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part of the 69th Berlin Film Festival, talks about her personal challenges as a young Production Designer working in several countries. Rocio continues: "As Karen mentions, the commitment to zero waste is crucial for preserving the environment from the footprint of film productions. In the films that I've been involved, there was never an Environmental Steward present, so it was always on me and the rest of the Art Department to be environmentally conscious and responsible for the pieces produced. From my experience in smaller shows and independent feature films, I find that it's always great to start planning early on, as we shop and build, to already have plans for the pieces produced, since wrap times are usually very limited. I try to always communicate with other Production Designers, Art Directors and line producers, to see which productions are happening immediately after ours, so we can offer the scenery, invite them to our set sales or separate pieces for other projects from the beginning of production. This generates camaraderie between fellow colleagues, helps with budgets, and repurposes materials without always having to buy and build new. Reuse of materials can also be accomplished on Art Department forums, like Artcube, or Facebook groups such as Art Department—Film & TV Industry and Film Industry Materials Exchange —a wonderful page created by Karen Steward. On larger shows, much of the resposibility falls to the construction coordinator and shops that build scenery as needed, so I find that the circularity of the set is more difficult to control in terms of deciding where built scenery will go after principal photography has wrapped, or to decide which materials to use to build the sets. But it's always great to start the conversation with construction coordinators, to find ways to repurpose constructed set components as we have to keep producing scenery." Finally, it is my hope and desire that sustainability literacy grows among those who work in this craft; hand-in-hand sharing language of the urban environment in which we must survive and thrive as conscientious humans for the rest of time. It is imperative for the survival of our species and the root of the rich and important stories that we must continue to tell in our film and television projects. ADG B C B. SCENERY BEING SAVED FOR FUTURE USE. C. REDUCE, REUSE AND RECYCLE.