Events
- 28thMar 2012
Sustainable Venues
1 day course, 11.00am – 5.00pm
Venue
TMA, 32 Rose Street, London, WC2E 9ET (Map)
Nearest tube: Leicester Square (Piccadilly, Northern), Covent Garden (Piccadilly)
Nearest overground: Charring CrossSuitable for:
Specifically designed for those with responsibility for venue management.Introduction
Pressures to improve environmental performance are coming from government, funders, artists, staff and audiences. Add to this the rising costs of energy. Everyone wants to do the right thing, and reduce costs too, but operating under extreme financial and time constraints is the day-to-day reality. What can a venue actually do to make a difference?
Course outline
This one day course will introduce ways in which cultural venues have successfully reduced emissions and costs and enable you to consider your relationships with stakeholders including staff, artists, suppliers, touring producers and funders.
The course will be led by Sian Alexander, Associate Director of Theatre, and Helen Heathfield, Associate Director of Energy and Environment at Julie's Bicycle, who will draw on their extensive research and expertise in this field to share best practice and a range of practical tools and frameworks, including Industry Green. Julie’s Bicycle work extensively across the cultural sector supporting networks and helping more than 400 individual arts organisations to improve their environmental performance.
Learning outcomes
At the end of this course you will:
- Understand the most important and effective actions to take
- Know how to measure the emissions from your venue
- Be equipped with recommended approaches and top tips
- Know how best to communicate your actions to audiences, funders, staff and other stakeholdersTestimonials from previous delegates on this course
“Interactive discussions, sharing ideas. Teachers very informative. Additional info given to look up, books, websites etc. Very useful”.
The Electric Theatre“The tone of the day was excellent. Not too technical and terrifying but at the same time really substantial”.
Hyde Park Picture HouseBooking information
To book a place:
- Book online here (you may need to login or register first);
- Complete and return a booking form; or
- Contact TMA directly at events@solttma.co.uk or 020 7557 6706Terms and Conditions
Whilst the TMA will make every effort possible to run all courses and conferences, we reserve the right to cancel or change any event if necessary.
Cancellation Policy
Please note that if you wish to cancel your booking, you must contact the TMA in writing. Should you wish to cancel your place, then please note:
- Where at least 4 or more weeks notice is given before the course start date, a full refund or credit note will be offered
- Where 2 – 4 weeks’ notice is given before the course date, a 50% refund or credit note will be offered
- Where less than 2 weeks’ notice is given, no refund or credit note will be issuedIn all cases, registrations may be transferred to another name for the same course.
Information is correct at time of going to press but is subject to change. For the latest information please check our events pages at www.tmauk.org/events
Other information
Course fee includes all materials and lunch will be provided. Please let us know if you have any dietary or access requirements.
In conjunction with Superbreak, TMA has arranged for its delegates to receive a 10% discount on accommodation booked through them. Please go to www.superbreak.com/tma or alternatively call 0871 221 4444 and quote ‘TMA – Theatrical Management Association’ (calls are charged at 10 pence per minute).
Supported by Travelers Insurance - 10thMay 2012
Sustainable Touring
1 day course, 11.00am – 5.00pm
Venue
TMA, 32 Rose Street, London, WC2E 9ET (Map)
Nearest tube: Leicester Square (Piccadilly, Northern), Covent Garden (Piccadilly)
Nearest overground: Charring CrossSuitable for:
Those with responsibility for planning and managing touring activity
Introduction
Pressures to improve environmental performance are coming from government, funders, artists, staff and audiences. Everyone wants to do the right thing but operating under extreme financial and scheduling constraints is the day-to-day reality. What can a touring company actually do to make a difference?
Course outline
This one day workshop will:
Introduce ways in which touring companies have successfully reduced emissions and costs and enable you to consider your relationships with stakeholders including staff, artists, suppliers, venues and funders.The course will be led by Sian Alexander and Helen Heathfield from Julie's Bicycle, who will draw on their extensive research and expertise in this field to share best practice and a range of practical tools and frameworks, including Industry Green.
Julie’s Bicycle work extensively across the cultural sector supporting networks and helping more than 400 individual arts organisations to improve their environmental performance. In 2010 Julie’s Bicycle published 'Moving Arts: Managing the carbon impacts of our touring’ and has gone on to develop environmental tools specifically for the touring sector including the IG tool – a carbon calculator for touring - and the touring green rider.
Learning outcomes
At the end of this course you will:
- Understand the most important and effective actions to take
- Know how to measure the emissions from a tour
- Be equipped with recommended approaches and top tips
- Know how best to communicate your actions to audiences, funders, staff and other stakeholdersTestimonials from previous delegates on this course
“Enlightening, informative, well-presented, thought-provoking and interesting”.
“The content was well thought out and clearly presented. And the issues were very well aired. Also thought the other participants were very interesting and contributed to a great day”.
Booking information
To book a place:
- Book online here (you may need to login or register first);
- Complete and return a booking form; or
- Contact TMA directly at events@solttma.co.uk or 020 7557 6706£125.00+VAT (TMA, SOLT or ABO Members)
£175.00+VAT (Non Member)Terms and Conditions
Whilst the TMA will make every effort possible to run all courses and conferences, we reserve the right to cancel or change any event if necessary.
Cancellation Policy
Please note that if you wish to cancel your booking, you must contact the TMA in writing. Should you wish to cancel your place, then please note:
- Where at least 4 or more weeks notice is given before the course start date, a full refund or credit note will be offered
- Where 2 – 4 weeks’ notice is given before the course date, a 50% refund or credit note will be offered
- Where less than 2 weeks’ notice is given, no refund or credit note will be issuedIn all cases, registrations may be transferred to another name for the same course.
Information is correct at time of going to press but is subject to change. For the latest information please check our events pages at www.tmauk.org/events
Other information
Course fee includes all materials and lunch will be provided. Please let us know if you have any dietary or access requirements.In conjunction with Superbreak, TMA has arranged for its delegates to receive a 10% discount on accommodation booked through them. Please go to www.superbreak.com/tma or alternatively call 0871 221 4444 and quote ‘TMA – Theatrical Management Association’ (calls are charged at 10 pence per minute).
Supported by Travelers Insurance
- 18thNov 2011
Green Light
4.45 – 6pm
The Town Hall, Durham
Professor Tim Burt, Dean of Sustainability at Durham University and a panel of speakers including JB's Helen Heathfield, will examine the best ways to reduce environmental impact at large festivals and present some technological and behavioural options for ensuring a reduced carbon future for Lumiere and other arts festivals.
- 15thNov 2011
THE 5th BIENNIAL ISAN CONFERENCE: Resilience and Brilliance
15th & 16th November 2011
Scottish Youth Theatre at The Old Sheriff’s Court, Glasgow
JB's Sian Alexander and Christina Tsiarta will present and facilitate a breakout session on the ISAN Sustainability Toolkit that we are developing with ISAN, as part of The Independent Street Arts Network's fifth residential biennial conference. The session will include an overview of the tools and resources available to the outdoor arts sector, and gather knowledge and feedback from practitioners to inform the development of the Sustainability Toolkit. Interested parties can also follow and contribute to the development of the ISAN Sustainability Toolkit on Facebook >
Overall, the conference will feature in depth discussions of issues critical to the development of the outdoor arts sector and providing a great opportunity for networking and information sharing. The programme will be a lively mix of presentations, practical activity, debate, discussion and networking. Experienced speakers and facilitators will lead the sessions and maximum input will be sought from the delegates to explore specific issues in greater detail.
Conference Chair Paul Anderson MBE (CEO UK Centre for Carnival Arts)
Keynotes from: Pierre Sauvageot (Artistic Director, Le Public), Sue Hill (Core Artistic Team, Wildworks) and Barbara Mathews (Head of Theatre, Arts Council England)
Panelists and presenters: Ian Smith (Artistic Director, Mischief Las Bas), Neil Butler (UZ Events), Frank Wilson (Event International), Pax Nindi (Creative Director, UKCCA), Jo Ross (Director, Oxford Contemporary Music), Clive Lyttle (Arts Council England), Simon Chatterton (Independent Producer), Deb Mullins (Artistic Director, EEA)
The 8th ISAN Ideas Summit, featuring 30 companies presenting ideas for new projects in 2012 and beyond.
