Last week a reformed banker called Peter Hanlon and his company Living Not Beige Films, gave us the first interview for our Eco Changemaker interview series. The interview he gave us was with Iceland's Prime Minister and is a particularly poignant piece (note 3 x p...) because it is recycled footage from the cutting room floor of a film called Atlantis, Iceland. CLEARLY YOU LITERALLY CAN RECYCLE ANYTHING AND PUT IT TO GOOD USE IF YOU JUST HAVE THE IMAGINATION. PETER SAW THE OPPORTUNITY FOR THE RECYCLED INTERVIEW WHEN WE WERE DISCUSSING THE CHANGEMAKER SERIES. IMAGINE HOW MANY MORE ARE AROUND. At the time of the original interview Katrin Jakobsdóttir wasn't Iceland's Prime Minister and that fact gives some real insights into her true beliefs as she is talking casually about what she would do if she was PM. And much of the conversation was about climate action.Peter and his partner Rick Davies made their first film Atlantis, Iceland a couple of years ago and that film led to their latest, Ursula, a film about climate change.PETER SAID, "TO ME, ICELAND IS AN ENVIRONMENTAL BEACON. IT IS EASILY ONE OF THE MOST AMAZING PLACES ON THE PLANET AND IF WE DIDN’T HAVE ENOUGH REASON TO SAVE OUR ENVIRONMENT, SURELY ICELAND WOULD CONVINCE EVEN THE MOST HARDENED CLIMATE SCEPTIC." It was on their way to the the launch of Atlantis, Iceland in Reykjavík that Peter & Rick decided to make a climate film. Ursula was shot in the Canadian Arctic and Greenland. It is currently at film festival release and has just made the top ten finalists in Fleurieu Film Festival 2019. Peter says he's always been interested in film. Even as a banker, he spent a lot of his time in marketing and was drawn towards the creative/advertising side of things. After he “retired”, he decided to only focus on things that really interested him. And these included film making, music, philanthropy and politics. Peter now works and supports all of these areas (including ekko.world), but it’s film making that is his real love. He first discovered he wasn't half bad at it when making a music video for a young Adelaide punk band. He did half of the filming and editing and was so happy with the finished product that he decided to keep going.From there he graduated to documentary films, re-splicing old tape for new interviews and his own brand of environmentalism.We asked Peter if he was environmentalist and here is what he said. "I try, but I don’t think I’m as good as I should or could be. Most decisions I make (macro and micro) have an environmental angle to them. I like to go to places in the world that have beautiful environments that are threatened by climate change so that I can hopefully use this knowledge (and through some of our films) convince others to help take care of our environment. But I fly there and drive around, and I’ve been on ships through the polar regions - all of these things have a negative impact on the environment. But I influence and contribute as much as I can and that opportunity is increasing. I make my political decisions based on a small handful of facts. One of these is a party’s capability to make a positive change for the environment and to help raise the awareness about climate change (and actually do something). At a micro-level, I do most of things I think are best for the environment, but not all. I’m an imperfect environmentalist."He is currently working on another film The Reckoning of Christian Spencer, which is now in the final stages of post-production. The film is a psychological thriller based around the idea of a time slip and domestic abuse of women (conceived in 2015, well before the #metoo movement began). Between Peter and Rick, they have another four films in various stages of pre-production.