Sophie Robinson
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Sophie Robinson Environmentalist and film producer By Humaira Taz
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ow many psychology majors can you think of who are dedicated to protecting the environment and are doing it through films? Not many I can assure you. Sophie Robinson is one multitalented woman who fulfills both of these roles and more. “I have been studying climate change and raising awareness about it my whole life. That passion has taken me to filmmaking, where I can create beautiful and change-inspiring documentaries about climate change,” she emphasized. Sophie currently works at PF Pictures as an executive producer and director of outreach. She obtained her bachelor’s degree in psychology from Williams College in Massachusetts and is now working on getting her master’s degree in sustainability from Harvard University. Prior to filmmaking, she was a grassroots climate change organizer for two years. During that time, she coordinated 350 Massachusetts for a Better Future Project, which involved actualizing the agenda of the statewide volunteer network and figuring out collectively what people can do to raise awareness about climate change. The social movement was created to address the climate crisis and bring to light issues of the fossil fuel industry. According to Sophie, she loved the cause but the work was very tiring. “One day I was driving home from work, pretty exhausted, and just decided that I wanted to quit my job and make a film instead. And that’s exactly what I did. I arranged a meeting with a company that produces climate change films, where the director and I discussed what we wanted to make and the angle that we wanted to take on the film. After that, we worked together from conception to completion on the movie The Age of Consequences,” explained Sophie. Sophie’s passion for saving the environment stems from her p on an organic berry farm in childhood. “I ggrew up Hampshire Both my parents were New Hampshire. environme environmentalists, especially my dad. To ggive you some context, he o of the first people to was one buy the Toyota Prius…probabl in 2000 or 2001, right ably w when they came out on the m market. He would drive it around and get people e excited about renewable en energy. He was a huge propo ponent of renewable energy sinc the 1970s. As a matter since fa he was the volunteer of fact, executi producer of a movie executive about the works of Amory Lovins con on energy conservation and renewable
sources of energy,” she reminisced. “In high school, I had my first class on environmental science and fell in lovee d with it instantly,” said Sophie. g into When I asked if going kground filmmaking with a background in psychology was a hurdle, she hat background explained that having that helped her to understand how people feel and respond to things. During the filmmaking process, it helped her determine what kind of framing would be apw propriate in conveying her message, how the message should be delivered, and who uences should deliver it. “The Age of Consequences al security, highlights the sensitive topic of nation
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