The launch and a breakout on the ISAN Sustainability Toolkit developed in partnership with Julie’s Bicycle.
Breakouts on the following themes: International collaboration: a focus on INSITU, ZEPA and Meridians; Journey into Soundscapes – an exploration of sound led work; Leadership in Outdoor Arts; The creative use of Digital Media, Outdoor Performance in Scotland; Being Resilient and surviving the crunch plus more to be confirmed.
A plenary panel discussion about the impact of ACE New Landscapes development plan.
A plenary panel discussion about the development of the sector in Scotland and the opportunities for all artists as part of the Glasgow Commonwealth Games 2014 featuring Venu Dhupa, Jill Miller and Ian Smith.
- 9thNov 2011
Sharp'ner: Do the Right Thing
Doors 6pm for 7pm start
Vibe Bar, Brick Lane, London E1
£5.00
Nat Hunter and panel will discuss whether it’s right to expend creative effort on designing, making and selling more of what we already have. Is there a bigger, more radical, creative way of approaching the problem?
This edition of D&AD's Sharp’ner will tackle these questions head on and give you the chance to voice your opinion. Let’s just hope the beer is organic.
Nat Hunter of Airside, will chair the debate and she'll be joined on the panel by JB's Helen Heathfield, Steven Johnson from social change agency The Hub, Sophie Thomas, leading sustainable design champion from Thomas Matthews and Sian Berry, Campaign for Better Transport and We Are Futureproof and 2008 London Mayoral Candidate for the Green Party.
- 24thOct 2011
BASIS Sustainable Sport Conference
09.00 - 17.00
Emirates Stadium, Diamond Club
JB's Catherine Langabeer will talk about the Julie's Bicycle journey with sustainability in the creative industries, to serve as a case study to the sports sector.
Her session will run from 14.00 - 16.00
- 18thOct 2011
Sustainable Venues
11.00 - 17.00
TMA
Rose St
London WC2EPressures to improve environmental performance are coming from government, funders, artists, staff and audiences as well as from the rising costs of energy. Everyone wants to do the right thing, and reduce costs too, but operating under extreme financial and time constraints is the day-to-day reality. What can a venue actually do to make a difference?
This one day workshop will:
> help you understand the most important and effective actions to take
> show you how to measure the emissions from your venue
> introduce ways in which cultural venues have successfully reduced emissions and costs
> equip you with recommended approaches and top tips
> consider your relationships with stakeholders including staff, artists, suppliers, touring producers and funders
> explore how results can be communicated to audiences as part of your marketing strategySpecifically designed for those with responsibility for venue management, the workshop will be led by Julie's Bicycle who work extensively across the cultural sector supporting networks and helping more than 200 individual arts organisations to improve their environmental performance. During the workshop Julie's Bicycle will draw on their extensive research and expertise in this field to share best practice and a range of practical tools and frameworks, including Industry Green.
The co-facilitators will be Sian Alexander, JB's Director of Theatre, an experienced producer and arts consultant who will chair the workshop and Helen Heathfield JB's Director of Energy & Environment who will provide practical support and guidance through the day.
- 13thOct 2011
Artists for a low carbon economy, Sydney
18.00 for 18.15 start, 1 hour
Gadens Lawyers
Level 16, 77 Castlereagh Street, Sydney, AustraliaAbaF and Gadens Lawyers wil host a special event with guest speaker Alison Tickell founder of Julie’s Bicycle.
Alison will discuss the role of environmental sustainability to the business and ethics of the arts and cultural industries.
The presentation will be followed by refreshments and an opportunity for further discussion.
RSVP ASAP to secure your place sarmenis@nsw.gadens.com.au
- 12thOct 2011
Greening the Creative Industries, Brisbane
18.00 - 19:30
The Edge Auditorium
Stanley Place, Cultural Centre, Southbank, Brisbane, AustraliaJoin JB founder and director, Alison Tickell, for a practical discussion on sustainability within the creative industries. Drawing on her experience working with the likes of EMI, Sony, Universal and Warner music, Alison will establish some guidelines for best practice, show you how to develop and implement a sustainability plan in your organisation and share some of the powerful free tools and resources that Julie’s Bicycle have created.
Tailored for small to medium arts organisations, independent artists and cultural workers, this session is presented by The Edge in proud partnership with the British Council Australia.
Cost: $10
- 7thOct 2011
Sustainability Workshop, Melbourne
Arts House, Meat Market
Conference Room 5, Blackwood Street, North MelbourneWorkshop #1 09.30 for 10.00 start , 3 hours
Workshop #2 14.00 for 14.30 start, 3 hoursAlison Tickell, founding CEO of Julie’s Bicycle, will give a sustainability workshop for artists and art organisations in Melbourne, following a keynote address at IFACCA World Summit of Arts and Culture.
Increasingly arts companies will be required to develop and implement carbon reduction policies as a funding requirement and Alison will explain what you should consider when developing a sustainability plan, share some tools such as the Green Mobility Plan and the Industry Green standard, and give advice and feedback to any questions/issues you have in developing your plan.
This workshop is for CEO’s, Artistic Directors, Production Managers and artists, if you are committed to or interested in developing a sustainability plan for your work as:
> an independent artist
> a producer
> a small to medium arts organisation
> a performing arts venue
> an arts festivalPresented by TippingPoint Australia, Theatre Network Victoria, Arts House and the City of Melbourne, Arts Victoria and the British Council.
Booking is essential, limited places.
- 3rdOct 2011
5th World Summit on Arts & Culture (Melbourne)
JB Director, Alison Tickell, will speak at the 5th World Summit of Arts & Culture in Melbourne, Australia, between 3rd - 6th October 2011.
More details to be confirmed shortly.
- 13thSep 2011
JB at PLASA: Better Batteries Campaign Launch
1 - 2pm
The Theatres Trust Stage
Earls Court 2The Julie's Bicycle Better Batteries Campaign aims to embed the use of rechargeable battery systems throughout the UK's entertainment industries.
Join us for the launch to find out more about why rechargeable batteries are better, and how you can be part of this UK-wide campaign.
To attend this event you will need to register for PLASA 2011 here: plasashow.com/juliesbicycle
- 13thSep 2011
JB at PLASA: How Green is your Set and Lighting?
4 - 5pm
Whitehall Room
Earls Court 2Join Julie's Bicycle for a session presenting the latest research into the environmental impacts of set and lighting design, with practical advice and case studies from industry figures who are creating best practice in this area.
Speakers: Sian Alexander and Helen Heathfield, Julie's Bicycle; others to be confirmed shortly.
Audience: Set and lighting designers, constructors, technical staff.
To book your place visit plasashow.com/education/tuesday
To attend this seminar you must register to attend PLASA here: plasashow.com/juliesbicycle
- 16thAug 2011
Greener Touring at the Edinburgh Fringe
11am - 12.30pm
Fringe Central, EdinburghThe Edinburgh Fringe Festival invites artists to learn more about what they can do to be more environmentally sustainable on tour, inlcuding practical recommendations.
Sustainability is an important issue in everything we do, including the performing arts. More and more artists and companies are doing what they can to make their practise environmentally friendly. What can you do?
For practical advice on greener touring see our Green Mobility Guide, and for research into the carbon impacts of UK theatre tours see Moving Arts.
- 13thJul 2011
What have the arts ever done for the environment?
Green Alliance’s Summer Reception 2011
6.00pm
Royal Opera House, Covent Garden
in association with The Opera Group and the Royal Opera HouseJB director, Alison Tickell will chair a debate with leading artists and thinkers on the role of the arts in environmental sustainability at the Green Alliance summer reception this year, following an exclusive performance of part of The Opera Group’s new work on an environmental theme, Seven Angels.
