CALL FOR TOURING COMPANIES: GREEN RIDER PILOT PROGRAMME
At the TMA Touring Symposium in 2010 Julie’s Bicycle contributed to the ‘Towards more Sustainable Touring’ session and in June 2010 went on to publish Moving Arts: Managing the Carbon Impacts of our Touring. Alongside a comprehensive analysis of the carbon emissions involved in moving work, the report set out a number of recommendations. These were tailored for different parties in the touring supply chain in recognition of the fact that they have different levers of influence to encourage change within the industry.
One of the key recommendations was the development of a green rider for use by touring companies. The rider is intended to offer guidelines for all touring companies, and to stimulate dialogue between visiting managers and venues about best practice in reducing environmental impacts.
Julie's Bicycle has developed this rider in consultation with a range of subsidised and commercial touring organisations, and we are now seeking companies interested in piloting the rider for tours taking place from Autumn 2011. If you would like to discuss this further, please contact Sian Alexander at sian@juliesbicycle.com or Helen Heathfield at helen@juliesbicycle.com.
The latest draft of the Green Rider will be included in delegate packs for the TMA Touring Symposium on 2nd March 2011, and we will be attending.
