The Hudson Valley Shakespeare Festival, a nonprofit theater company has pledged to become carbon neutral by 2040.Artists and environmentalists are one and the same at a New York theater company, that has made it its mission to put sustainability at the forefront of its operations.
The primary way the theater company plans on achieving this feat is by altering how the building is powered -- employing solar panels, natural convection heating, stormwater reuse, as well as providing EV charging stations, Davis McCallum, artistic director of the Hudson Valley Shakespeare Festival, told ABC News.
"We've really abused the land in ways, much like we do on golf courses," she said. "And so it's exciting to watch a group of artists and storytellers reclaim a very small piece of it."Sustainability goes beyond the infrastructure of the festival, though. The theater company is adamant on implementing the idea of a circular economy, which involves sharing, leasing, reusing, repairing, refurbishing and recycling existing materials and products as long as possible.