Working sustainably / Durabilité
- How to be an eco-friendly artist
This article is relevant for those in painting and pigment-based practices. - Going green: environmentally friendly practices for artists
This article focuses on safe practices for working with oil and acrylic paints. - Using the Resources at Hand: Sustainable Exhibition Design
This resource was designed to help people think about eco-friendly options in designing exhibitions. The booklet offers tips for low-carbon design, outlines resources in the community, and includes information on borrowing and sharing resources and materials so that we can reduce and reuse. A project by the Center for Sustainable Curating. - Sustainable Concordia’s community guide
This community guide was revised in 2015 and is available for download as a PDF file. - Sustainable Concordia’s sustainable event guide
This guide is available for download as a PDF file. - Trousse sur les pratiques écoresponsables en danse par le Regroupement québécois de la danse (RQD)
A toolkit for sustainable dance practices by the RQD (Regroupement québécois de la danse).
- Écoscéno
The Écoscéno Mission is to reduce the environmental impact of cultural production by providing tools and assistance to actors in the field while promoting eco-conception, mutualization, and reuse of objects and materials within the arts sector. - CUCCR
Concordia University’s Center for Creative Reuse is dedicated to diverting materials from inside Concordia’s waste-stream and offering them to the general community free of cost. Membership is offered for those interested in using the used material depot, shed and tool library. - Sustainable Concordia Resource Library
The Sustainability Resource Library is a free library that is committed to fulfilling the Sustainable Concordia mandate, which aims to promote ecological health, social justice, and economic equality.
Sustainability all around!
Une plus grande durabilité dans tous les domaines!
Visit the “Equity, Diversity & Inclusivity”, as well as the “Mental Health & WellBeing” sections of the Toolbox for resources to help you develop a more sustainable practice on a social and personal level.
