[Graeme]

Coming to a theater near you: carbon-neutral movie

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('', 'T')he critics raved: "Tender and touching!" "Beautiful and poignant!" "A sweet gem!" But the makers of the independent film "Sweet Land" seem just as pleased with another accolade: carbon-neutral.

"Sweet Land" cost about $1 million to make, Selim said, and from the beginning, he and the cast and crew worked to minimize their environmental impact.

Filming in Montevideo, Minnesota, population 5,346, Selim used sunlight instead of film lights whenever possible during shooting and had actors carpool to the set instead of driving on their own. He kept them at the location rather than paying to have them fly back and forth.