green exchange
A Hub of Resources on Green Touring Practices
As our world faces the climate crisis, it is incumbent on our sector to move towards green producing and touring practices. What could performing arts touring and international cultural diplomacy look like, post-pandemic?
This green exchange aims to provide a consolidated portal to tools, research, and initiatives specific to the performing arts sector and touring while intersecting with production and thematic values. It’s in development - help it grow by providing input!
Indigenous Perspectives. What can we respectfully learn from Indigenous knowledge systems and artistic practices in relation to sustainable touring practices? Magpie Exchange seeks to highlight Indigenous perspectives as a basis for this conversation and acknowledges that many of the tools and resources below derive from European centres.
HUBS
The Centre for Sustainable Practices in the Arts, York University: a leading think tank and resource hub with a quarterly publication.
Julie’s Bicycle, London: a charity supporting the creative community to act on climate change and sustainable practices through tools and resources.
Creative Carbon Scotland: an extensive hub of tools, research, and more.
On the Move: a Belgium-based cultural mobility information network.
APAP Conference 2021 “Calling for Change - A Fieldwide Conversation”
TOOLS
PACT, the Québec Drama Federation, and Julie’s Bicycle are adapting JB’s Creative Green Tools to the Canadian theatre ecology. Learn more HERE.
Julie’s Bicycle - The Creative Green Tools: a free set of unique carbon calculators developed specifically for the creative industries.
Ecosceno, Montréal: reduce your use of material resources during creation.
The Sustainable Events Council, Québec: tools for measuring and resources about the environmental impact of events.
GUIDES
On the Move / Julie’s Bicycle: Green Mobility Guide to green touring
On the Move’s Sample Charter for a Sustainable and Responsible Cultural Mobility
Edinburgh Festival Fringe: The Fringe Guide to Sustainability
ARTISTS
NAC English Theatre Climate Change Summit:
NAC - Final Report from the 2019 Summit (Part 1) NAC - Mieko Ouchi’s Reflections on the 2020 Green Rooms (Part 2)
The Arctic Cycle uses theatre to foster dialogue about our global climate crisis. Check out their blog and network Artists and Climate Change.
The Only Animal, Vancouver: creates sustainable, immersive work that arises from a deep engagement with place, such as their project The Artist Brigade.
Broadleaf Theatre, Toronto: creates multidisciplinary performance based on local, national and global environmental issues, such as their ongoing work, The Chemical Valley Project.
Ecoscenography blog hosted by Dr. Tanja Beer (Australia).
A biennial initiative, Climate Change Theatre Action is a series of worldwide readings and performances of short climate change plays presented in support of the United Nations Conference of the Parties. Downstage produced the Calgary performance in 2019.