Oh shoot!
We're not being polite. Today is Earth Overshoot Day. That means our demand for ecological resources and services has exceeded what Earth can regenerate this year. And we've still got 155 days of 2019 to go...
As Scotland stands ready to host the world's biggest arts festival, we're noticing that the climate crisis is a theme in more and more events, and it's great to see. Let's hope it also leads to some much-needed action and behaviour change.
For our part, this month's newsletter features two events at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe that are particularly close to our hearts. They come highly recommended (of course!), and we encourage you to attend and/or participate, if you can: the inaugural Sustainable Fringe Awards, the deadline for which is only days away, and the Stand Up for Your Planet comedy extravaganza with an exciting all-star line-up.
As always feel free to let us know if there's more, or less, or different that you'd like in this newsletter! And, if you know anyone else who might be interested in reading it too, please use the buttons below.
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Enter the Sustainable Fringe Awards
by August 2nd
Show us your sustainability colours! Submit your new, novel, creative or ambitious ideas for increasing the sustainability of your work at this year's fringe, and win £100 towards making it a reality.
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"In the event of a [climate] emergency..."
Green Arts Conference 2019
This year's Green Arts Conference is entitled "In the event of a [climate] emergency..." and it's on Tuesday, 8th October (it's already in your diary, right?)
Earlybird tickets (£30) are now on sale to Green Arts Initiative members and those who have already registered interest, and on general release from August 1st-31st. After that, ticket prices will increase to £45.
More information about the programme will be added to the conference page soon.
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Welcome back, Caro Overy!
We are delighted that Caro Overy, our Carbon Management Planning Officer, has returned to Creative Carbon Scotland to support all organisations required to submit emissions reports and carbon management plans under their funding agreements. This year, she’ll be working with Creative Scotland RFOs as well as organisations receiving cultural funding from City of Edinburgh Council. Please feel free to follow up with Caro for support as you progress through your plans.
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And welcome, Lewis and KD
Two new staff members have joined us this month - Lewis Coenen-Rowe, and KD (Katherine Denney).
Lewis is our new Green Arts Networks, Events, and Programming Officer, working four days a week, supporting both Catriona and Gemma in their roles as Green Arts Project Manager and Culture/SHIFT Producer, respectively.
KD is joining us for the next six months as interim Communications Officer (three days a week), while Mike Elm is on sabbatical undertaking an overland trip to China and back. Bon voyage, Mike! Have a wonderful time.
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Ben's Strategy Blog: Climate thinking-caps on!
This month, Ben's been trainsetting around the country meeting leaders from RFOs, talking about the 'climate budget' and revving up some brainstorming about what arts, screen and creative industry organisations can do to reduce their climate impacts.
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Creative Minds process film
The Creative Minds competition was part of the Levenmouth Adapts project, which aims to promote climate-ready decision making in a way that incorporates community interests and champions the value of creative approaches to bring about change.
Students at Fife College participated in the Creative Minds video competition developing their visions of what a climate-ready Levenmouth might look like in 2030, and they made a video about the process.
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Guest Blog: Making meaning
"I’ve been thinking a lot about this as I wonder about making art in a climate emergency; perhaps we need an aesthetic revolution where we don’t just document and observe nature, but acknowledge our non-human collaborators as we attempt to co-create this world we find ourselves sharing."
This is the fifth instalment in a blog series from playwright, Lewis Hetherington, about his work as embedded artist with Glasgow cycling charity, Bike for Good, as part of the 1000th Climate Challenge Fund project
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Library of Creative Sustainability
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SLOW Cleanup civic experiments
SLOW Cleanup brings together a civic practice artist and a soil scientist leading a cultural approach to site remediation in the city of Chicago. The current experiments are restoring 12 sites previously occupied by petrol stations using phyto-remediation, the process of living plants enhancing soil cleanup, and community involvement.
