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Bob Usdin of Showman Fabricators Announces First LDI Green Awards

December 2, 2009Announcements, Arcola, Conferences, COP15, CSPA Convergence, LDIConversations, Copenhagen, Fabricator, Festivities, Green Day, Launch, Ldi, Miranda, Orangutans, Scenery, Showman Fabricators, sustainability, Thanksgiving

Bob Usdin of Showman Fabricators, who organized LDI Green Day and the awards for best green product and best green production at this last year’s show in Orlando, is seen here announcing the recipients of those awards.

As a judge for the awards I had the opportunity to get into some great conversations about the products that were are weren’t on the show floor the weekend before Thanksgiving. I also got to ask questions about products that WEREN’T on the show floor.

We’ll be posting more from our LDI wrap-up before Miranda and I are off to Copenhagen to cover the arts festivities around COP15, primarily New Life Copenhagen by wooloo.org, Â and maybe get over to Arcola for the launch of their new facilities.

If you need to catch up on all of the greening of LDI here are some links for you to check out:

https://www.sustainablepractice.org/2009/11/19/2009-green-day-ldi

https://www.sustainablepractice.org/2009/10/28/ldi-and-sustainability-part-i

https://www.sustainablepractice.org/2009/10/26/how-green-is-green-no-orangutans-were-harmed-in-the-making-of-this-scenery-aug-2008

https://www.sustainablepractice.org/2009/09/28/green-awards-at-ldi

CSPA Quarterly Calls for International Submissions

November 29, 2009newsClimate Change, Copenhagen, Economic Stability, Focus, Genres, Infrastructure, Miranda, Music And Film, Periodical, Photos, Submissions, sustainability, Visual Art

The second edition of the CSPA Quarterly is now open for submissions. Â This issue will focus on international eco-policy, policy’s effect on the arts, and the arts’ effect on policy. Â The issue will feature news and events from COP15, the UN Conference on Climate Change in Copenhagen this December. Â Articles from all nations are welcome!

The publication will explore sustainable arts practices in all genres (performance, visual art & installation, music, and film/video), and will view sustainability in the arts through environmentalism, economic stability, and cultural infrastructure. The periodical will provide a formal terrain for discussion, and will evaluate diverse points of views.

Please send your essays, photos, and articles to:Â Â Miranda@SustainablePractice.org

The deadline for consideration is December 22, 2009.

CSPA October 09 Newsletter

October 10, 2009newsCopenhagen, CSPA, Garrett, Green Day, Important Events, Ldi, Miranda, Miranda Wright, Newsletter Newsletter, Orgs, Showman Fabricators, Wooloo

Newsletter #3 is here! The quarterly is on its way out the door as well. Weve got a couple of very important events coming up as well and I hope youll join us for them. For those in technical theater, were helping Showman Fabricators with their Green Day 2009 at this years LDI conference in Orlando. And if that wasnt big enough news, well also have people on the ground in Copenhagen for COP15 and Wooloo.orgs New Life Festival.

All of the information on these developments is below as well. With all of this going on, wouldnt you considering joining the CSPA?

Ian Garrett & Miranda Wright
CSPA Directors

CSPA October 09 Newsletter.

The CSPA Calls for Submissions

July 30, 2009AnnouncementsCase Studies, Critical Responses, CSPA, Economic Stability, Electronic Newsletter, Final Approval, Inaugural Edition, Inception, Lifecycle, Miranda, Music And Film, Periodical, Perpetuity, Practical Solutions, Quarterly Publication, Quarterly Submissions, Research Papers, sustainability, Sustainable Practice, Visual Art

The Center for Sustainable Practice in the Arts will be publishing its first quarterly publication this fall.Â The publication will explore sustainable arts practices in all genres (performance, visual art & installation, music, and film/video), and will view sustainability in the arts through environmentalism, economic stability, and cultural infrastructure. The periodical will provide a formal terrain for discussion, and will evaluate diverse points of views.

The questions we hope to explore in the first issue are two questions weâ€™ve been asking ourselves since the inception of the organization:Â What does sustainable art really mean?Â And, What needs to be sustained?

What is the lifecycle of the arts?Â What is the lifecycle of certain works?Â How can artists and art-making organizations sustain themselves?Â When is it appropriate to be temporary, and unsustainable?Â What are we working so hard to sustain?Â What must go on in perpetuity?

We are looking for essays, research papers, reports and visual examples from photography to info-graphics that either identify practical solutions, or explore sustainable theory as it pertains to the arts. Send us your research on how to integrate sustainable thinking into arts practice, documented case studies of projects attempting to be more sustainable (with any degree of success) and critical responses to work being created.

We welcome all lengths and styles for this inaugural edition of the CSPA Quarterly. Submissions that are not used for this edition may be used in future issues, our electronic newsletter or appear on our main website. We hope to see as many and as varied submissions as you can throw at us.

Please send your essays, photos, and articles to:Â Miranda@SustainablePractice.org

Submissions will be edited for inclusion as needed subject to final approval of the writer.

The deadline for submission is August 25, 2009.

Systems of Sustainability

March 27, 2009newsColleage, Miranda, Misa, sustainability, Today Is The First Day, University Houston, University Of Houston

Today is the first day of System of Sustainability at the University of Houston. You should come. Miranda, myself and our Czech colleage and friend Misa Rygrova are all here all weekend.

SOShouston.org