Thinking of Planning a Sustainable Event?
For information on greening an event, check out Sustainable Event Management: A Practical Guide by Meegan Jones. It is an indispensable one-stop guide for event and facility organizers, managers and professionals, and event management students who need a powerful, easy to use collection of tools to deliver events sustainably. It covers a wide range of events and even features Arcola in the book.
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See the play for yourself at www.youtube.com/watch?v=hZSXHSA7vFI
Press also at www.arcolaenergy.com/press.html
Produced by Arcola theatre as part of Friends of the Earth’s Summer of Action on Biofuels.
See: www.foe.co.uk/campaigns/biodiversity/news/arcola_bio_fooled_13912.html
The 10 minute street performance addresses the complex issues surrounding the use of biofuels.
The playful but uncompromising piece demonstrates that biofuels are a false solution to climate change.
In the performance we meet:
Taking to the streets
Arcola will be performing their street theatre around London and also in Brighton during the summer.
Director: Phil Ormrod
Cast: Jed Hancock-Brainerd, Daniel Millar and Sean McConaghey
Performance dates:
The Theatres Trust is organizing a conference about sustainability and theatre:
10 June 2008, 09.00 – 17.00
Cottesloe Theatre South Bank, London SE1
Be part of reducing Theatres Carbon Footprint
How will new theatres be zero-carbon from 2019? What steps can theatres take towards adaptation, introducing renewables and improving energy performance?
The Theatres Trust’s Conference 08 aims to help theatres meet the environmental challenges of climate change and rising energy costs and understand what’s behind the new energy performance regulations that will affect theatre buildings
Building Sustainable Theatres will help you to:
Identify the best opportunities to make your theatre more energy efficient
Be more informed about sustainability as a client on building projects
Understand the environmental building and energy regulations for capital projects
Consider options for mitigation, adaptations and retrofitting your theatre
Make more environmentally sustainable use of existing resources
Chairs: Jon Snow, Nigel Hinds, Ruth Eastwood and Ian Blackburn
For more information, the full programme and list of contributors, or to register visit our website at www.theatrestrust.org.uk, email events@theatrestrust.org.uk or telephone 020 7836 8591
Book before 14 May 2008 for Early Bird discounts!
How will new theatres be zero-carbon from 2019? What steps can theatres take towards adaptation, introducing renewables and improving energy performance?
The Theatres Trust’s Conference 08 aims to help theatres meet the environmental challenges of climate change and rising energy costs and understand what’s behind the new energy performance regulations that will affect theatre buildings.
The conference will take place on the 10th of June 2008, 09.00 – 17.00
Cottesloe Theatre South Bank, London SE1
For more information, the full programme and list of contributors, or to register visit Theatre Trust, email events@theatrestrust.org.uk or telephone 020 7836 8591.
Teaming up with London’s Arcola Theatre, Latitude are working towards a greener festival. We will provide state of the art low energy LED lighting and a Hydrogen Fuel Cell to power the stage in the Theatre Arena.
For more information, please visit Latitude Festival. Or here download the press release.
The Association of British Theatre Technicians and Ambassador Theatre Group are organising an event dedicated to environmental issues. A wonderful opportunity to network, share ideas and meet suppliers who are already producing energy efficient/environmentally friendly products and services.
This event will take place on Tuesday 13th May
New Wimbledon Studio, The Broadway, Wimbledon, London, SW19 1QG
Tel: 020 8545 7900
Programme:
10.30am – Coffee and networking
11am – Welcome from ABTT and Ambassador Theatre Group
11.10 – 12am – Key Speakers
12am – 1pm – Questions and opportunity to talk to suppliers and contactors
Conference at The Central School of Speech and Drama – University of London
“What is the theatre made of? What is its matter, and what is the matter with it?”
Sustainability will be a key theme of this conference organised by the Centre for Excellence in Training for Theatre (CETT).
For more information, please visit: CSSD