The Bafta film awards are going greener – but some climate problems are hiding off camera

theconversation.com: The Bafta film awards are brilliant at making film feel like it matters. The clothes, the cameras, the applause, the shared cultural moment. That spectacle is the point. But it also has a climate shadow. Not just from the night itself, but from the behaviour it effectively rewards and normalises in the weeks around it.

WOOD Taiwan to showcase sustainability solutions

Woodworking Network: Sustainability is a global imperative in the woodworking industry. Net-zero goals along with smart and energy-efficient production, are helping redefine wood products manufacturing.

Textile waste classification under the Harmonized System

www.reusenews.eu: Operation Demeter XI marked a shift. For the first time, textiles were treated as a priority waste stream in the World Customs Organization’s global enforcement effort against illegal waste trafficking. The result: 1,176 tonnes of textile waste were reportedly intercepted or returned across 25 operations. But when customs went looking for textile waste, what did they actually find?

Documentary shows Burning Man's "Leave No Trace" leaves a lot of trash all over the place

Boing Boing: Rather than being seen as a drug-fueled party for those with disposable income, Burning Man promotes its "radical self-reliance," inclusion, and a pledge to "leave no trace" on the dry lake bed it calls home. Locals are tired of the mountains of garbage dumped in their local parking lots, and left on "the playa."

Exclusive: Broadway Green Alliance establishes inaugural board of directors and advisory council

www.broadwaynews.com: Broadway Green Alliance (BGA) has established an advisory council and a board of directors. This announcement marks the first formal governing bodies of the 17-year-old industry initiative dedicated to educating, motivating and inspiring the theater community to implement environmentally friendlier practices.

Broadway Climate Summit will debut during Climate Week NYC

www.broadwaynews.com: The inaugural Broadway Climate Summit will take place on Sept. 22. Co-founded by Climate Imaginarium, Earth Era Studios, OneUpAction International and 6th Fest, the summit will be part of the roster of events for Climate Week NYC, the largest climate symposium in the world. Broadway Climate Summit will take place at Alliance of Resident Theatres/New York and Ripley-Grier Studios in Manhattan between 10:30 a.m. and 8:30 p.m.

From V to You: It’s Time to Fight for Mother Earth

AMERICAN THEATRE: “We want you to panic; we want you to act. You stole our future and we want it back.” With headbanging passion, the youth-driven cast of the new musical Dear Everything rocked it out at New York City’s Terminal 5, in a one-night concert in January, with a message for adults: Do something.

National Theatre to use home-grown dye in sustainability push

www.thestage.co.uk: The National Theatre has committed to using natural dye for all its future productions, which it will make from plants grown in its newly launched well-being garden. The venue says the innovation marks a "clear statement" of its intention to improve its sustainability and "future-proof" its work in accordance with recommendations laid out in the Theatre Green Book.

Theatre as a Partner in Environmental Sustainability Awareness in Delta State, Nigeria

HowlRound Theatre Commons: In a letter dated 27 June 2024, THESPIAN Family Theatre and Productions, based in Lagos, Nigeria, invited the Department of Creative Arts at Dennis Osadebay University to participate in an environmental sustainability project. The project would advocate for greater climate action through the presentation of a play that reflects the cultural context of the university's location, and address themes of environmental sustainability.

Broadway Green Alliance announces September textile drive

www.broadwaynews.com: The Broadway Green Alliance will host a textile reuse and recycling drive on Sept. 17 in Manhattan. The event, organized in partnership with Wearable Collections, will take place from 11 a.m. until 2 p.m. in Duffy Square

Analysis Tool Targets Hidden Sources of Carbon in Mass Timber Projects

Engineering News-Record: Mass timber buildings are popular for their claimed carbon neutrality and sustainability compared to conventional concrete and steel structures. But is that common assumption true across the board? That is the question two architects at design firm Corgan have studied since a 2023 World Resources Institute report outlined sources of carbon emissions in the timber supply chain that were not being well documented.

Our Experiments: Upcycling in Theatre - An Interview with "Upcycling" Costume and Set Designer Reet Aus from Estonia

The Theatre Times: Reet Aus has spent her career in fashion and theatre committed to sustainability, where she’s learned from the world’s most efficient designer: nature. Everything began at the Von Krahl theatre in Estonia, after completing her MA studies in fashion in the early 2000s. Concerned by the wastefulness of the industry, Reet started to test new ways of working—making costumes by only using existing materials or sourcing materials from local recycling centers.

One day, your home could be made with mushrooms

The Verge: Mushrooms are helping architects and engineers solve one the world’s biggest crises: climate change. These fungi are durable, biodegradable, and are proving to be a good alternative to more polluting materials.

How LEED Certification System + Others Make Sustainable Architecture

mymodernmet.com: Buzzwords like sustainable architecture, green architecture, and environmental architecture are mentioned in almost every large-scale building project. While widespread adoption of environmental practices is certainly a great thing, it can be difficult to keep up and understand what makes a good sustainable building.

All About Paintbrushes: What Type to Use and How to Clean Them

mymodernmet.com: Paint and paint brushes go hand-in-hand. Although brushes aren’t a requirement when it comes to painting (just ask artist Iris Scott), they are a ubiquitous tool that nearly every artist has in their studio. So, it shouldn’t come as a surprise that you’ve got a lot of choices when it comes to picking out your favorite paint brush.

If recycling plastics isn’t making sense, remake the plastics

Ars Technica: A few years back, it looked like plastic recycling was set to become a key part of a sustainable future. Then, the price of fossil fuels plunged, making it cheaper to manufacture new plastics. Then China essentially stopped importing recycled plastics for use in manufacturing. With that, the bottom dropped out of plastic recycling, and the best thing you could say for most plastics is that they sequestered the carbon they were made of.

CMU Completes Voluntary Review of Sustainable Development Goals

www.cmu.edu/news: Carnegie Mellon University's commitment to equity, justice and the environment is reflected in a new report released this week that catalogues activities by students, faculty and staff to advance the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The Voluntary University Review is a first-of-its-kind report.

The goals are 17 global objectives designed to create a more equitable and sustainable planet by 2030. Millions of people around the world provided input on the goals, which were adopted by the international community in 2015. The commitments are reflected in CMU's own longstanding efforts on sustainability and addressing society's most pressing needs.

What Makes a Product Sustainable?

Earth911.com: We talk a lot about the importance of sustainability and making sure the products we purchase are sustainable. But what is it, exactly, that makes a product sustainable?
As you might suspect, “sustainable” can mean different things to different companies and individuals. If you want to be an informed consumer, you may find it helpful to consider the different aspects of sustainability.

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.