Exploring Sustainability in Creative Practice
Theatre is a process of reinvention, making and remaking. How do we consider the resources that go into bringing something to the stage? What is our responsibility to materials and energy? How do we create efficient spaces that house performance? How do we talk about this, both as artists and in our art? These questions are the focus for the Sustainability Programme at World Stage Design 2013. Join designers, architects, researchers and others who are focused on the intersection of sustainability and performance as we explore the future of our field as it relates to one of most vital issues of today.
You can view the full programme and book online for some events here.  More events will be added throughout the summer, so keep checking the website.
The People, Profit, Planet programme is supported by the Waterloo Foundation.
Who should attend?
These workshops and presentations are for anyone interested in considering the issues of sustainability within their work. Curious about how reused and eco-materials impact design and construction? Or the future of new energy efficient lighting technology? Intrigued by new work that explores issues of social justice and the environment? Interested in tools and best practices to monitor the carbon footprint of your facility or productions? Perplexed by how these tie together? Join us for a cross section of programming that highlights performances, place and interconnectedness in the wider world.
Sustainability Offerings at WSD2103
Thurs, Sept 5
-  Who’s Afraid? (Performance)
Fri, Sept 6
- Who’s Afraid? (Performance)
Sun, Sept 8
- The Willow Theatre  (Sustainable Theatre Competition Winner Presentation)
Mon, Sept 9
- The Future of Tungsten – White Light LTD & The EnvironmentÂ
- Environmental Management and Life-Cycle-Analysis for Theatre
- Sustainable Theatre Ecology for Festivals, Conferences and Mass Arts Gatherings
Tues, Sept 10
- New Ideas Need Old Buildings: Adaptive Reuse and the Performing Art Facilities
- Hydrogen Fuel Cell Car Challenge with the Arcola Theatre
Wed, Sept 11
- Fringe 2012 Sustainable Fringe Production Award: The Man Who Planted Trees
- Making The Man Who Planted Trees
- Yon Light is Not Daylight, I Know It: A Sustainability Study on Lighting in Seattle
- What’s so Sustainable about World Stage Design? WSD and the Environment
Thurs, Sept 12
- The Cutting Edge of EcoDesign and Sustainable Production with Julie’s Bicycle
- Aesthetics of Ecological Design and Eco-scenography
Fri, Sept 13
- Emergence presents: Resilience in the Face of Challenge Creu Cymru
- Emergence presents:Â Doin’ Dirt Time by Suzi Gablik
- Emergence presents: World Café – A Sustainable EnquiryÂ
- Emergence presents: Walking to the Summit, a Film by Peter Telfer & Dan Gifford
- Trans-Plantable Living Room, Edible Community Performance (2 Shows)
Sat, Sept 14
- Designing Sustainably for Broadway with Donyale Werle
- Trans-Plantable Living Room, Edible Community Performance (2 Shows)
- Sustainable Lighting for the Theatre
People, Profit, Planet – group leader
Ian Garrett -Â Assistant Professor, York University, Canada
An edible stage will provide the unique space for this performance, which will explore our relationship to gardening in the age of ecological uncertainty and our broad relationship to nature. You will be invited to plant a seedling, contributing to the space in your own personal way.
Fri 13 Sept 14.30 – 16.00
Fri 13 Sept 13.30
Fri 13 Sept 9.30 – 11.00
Stand-up comedy merges with poetic metaphor as the production unpacks the unspoken fears that we keep hidden away and confronts the reality of a world on the brink of profound irreversible change.
