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Dear friends Our next Green Sunday takes place on 7th June, all are welcome, drop in anytime between 3pm – 7pm for tea and cake on the roof, activities with the Secret Seed Society, a swap shop, market, debate about ethical consumerism with Neil Boorman, Oxfam and Morgan Philips plus music, film and books! Best wishes Arcola Energy will host Green Sundays on the first Sunday of each month, starting with a launch on 1 March. The Green Sundays are free events, and the public is welcome to drop in to Arcola Theatre throughout the day from 1:30 – 7:30 pm.
The Green Sundays programme will Join us at the launch of Arcola’s Green Sundays, more details at www.arcolaenergy.com. Download full Winter/Spring 2008 Season Brochure Now: http://www.arcolatheatre.com/SHARE/Arcola_Winter_2009.pdf The Water’s Edge 3-28 Feb by Theresa Rebeck A modern Greek tragedy that explodes the American family from within. With Madeleine Potter, Robert Cavanah, Mark Field, Cressida Trew and Kate Let’s face the music and dance… The papers are awash with stories of economic disaster, with images of bankers losing their jobs, empty shelves at Woolworths, and gloom and doom stories about what is still to come… Times are indeed difficult but I believe the challenge we face economically can, and should, benefit the environment, Welcome to the eco-cultural frontier… Launched January 2008, this blog charts the progress of Arcola Energy and greening of the Arts in general. A forum for sharing ideas between those directly involved at Arcola, those working on similar initiatives elsewhere and those who want to know more. You are invited to read and contribute, real-time Dr Ben Todd, Executive Director at Arcola Theatre, proudly collected The Green Award on behalf of Arcola Energy at the Tenth Growing Business Awards ceremony held on the 27th of November. This new Award is made to a company that has made the most significant and measurable changes to its environmental performance in the past Arcola Theatre received a Bronze award at the Green Tourism Awards ceremony held on 13 November 2008. According to the assessor, ‘Arcola Theatre is an extra ordinary business with a range of exemplary green practices in an old and energy inefficient building. The green team is excellent and the staff have implemented some excellent practices We are now syndicating the Arcola Energy Blog. Arcola, a brilliant theater on the East Side of London, is also one of the most progressive arts organizations in the world in terms of their sustainable efforts. Their modest home with 2 spaces is also home to a 5kw hydrogen fuel cell. We welcome Anna Beech, The Carbon Trust (www.carbontrust.co.uk) has some excellent information on low energy lighting solutions. See: www.carbontrust.co.uk/publications/publicationdetail?productid=CTV021 Spend some time on the website - there is a huge amount of relevant information. Much of the information requested by the arts sector is already there… There are significant issues with widespread adoption of bio-fuels from energy crops (i.e. growing wood or oil seed specifically to burn it). See for example the Friends of the Earth campiagn (www.foe.co.uk/campaigns/biodiversity/press_for_change/biofuels/index.html). However this does not mean that we cannot make better use of waste materials. Effectively we are considering incineration of selected |
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