Panel
Jude Kelly, artistic director, Southbank Centre
Peter Randall-Page, British artist
Matthew Taylor, chief executive, Royal Society of Arts
Ben Todd, executive director, Arcola Theatre
Dr David Frame, deputy director, Smith School of Enterprise and the Environment, Oxford University - 22ndJun 2011
Greening Design Forum
10.00 - 13.30
Old Vic Tunnels (London)
Helen Heathfield, associate director of energy and environment at JB, will speak at a Green Forum hosted by the Society of British Theatre Designers and Rose Bruford College, discussing sustainability within the theatre industry.
It is linked to the Final Exhibition of graduating students from RBC in the Design, Management and Technical Arts School.
- 10thJun 2011
Theatre Forum Ireland: On With the Show (Galway)
9 - 10 June
Áras na Mac Léinn, NUIG, GalwayNow in its eighth year, the Theatre Forum annual conference is the key networking event for the performing arts sector and the only event of its kind in Ireland. It will feature a host of national and international speakers as well as plenty of time to network and exchange ideas.
10 June
09.15 - 10.15Greening your theatre: a practical guide to environmental tools
This year JB's Sian Alexander, Associate Director of Theatre, will join other speakers to explore the theme of Theatre and Sustainability in irish theatre from several angles, from crowd funding and co production to Theatre and Climate Change. Is Climate Change a call for action in the way we make theatre or is it a diversion?
The artist: Spanish performer Rosa Casado shares how a consideration of climate change is impacting on the way that independent performers make work; the producer: Judith Knight of Artsadmin and part of the European Imagine 2020 network of venues; and Sian Alexander of Julie’s Bicycle whose modelling and planning tools are used practically to save energy and save money.
- 25thMay 2011
International Music Summit, Ibiza
JB's Alison Tickell will appear alongside keynote speaker Daniel Miller, Mute Records Founder, in a discussion headed by Minus director Richie Hawtin, at the fourth International Music Summit to discuss plans to make dance music greener.
Other high profile speakers who have been invited to take part in the Ibiza event from May 25-27 include BBC Radio 1 head of music George Ergatoudis, William Morris Endeavour DJ agent David Levy, Because Music’s Emmanuel du Buretel, CMO Management’s Amy Thomson, Sasha, Paul Kalkbrenner, Jamie Jones and Nervo, plus a smattering of booking agents, label managers, festival promoters and the like. Topics up for discussion range from "Dubstep Breaks America" to "Changing of the Guard: The New Techno Glitterati."
For more information visit www.internationalmusicsummit.com
- 24thMay 2011
Music Week Awards 2011
The Music Week Awards 2011 will take place at the Roundhouse in London this year, and featured in the line up of prestigious awards will be the new Julie's Bicycle Green Business Award, the first environmental award of its kind for the UK music industry.
Applications to be considered for the award are open until 25th February 2011, and more details on how to apply are available HERE.
For more info on the awards go to: www.musicweekawards.com
- 18thMay 2011
Sustainable Production
09.30 - 16.00
The Cottesloe
National Theatre
South Bank
London SE1 9PXA day of discussion, debate and shared best practice on sustainability in theatre production coordinated by Julie's Bicycle.
Covering everything from set and lighting design, set construction and disposal, materials and the production process itself, Sustainable Production will provide a platform for designers, production managers, technicians, directors and other professionals to unpick sustainability issues specific to the theatre sector and explore appropriate solutions.
The day will start with a keynote on sustainability followed by a panel discussion and best practice case studies.
Lunch will be provided and afternoon breakout sessions will include:
Less Is More aesthetic trends & choices
Materials what's best to use & where to source it
New Lighting Technologies what's out there & what you'd like to see developed
The Production Process how to manage a sustainable production
Set Disposal how to minimise waste & increase initiatives to reuse & recycleConfirmed speakers include:
David Lan Artistic Director, Young Vic
Paule Constable Lighting Designer
Paul Handley Production Manager, Royal Court
Soutra Gilmore Theatre DesignerOther speakers and full agenda will be confirmed imminently.
Resgister at: www.sustainableproduction.eventbright.com
Join the debate online at our Green Theatre Network Ning
- 15thMay 2011
Green Issues and the Future of Touring Sound
130th AES Convention London 2011
17.00 - 18.00
Workshop W17A 2007 study by the University of Oxford's Environmental Change Institute, commissioned by music industry ‘greening’ body Julie’s Bicycle, found that the annual overall Greenhouse gas emissions for the UK music industry alone were approximately half a million tones of carbon. Of this total, three quarters of the impact were derived from activities associated with live music performances.
With such a large share of the UK music industry’s emissions, finding environmentally friendly solutions to the live sector’s carbon and environmental impacts is an ongoing concern – and an opportunity to get ahead of artist and audience demand, more volatile energy costs with all the knock-on impacts, and emerging regulation.
Jason Baird from Martin Audio, manufacturers of professional audio sound products, will chair this session and will also be explaining how they reduced the carbon footprint of operating their new touring sound system.
Alongside Jason, Catherine Langabeer from Julie’s Bicycle, a non-profit company working with the creative industries to co-ordinate best practice in
sustainability and greenhouse gas emission reduction; Powersoft, the developers of efficient ‘Green Audio Power’ amplifiers; and Firefly Solar, whose provision of AV equipment and solar generators aims to move the industry towards sustainable power solutions, will present information on how members of the live community are implementing green initiatives in their events, tours and technology, many at low or no additional cost. - 13thMay 2011
Re-rooting digital culture - media art ecologies
6-8pm
University of Westminster
309 Regent Street Campus
Room: RS 152 Cayley RoomJB's Catherine Bottrill contributes to the debate on the role of digital culture in environmental sustainability.
TO BOOK YOUR PLACE NOW please email ale[at]furtherfield[dot]org
Introduction
Over the last decade the awareness of anthropogenic climate change has emerged in parallel with global digital communication networks. In the context of environmental and economic collapse people around the world are seeking alternative visions of prosperity and sustainable ways of living. While the legacy of the carbon fuelled Industrial Revolution plays itself out, we find ourselves grappling with questions about the future implications of fast-evolving global digital infrastructure.
By their very nature the new tools, networks and behaviours of productivity, exchange and cooperation between humans and machines grow and develop at an accelerated rate. The ideas for this transdisciplinary panel have grown out of Furtherfield's Media Art Ecologies programme and will explore the impact of digital culture on climate change, developing themes adopted in grass-roots, emerging and established practices in art, design and science.
The discussion will inform a second event in September at ISEA 2011 where we will be joined by artists Tom Corby and Helen Varley Jamieson.
Chair
John Hartley
Speakers
Michel Bauwens - On how Peer to Peer thought and technology point towards alternative production methods and a sustainable future.
Catherine Bottrill - On working with producers and consumers to consider the environmental long-tail of digital culture.
Ruth Catlow - On ecological approaches to tools, networks and behaviours in a digital art community.
- 7thMay 2011
SOS4.8 Festival (Murcia, Spain)
Research and Industry Green Manager at JB, Christina Tsiarta, will be speaking as part of the opening of SOS 4.8 festival in Murcia, Spain.
Environment is at the heart of this festival, named SOStenibilidad (Sustainability), which strives to be 100% sustainable while offering 48 hours non-stop Music, Contemporary Art and Conferences.
- 6thMay 2011
Two Degrees Conference, Lisbon
Teatro Maria Matos (Lisbon, Portugal)
6 - 7 May
JB's director of energy and environment, Helen Heathfield will make the case for why all cultural institutions, art workers and artists should reduce their ecological footprint and how that can be done as one of the conference keynote speakers.
Other talks will cover the global emergency situation and the necessary transition to sustainable development, the idea of positive action on all levels of human activity, and the responsibility and potential of the arts sector in this context. The programme also includes case study sessions and workshops on sustainable venues, tours, theatre design, communications and construction; the development of a sustainable festival, engaging artists, audiences and stakeholders and JB's Industry Green framework and certification programme.
More details coming soon...
