Green Arts Initiative Annual Report 2018

#GreenArts

The creative community is going green Green Arts Initiative Annual Report 2018 Shetland Islands,West Dunbartonshire) Midlothian, NorthAyrshire, Renfrewshire, East Ayrshire, East Dunbartonshire, not yet represented are: Clackmannanshire, local authorities(those localauthorities Members exist in24 ofScotland’s 32 all artforms. community cultural organisations across open to professional, amateur and community, free to joinandparticipate in, The Green ArtsInitiative isanopen-access Our As ofSpring2019: members intotal. There are 220 220 Introduction www.greenartsinitiative.co.uk enthusiasm, resources andshared learningacross Scotland. connecting Green Champions,new andexisting knowledge, Scotland through avariety ofactivitiesandevents: The Green Artscommunity isfacilitated by Creative Carbon the artscanbringto atopic asbroad asclimate change. creative, conceptual andbehaviour changemechanisms sector incarbonemissions reduction, whilst exploring the to address thechallengesthat face theartsandcultural The community works ininnovative anddiverse ways to abetter, environmentally sustainable, society. environmental impactandmakingapositive contribution organisations inScotland, committed to reducing their The Green ArtsInitiative isacommunity ofover 200cultural demands, oureconomy, andallourlifestyles. impact ourhealth,food andwater supplies,ourenergy heatwaves andmore numerous extreme weather events challenge we face. Increased rainfall, risingsealevels, on theenvironment onwhichwe depend,isthebiggest Climate change, andthewiderimpacthumansocietyhas Members are Creative Scotland 62% ofourmembers Regularly Funded Organisations. 62% Dance 6% Literature 3% Multi-form 6% Heritage 2% Film 6% Arts 8% Community Agency 6% Festival 14% a widerange ofartforms: Members are involved in Physical Theatre 1% Storytelling 2% Visual Arts15% Music 10% @CCScotland #GreenArts |02 Theatre 22% #GreenArts How Our Community is Climate change is a complex problem Tackling Climate Change with systemic causes and solutions

Making changes in their o ces, venues and studios

We are completing a series We re-rendered our B-listed We undertook a full review of capital works that aim to building in lime to stop water of energy usage with current reduce the environmental ingress and damp lighting systems across impact of our building and penetration, thereby gallery, facilities and oces bring it up to PassivHaus reducing our heating costs, and calculated the cost of standards. Agile City with support and research replacing them with low from Historic Environment energy alternatives and Scotland. potential savings over 3 years. Street Level Photoworks

64% of our members are directly 64% reducing their energy consumption and its associated impacts

We got the ‘reclamation Our season brochures are As part of our man’ to talk to our students now printed on FSC #greenwheelstouring about waste and introduced approved paper and printed initiative, our company a waste bin into our using vegetable inks. In members are o ered items workshop. We then hosted addition, all the carbon from a tour ‘green kit’ that an eco-week and displayed emissions generated in encourages them to think a Fairtrade Exhibition printing will be o set by about waste prevention highlighting the use of planting broadleaved trees in measures whilst on the road. ethical stones in jewellery a local community woodland This includes a reusable making. City of resulting in the print co ee cup, water bottle, College Craft & Design becoming completely carbon food carrier, quick-dry towel, balanced. Beacon Arts Centre shopping bag and a spork. A recycling system is set up in the van. Catherine Wheels We've switched all our event Theatre Company catering to be vegetarian (over 500 lunches annually), and issued all sta with a re-useable cup for hot drinks. Federation of Scottish Theatre 79% of our members are tackling the problem of waste 79% and material consumption

We meet regularly with fellow building users as tenants in the We turned o our oce 'Grindlay Green Team' and have begun using 'Ecobricks' to reduce water over the Christmas and water usable in toilet cisterns. We are also looking to source New Year period to protect branded water bottles for performers and sta , to reduce the against leaks and burst pipes. temptation of using single use plastic water bottles. Plan B Creative Lung-Ha Theatre Company

20% of our members are reducing 1 in 5 their water consumption

Green Arts Initiative Annual Report 2018 #GreenArts | 03 Addressing climate change in their programmes, performances, activities & events

We appointed a Green We commissioned and We’re piloting a land-travel Ambassador at Board level presented ‘Arctic Oil’, a new residency and research and now include a Green production, which contained cooperation with a new Strategy Update at every themes and issues network of partners in board meeting. Paragon Music surrounding environmental Scotland and Finland sustainability. Traverse (North AiR: Expanding Theatre Entanglements) to question the role of artists' residency We held two internal annual in a time of climate events that focus entirely on breakdown. Scottish our environmental activities Sculpture Workshop and policy to ensure all sta are informed, involved and We co-commissioned (with committed. Glasgow Music in Peebles) composer Theatre Royal and Kings Esther Swift to write a piece For our manipulate Visual of music about the impact of Theatre Festival 2019 we will climate change and flooding not produce printed events' on the Peebles community. programmes, instead using This year we toured Scotland The piece was premiered displays or QR codes which with Friends of the Earth by the Brodick Quartet, and can be scanned by audience Scotland and Stop Climate was performed alongside a members for event Chaos Scotland to present 7 video created by Tom Swift. information. As a result, we practical workshops and films The piece was well-received are able to o er more back- screenings exploring climate within Peebles and has ground commentary, context change and the Scottish subsequently been and images at no additional Governments new Climate performed on BBC Radio. cost. Puppet Animation Bill which is currently being Enterprise Music Scotland Scotland drafted. Take One Action

