By lawler

The ecoTheater project is concerned with how as theater artists we can strive to create theater without sacrificing the environment and the long term health of our communities. I believe this can be done without making compromises in our process, and hope to detail how (and why) both here and in my next book.

The blog is especially a place for me to more fully develop the core ideas for my next book project, which will aim to combine two of my most ardent passions: theater & the environment.


3 Responses to “ecoTheater: what is it?”


  1. August 3, 2007 at 11:46 pm

    I am so inspired by your blog. Please feel free to share Mo`olelo Performing Arts Company’s “Green Theater Categories and Sustainable Guidelines” http://www.moolelo.net/mission/green.html. We definitely created them to be shared and improved upon.

  2. 2 Natalie Maynard
    October 15, 2008 at 1:10 pm

    I am a student at the University of Texas at Austin pursuing a master’s in Costume Technology. I am researching a thesis that will deal with the subject of sustainability in the costume shop. I have not noticed a deep interest in this subject. There is discussion about scenery and lights and how to apply sustainability to them but not in terms of the costume shop. i would be interested if people had thoughts about this.

    Natalie

  3. October 15, 2008 at 1:29 pm

    Natalie,

    I’d like to first point you to my own site here for information on greening up the theater costume shop: check out the page “how to go green,” and you’ll find about half way down the very long page, there is information on costumes. Outside of the ecoTheater site, I would suggest checking out Theresa May and Larry Fried’s book “Greening Up Our Houses,” as well as taking a look at the work of Monona Rossol and her organization Arts, Crafts, and Theater Safety — which you can find on the web at artscraftstheatersafety.org

    Hope this helps, and good luck in your research. Keep me posted.

    Mike


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