects of petroleum development in Ecuador’s Amazon rainforest, where
I witnessed both environmental and humanitarian injustices. Back in
California, I made a commitment to make my academic work be a
stepping-stone for the future—instead of collecting dust on a shelf—and
so I began a two-year study entitled titled "Lights, Camera,
Eco-Action!" that investigated the environmental impact of the film
industry.
I recently attended the EMA Awards in Los Angeles and during the summer I spoke at the Association of Film Commissioners International Conference on "Going Green." I was also recently published in Traction Magazine,
a magazine for and by women in the "industry". I am currently
consulting with Julia Butterfly Hill's team on the greening of the film
LUNA, directed by Deepa Metha, supervising the outstanding youth
production team at The Green Screen, writing a handbook for the widely attended Hollywood Goes Green conference
and consulting on a variety of independent projects. My philosophy is
that with creativity and innovation, we can ‘green’ the movies together.
With
every waking day, I hope to continue to live a life of service and
social transformation and be the change that I want to see. If the
passion, creativity and commitment of people can be liberated for the
common good, we can change the world. As youth today, we stand in a
powerful place, at a threshold of opportunity: the choices we make can
transform the future and do something about the suffering that is
taking place in the world. But I believe we can only do this if we
combine our passion, creativity and commitment with the wisdom of the
generations before us.
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