As part of NIDA’s commitment to being a leading sustainability educator in the creative and performing arts, NIDA Green has developed the new online short course Greening Your Arts Practice available through NIDA Open.
Greening Your Arts Practice will introduce sustainable ways of working, allowing creatives to take the important step towards an eco-friendlier performing arts practice and make a lasting impact on their productions and the planet.
This introductory course has been designed with a range of performing arts professionals in mind, including Producers, General Managers, Production Managers, Directors, Designers, Makers, Actors, Stage Managers, Backstage technicians, Drama teachers, and independent event creators.
NIDA’s Sustainability Manager and Greening Your Arts Practice course leader, Imogen Ross said, “It is exciting to be part of the performing arts sector’s transition away from wasteful arts practices and over-reliance on fossil fuels, and as mandatory carbon reporting begins to be rolled out across Australia, it is important for arts organisations and individuals to be prepared. Being sustainable is about looking for opportunities to reduce our footprint on the planet, no matter how small, and celebrating wins. There will always be challenges along the way, but as professional storytellers we choose to be part of the solution.”
The course will provide essential insights and easy-to-apply sustainability techniques that can be used to reduce the carbon footprint of live events and inspire environmental leadership.
On completion of the course, students will be able to identify different areas of waste and energy within their scope of work, develop practical measures to reduce their productions’ carbon footprint and create a tailored ‘green plan’ to implement across creative projects and venues. The course will be delivered online via Zoom in 2-hour sessions twice weekly over 4 weeks (8 sessions in total).
NIDA Green is an environmental sustainability strategy that supports NIDA in achieving carbon neutrality by 2030 and equips new generations of industry practitioners with the sustainability skills and practices to create positive change in their future workplaces across Australia and globally.
NIDA Open delivers a range of industry-relevant short courses online, available to adults around the country including introductory courses in Writing, Set Design, Lighting Design, Producing for Stage and Screen and Costume Design.
For more information on the course or to enrol, click here.
Enrolments are open now. First course commences 5 February 2025.
Learn more about NIDA’s sustainability program NIDA Green.
Header image: third-year Acting graduand Braeden Caddy in NIDA’s 2024 production of ‘Spring Awakening’. Photo by Julia Firak.
