| January 18th, 2012 |
Last year STT went green. We switched to purely internet based marketing and eliminated playbills in favor of digital projections. We used the money we saved to pay more to our artists as we strive to be a leader in production quality in the community. This year we are taking things one step
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| December 3rd, 2011 |
Per its mission statement, Atlanta’s 7 Stages Theatre devotes itself to “engaging artists and audiences by focusing on the social, political and spiritual values of contemporary culture.” One such value—environmentalism—has yielded a clever campaign that simultaneously promotes the theatre and sustainability.
…marketing director Charles Swint says the theatre asked itself, “What are some
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| May 6th, 2011 |
Welcome to xchange — TCG’s new, centralized, theatre-specific listings community that’s the ultimate in theatre classifieds.
xchange is a brand-new benefit for all TCG Members and Affiliates which allows you to buy, sell, trade and borrow goods, space and opportunities within the national theatre community.
* Have props, costumes, and set pieces
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| April 5th, 2011 | This post comes to you from the EcoMuseum
Museums and galleries, along with a plethora of other ‘event’ based organisations such as theatres, festivals and so on, have been attempting for many years now, to assess their resource use and reduce it. Sustainability is big news in the world of culture.
To
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| February 8th, 2010 | For those of us who have followed the art and ecology movement over the last two decades, Mel Chin is considered an influential pioneer combining art with brownfield remediation. His famous or infamous Revival Field (1989-ongoing) funded with NEA money that was rescinded then later reinstated, demonstrated the natural processes of removing heavy
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| January 27th, 2010 | At Green Allowance, kids make a deal with a parent: the kids save energy at home which saves money on the electric bill, and the parents share the savings as a Green Allowance.
Kids are already loving it. Here’s an honest to goodness quote forwarded to us this week:
“Ok every one!
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| December 5th, 2009 | Michael Crowley just sent over the December issue of the Broadway Green Alliance “Green Sheet.”
He asks that we please stay tuned to www.broadwaygreen.com, as the new BGA website should be going live next week.
As always, please keep him abreast of green practices that are helping your organization save money and instill environmentally
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| October 27th, 2009 | This excerpt from Curtis Kasefang follows up on Bob Usdin’s August 2008 “How Green is Green?” Piece for LIve Design. Remember, November 2009 is Green Day at LDI.
In general, many speak of sustainability as having three overlapping components: economic, social, and environmental. Theatres, by definition, score high on the social sustainability scale as places
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| September 23rd, 2009 |
Back in the spring I met John Bela of Rebar, one of the design team who thought
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| July 27th, 2009 | A nice nod to friends of the the CSPA Enci and Stephen Box on their sustainable film making!
“I would like to believe that because I’m starting it out right I will have it better and easier.” says Enci Box, actress, co-founder of Rebel Without A Car Productions and the
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Welcome to the CSPA Quarterly 7 is now available
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Sustainability in Theater
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