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Welcome to the October newsletter!
Hello!
Do you know what connects abandoned petrol stations, a line chalked on the ground in New York, Miami and Bristol and the regeneration of Dumfries in Scotland? They're all examples of collaborations between sustainability partners and artists that feature in the newly launched Library of Creative Sustainability.
This month has also seen Creative Scotland's Regularly Funded organisations submit their Carbon Management Plans. So it's been a busy month, and that's before we even mention our flagship event The Green Arts Conference! The conference programme is out and it's taking place in Edinburgh in less than two weeks on 7 November.
This month as part of "The Story" section - this month highlighting the stark new report by the world's leading climate scientists the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change - we're trialling share examples from across the world of where arts and climate are interacting.
Now then, there's plenty of newsletter to be getting on with with lots of our own news and there's also 4 opportunities, 3 guest blogs and a news item in the noticeboard section!
Any feedback about what else you'd like to see in the newsletter and how it can work better for you? Get in touch.
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We’re excited to announce that we launched the Library of Creative Sustainability during Climate Week 2018. The library is a growing database of inspiring case studies for people working to address environmental sustainability and climate change, demonstrating the benefits of collaborating with artists to achieve sustainability outcomes.
We'll be continuing to add to the library and will feature a different case study. If you have something to contribute to the library, or want to discuss setting up a project inspired by the library, please get in touch.
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The programme for The Green Arts Conference: Culture Change has been launched with speakers including the Scottish Government, Aberdeen City Council, Climate Ready Clyde and cultural organisations including Traverse Theatre, Glasgow Women's Library, Scottish Sculpture Workshop and WASPs Studios.
The Green Arts Conference is on 7 November in Edinburgh and there are a very limited number of tickets remaining! Take a look at the full exciting programme for the day.
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At the start of October, the vast majority of Creative Scotland’s 121 Regularly Funded Organisations submitted Carbon Management Plans in accordance with their funding requirements.
Our Carbon Management Planning Officer, Caro Overy takes a look at what's in the plans from catering, to cycling, to lighting, to heating and much more.
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Cultural Adaptations, the Creative Europe funded project which we are leading, with partners in three EU countries, officially started on 1st October.
The project is seeking to recruit two individual evaluators to undertake formative and summative evaluation for the project. Deadline for applications is Friday 2 November.
The project will soon be looking to recruit an embedded artist from any discipline to work with Climate Ready Clyde. Take a look above at the newly launched Library of Creative Sustainability to understand what this could involve. Register your interest in the embedded artist opportunity.
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Creative Carbon Scotland's Director Ben Twist has handed in his PhD! In this blog he shares a summary of how complexity theory, cultural practice and sustainability work together through the examples of showering and going to the theatre.
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#ScotClimateWeek, #GreenGB and #GreenArts
This month "Scottish Climate Week" took place from 1st to the 5th October and Green Great Britain week from 15th to the 19th and it was great to see some of the #GreenArts community getting involved.
Scottish Climate Week saw the likes of Creative Scotland sharing top tips for reducing environmental impact, Edinburgh's Hogmanay sharing their green work, Traverse Theatre sharing their climate change related programming and Edinburgh Festival Fringe sharing their commitments. Glasgow Women's Library got really on board with Green GB week to highlight their support for active travel, vegetarian catering and some of their books by women on sustainability.
Want to do more to communicate your #GreenArts work? We'll be running a session at the Green Arts Conference on this very topic and you can always drop us a line
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Contemporary artist and researcher Sonia Mehra Chawla writes about the research she undertook in Aberdeen in June 2018 to inform an upcoming residency with Edinburgh Printmakers in the second part of this blog series.
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In this guest blog Clare Skelton-Morris from Cycling Scotland gives ideas on how cultural organisations and practitioners can become more cycle friendly.
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Stewart McGrenary from Plunc, a UK online recycler for high end electronics takes a look at the environmental and economic impacts of electronics waste.
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Take One Action – Scotland’s global change cinema project – returns to Aberdeen and Inverness this November to premiere the most acclaimed international documentaries focusing on environmental and social justice.
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Have a creative idea inspired by UK native wildflowers, plants or fungi? Aged between 14-25? Get £500 funding with Grow Wild to put the idea into action.
To have your application assessed at the next panel meeting apply by Midday on Friday 30 November
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Grow Wild is awarding grants of £2,000 or £4,000 to groups across Scotland to deliver projects in their community focused on UK native wildflowers, plants and fungi. Applications close at midday on Monday 10 December.
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The ArtRoots fund is a community fund for artistic and aesthetic improvements to the National Cycle Network in Scotland. 2018 is the Year of Young People and this year the ArtRoots fund will target schemes that encourage opportunities for young artists.Grants of up to £5,000 are available. Expressions of interest are due by Monday 5 November
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art.earth and partners The Royal Forestry Society and Timber Strategies and academic partner Science Walden @ Ulsan National Institute of Science & Technology (UNIST) invite proposals to an international forum: Evolving the Forest, 19-21 June 2019, Dartington Hall, Devon.
Deadline for proposals Monday 19 November
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October 25
Hope in an overheated Climate - Talk by Professor Kevin Anderson
Organised by Transition Edinburgh and Friends of the Earth Scotland
Location: 50 George Square, Edinburgh
November 7
Green Arts Conference: Culture Change
Organised by Creative Carbon Scotland
Location: City of Edinburgh Methodist Church, Edinburgh
November 10
Harry Josephine Giles: Workshop + Event
Organised by Falkland Centre for Stewardship
Location: Centre for Stewardship, Falkland
November 17 - 25
Take One Action Film Festival: Inverness & Aberdeen
Organised by Take One Action
Location: Various, Inverness & Aberdeen
November 20
Save the Date - Green Tease:
Re-imagining the Dunion: A new vision for turning a former quarry and landfill site into a large-scale low carbon visitor attraction in the Scottish Borders.
Join the Green Tease mailing list to receive the full info when it's confirmed
Organised by Creative Carbon Scotland
Location: Jethart Youth Hub, Jedburgh
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Carbon Literacy Training with albert @ BBC
Organised by Albert
Location: BBC Scotland, Glasgow
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The Story
Each month we share a compelling stories of what climate change means around the world. This month's story is about what what it means to limit global warming to 1.5 degrees and just how severe the alternative is.
This month we're also trialling bringing you an international example of arts & climate change interacting. Let us know what you think. |
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“It’s a line in the sand and what it says to our species is that this is the moment and we must act now,”
The world’s leading climate scientists have warned there is only a dozen years for global warming to be kept to a maximum of 1.5C, beyond which even half a degree will significantly worsen the risks of drought, floods, extreme heat and poverty for hundreds of millions of people.
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The BBC's Cultural Frontline programme speaks to artists from countries including USA, Nigeria, Norway and Peru who are speaking out against environmental damage and climate change through their work.
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