Drama Biz: According to the U.S. Green Building Council, buildings are responsible for 72% of electricity consumption, consume 40% of our raw materials, spew 38% of all CO2 emissions, create 136 million tons of construction waste, and use 15 trillion gallons of water per year in the United States alone.
Thursday, April 05, 2012
The Eco-Friendly Theatre of the Future
Drama Biz: According to the U.S. Green Building Council, buildings are responsible for 72% of electricity consumption, consume 40% of our raw materials, spew 38% of all CO2 emissions, create 136 million tons of construction waste, and use 15 trillion gallons of water per year in the United States alone.
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When I first saw the article I thought that the idea of a green theater was a little far fetched. Pretty much everything that goes into a theatrical production is not environmentally friendly. A lot of waste is produced and exorbitant amounts of electricity are employed. Green Theater sounds like a pretty ugly initiative with a bunch of actors, no effects, speaking in the dark. However, this article points out a lot of good ideas to make improvements that would work well in reality. Of course, this adds some limitations. Design can be very much affected by using only local sources, but that's not to say that this wouldn't work. I think they really do have the right idea and I'm interested to see if this will start to catch on nation wide.
Theater is not Eco-Friendly there isn't really a good way to fix that fact. We throw away everything we make. We use chemicals that are harmful to the ozone layer. And we don't really give a shit. So I guess, yes, taking initiatives just get people to care, is pretty important. But this can only do so much. Because theater is so impermanent and because it is so fast pasted we make a lot of things that aren't good quality and that we do not really need to keep. So at it's basest level theater hates the planet. I think that the best thing we can do is use already recycled materials as much as possible. Also just cutting down on the amount of wood, metal, and plastic can help this endeavor as well.
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