The Broadway Green Alliance (BGA) educates, motivates, and inspires the entire theater community and its patrons to adopt environmentally friendlier practices. Its most important message is that getting greener is a journey, not a destination. The first steps can—and perhaps should be—small. The important part is starting today. So, what are some ways that you can easily start your greener theater journey?
1. The BGA encourages every show, venue, or theater company to find a green point person; they call them “Green Captains” and there is one at every Broadway show, at over 45 Off-Broadway shows and venues, and at dozens of regional and college theaters. These point people help identify green changes that can be made in their productions or venues. Anyone can volunteer to be a Green Captain for their venue or company. (Many celebrities—Bryan Cranston and Audra McDonald, for example—have been Green Captains for their Broadway shows. Here are some examples of things a Green Captain might recommend.
2. In the office, simply changing the default setting to double-sided on all printers can save reams of paper in a month.
3. Make sure you find a printer cartridge recycling
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