| January 30th, 2009 | I’m a solo, touring, performance artist. Really solo. I often travel alone and my lighting and sound requirements are minimal. Compared with many touring artists and companies, I’m already a fairly green operation. I didn’t plan it this way – it’s just that my work relies on audience interaction rather than on stunning set or
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| January 15th, 2009 | From Lighting & Sound America Online, November 11, 2008:
As a continuation of its green initiative, Apollo Design Technology Inc announced at the recent LDI exhibition in Las Vegas its complete process switch to laser technology for all gobo production. Starting with steel gobos in 2007, laser technology is now being used
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| January 15th, 2009 | Joining the growing ranks of American theaters that are constructing new green buildings, the American Theater Company of Chicago announced late last year the launch of a $4 million capital campaign to build an entirely new, three-story, eco-friendly theater in the Logan Square area. Recent figures estimate that buildings account for 20 to
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| January 15th, 2009 |
The Initiative just got word of a “Greening the Arts” panel relating at this year’s Association of Performing Arts Presenters conference in New York City, being held at the New York Hilton at 1335 6th Avenue, this Sunday, January 11th, from 9:30 to 11:30. The panel features five speakers from the
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| January 15th, 2009 | Excerpted from Lighting & Sound America Online, November 13, 2007:
HGA Architects and Engineers has completed schematic designs for a new environmentally-friendly performing arts center for Carthage College in Kenosha, Wisconsin.
The subject of theatre arts is central to Carthage’s liberal arts curriculum. In recent years, growth in theatre,
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| January 15th, 2009 | The green economy is ready for take-off, and most Americans are jumping aboard Obama’s sustainable bandwagon. Will theaters join in the movement? Imagine that you’re a non-profit arts organization competing for funding in a sector where financial resources are quickly dwindling. And that you’re based in a major American city plagued by drought and situated
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| January 15th, 2009 | From the ETC website, 11/21/08:
ETC (Electronic Theatre Controls, Inc.) has not only led the entertainment- and architectural-lighting industry in technical innovation but is leading in green practices as well.
The company’s environmental policy is ‘committed to fostering a healthy, safe and sustainable global environment.’ ETC meets and exceeds compliance
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| January 15th, 2009 |
Reprinted from Lighting & Sound America Online, October 2, 2008:
Protech Theatrical Services Las Vegas announces its plans to re-direct its product lines to manufacture “green” products. “We will be making every effort to use recycled, organic, and natural materials and methods to create a new line of products that
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| January 15th, 2009 | Reprinted from Lighting & Sound America, October 3, 2008:
Staging Concepts, the maker of stage risers and modular staging pieces, reports that it has begun offering products that can be built using eco-friendly materials. The benefits of the materials range from wood certified by the FSC (Forest Stewardship Council) to steel
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| January 15th, 2009 |
Excerpted from Lighting & Sound America Online, October 30, 2008:
New York City Councilman Domenic M. Recchia, Jr., chairman of the New York City Committee on Cultural Affairs, Libraries, and International Intergroup Relations, hosted a hearing this week at The New Victory Theater on 42nd Street to examine the green initiatives of cultural
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Welcome to the CSPA Quarterly 7 is now available
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Sustainability in Theater
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