- 6thMay 2011
Creative industries & sustainable development/Engagement (innovation et nouveaux modèles économiques)
Nantes (France)
Organised by the Economic Clusters for Cultural Enterprises programme, this workshop will focus on creative industries & sustainable development and engagement with experience shared from other EU countries - Finland, Belgium, Spain, the UK and others.
JB's Catherine Langabeer will be giving a keynote speech to kick off the day's events.
- 20thApr 2011
Green Events and Innovations
10.00 - 18.00
Buckinghamshire New University
Alexandra Road
High Wycombe HP11 1JZThe morning encompasses training sessions with presentations and workshops on sustainable events management. The Afternoon will be a full conference for everyone interested in key innovations for sustainable events and greener festivals and closes with a drinks reception sponsored by Robertson Taylor insurance brokers who offer discount insurance for green events.
The course is aimed at Event Managers and Organisers, Environmental Mangers working in the Events and Festival Industry and Students who wish to learn more about Sustainable Event Management.
Leading the morning session on waste management will be Andy Wilcott from Network Recycling and the morning sessions also include workshops with Helen Wright from A Greener Festival who will explain the Greener Festival Award scheme and there will also be a session led by Helen Heathfield from cross-music industry initiative on climate change group Julies Bicycle, looking at measuring greenhouse gas emissions – and in particular the Julies Bicycle IG Tools for measuring CO2 emissions.
In the afternoon, newly announced panellists include Lucy Brooking Clark (Gastonbury Festival), Andy Mead (Firefly Solar), Juliet Ross Kelly from Eco Action Partnership (Isle of Wight Festival) and Danny Newby (Big Green Coach) who join Claire O’Neill (Association of Independent Festivals and AGF) and Teresa Moore (Bucks New University) on two panels looking at sustainable power at festivals and travel solutions. There will also be a keynote speach on the role of the arts in the fight against climate change.
The conference fee (full day) is £75 per delegate or £50 for AIF members / students and includes a certificate of attendance in sustainable events management for full day attendees.
Please email agreenerfestival@aol.com for more details or REGISTER HERE
- 19thApr 2011
Launch of The Theatres Trust 'DEC Pool' for performing arts venues
Does your venue have a Display Energy Certificate? Do you think it reflects your building’s energy performance? Want to know who’s getting all the ‘A’s?
16:00
PLASA Focus, Bury Theatre, The Royal Armouries, LeedsDebate and share your experiences as The Theatres Trust launches an industry-wide ‘DEC Pool’, in which venues already holding the certificates are invited to participate by entering their DEC into the pool.
Following government consultation on whether DECs should become mandatory for all commercial premises frequently visited by the public, this seminar discusses whether one ‘theatres, music venues and concert halls’ benchmark can really represent the diversity of England, Wales and Northern Ireland’s performing arts building stock.
The Theatres Trust and Julie’s Bicycle are working together to address this issue and improve the benchmarking of theatre venue energy performance and will present their findings to date from the ERDF-backed Ecovenue sustainability project and the 100+ theatres using the Julie’s Bicycle promoted Industry Green and SMEasure online tool.
Can the pooling of information offer benefits to all buildings attempting to improve their building’s energy performance? See where you fit in to the bigger picture!
Speakers: Tim Atkinson Theatre Building Services Adviser, The Theatres Trust Helen Heathfield Director of Energy and Environment, Julie’s Bicycle
Audience : Theatre Managers, Building Managers, Operations Managers, Display Energy Certificate holders, Energy Assessors.Book now and select the seminar from Tuesday’s event programme
- 30thMar 2011
Art, Ecology and Sustainability Workshop (Coalition for Art & Sustainable Development)
March 30 – 31, 2011
National Museum of Natural History, Paris
Julie's Bicycle will provide a keynote speech and participate in key discussions for COAL's Arts, Ecology and Sustainability Workshop, an event bringing together select individuals and organisations to mapping best practice and multi-stakeholder collaboration to define a strategy and sustainability action plan for the arts in France.
The workshop, as part of a project launched by the French Ministry of ecology and sustainable development, aims to gather detailed information on organisations, research, national initiatives, and instruments dedicated to art and ecology at international level.
- 24thMar 2011
Planet Well [TM]
Organised by Patteran Projects CIC, Julie's Bicycle, Magnified Learning
London, NE8 0NL
Entry: Free
During this whole-day learning activity, a group of 6th form business studies students will explore environmental, economic and social impacts of music festivals. To help them do this, they will have access to the latest data on carbon emissions from UK festivals, which has been supplied by Julie’s Bicycle. Students will use insights gained from their data analysis and from a series of participative group activities, to plan and pitch a proposal for a sustainable festival. The event will be co-faciliated by Patteran Projects CIC, Magnified Learning and Julie’s Bicycle.
Map and more information - 21stMar 2011
Resilience
Creative practice for a sustainable future
Galeri / Caernarfon
10am—5.30pm
The third event in the Emergence series, Resilience is brings together creative practitioners and specialists to examine the role that creativity and the arts play in delivering a sustainable Wales, through debate, networking, practical advice and inspiration. Resilience is the capacity to absorb, react to and derive benefit from change. It is a quality found in natural ecosystems and human communities. Human resilience draws on our ability to anticipate and plan for the future.
Speakers include:
Jean Boulton - Visiting Fellow Complex Systems Cranfield School of Management
Menna Elfyn - Award-winning poet and playwright
Ben Todd - Arcola Theatre, London
Bedwyr Williams - winner of a major Creative Wales award 2011
Eluned Haf - Director Wales Arts International
£15 (freelancers), £25 (organisations). Book now at: Emergence
Emergence is an initiative by Cynnal Cymru-Sustain Wales developed and presented in partnership with Volcano with the support of The Arts Council of Wales, British Council and Galeri.
- 12thMar 2011
International Live Music Conference (ILMC)
The Green Camp: ‘Clearing the air’
10.00 - 11:30
Royal Garden Hotel, London
Chair: JB Board member Tony Wadsworth (Chair, BPI)
The greenest tour might be one that never happens, but adopting some sort of environmental initiative is now de rigueur for much of the live music industry. Reflecting the mushCamping of green activity within the international community, this year’s Green Camp panel will invite a spread of international bodies, promoters and festivals to pitch in with their latest ideas. UK favourites Julie’s Bicycle will be on hand to present their latest schemes, focussing on how being more efficient, the industry stands to save both cash and carbon. Whether new to the cause or a road-hardened eco-warrior, find out why being green can save time, money and effort.
Guest speakers: Jacob Bilabel (Thema1).
More info and booking: www.ilmc.com/23
- 15thFeb 2011
Sustainable Touring in Practice
10.30 - 16.30
TMA
Rose St, London WC2E£130 + VAT TMA and SOLT Members
£160 + VAT non-membersPressures to improve environmental performance are coming from government, funders, artists, staff and audiences. Everyone wants to do the right thing but operating under extreme financial and scheduling constraints is the day-to-day reality. What can a touring company actually do to make a difference? This one day workshop will:
- help you understand the most important and effective actions to take
- show you how to measure the emissions from a tour
- introduce ways in which touring companies have successfully reduced emissions and costs
- equip you with recommended approaches and top tips
- consider your relationships with stakeholders including staff, artists, suppliers, venues and funders
- explore how results can be communicated to audiences as part of your marketing strategySpecifically designed for those with responsibility for planning and managing touring activity, the workshop will be led by Julie's Bicycle who recently published 'Moving Arts: Managing the carbon impacts of our touring' - an in depth assessment of UK and international touring and the actions we can take to improve the sustainability of our practice.
The co-facilitators will be Sian Alexander, JB's Director of Theatre, an experienced producer and arts consultant with a background in dance and theatre touring who will chair the workshop and Helen Heathfield JB's Director of Energy & Environment who works with over 100 venues and touring companies to improve their environmental performance and who will provide the practical support and guidance through the day.
Places are strictly limited to 15.
To book your place email gemman@solttma.co.uk or phone 02075576706 or visit the TMA website.
