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Irresistible Neighbourhoods: Preparing and recording Ottawa 2044
June 16, 2024You are invited to cast your mind 20 years into the future of the place where you live. What would make your neighbourhood… irresistible? In 2023, we asked emerging local playwrights to walk through their neighbourhoods and offer possible futures in the form of a radio play. Welcome to…
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Irresistible Neighbourhoods: Introducing our Ottawa 2044 playwrights
April 22, 2024The Future is Hyper-Local You are invited to cast your mind 20 years into the future of the place where you live. What would make your neighbourhood… irresistible? In 2023, we asked emerging local playwrights to walk through their neighbourhoods and offer possible futures in the form of a…
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Earth Day 2024: What Does a Green NAC Look Like, Anyway?
April 19, 2024This year marks the first Earth Day since the National Arts Centre launched Walking Gently on the Land, its first-ever Environmental Sustainability Action Plan, released on September 7, 2023. There are several ways that the NAC has been working to address climate change. On the energy…
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Considering Environmental Issues from the Perspective of Artistic Practice
April 19, 2024In September, 2023, the National Arts Centre released its Environmental Sustainability Action Plan titled Walking Gently on the Land. As a national leader in the performing arts, the NAC has a vital role to play in the fight against climate change. As part of that commitment, English…
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NAC to be Connected to National Capital Green Energy Network by 2026
April 19, 2024Did you know the National Arts Centre is part of an energy network made up of over 14 km of underground pipes that heats and cools 80 buildings in the National Capital Region, including the Parliament Buildings? The pipes are connected to the federal government’s National Capital Region…
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The Great Canadian Orchestra Field Trip
April 11, 2023Planet Earth needs our help! Launching on Earth Day, Saturday, April 22, 2023, join conductor Daniel Bartholomew-Poyser and youth climate activist Aliénor Rougeot on an action-packed adventure from coast to coast – The Great Canadian Orchestra Field Trip. Learn how the natural world has…
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Our new compost program: sustainability at the NAC
May 14, 2019The National Arts Centre and the Hon. Catherine McKenna, Canadian Minister of the Environment and Climate Change and Member of Parliament for Ottawa Centre, have unveiled an innovative program that will introduce plant-based food and drink containers and transform them into rich compost to…
