How the construction industry's massive waste problem can be solved

www.fastcompany.com: The construction industry generates a lot of waste. Construction and demolition create more than 600 million tons of waste debris every year in the U.S., according to Environmental Protection Agency figures from 2018. That’s twice as much as the municipal waste collected from homes and businesses in cities.

How the construction industry's massive waste problem can be solved

www.fastcompany.com: The construction industry generates a lot of waste. Construction and demolition create more than 600 million tons of waste debris every year in the U.S., according to Environmental Protection Agency figures from 2018. That’s twice as much as the municipal waste collected from homes and businesses in cities.

Mushroom leather, fermented silk: How can next-gen materials scale up?

www.fastcompany.com: Adidas redesigned its classic Stan Smith sneakers with mushroom-based mycelium leather; Lululemon used the same material to make yoga mats and accessories; and Stella McCartney used it to make a bag and bustier. Newlight, a startup that turns greenhouse gas emissions into carbon-negative leather, has partnered with Nike. The North Face made a limited-edition jacket from Spiber, a version of silk that’s fermented in tanks like beer.

Finnish film industry features carbon-neutral production

thisisFINLAND: The carbon footprint of the film was calculated based on the numerous products, services and activities necessary to make it, including transportation, food and electricity. To monitor and report their carbon footprints, all crewmembers read Ekosetti, a sustainable-production guidebook that Aalto University created for the Finnish audiovisual industry. “It was fun and interesting because it brought the team together,” says Gould. “Once you work with offsetting your emissions, there’s no way back.

Theatre 2021: Steve Tompkins on… a Green New Deal

The Stage - Features: In the architecture studio where I work, we spend a lot of our time imagining a theatre that doesn’t exist yet – sometimes unbuilt, but mostly transformed from its current state. Our process always begins with a search for the narrative core around which we can wrap a bigger conversation, and without which any further decisions on physical form would feel arbitrary and ungrounded.

Earth Day at 50: Looking Back at Hollywood’s Early Green Scene

Variety: Variety didn’t pay much attention to the first Earth Day in 1970 but by its 20th anniversary, mentions were far more prevalent, reflecting Hollywood’s growing commitment to environmental issues.

Sustainability and other green topics have become an even greater issue for the entertainment industry in subsequent decades, and planning for a number of star-studded 50th anniversary Earth Day celebrations was well underway when the coronavirus pandemic shut down large gatherings in the U.S. and beyond. Festivities have been cancelled or moved online.

Broadway ditches age-old processes to run shows with iPads

CNN: From Elsa's magic in Frozen -- and those gigantic ice shards that rise from the stage -- to social media taking on a nearly principle role in Dear Evan Hansen, the Great White Way produces some of Broadway's most elaborate and technical stage spectacles two times a day.

Make Theatre, Not Waste

AMERICAN THEATRE: Around the world, hurricanes have grown in intensity and heat records are being hit on an annual basis. These extreme weather events, powered by climate change, has not spared theatres. The Oregon Shakespeare Festival had to cancel numerous shows and lost $2 million worth of revenue because of local wildfires, which get worse every year. The Alley Theatre suffered $18 million worth of damages from Hurricane Harvey.

A Paperless Broadway- Technology in the Rehearsal Room

www.broadwayworld.com: Theater folks are not necessarily the first to embrace change or technology. So it's not surprising when you walk into a rehearsal room and see creatives sitting with giant binders of paper. But certain companies are trying to change that.