- 14thJan 2011
Eurosonic Conference
GREENEVENTS – STATUS AND VISION IN THE LIVE MUSIC INDUSTRY
Groningen, The Netherlands
13:30-14:30This panel with speakers from the big and most influential green music initiatives will take a critical view on the actual standard of sustainability and environmental friendliness our business. Julie's Bicycle will deliver a short, sharp and punchy summary of facts and numbers regarding the supply chain of the music industry. The panel will show results from the GreenEvents Conference in Bonn (November 2010/Germany) and will talk about how a green event (festival) should look like today. And what it will be like in twenty years time and why. At this opportunity Green Music Initiative will present the international „One million green heads“-project. This panel is supported by Yourope – The European Festival Association.
Moderator: Holger Jan Schmidt (Rheinkultur Festival, Green Events Conference, DE)
Holger Jan Schmidt is managing director and production manager at RhEINKULTUR.Jacob Bilabel (Green Music Initiative, DE)
Jacob Bilabel is founder of The Green Music Initiative that provides a nationwide platform for the music and entertainment industry to coordinate projects in the fight against climate change – with the goal of reducing emissions across the board.Catherine Langabeer (Julie’s Bicycle, GB)
Catharine Langabeer is operations manager at Julie’s Bicycle.For more information visit the conference website.
- 6thNov 2010
JB at IETM Glasgow
12:00 – 13:00 Renfrew Ferry
Catherine L, Operations Director of Julie's Bicycle, will share insights from 'Moving Arts', the most recent research into the environmental impacts of international touring for UK theatre companies, and the first research of its kind in the world. She'll run through the practical recommendations for how theatre companies can act now to tackle the challenge of low carbon touring, and will give a demonstration of the Industry Green Tools - free and simple-to-use online carbon calculators developed by Julie's Bicycle for touring theatre companies to measure their carbon emissions.
The presentation will be followed by a Q&A.
For more info on IETM Glasgow see here.
- 3rdNov 2010
Green Events Germany 2010, Bonn
10.00 Bonn, Germany
JB's Catherine Langabeer will speak alongside Georg Axmann (Thema1) and Lucile Barras (Green Music Initiative) in a panel discussion on What is the role of the cultural sector regarding the fight against climate change?
Aimed at international promoters, festival organisers, event planners, suppliers, venues and local government representatives, the two-day Green Events Germany conference will aim to practically work on answers to critical questions like:
- How can carbon emissions be reduced and is compensation any good?
- What does the law say and where is it going in the future?
- What role plays sustainability management at events and how can it be improved?
- How can waste be reduced and the rest be handled?
- And last but not least: who pays for all that?
- 1stNov 2010
London Green Theatre Network meeting
The second meeting of the London Green Theatre Network will take place on 2 November at the Bush Library, Shepherds Bush, a newly acquired space that's been transformed into a script library in the capable hands of the Bush Theatre.
The London Green Theatre Network is a broad network of theatre industry professionals from venue managers, suppliers, technicians, artists and others who are committed to sharing good practice, exploring new business models and working towards a more envrionmentally aware and sustainable theatre industry. It is an open network that welcomes theatre professionals from all over London.
Contact info@juliesbicycle.com for more information
- 27thOct 2010
Emergence
09.00 - 17.00
Chapter Arts Centre, Cardiff
What might the future look like if artists could change the world?
Facilitated by Sustain Wales, Emergence is a series of creative conferences for people working in the arts in Wales, from artists, performers, photographers, sculptors, writers, directors, producers, to venue stage and production managers, strategists, funders, visionaries and everyone else...
This particular conference will focus on two main themes: developing a low-carbon arts infrastructure, including the management and development of venues, and developing the role of the arts as a crucible of ideas and visions for a low-carbon One Planet Wales.
JB's Alison Tickell will be speaking about JB's Moving the Arts research on touring and will present the Industry Green touring tool, designed to help touring productions in music and theatre minimise their carbon footprint.
Emergence will be an opportunity to network, share ideas and get tools for a more sustainable practice; to celebrate the anarchic and unpredictable spirit of art and learn practical ways in which artists can make a difference in these times of ecological, economic and social instability.
Features of Chapter Arts Centre event on 28 October
Deadline for bookings: 22 OctoberBooking line: 02920 192024
- 24thOct 2010
2030: Creative Industries collaborating to tackle future challenges
JB is pleased to be collaborating with Forum for the Future on an event which will discuss what sustainability means for the Film Industry, and explore how the creative industries can tackle the big challenges of the future such as climate change, resource shortages, and population growth. The session will explore the sustainability implications for the film industry and other creative industries over the coming 20 years. It will highlight what others have already achieved, and look for opportunities for cross-industry collaboration.
Sarah Parkin Founder/Director of Forum for the Future will chair the event and we have a simulating line-up of speakers and panellists including:
Matt Black Musician, Coldcut
David Frame Deputy Director, Smith School of Enterprise and Environment
David Jubb Artistic Director, Battersea Arts Centre
John Newbigin Freelance Film Producer and Consultant
Chris Sherwin Head of Innovation, Forum for the Future
Lucy Siegle Journalist and broadcaster, The Observer and BBC1
Alison Tickell Director, Julie's Bicycle
This session follows on from the UK Film Council and BAFTA Greening the Screen event on 18th October, at which JB will also have a presence.
Forum for the Future is a sustainable development NGO, and this event has been developed for the Creative Industry Knowledge Transfer Network’s Beacon for Innovation – Sustainability project.
RSVP Places are limited. To attend, please email your name and organisation to Kate on team-support@forumforthefuture.org with BFI 2030 in the subject line.
- 22ndOct 2010
Music and Media Conference, Tempere, Finland
Alison Tickell, JB's Director, will be the sustainability keynote speaker on Saturday 23rd October at the Music and Media Conference 2010 taking place in Tempere, Finland, between 21-24 October.
Alison will be joined by Elina Levula of Festival Republic with whom we have worked closely this summer IGing festivals!
The conference runs alongside the Lost in Music showcase.
- 17thOct 2010
Greening the Screen
UK Film Council and BAFTA in partnership with the 54th BFI London Film Festival are jointly hosting Greening the Screen, an event to promote carbon awareness and sustainability in the film industry.
Taking place during the BFI London Film Festival, at BAFTA, 195 Piccadilly, the day will kick off at 9am with keynote speeches from the UK Film Council and BAFTA as well as presentations from film businesses, chaired by Alistair McGowen. The event will then consist of a FREE half-day trade fair for companies offering goods and services that can help professionals in every part of the industry – from production to film sales, archiving, distribution, exhibition, facilities and film servicing – take practical steps to reduce their carbon footprint and at the same time improve their cost-efficiency.
JB will be in the trade fair with a stall so be sure to come and visit us there!
Contact sarah.schafer-peek@ukfilmcouncil.org.uk for further information on attending.
- 1stOct 2010
You are in control: Ethical business is smart business
Catherine Langabeer joins an ethical business workshop as part of the Icelandic conference for creatives in the digital world. The conference also sees folk from the Reeperbahn Festival (Germany) speak about "The Sound of Politics. Social Responsibility and Political Influence of Music".
- 28thSep 2010
PACK IT IN! Boat Launch
JB’s Alison Tickell will be charged with officially naming a world-class racing boat designed to appeal to the world of plastic packaging to PACK IT IN!
Sponsored by Disc Manufacturing Services (DMS), and skippered by legendary British sailor, Pete Goss MBE, the PACK IT IN! sailing boat has artwork designed by leading street artists Danny Capozzi and Phil Rees, and sports the JB Industry Green logo. The boat will be launched at the naming ceremony in Plymouth, before it enters the gruelling 3500-mile single handed Route du Rhum race in October.
DMS Managing Director, Dave Summers, has been working with JB since 2008 to reduce the dependence of the CD and DVD packaging industry on plastic, and since 2008 has reduced the plastic used in DMS’s products from 90% to 10%. This incredible achievement is set to continue towards 0% plastic in 2012. This passion for change, combined with his personal experience of seeing how waste plastic packaging is polluting our seas and oceans, has resulted in the PACK IT IN! campaign, which sailor Pete Goss MBE hopes will educate fans about the possibilities of changing business and consumer habits to use less plastic.
