David Chameides

In 2001, Dave Chameides was like everybody else. He drove to the market, recycled when he could, didn't litter too much, and generally tried to be a good guy. As a two-time Emmy Award winning cameraman and DGA director (ER, Third Watch, Studio 60) he was maintaining a nice lifestyle with a lovely wife, nice house, three cars, and no real worries to speak of. And then everything changed. After learning that he was to be a father, Chameides had an epiphany of sorts. He suddenly woke up to the fact that there was more, there was someone who would remain after he was gone, and he realized that he had to change his ways. So off went the lights and out went the cars. In came the Prius and up went the solar panels. While this seemed like a good start, it wasn't enough. So Chameides kept investigating. And as he taught himself, he began to realize that things were much worse than he thought, but that he could also do something about it. So out went the Prius and in came the veggie car. Up