International Conference: SUSTAINABILITY AND CULTURE / Sustainable Cultural Management

Organized by the Goethe Institut Thessaloniki, the Heinrich Böll Stiftung Greece and the European theatre network Mitos21, this International Conference will take place on Friday 19th and Saturday 20th April 2013 in Thessaloniki, Greece, at the Thessaloniki Concert Hall (“Maurice Saltiel” conference room). The conference will discuss “innovative interventions implemented in recent years in the… Continue reading International Conference: SUSTAINABILITY AND CULTURE / Sustainable Cultural Management

Green Mobility Guide for the Performing Arts

Research dossier available in 5 languages Commissioned by On The Move to creative industries environmental experts Julie’s Bicycle, the Green Mobility Guide offers practical recommendations for professionals across the performing arts, case studies and resources, including the Julie’s Bicycle “IG tool” for tracking carbon emissions while on tour. Available since 2011 in English language, and… Continue reading Green Mobility Guide for the Performing Arts

IMAGINE 2020: Summer LAB. Art, climate change and sustainable development

IMAGINE 2020, Art and Climate Change, was created to increase awareness about the causes and effects of climate change and advocates changes to the cultural sector and society in genral. One of the network activities is the Summer Lab, in this event they bring together artists and professionals from diverse disciplines. The first edition took… Continue reading IMAGINE 2020: Summer LAB. Art, climate change and sustainable development

Publication: Energising Culture

Earlier this month, Energising Culture was launched; a guide to future energy for cultural buildings, engaging the UK´s cultural leadership with the importance of planning a cleaner, more sustainable energy future for cultural buildings. Energising Culture is authored by Julie’s Bicycle, in partnership with the national advisory body for theatres in the UK, The Theatres… Continue reading Publication: Energising Culture

Applications open for the 2012 Fringe Festival Award for Sustainable Production at the Hollywood Fringe

The CSPA Fringe Festival Award for Sustainable Production is designed to reward sustainable practice in the production of a fringe show. The winner will be announced at the Fringe Awards Ceremony on June 24th at 7:00pm, and will receive a plaque and a feature article in an upcoming edition of the CSPA Quarterly, the CSPA’s… Continue reading Applications open for the 2012 Fringe Festival Award for Sustainable Production at the Hollywood Fringe

Conference 12 – Delivering Sustainable Theatres

12 June 2012 – Stratford Circus, London The challenge of achieving the triple bottom line  Conference 12 looks at the sustainable design, development and operation of theatre buildings in relation to environmental, economic and social disciplines, and the challenges of delivering sustainable theatres for future generations. The conference will look at what sustainable development now… Continue reading Conference 12 – Delivering Sustainable Theatres

Engine Room Europe seminar “Creative Strategies of Sustainability”

Call for participants 10th – 15th of September 2012,  ufaFabrik, Berlin, Germany Deadline of the call: April 23rd already ! Within the framework of the Engine Room Europe project of the European network Trans Europe Halles, the German partner ufaFabrik Berlin, organises a week of seminar around the theme “Culture and sustainability”, and more specifically… Continue reading Engine Room Europe seminar “Creative Strategies of Sustainability”

SurVivArt – Art for the Right to a Good Life

Berlin 7th to 24th of February 2012 From the 7th to the 24th of February the exhibition SurVivArt – Art For the Right to a «Good Life» takes place at the galleries Mikael Andersen and Meinblau in Berlin. International artists from Ethiopia, Cambodia, Myanmar, Nigeria, Thailand and the Czech Republic were invited to do a… Continue reading SurVivArt – Art for the Right to a Good Life