BEcreative is...
...filmmaker, actor, and educator Ben Evans' Louisville-based media creation house dedicated to promoting sustainable endeavors through
the production of compelling film & video, environmental education, branding, and other engaging content and outreach
including GreenList Louisville, Bluegrass Bioneers, and The Green Institute.
the production of compelling film & video, environmental education, branding, and other engaging content and outreach
including GreenList Louisville, Bluegrass Bioneers, and The Green Institute.
Currently we're working on...
In addition to a number of short promotional films and videos, BEcreative's current long-form projects include:
NERVE - a documentary about the remarkable origins and 25-year history of the Kentucky Environmental Foundation
The Solar Roadways Film - a full-length doc about an ambitious, revolutionary invention (first shared with the world in YERT)
which, in 2014, became a viral phenomenon breaking Indiegogo fundraising records
with nearly 50,000 funders raising $2.2 million for the green energy project.
NERVE - a documentary about the remarkable origins and 25-year history of the Kentucky Environmental Foundation
The Solar Roadways Film - a full-length doc about an ambitious, revolutionary invention (first shared with the world in YERT)
which, in 2014, became a viral phenomenon breaking Indiegogo fundraising records
with nearly 50,000 funders raising $2.2 million for the green energy project.
We've created for...
The Huffington Post, The Nation, YES! Magazine, Dogwood Alliance, Slow Money, SAFE (Southern Illinoisans Against Fracturing Our Environment), PASA (Pennsylvania Association for Sustainable Agriculture), KFTC (Kentuckians For The Commonwealth), PBS/KET, Bernheim Arboretum and Research Forest, 15Thousand Farmers, Bluegrass Bioneers, sonaBLAST! Records / Heidi Howe, Kentucky Waterways Alliance, Louisville Nature Center,
Louisville Metro Councilwoman Tina Ward-Pugh and The Green Triangle, The Root Cellar, Louisville Grows, LEO Weekly, FORsooth,
YERT: Your Environmental Road Trip, and others.
During the course of our work, we've filmed icons like Bill McKibben, Wendell Berry, Sandra Steingraber, Woody Tasch, Vandana Shiva,
Wes Jackson, David Orr, Joel Salatin, Larry Gibson, Michael Reynolds, Lawrence Lessig, and many others.
Louisville Metro Councilwoman Tina Ward-Pugh and The Green Triangle, The Root Cellar, Louisville Grows, LEO Weekly, FORsooth,
YERT: Your Environmental Road Trip, and others.
During the course of our work, we've filmed icons like Bill McKibben, Wendell Berry, Sandra Steingraber, Woody Tasch, Vandana Shiva,
Wes Jackson, David Orr, Joel Salatin, Larry Gibson, Michael Reynolds, Lawrence Lessig, and many others.
About Ben...
Ben Evans started BEcreative to create conscientious, engaging media and content for environmental organizations, independent artists,
and green businesses both regionally and nationally. As the director and co-founder of the award-winning eco-docu-comedy film/project,
YERT: Your Environmental Road Trip (distributed in late-2012 by First Run Features), Ben presents regularly on sustainability at universities (like Yale), events (like TEDx), and businesses (like Apple Inc.). He is also the co-founder/producer of the Bluegrass Bioneers Conference (Kentucky’s edition of the national Bioneers Conference), the editor/publisher of GreenList (Louisville's green guide and magazine), and the co-founding director of The Green Institute (an annual 12-week sustainability course for community leaders run through Louisville’s Center for Neighborhoods) for which he was awarded the 2014 Earth Day Award from the state of Kentucky. Ben serves on the boards of the Forecastle Foundation, Bluegrass Bioneers, and the Kentucky Conservation Committee,
and is a past board member of Louisville’s Green Convene.
A graduate of Stanford University (B.S. in Science, Technology, and Society), Ben worked professionally for more than a decade as an
actor, singer, and educator in LA, NYC, and Europe before moving to Louisville in 2008 where he continues to perform in both film and theatre.
He currently urban homesteads in Louisville's Germantown neighborhood with his wife and daughter, two chickens, two cats, and one enthusiastic dog.
and green businesses both regionally and nationally. As the director and co-founder of the award-winning eco-docu-comedy film/project,
YERT: Your Environmental Road Trip (distributed in late-2012 by First Run Features), Ben presents regularly on sustainability at universities (like Yale), events (like TEDx), and businesses (like Apple Inc.). He is also the co-founder/producer of the Bluegrass Bioneers Conference (Kentucky’s edition of the national Bioneers Conference), the editor/publisher of GreenList (Louisville's green guide and magazine), and the co-founding director of The Green Institute (an annual 12-week sustainability course for community leaders run through Louisville’s Center for Neighborhoods) for which he was awarded the 2014 Earth Day Award from the state of Kentucky. Ben serves on the boards of the Forecastle Foundation, Bluegrass Bioneers, and the Kentucky Conservation Committee,
and is a past board member of Louisville’s Green Convene.
A graduate of Stanford University (B.S. in Science, Technology, and Society), Ben worked professionally for more than a decade as an
actor, singer, and educator in LA, NYC, and Europe before moving to Louisville in 2008 where he continues to perform in both film and theatre.
He currently urban homesteads in Louisville's Germantown neighborhood with his wife and daughter, two chickens, two cats, and one enthusiastic dog.
Contact
benevansmail@gmail.com
917.657.7253
917.657.7253