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News: Siamsa Tíre Summer Residency
This year's Summer Residency at Siamsa Tíre in Tralee, Ireland has been awarded to visual artist, Zoë Uí Fhaoláin Green. The residency aims to reflect creatively on the impact of Climate Change on Siamsa Tíre's local community and to use cultural practice as an interface to communicate an imagined future with a local and international audience.
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Opportunity: £2500 prize for any creative work
The John Byrne Award, Scotland’s most inclusive competition for emerging artists, is looking for work, in any creative medium, that is thought-provoking and displays a sophisticated consideration of values.
Open to 16-30 year olds living in Scotland, John Byrne awards a top prize of £2500 annually, and monthly prizes of £250 - next deadline is July 31st!
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Opportunity: Commission to create recycling themed art installation
Here's a terrific opportunity for a local artist to create an eye-catching, bold installation for a recycling-on-the-go campaign, courtesy of environmental charity, Hubbub UK.
Expressions of interest encouraged by Friday 2nd August 2019 (but a bit later is ok too).
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Opportunity: Become a Young Leader
The 2050 Climate Group has introduced its fourth Young Leaders Development Programme.
Aimed at people aged between 18 and 35, the programme offers leadership training and knowledge of the climate crisis as key elements along with improving communication and influencing skills and the opportunity to be a part of an inspiring network committed to creating a just and sustainable future.
Applications close 8th August
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Opportunity: Public Art Commissions in Edinburgh
Edinburgh Printmakers is calling for artists to take part in an ambitious public art programme in partnership with Vastint.
They are working in partnership with international real estate organisation, Vastint, to deliver an ambitious public art programme as part of their building development in Fountainbridge, Edinburgh 2019/2020.
Deadline for Notes of Interest: 18th August 2019
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We decided our newsletter was starting to get a bit long, so this month we've reduced this listing to a few featured events. Let us know if you like it.
Of course, if you're looking for a green-related something to do and these ones aren't for you, you can always find more events on our website. And, if you've got something coming up you can submit your events here.
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Featured event:
Support sustainability in the arts and have a good laugh at the same time, courtesy of Assembly Festival's one-off extravaganza, Stand Up for Your Planet, featuring an all-star line-up including, Ed Byrne, Reginald D Hunter and Eddie Izzard, with more to be announced soon!
It's a fundraising gig for Creative Carbon Scotland (yes, us), and we'd truly love your support. Come along for an epic 90 minutes!
When: Monday, August 19th at 5.30pm
Where: Assembly Hall - Main Hall
Suitability: 14 years +
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Featured event: Big Climate Conversation
These Scottish Government-hosted events continue next week and through to August 14th in Aberdeen, Portree, Fort William and Orkney. Everyone is welcome, so come along and join in the climate conversation.
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Featured event: Start Your Sustainable Fringe
On Monday 5th August, join Edinburgh Festival Fringe, Creative Carbon Scotland, Staging Change and the University of Edinburgh’s Social Responsibility and Sustainability Department at a day of workshops, talks and activities to help Fringe-goers have a more #SustainableFringe:
- 10.30-12.00 – Staging Change Sustainable Design Workshop
- 13.00-15.00 – Festival Sustainability: A Practical Skills Workshop
- 16.00-17.00 – Staging Change: Creating a Green Movement
- 18.00-19.00 – Sustainability at the Fringe: Reception
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Tate directors declare climate emergency
"Our declaration of a climate emergency is just the beginning in our determination to effect and inspire change."
The Tate has committed to actively responding to the climate emergency across all four of its galleries and its stores, and to a 10% reduction in its footprint by 2023.
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What's the biggest and cheapest way to tackle the climate crisis?
Trees. Lots of trees.
According to scientists, a worldwide planting programme of a trillion or more trees could remove two-thirds of all the emissions that have been pumped into the atmosphere by human activities. They have already made the first calculation of how many more trees could be planted without encroaching on crop land or urban areas.
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