NIDA Online: Greening Your Arts Practice

NIDA Online: Greening Your Arts Practice

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Posted 2025-01-30 by Vanessafollow

Wed 05 Feb 2025 - Mon 02 Jun 2025

Lead the way in sustainable arts practices


This summer, NIDA is launching 'Greening Your Arts Practice', a 100% online short course designed to empower performing arts professionals with sustainable skills and practices.


Third-year Acting grad and Braeden Caddy in NIDA's 2024 production of 'Spring Awakening'. Photo by Julia Firak.

This is your opportunity to shape the future of stage and screen!


As part of NIDA's commitment to being a leading sustainability educator in the creative and performing arts, 'Greening Your Arts Practice' introduces practical strategies to reduce waste and energy use in productions, 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.

From left to right: Construction Manager Hannah Garman and Senior Lecturer in Set Construction Technologies, Lynsey Brown, discussing timber choices for NIDA’s 2024 productions. Photo by Juliette Amies.

+ Who is This Course For?


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.

+ Course Components


  • Discover easy-to-apply sustainability techniques that can be used to reduce the carbon footprint of live events and inspire environmental leadership.

  • Learn to identify different areas of waste and energy within your control and develop practical measures to reduce your carbon footprint.

  • Write a tailored 'green plan' to implement in your creative practice.
  • + Delivery


    The course is delivered online via Zoom in 2-hour sessions twice weekly over 4 weeks (8 sessions in total).

    Are you ready to upskill and build a more sustainable future for the performing arts industry?


    Enrollments are open now. Choose from two options; course commencing 5 February 2025 or commencing 2 June 2025.

    For more information on the course or to enrol, click here.


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    About NIDA Green
    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. Learn more about NIDA's sustainability program NIDA Green here.

    About NIDA Open
    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. Learn more about NIDA short courses here.

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