With all the lights, cameras and action, each day on a movie set means an astronomical amount of energy use. BFF to the environment, Leonardo DiCaprio, is always looking for ways to make things more eco-friendly and decided see what he could do about bringing alternative energy sources to movie sets.

Leo on the eco-friendly set of 'Inception'

He decided to start with the movie Inception and had a chat with the head of Warner Bros., Alan Horn, who agreed to cough up the extra 1% it costs to use solar generators instead of the standard ones.

“We do a lot of things in the world that are wasteful. We keep talking about this all the time. Hopefully, fingers crossed, with these small steps, we’ll make that transition on a much larger scale in the future.”

By using the solar generators, they were able to keep more than a ton of carbon dioxide out of the air each day while filming Inception. Plus, it totally eliminated the more than 40 carcinogens that would’ve been emitted by using diesel fuel.

Solar panel used on set

Warner Brothers has plans to use the same mobile solar power system in an upcoming Steve Carell movie. Looks like this could be the start of a great Hollywood trend!

Kudos to Leo for getting the ball rolling and to Warner Brothers for making it happen!

Via Ecorazzi