- 13thSep 2010
Plasa 2010: Sustainability Tuesday
Tuesday 14t August
Earls Court Exhibition CentreAs the leading international event of its kind, PLASA 2010 will reveal the new technology for the entertainment and installation industry between 12-15 September.
Julie's Bicycle are presenting two sessions on Tuesday 14, both held in the Whitehall Room of the Exhibition Centre.
1.00pm - 2.00pm: Sustainable Buildings - how to make your venue greener
Speakers: Sian Alexander and Helen Heathfield, Julie's Bicycle with contributions from representatives of some of the venues engaged in the programme.3.00pm - 4.00pm: Sustainable Touring - practical ways to green your tours
Speakers: Sian Alexander, Helen Heathfield and Christina Tsiarta from Julie's Bicycle with representatives from the touring industry who have been involved in the research.For more information and to book tickets, please visit the Plasa website
- 8thSep 2010
Big Sound
Thursday 9 September
Judith Wright Centre of Contemporary Arts, Brisbane, AustraliaMy Tour's Climate Impact: Improving by understanding
Catherine Bottrill, Head of Research at Julie's BicycleThe movement of people and production to put on music shows will have a climate impact. Julie's Bicycle, a UK-based group focused on greening the music industry, recently published Moving Arts a study identifying the scale of emissions UK bands touring globally produce and the solutions for joint industry action. A key solution is for every touring artist and the agents, promoters and suppliers to understand the emissions produced from a tour so they can make informed business decisions to cut emissions. At Big Sound we are launching the free and easy-to-use international Industry Green tour tool so wherever your tour is happening in the world you can calculate its emissions. We will be showing how the tool works with the demonstration of Austrialian band Drawn from Bees and UK band Melodramas.
BIG SOUND is one of the most respected and fastest growing music business events in the Asia Pacific region. Produced by Q Music (Queensland Music Network Inc), and now in its ninth year, BIG SOUND is positioned as Australia's most internationally focused conference, producing three days of panels, workshops and artist showcases for local, national and international music industry representatives.
- 18thAug 2010
Projecting the Future: Visions from Art & Science (Whispering In The Leaves)
Thursday 19 August, 6.30pm
BFI Southbank - NFT 3As organisations such as the Natural Environment Research Council begin to make geo-engineering plans a reality, environmental science fiction is becoming science fact. Reflecting on specially curated footage from the Prelinger Archives, artist and musician Jem Finer and futurologist Ian Pearson are joined by scientists and campaigners to examine potential relationships between technology, science-fiction and the environment.
Chaired by our very own Associate Director of Energy, Helen Heathfield!
Tickets: £5
Tickets will be on sale shortly from the BFIHosted by our friends, Whispering In The Leaves
- 8thAug 2010
Greening the Laughs - 2pm Fringe Central, Edinburgh
JB's Catherine Langabeer joins Leicester Comedy Festival's Geoff Rowe to discuss greening UK comedy. The session 'Greening the Laughs' willl include a discussion of JB's experience working with music and theatre, and the ways in which Leicester Comedy Festival are reducing the carbon footprint by working in partnership with The National Forest, Leicester City Council and Complete Wasters.
And check out Leicester Comedy Festival's low energy offering Comedy in the Dark "Two comedians, one hour, no lights, saving energy." - 13thJul 2010
Norfolk Arts Forum Summer Conference
JB Director Alison Tickell will be giving a key note talk at the Norfolk Arts Forum Summer Conference.
For more information about attending the conference please contact Mary Muir, Arts Officer, Norfolk County Council.
- 5thJul 2010
Shift Happens
Sian Alexander, our Associate Director, Theatre, will be speaking at Shift Happens 2010 - the arts, learning, technology conference taking place in York. More on the conference programme.
- 2ndJul 2010
Launch of Orchestra Touring Report
We will be sharing the findings of our major study into UK and international orchestra touring and recommendations for action.
If you would like to hear more about the event on our latest touring research or our new theatre programme please contact us.
- 24thJun 2010
Greening Glastonbury
JB Director Alison Tickell will be in conversation with Glastonbury festival co-organiser Emily Eavis and green initiatives co-ordinator Lucy Brooking-Clark.
Where: Glastonbury Festival, Pink Tent
When: 2:15pm
- 23rdJun 2010
C'n'B Creative Business Convention, Cologne
Helen Heathfield, JB's Associate Director of Energy and Environment is joining the 'How Green is Green Panel' in Cologne with Jacob Bilabel, CEO of Germany's Green Music Initiative, which JB helped establish, Josche Muth (European Renewable Energy Council) and Martha Bissman (WIP - Renewable Energies).
This panel is taking place in partnership with Coop Europareise and Energy Union.
More information about the conference. - 21stJun 2010
Launch of Theatre Touring Report and our new UK Theatre Programme
Guest speakers
Jonathon Porritt, CBE Co Founder, Forum for the Future
Nick Starr, Executive Director, National Theatre
We will be sharing the findings of our major study into UK and international theatre touring and recommendations for action. We will also be launching our new UK Theatre Programme designed to help the theatre industry become more environmentally sustainable and reduce its carbon emissions.
If you would like to hear more about the event on our latest touring research or our new theatre programme please contact us. - 17thJun 2010
Annual Music Industry Breakfast and Launch of Touring Research
Our Annual Music Industry Breakfast
Guest speaker - John Elkington
Founder of SustainAbility (1987), John Elkington created the ‘triple bottom line’ approach to corporate responsibility and is a world authority on sustainable development.
If you would like to hear more about the event on our latest touring research please contact info@juliesbicycle.com - 27thApr 2010
PLASA Focus: Leeds 2010
How to harness the Creative Industries: Key Issues - 3-4pm
JB Head of Energy Helen Heathfield will look at the key sustainability issues in the creative industries and how JB has approached them. The seminar will look at opportunities and at limitations, and what is now needed to embed a low carbon infrastructure into cultural epxeriences.
To register for the conference: http://www.plasafocus.com/leeds/ - 19thApr 2010
London Book Fair: 2010 Key Note on Sustainability
Event takes place from 13:00 - 14:00
Sustainable Publishing: What can we learn from others in the media sector?
What does our industry need to do to be on the path to sustainability in 2020, and what can we learn from colleagues in other parts of the media industry? The event will be chaired by BBC reporter Torrin Douglas, and our very own Director, Alison Tickell will be joining the event to represent the music industry in these discussions.
Synopsis:
Many in our industry are now recognising and realising the benefits of focusing upon sustainability, but we still have a long way to go to achieve the reductions that scientists agree are essential by 2050. 2020 is recognised as being a tipping point on this road and mapping out where we need be at this time is vital. As the need to act becomes more urgent, voluntary action is now being surpassed by legislation that will effect our business and supply chains e.g. in South Africa, the National Water Act puts good practise and working with others in our industry on particular initiatives such as sustainable paper purchasing is extremely important, and we have begun taking steps to improve, but there are also lessons we can learn from colleagues in the broader media sector as they grapple with similar challenges and flourish through opportunities. This key note session brings together the publishing, music, newspaper and TV/Film industries to tackle the question of where we need to be by 2020 and share ideas that will help us all make our sector more sustainable.
For more information, visit the official London Book Fair 2010 website here!
- 18thApr 2010
Sustainable Events Summit 2010
The third annual Sustainable Events Summit is a platform for industry professionals to discuss and debate the current state of play in sustainable events. Learn from experts, network with other organisers and meet potential venues and suppliers. The organisers have brought together a broad range of speakers covering most industry sectors and this year, they are also introducing a social media platform to allow attendees to get value from the event before and after the day itself.
The Julie's Bicycle team will be out in force attending and supporting the event! More information and to book tickets, please visit the Sustainable Events Summit website here!
