A Manifesto for Designing from Ecological Principles Bethany Wells, 26 January 2014 A Manifesto for Designing from Ecological Principles This will be an incomplete summary as my full notes are at home, but I wanted to get something into the printout for anyone who is interested in following this train of thought. We are working to pull together ideas for a ‘stamp’ or kitemark of aspiration, intention, to create design practices from ecological principles. Please follow our hashtag #ecostage to learn more as we work on this. Working on: - a blog - Hashtag: #ecostage - Launch event - Logo / branding Aims: - magnify / celebrate best practice + small successes across disciplines, but focussing on design practice - develop a set of principles and aims for ecological design that can be signed up to - create a stamp for artists to publicly indicate their committment and aspiration to this idea Questions: - balancing the medium + the message - communication with audiences - communication with venues - hidden vs overt ecological design/aesthetic - pre show conversations to have with venues / production managers - post show collection/recycling/links to communities to reclaim/re-use materials - none of us are carbon neutral. What do we then choose touse energy/materials for? - there were more… Networks: Society of British Theatre Designers Association of Lighting Designers Julie's Bicycle Many thanks for your contributions and hope to work with you in the future. Bethany Wells + Alice Hoult Tags: ecology, green, design, Sustainability, Community, community, energy, theatre design, sustainability, design practice Comments: 2 Hugh Chapman, 27 January 2014 sounds like permaculture design is something you might be into..? http://permacultureprinciples.com/principles/ Bethany Wells, 27 January 2014 Thanks Hugh. Yes, permaculture design is something I've been looking at on the periphery for a while now, but haven't consciously brought the principles into my performance design. We'll definitely add it to our research list. I know Tanja Beer + Dan Barnard and Rachel Briscoe have been looking at whole system design through their work. Bethany