Engaging others through their audiences, artists, sta & suppliers

We included a 'Green Policy' We began to implement a We updated our in all our tour packs which zero-tolerance policy for Environmental Policy and are shared with venues domestic flights for sta , and published it online, following before an artist arrives to dug deeply into our travel and consultation with the whole perform or install a work. The emissions data, conducting sta team which proposed policy includes action points an in-depth comparison of that environmental concerns such as providing locally coach vs train travel for the should be as embedded in sourced organic food with seven cities we visit most our work as our commitment minimal disposable packaging frequently (Glasgow, to Equality, Diversity and and accommodation booked Edinburgh, Aberdeen, Inclusion. We’ve since updated close to the venue to Dumfries, Inverness, Perth our form for prospective promote walking. Cryptic and Dundee). Taking the time partners to include a question to make these calculations about how the proposed o ered good evidence for us project takes into to continue prioritising trains consideration our We held more video meetings over coaches wherever environmental policy. Glasgow to reduce travel, and possible. Scottish Ensemble Women’s Library scheduled in-person meetings to optimise time and travel needs. North East Arts Touring 59% of our members are monitoring, measuring and reducing sta travel- related emissions.

Green Arts Initiative Annual Report 2018 #GreenArts | 04 We put artists coming on We had musicians going on We encourage all sta residency in touch prior to an "Eco Tour" of Arran by members and artists to take arrival and encouraged them bike, where we also co-hosted public transport or cycle or to share transport. Scottish a beach clean and workshop walk, providing them with a Sculpture Workshop that saw children creating voucher from Stagecoach to instruments out of what they take the bus. This has worked found. Enterprise Music very well and has encouraged Scotland more people to use public 32% transport rather than driving. Starcatchers 32% of our members are reducing the travel-related emissions of their artists and performers.

We operate bus tours for We held a roadshow to We monitored our audience's Spring Fling Open Studios limit audience travel to our travel to our theatre with to make the event more workshops: two facilitators monthly surveys which we accessible and reduce carbon travel so participants can use to look at where our emissions. Upland Arts stay local. Arts & Business audience are coming from, Development CIC Scotland and to inform how we advertise the bus, train and underground services on our 13% website at point of sale.

13% are working on the travel emissions of their wider audiences

What help they need to take things further Members have exciting ideas of upcoming plans

On Energy On Waste On Travel On Wider Engagement Fundraising for new Replacing single-use Hosting a social media sound systems with information pamphlets campaign around Implementing a increased energy with a fixed number of audience travel building Green Team, eciency laminated copies and and integrating downloadable pdfs Training team members environmental policies Installing secondary in fuel ecient driving within sta training glazing across oces Running a paperless for touring procedures and putting timers on oce and switching lights to online promotional Ensuring public Engaging with the local materials programmes are community to help Reducing the use of entirely accessible by individuals understand diesel generators for Working with public transportation the impacts of climate outdoor events promotors and venues change, by running led to reduce the need projects or workshops Switching to a for printed materials renewable energy Organising a networking provider event on the topic of making work for young people about climate change

Green Arts Initiative Annual Report 2018 #GreenArts | 05 Members identify the greatest challenges to their green work

The a ordability and visibility of more The cost of capital improvements sustainable materials procurement

Reaching an impasse where it feels Lack of exposure to other like all achievable green work has organisations undertaking similar work been undertaken

Balancing geographic and physical Knowledge of the most e ective accessibility and international work actions to take – both within internal with the environmental impact of travel sta teams and across public audiences

Control over one’s space as a The capacity to concentrate on tenant/ venue hire user sustainability ambitions, particularly with a demanding artistic programme

How the Green Arts Initiative Works Resources – Case Studies Networked Community – and Guides Green Arts Members Area Downloadable guides on specialist sustainability A one-stop shop of curated content, updated knowledge tailored for the cultural sector and monthly to provide targeted access to support real-life examples in case studies written by and inspiration for Green Champions. Green Arts members. Support and Ideas – Events – Green Arts Day & The Green Arts Round-Up the Green Arts Conference Each month, Creative Carbon Scotland Sector and public-facing activities providing compiles news, events, opportunities, resources opportunities to connect and share with other and relevant knowledge articles, sharing these cultural organisations, and demonstrate and with the community’s Green Champions. Any highlight your own Green Arts work. member can submit content or ask for help through the Round-Up.