- 12thMar 2010
ILMC (JB: Touring Panel)
The Green Room: ‘Turning the Tide in Global Touring’
Chair: Ben Challis (Charming Music, UK) including a presentation from Catherine Bottrill, Julie's Bicycle Head of Research
While many festivals have been ahead of the curve when it comes to environmental efforts, there’s arguably more room for improvement when it comes to day-to-day touring. Music industry greening group Julie’s Bicycle will shortly be publishing an in-depth report on green touring, and representatives will exclusively present some early findings. Building on this research, a cross-industry panel will consider the practicalities of green touring to ask just how sustainable both large- and small-scale productions are; whether it’s possible to affect change without affecting budgets; and why impending environmental legislation could well make this issue a financial as well as a moral imperative.
Check out more information here! - 3rdMar 2010
Creative Futures Launch - 6-8pm
Join us on the 4th of March to celebrate the launch of Creative Futures in our giant interactive networking space at Great Western Studios.Creative Futures is offering 12 hours of FREE business support to mid-career creative businesses, you can find out more at the launch event, register to receive information and network with hundreds of other creative businesses into the bargain!There’ll be games, music, dj’s, interactive art installations, a Talkaoke mobile chat show and plenty of opportunities to meet new people, organisations and clients.Come and explore, discuss, make new connections and find out how Creative Futures can help you build your creative business in 2010. Drinks for the early birds courtesy of Creative Futures and Great Western Studios.Register to attend here! - 2ndMar 2010
TMA Touring Symposium
Break out session on Sustainable Touring: Energy efficiency, carbon emissions and cost effectiveness - to introduce work already underway in addressing sustainability and how the touring industry will or could be affected particularly in light of legislation.
Research Assistant Christina Tsiarta and Associate Director for Theatres Sian Alexander will be speaking on behalf of Julie's Bicycle on the panel. More information can be found here!
- 2ndMar 2010
THEMA Green Music Dinner
Hotel de Rome / Berlin
What role can the cultural sector play in the fight against climate change?
JB Director Alison Tickell will present to 100 selected British, French and German representatives from music, art, science, politics, environmental associations and media discuss at the Green Music Dinner in Berlin.
More info here! - 24thFeb 2010
A Low Carbon Future for the Arts?
Time of event: 10.15 - 2pm
Organised by Arts Council England and hosted by the National Theatre, speakers will include:
Dame Liz Forgan, Chair Arts Council England
Nick Starr, Executive Director National Theatre]
Prof. Chris Rapley CBE, Director Science Museum
Alison Tickell, Director, Julie's Bicycle
Dr Jennifer Cleary, Head of Creative Learning, Manchester International Festival
Steve Tompkins, Howarth Tompkins Architects
Lucy Neal, OBE, Independent Arts ProducerFor more information, please check the Arts Council England website here.
- 24thFeb 2010
National Skills Academy Conference, Birmingham
Head of Research Catherine Bottrill will speak on a panel at this inaugural conference which will recognise the value of training in sustainability issues that will help the sector proactively engage with the issue and mentally prepare for inevitable legislation.
- 24thFeb 2010
ABO Conference Glasgow
Catherine Langabeer, Operations Manager at JB will present the Green Orchestras Guide and provide an update on the Sustainable Touring research (see here) with the Orchestral Sector.
This is part of the Masterclass 2 - Sustainable Touring Research, from 4-5pm at the Royal Concert Hall Glasgow. An excerpt from the programme below:
"An important follow up from last year's conference as the research team from Julie's Bicycle give us an update on our attempts to map the emissions associated with orchestral touring - and we identify some top tips to help cut down energy waste and boost your green credentials as we launch the orchestral green guide."
Speakers include:
Catherine Langabeer, Operations Manager for Julie's Bicycle
Henry Little, Chief Executive of Orchestras Live
Kathryn McDowell, Managing Director of London Symphony Orchestra
Visit the ABO website here!
- 30thJan 2010
SHIFT
Taking place: Tuesday 26 – Sunday 31 January 2010
A festival with a climate focus co-curated by Cape Farewell, pioneering a cultural response to climate change. Alongside free events engaging artists, architects and scientists in discussion about climate change, the festival includes a night of comedy with Marcus Brigstocke and special guests, and Robyn Hitchcock is joined for a one-off gig by Graham Coxon, KT Tunstall and Kathryn Williams.For more information and to book your tickets, visit the Official website here!
- 13thJan 2010
State of the Arts Conference
State of the Arts Conference
Thursday 14th January 2010, Park Plaza, Riverbank, SE1 7TL
Tickets £115 (including VAT)
"Creative Thinking for a Strong Future"
The State of the Arts Conference, organised by the RSA and Arts Council England, brings together a wide range of creative voices to debate the value and purpose of the arts at a time of significant change. Recognising that arts and cultural experiences are more diverse, disruptive and fast moving than ever before, the conference will explore with artists, entrepreneurs, cultural leaders and policy makers what kind of arts landscapes we need and how we might get there.
Our very own Alison Tickell will be one of the guest speakers for the event, so please try and make it down!
For more information and to book, please visit the Official RSA website here: http://www.thersa.org/events/state-of-the-arts-conference
- 22ndSep 2009
Sustainable Events Management Conference
Missenden Abbey, Bucks New University
Speakers include
Alison Tickell (Julies Bicycle) on the impact of travel
Meegan Jones (Festival Republic) Reading Festival – a case study
Thomas Niebuhr (Roskilde Festival Dk) Roskilde – climate change campaign
Claire O’Neill (Association of Independent Festivals) on the latest developments in sustainable event management.
A panel discussion posing the question ‘is green too expensive?’ will be chaired by Prof Ben Challis (BNU/AGF).
Chaired by Teresa Moore, Head of Music and Entertainment Management, Bucks New University
This one day conference is part of the Security Week: Security, Safety and Sustainability at Missenden Abbey Buckinghamshire from the 21st to the 25th September 2009
Produced by Buckinghamshire New University in association with A Greener Festival, Julies Bicycle, Rosklide Festival and YOUROPE
The conference is for all those involved in organising and planning live events including promoters, event managers and environmental managers.
Here is the order form which has the costs included.For more information contact: Tom Harrison + 44 (0) 1494 601620 tom.harrison@bucks.ac.uk
- 21stMay 2009
Sustainable Events Summit 2009
Stop talking and start doing - 50 practical actions to make your events more sustainable.
The Sustainable Events Summit 2009 takes place on Friday 22 May at One Wimpole Street, London. With sustainability currently a huge issue in the events industry, and organisers eager to learn best practice and implement sustainable measures, this is a timely moment for the summit to take place. The aim of the day is to provide delegates with 50 practical actions which they can take back to their organisations. The summit will be chaired by Lucy Siegle, ethical living columnist at the Observer and BBC One Show presenter. Lucy will be ensuring that the event is dynamic, inspirational and encourages practical action.
Delegates at this event will comprise heads of events / event directors across a variety of business sectors; event media and suppliers to the industry. The event is targeting around 250 delegates to maximise the value of the day for all attendees.
The Summit will provide an informative day for delegates and aims to include interactive sessions to add variety and incorporate future technologies. Speakers confirmed so far include:
David Stubbs, Head of Sustainability, LOCOG;
Anne Hayes, Head of Market Development – Sustainability, BSI;
Neil Grange, Sustainable Event Management Consultant, Arup;
Alison Tickell, Director, Julie’s Bicycle.
Other participants include representatives from Wembley Stadium, The Guardian, The Ryder Cup and Virgin Trains.
Last year’s Summit had 200 attendees and is aiming for as many attendees as possible to share their experiences and commit to practical action to make the events industry more sustainable. Early Bird tickets are available now at a reduced cost.
To book tickets go to the Summit website at www.sustainableeventssummit.com. For more information call Joelle McNichol from the Summit team on 020 7515 5775 or email Joelle@sustainableeventssummit.com.
The Sustainable Events Summit aims to be the catalyst for real change in the events industry. Come along and be part of it. - 14thMay 2009
South West @ The Great Escape, Brighton
Julie’s Bicycle director Alison Tickell joins the line up for South West @ The Great Escape in Brighton on Thursday 14th May.
