‘take one invisible gas…”

- the visual arts &

environmental sustainability

GALA,Van Eyck,

Catherine Langabeer, Director of Arts,

Julie’s Bicycle

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Julie’s Bicycle

We make environmental

sustainability intrinsic to the

business, art and ethics of the

creative industries

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Taking change to scale

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Albany Alexandra Theatre Birmingham Almeida Ambassador Theatre Group Analogue Anne Minors Performance Consultants Arcola Arts Agenda Artsadmin Association of British Theatre Technicians BAC Bambu Brasiliero Barbican Battersea Arts Centre Big Brum Blast Theory Blind Summit Theatre Boat Ballet BPI Brighton Theatre Bristol Cast Bar Bush Cachella Cambridge Theatre Cameron Mackintosh Cape Fareell Cardboard Citizens Chapter Arts Centre Charcoal Blue Chats Palace Cheek By Jowl Chisenhale Dance Space Circus Space Cirque du Soleil Clod Ensemble Comedy Theatre Company of Angels Compass Theatre Complicite Cryptic Dance City Dogstar Theatre Company Donmar Dream Think Speak Duchess Theatre East Angles Theatre Company Edinburgh Playhouse Embassy Theatre Central School of Speech and Drama English National Opera English Touring Theatre Federation of Scottish Theatre Ferneham Hall Festivals Edinburgh Fevered Sleep Finborough Theatre Forced Entertainment Forrest Forge Theatre Company Fortune Frantic Assembly Fuel Theatre Gate Gielgud Glasgow Kings Glyndebourne Grand Opera House Greenwich and Lewisham Young People's Theatre Greenwich Theatre Grimsby Auditorium Hampstead Hawarth Tompkins Architects Headlong Theatre Highlander Hoipoloi Improbable Independent Theatre Council Productions Kabosh Kali Kenneth More Theatre Leas Cliff Hall Lemn Sissay Library Theatre LIFT Little Angel Live Theatre Liverpool Empire Liverpool Everyman London Bubble Theatre Company London Palladium London Theatre Consortium Lyceum Lyric Hammersmith Manchester International Festival Michael Clark Company Milton Keynes Miranda National Theatre National Theatre of Scotland National Theatre Wales Nederlander New Art Club New International Encounter New Perspectives New Theatre New Wimbledon Theatre Noel Cowrd Northern Broadsides Northern Stage Nottingham Playhouse Oh What a Lovely War Old Vic Oxford Playhouse Oxfordshire Theatre Company Paddington Development Trust Paines Plough Paule Constable People's Romeo Phoenix Piccadilly Pilot Theatre PLASA Playhouse Polka Theatre Prince Edward Prince Of Wales Princess Theatre and Breezes Cafe Bar Proto-type Theatre Quarantine Rambert Rasa Productions Really Useful Group Reckless Sleepers Red Shift Regents Park Open Air Theatre RGA Consultants Richard DeDomenici Richmond Theatre Rifco Arts Royal Albert Hall Royal Court Royal Opera House Royal Shakespeare Company Sadler's Wells Sage Gateshead Savoy Scenery Salvage Seven Stories Shared Experience Sherman Cymru Signal to Noise Society of London Theatres Soho Sound and Fury Southbank Centre Southport Theatre and Floral Hall Southwark Playhouse Station House Opera Stellar Quines Theatre Company Stephen Mottram’s Animata Stoke Regent Stoke Victoria Sunderland Empire Susan and Darren Tara Arts Tara Studio Terrapin Puppet Theatre School The Adelphi The Albany The Drill Hall The Duke Of York's Theatre The Fifth Estate The Future is Unwritten The Minack Theatre The Opera Group The Red Room The Sage Gateshead The Theatres Trust Theatre Absolute Theatre Alibi Theatre Royal Theatre Royal Plymouth Theatre Royal Stratford East Theatrical Management Association Third Angel Tipping Point Told by an Idiot Toynbee Studios Trafalgar Studios Travelling Light Theatre Tricycle UK Arts International Unicorn Uninvited Guests Victoria Apollo Volcano White Light Woking Theatre Wyndhams Young Vic

Sustainability

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Planetary boundaries

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GALA

What does it mean to make

environmental sustainability an

essential part of art practice?

What is the role of the arts and

sustainability? What responsibility

should it take?

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Does it matter?

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London’s Visual Arts 2009

Carbon Footprint: 220,442 T CO2e

It is in art that society finds its long horizons,

sweep of ages...with climate change the far-seers are a

requisite. Jay Griffith, 2010

Angela Palmer, Ghost Forest, Copenhagen 2009

Power of the artistic response

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The scientists need help…

Prof Julia Slingo, the Met Office's chief scientist:

“Decadal forecasts provide essential information

about natural variability and how it will evolve in the

next few years in the context of a globally warming

world, but they do not tell us anything about long-

term climate sensitivity (i.e. how much the planet will

warm for a specified increase in radiative forcing

related to greenhouse gases). There is no evidence

that current estimates of climate sensitivity produced

by the Met Office Hadley Centre have changed.”

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Jim Hansen – retiring to

campaign & communicate

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“the deniers want the public to

be confused. They raise these

minor issues and then we forget

about what the main story is.”

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Making the invisible visible

Source: Carbon Visuals

Purple is the new black

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Classic strategies…

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Bringing it home: “The Gift”

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Or?

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Where do we go from here?

• Profound transformation

• We need the arts to say AND do:

joining the artistic, ethical and

practical

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The practical response

Pragmatic and responsive to a changing context:

• Policy frameworks seeking to put a price on

environmental harm and properly value resources

• Increasing extremes in weather and insurance costs

• Rising energy and waste disposal costs

• Rising commodity prices

• Increasing demand from NGOs, audiences,

consumers for transparency and accountability

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Core environmental

impact areas

• Energy

• Water

• Waste

• Mobility

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Guiding principles

✳ Commit

✳ Understand

✳ Improve

✳ Communicate

Practical solutions

IG Tools carbon

calculators

Top Tips

Research

& Guides

Cross-industry

Campaigns

www.juliesbicycle.com

Benchmarks

Energy for buildings

• Electricity and gas use for offices, galleries, studios,

residencies

• We identified savings of £685,000 with 86 venues between

2010/2011 and 2011/2012

• Extrapolated to the entire UK sector: £10m of savings

• Huge potential, uneven progress: we analysed 12 similar

sized venues sharing data: one venue increased CO2e by

8%, another decreased by 16%

• Manchester Art Gallery and Battersea Arts Centre starting to

engage audiences and visitors

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Glyndebourne Opera House

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Energy for events

• Generators for temporary power

• 60% of generators we monitored at 8 events were

double the capacity required

• One festival saved 20% on its fuel bill by

implementing efficiency measures

• Frieze Art Fair has run on 100% WVO biodiesel

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Water

• By 2030 global water demand is predicted to

increase dramatically to a level 40% above current

supply.

• Theatre Royal Plymouth: water saving measures

(urinal control and percussion taps) saved 2,300

tonnes of water and £10,000

• Puma including water in its “true costs”

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Waste

• Start at the beginning not the end

• If “outsourced emissions” are taken into account, EU

emissions have risen not decreased

• Minimising waste from the outset by focusing on end-

use at the procurement stage

• London Theatre Consortium and a group of cultural

organisations in Manchester are both exploring

shared storage facilities

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Mobility

Eth

Thank you