What our members say

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Green Arts Initiative Annual Report 2018 #GreenArts | 06 Members List

A Moment's Peace East Renfrewshire Culture Magical Nature Stories Scottish Sculpture Workshop Aberdeen Performing Arts and Leisure Trust Marissa Sto er Scottish Storytelling Centre Agile City Eco Drama McLellan Scottish Youth Theatre All or Nothing Aerial Dance Ecologisers Meadows Festival Screen Education Edinburgh Theatre and Milk at Edinburgh Sculpture Sculpture Placement Group Cinema An Lochran Workshop Shaper/Caper Edinburgh Art Festival Andrew Squire Mischief La-Bas Silver Hub Studios Edinburgh Festival of Cycling Arika Heavy Industries Moniack Mhor Writers’ Centre Spring Fling Edinburgh Fringe Festival Art Walk Projects Museum Collections Centre SQIFF (Scottish Queer Society Artlink Central Musica Nordica International Film Festival) Edinburgh International Book Arts and Business Scotland National Galleries of Scotland St John's Festival Assembly National Theatre of Scotland Starcatchers Production Ltd Edinburgh International Asylon Theatre Children's Festival National Youth Orchestras of Stellar Quines Theatre Scotland Company Atlas Arts Edinburgh International Ayr Gaiety Theatre Festival Society Neat Shows (North East Arts Stills Ltd: Centre for Touring) Photography Barrowland Ballet Edinburgh International Bathgate Regal Community Magic Festival NEoN (North East of North) Strange Town Theatre Edinburgh Science Festival Nevis Ensemble Street Level Photoworks Beacon Arts Centre Edinburgh Palette New Media Scotland Studio Pavilion at House for an Art Lover Bedlam Theatre Edinburgh Sculpture Nordic Viola Belmont Filmhouse Workshop North Edinburgh Arts Summerhall Beltane Fire Society Edinburgh Student Arts North Lands Creative Glass Sweet Venues Beyond Borders Scotland Festival Northern Stage Take One Action Biggar Museum Trust Edinburgh UNESCO City of Oak Tree Productions Tayberry Enterprise (Arts) Literature BoxedIn Theatre Objeta Creative Studio The Barn Enterprise Music Scotland C Venues Out of the Blue The Beacon (Greenock Arts Federation of Scottish Guild) Cambo Heritage Trust Out of the Blueprint Theatre The Beltane Public Capital Theatres Outspoken Arts Festivals Edinburgh Engagement Network Castle Fine Art Panel Fife Contemporary The Common Guild Catherine Wheels Theatre Paradise Green Film City Glasgow The Guild (Dumfries) Company Paradise Palms Fire Exit Ltd The List CCA: Centre for Paragon Ensemble Frances Teckham The National Piping Centre Contemporary Art Perth Concert Hall/ Perth The Pier Arts Centre City of Edinburgh Council Theatre The Queen's Hall Cultural Venues Gaelic Books Council Peter Pan Moat Brae Trust The Stove Network Celtic Media Festival Gilded Balloon Pitlochry Festival Theatre The Touring Network Centre for the Moving Image Glasgow Film Theatre Plan B Collaborative Theatre (Highlands & Islands) Children's Classic Concerts Glasgow International Playwrights’ Studio Scotland The Voodoo Rooms Glasgow Print Studios Pleasance Theatre Theatre Broad Citizens Theatre Glasgow Theatres Ltd Plum Films Theatre Gu Leòr Civil Disobedience Glasgow Women's Library Project Theatre Coburg House GMAC Film Timespan–Helmsdale Publishing Scotland Heritage and Arts Society Greenside Venues Puppet Animation Scotland Tragic Carpet Comar Grid Iron Random Accomplice Company Chordelia Guarana Street Drummers Red Note Ensemble Ltd Cove Park Hebridean Celtic Fest Room 8 Studio Tron Theatre Craft Scotland Hebrides Ensemble Rowanbank Environmental Underbelly Creative Carbon Scotland Highland Print Studio Arts and Education Universal Arts Creative Scotland Horsecross Arts Ltd Royal Edinburgh Military Cryptic Hospitalfield Trust Tattoo Vanishing Point Theatre Impact Arts Cumbernauld Theatre Trust Company Indepen-dance Company Curious Seed Visible Fictions ISKCON Scotland (Krishna Royal Scottish National Custom Lane Voluntary Arts Scotland Eco Farm) Orchestra Dance Base Wasps Artists' Studios Joan Clevillé Dance Rural Nations Dance House Glasgow Wee Stories Just Festival Saughtonhall Drama Group Dance North Scotland WHALE Arts Karen Clulow Scapa Fest DCA Wigtown Book Festival Knowyourself.me Scottish Artists Union Deaf Action Wilderness of Tigers Letham Nights Scottish Ballet Deveron Projects Y Dance (Scottish Youth Live Music Now Scottish Chamber Orchestra Drake Music Scotland Dance) Lung Ha's Theatre Company Scottish Documentary Dunblane Centre Institute Youth Theatre Arts Scotland Lyra Theatre Scottish Ensemble Lyth Arts Centre Dunedin Consort Scottish Poetry Library

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