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Books
2013
Sustainability Ideas
Electrical efficiency
- Power off the lighting rig when it’s not being used (particularly moving lights)
- Investigate lower-wattage light sources (e.g. compact fluorescent or LED) for backstage working lights,
- Replace high wattage tungsten halogen lanterns with LED equivalents
Reduce Wastage
- Ensure spare catered food is saved and distributed to local shelters
- Use cable ramps or rubber mats to replace large quantities of gaffer tape to hold cables down
- Donate unwanted gel to local play schemes
- Recycle unwanted set / props, or set up a local scheme to store set & prop items for reuse by other companies
- Design modular scenery that can be reused repeatedly (by repainting or recovering).
Reduce Plastics
- Reusable water bottles can be refilled hundreds of times, to reduce plastic bottle use
- Don’t use plastic straws – metal, paper or bamboo straws are available
- Reusable rubber ties or short lengths of tie line or rope can replace PVC tape on lighting rigs or for coiling cables
- Velcro cable ties can be permanently fixed to cables to reduce PVC tape use.
See also
Resources
- Arcola Energy – Arcola Theatre case study
- Arcola Theatre
- EcoStage Pledge
- Ecovenue
- The Green Theater (USA)
- Green Theatre Report (Mayor of London) 2008
- Green Theatres – Live Design article
- Julie’s Bicycle – Creative Green
- Noises Off: The greening of theatre – Guardian Blog
Sustainable Theatre Companies
- Facebook page – The Sustainable Theatre Project
- Kilter – Sustainable Touring
- The Walking Theatre Company
Venues
Documents
Companies |
| Arcola Theatre |
Installation |
| Kirei ECHOPanel sustainable acoustic panel [USA] |
Recycling |
| Ready, Set, Recycle Props, Set, Equipment [USA] |
| Scenery Salvage Recycle your scenic waste [UK] |
| Set Exchange [UK] |
Resources |
| Broadway Green Alliance |
| Entertaining Sustainability (website unavailable) Practical Advice [UK] |
| Green Shoot Film & TV sustainability |
| Green Theatre London, September 2008 |
| ISO20121 Event Management Sustainability Standard |
| Julie's Bicycle Sustaining Creativity [UK] |
| Roadies to the Rescue - Sustainable Gig Ideas |
| The Sustainability in Production Alliance [UK] |
| Tips for Green, More Sustainable Shows The Guardian, 29 January 2014 [UK] |
Shows |
| Sustainable Design - Julies Bicycle Live Design |