Following on from the Green Track panel at SXSW 09, Alison will be covering the ‘Green Imperative – British Innovations’. The talk will present new industry innovations such as the Green Music Guide and the Industry Green Standards, as well as covering initiatives for Greenhouse Gas reductions in specific industry areas, such as CD Packaging and Audience Travel.
JB will also be joining the round up session, titled “The BMG and South West Music Forum – Connecting a Great and Diverse Region’. It will conclude the day at 4pm, bringing together a selection of speakers such as Matt Booth (BMF), John Empson (Eden Sessions), Helen Miah (Swindon Borough Council), Rob Jones (Somerset County Council) and Ian Rogers (Orange Box).
Other featured South West UK speakers and national partners involved include: Chris Morrison (CMO Management), Korda Marshall (Infectious), Nick Williams (Brit School), Seth Jackson (Indie Mobile), Chris Jenkins (Wittdo/DMF) and Jack Kingslake (Hi Road Studios). They will be presenting a series of talks on their specialist subjects throughout the day.
Event day starts at 10:30am, with Alison speaking at 1:30pm, and the round up session starting at 4pm. To RSVP, please email: info@bristolmusicfoundation.com.
For more information, please visit: http://www.bristolmusicfoundation.com
- 12thMay 2009
CD Packaging Reception
Julie’s Bicycle launches the follow up to their CD packaging research 'Impacts and Opportunities'.
Guest speakers:
Rt Hon Andy Burnham MP - Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport
Tony Wadsworth, BPI Chairman
For more information, please email: info@juliesbicycle.com - 29thMar 2009
Can the music industry afford to go green?
Mon 30 Mar | 18.30-21.00hrs
This MusicTank [ http://www.musictank.co.uk/ ] event takes as its jump-off the established fact of climate change, with the only remaining environmental question being one of scale. Are we facing a 2 degree temperature rise or, as latest science would have it, 7 degrees? One thing appears certain - in a 7 degree scenario, all bets are off. Accepting this broad premise, the session will consider the industry's ability and preparedness to adopt the S-Factor: Sustainability.
The question however, in a period of chronic contraction for the record business and one in which the live industry is bracing itself for an inevitable decline, (not to mention the universal lack of financing), is: "Can the music industry afford to go green?”
SPEAKERS: Tony Wadsworth, BPI Chairman, who has spearheaded a campaign on CD packaging with record labels. He will be joined by John Webster, CEO of the Music Manager’s Forum, Alison Tickell, Director of Julie's Bicycle, Catherine Bottrill, scientist, to discuss the opportunities, dilemmas and costs of tackling climate change with the music industry and Andrew Haworth, Environmental Manager at Live Nation. Keith Harris will moderate.
This event will be of particular interest to SME’s who would like to make a commitment to environmental sustainability but might not know how. Knowledge Connect [ http://www.knowledgeconnect.org.uk/ ]provides business support for SME’s wishing to adopt sustainabile practice and a member of the Knowledge Connect team will be present to discuss how they might help.
Venue: Basement Bar, Copyright House, 29-33 Berners Street, London W1T 3AB
Cost: £15 MusicTank Members | £20 Full price. Tickets incl. drinks. Ticket prices are subsidised by Knowledge Connect
To book and for more info go to: http://www.musictank.co.uk/events/sustainability - 12thMar 2009
Green Music Guide - Launch
On March 12, the Mayor of London and Julie’s Bicycle are launching the Green Music Guide - an action plan that aims to reduce the London Music Industry’s greenhouse gas emissions by 60% by 2025.
Guest speakers:
Isabel Dedring Director Environmental Policy, Mayor of London
Jazz Summers Chairman Julie’s Bicycle and
Julie Calland Courtyard ManagementThursday March 12, 6:30pm at the Royal Garden Hotel
For more information please contact us.
- 9thDec 2008
- 16thSep 2008
September Bike Club: 6 - 9pm
Julie’s Bicycle invites you to attend an evening on climate change and the music industry.
Basement Cafe, Copyright House, 29–33 Berners Street, London W1T 3AB
Refreshments provided. Cash bar.
RSVP: info@juliesbicycle.comAs the festival season draws to a close join us for a discussion about some of the innovative sustainability initiatives that took place this summer, and hear about our intrepid survey of festival-goers’ travel behaviour.
Our hosts at MCPS-PRS Alliance will be holding a Green Week and we will hear about some of their projects for staff and members.
If you would like to be added to the Bike Club mailing list please let us know.
- 3rdJul 2008
Bike Club
Julie’s Bicycle invites you to attend a network session for people championing climate issues in their workplace.
Thursday July 3, 6-9pm
Basement Cafe, Copyright House
29–33 Berners Street, London W1T 3ABNibbles provided. Cash bar.
Recommended voluntary contribution of £5 to cover general Bike Club expenses.The evening’s main theme will be CARBON CALCULATORS.
Carbon calculators and energy management tools are proliferating in the online
world as a way to combat climate change. JB has been looking at online tools for
the music industry but the marketplace is already busy and there are questions
around the value of such tools in driving the shift to lower carbon businesses and
lifestyles. We’d like to hear your thoughts.Speakers will include: David Hayes (Eden Bee), Gavin Starks (AMEE),
Russell Layberry (iMeasure and SMEasure) and Tom Dyson (Carbon Account)
The Bike Club’s new online network at 2degrees will also be presented.RSVP: info@juliesbicycle.com
- 22ndMay 2008
Bike Club
Julie’s Bicycle hosts a network session for people championing climate issues in their workplace.
Our recent research ‘First Step’ found that there is a lot of innovative work being done across the music industry around sustainability and reducing carbon emissions. However, the report also showed that much of this work was isolated and restricted to individual companies.
We would like to hear from you, bring you together to share ideas and experiences, update you on some of the most recent science and legislation, and find out what we could be doing that would be most helpful. This could include an ongoing Bike Club series, depending on your feedback.
With thanks to The MCPS-PRS Alliance - 18thApr 2008
Research Launch
Julie’s Bicycle, in partnership with the London Development Agency, launched its ‘First Step’ report at the Royal Geographic Society on Friday April 18. This pioneering research, conducted by the Environmental Change Institute, Oxford University, provides an initial estimate of the greenhouse gas emissions across the UK music industry. Download the report or executive summary here
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To view photos from the day please view this news story
- 18thMar 2008
Working group meeting
The Julie’s Bicycle Working Group convene for the first time
- 5thMar 2008
Beat the Heat Pilot Seminar
Beat the Heat Pilot Seminar
- 25thFeb 2008
Beat the Heat Pilot Seminar
Beat the Heat Pilot Seminar
- 13thFeb 2008
Beat the Heat Pilot Seminar
Beat the Heat Pilot Seminar
- 6thJul 2007
Julie's Bicycle Launch
Julie's Bicycle officially launched at a breakfast event at the Berkeley Hotel. It was fantastically attended by over 60 people, mainly from the music industry but also from the worlds of science and culture. The key note speeches were given by Professor Chris Rapley, Director of the British Antarctic Survey who gave a powerful and measured address on the impact of global warming on the Antarctica - and gave the guests 800,000 year old fragments of ice taken from Antarctica bore holes - which melted within minutes and released their ancient air bubbles into the room.
Sir Crispin Tickell, diplomat and climatologist, spoke of the real implications of climate instability, for the global economy and for our selves. He urged us to think of history and the future differently, to adapt our expectations to a re configured world, and applauded the presence of such a large and powerful grouping to gather together on this issue.
Jazz Summers, Chairman of Julie’s Bicycle and CEO of Big Life Music, welcomed everyone and introduced Julie’s Bicycle, Al Tickell (Director) ran through the programme, and Stuart Galbraith, Managing Director of Live Nation and JB Board member, gave an illuminating description of the work he has pioneered within Live Nation. Thanks are due to Paul Reynolds who kicked off proceedings, and The Maybourne Group, and The Cultural Leadership Programme for their generous support.
