Old Dogs, New Tricks:
What is Sustainable Theatre Design?
A sector innovation & Development project funded by the canada council for the arts, 2022-2024
Old Dogs, New Tricks: What is Sustainable Theatre Design is a project led by Theatre New Brunswick, The ADC Green Committee and The PACT Environmental Stewardship Committee. Our working group is Natasha MacLellan, Jay Dodge, Ian Garrett, Ken MacKenzie and Michelle Tracey. Our purpose is to subsidize 10 professional theatre companies across Canada to explore sustainable theatre design through deep engagement on one project. Old Dogs, New Tricks provided participating companies with access to professional tools, resources, mentorship and funds to enable this work.
Our Participants’ results:
webinars:
Our work kicked off in Fall of 2022 with a series of inspirational [free!] webinars open to the public.
The Creative Green Tools Canada Webinar was led by Sarah Fioravanti of The Centre for Sustainable Practice in the Arts (CSPA). The Creative Green Tools Canada are a free set of carbon calculation and reporting tools for the arts & culture sector. This session introduced the tools and how to use them.
The Only Animal Webinar, hosted by Kendra Fanconi introduced the work of The Only Animal and how they have translated their values into creative practices.
Sandra Goldmark of Fixation: How to Have Stuff without Breaking the Planet introduced us to her work in creative, regenerative and circular climate responses.
An Introduction to the Canadian Green Alliance Guidebook, hosted by CGA co-founders Tess Benger and Julia McLellan focused on the design and production chapters of the CGA Guidebook and how you can incorporate the guidebook into your working practices.