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Creative Futures Launch - March 4th 2010 - 6-8pm

On Thursday 4th March 2010, six of London’s most dynamic and forward-thinking organisations launch Creative Futures, a £1 million programme funded by the European Regional Development Fund to support peer-to-peer innovation and sustainable growth amongst London-based creative businesses.

British Council and Julie's Bicycle launch Long Horizons

On Monday February 15, Ed Miliband, Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, will today launch Long Horizons, a series of essays debating the impact of climate change on the work of policy makers, scientists and artists at an event hosted by the British Council and Julie’s Bicycle.

The collection will be launched on Monday February 15th. Antony Gormley's essay appears in The Guardian's Review on Saturday February 13th.

AGF: Öya Festival tops the green list at the European Festivals Awards

A Greener Festival update! The Öya Festival in Norway has won the prestigious overall Green n Clean Award at the European Festival Awards which took place last night (January 13th) at Eurosonic Noorderslag convention in Gronigen in the Netherlands. The Award is one of a handful awarded by an expert judging panel, with most other awards up for audience members to vote for. The Awards were organised by our friends at www.virtualfestivals.com and the European festival organisers association, Yourope, along with Eurosonic Noorderslag.

AGI given Industry Green certification for CD packaging

AGI, a leading supplier of packaging and creative services to the music and home entertainment industries, has successfully received Industry Green certification for an audio Digipak^® and a Softpak produced at AGI Van de Steeg in the Netherlands. The packs were assessed by Julie’s Bicycle, a non-profit company helping the music industry cut its greenhouse gas emissions and verified by the The Environmental Change Institute, Oxford University. Both products are confirmed compliant with the current criteria for Industry Green Category 1 for CD packaging.  

Green News & Ideas

This bundle of green news and ideas is shared with us by the team at imeasure and smeasure: free online tools that help you monitor and target emissions reductions at home and at work, every week!

Creative Futures

Read about the ERDF funded programme 'Creative Futures' that JB is a part of. 

Industry Green for CD Packaging

We've been busy certifying the majority of suppliers of card-based CD packaging to the industry, find out who has used the ig mark on their album.

Greening Theatres

Julie’s Bicycle is pleased to be expanding its remit to include theatre from 2010. We will be managing the national rollout of Greening Theatres, originally set up by the Mayor of London and incubated by Arcola Theatre.

Where Environment Meets Art, Culture and Rock ‘n Roll

Check out this article on Diana Liverman by Stephanie Doster from the Institute of the Environment at the University of Arizona. Diana is the Director of Oxford University’s Environmental Change Institute as well as sitting on the board at JB.

2-4-1 Julie's Bicycle offer: The Bush Theatre presents a reading of 'The Contingency Plan'

To mark the UN Copenhagen Climate Change conference the Bush Theatre is pleased to announce a reading of the five star THE CONTINGENCY PLAN featuring the original cast, and Julie's Bicycle members get a 2-4-1 discount!

Green news and ideas

This bundle of green news and ideas is shared with us by the team at imeasure and smeasure: free online tools that help you monitor and target emissions reductions at home and at work, every week!

Follow Copenhagen on our recommended blogs

Green leaning websites and message boards will be all aflutter with activity for the next few weeks. Check out our cycle diaries here on our website, but we also recommend our research partner the Environmental Change Institute's blog.

Andy Cato of Groove Armada is blogging for the duration of the climate change conference. Andy recently released a booklet called a 'Condensed Version of Climate Change' and speaks perceptively about the way artists come under fire for speaking out about climate change.

For a little light relief with your daily updates, check out lowcarbonara which describes all the negotiating parties as Mr Men characters. Guess who is Mr Nosey, Miss Fickle and Mr Perfect....

Festivals keep up green efforts despite the recession

Festivals keep up green efforts despite the recession - A press release from our friends at A Greener Festival.
 
New research from environmental advice and campaign group A Greener Festival shows that music festivals have kept up their environmental efforts, despite slower tickets sales at some events and the economic recession.

Digital music and carbon impacts

Our latest paper "The Carbon Impacts of Recorded Music Products in a Time of Transition" is a position piece in response to the small number of research documents, including our own, that examine energy use and carbon reduction associated with recorded music, with an emphasis on digital. It specifically recommends some further research into downloading and streaming. While this piece is focused on music it does have relevance for a much wider creative community.

Lovebox and Bestival sign up to 10:10 Carbon Pledge

In an article published in the Observer (25/10/09) Lovebox and Bestival promise to join the 10:10 climate change campaign, agreeing to cut their carbon emissions by 10%.

IQ European Festival Report "Green Shoots" Article

IQ Magazine (Q4, 2009) releases double spread article written by Claire O'Neill (Association of Independent Festivals) showing the environmental credentials of festivals including findings from a new survey looking at festival goers attitudes to festivals and climate change.

The Arts and Climate Change

JB has been commissioned by the British Council to pull together a series of essays on climate change and the arts. Gathering new writing from a range of contributors including a scientist, sculptor, writer and musician, the piece asks what role the artist should take in engaging with climate change, their audiences, and policy-makers. It will be launched  in February 2010.

JB Survey - notification regarding NME prize draw

Due to a technical error Julie’s Bicycle has not been able to track the identity of entrants completing our survey about "music and the environment" recently promoted by NME. If you completed the survey and would like to be entered into the prize draw for a year’s subscription to the NME please email info@juliesbicycle.com by August 31st 2009, answering the following eligibility question: “what issue to do with “music and the environment” did the survey focus on?” For prize draw terms and conditions please click 'read more'. We apologise for the inconvenience caused to survey participants.

The Music Void interview Alison Tickell

The Music Void's Jakomi Mathews caught up with Alison at this year's The Great Escape in Brighton, watch the interview here.

First Greener Festival Awards announced for 2009

Seven English festivals, one Scottish, one Italian, two American and five Australian events are the first recipients of the coveted 2009 Greener Festival Award, acknowledging the events' efforts to reduce their environmental impact.

Julie's Bicycle wins a 'Big Green Challenge Plus' grant

Julie's Bicyle is one of seventeen community projects that have been granted up to £20,000 in funding to reduce carbon emissions and develop clean, local energy sources under a new partnership between the Department of Energy and Climate Change and NESTA.

Ben Bradshaw: Working for the weekend

The UK's new Culture Secretary Ben Bradshaw's first major article aimed at the music industry was published this week in the trade magazine Music Week. The former Environment Minister commended the industry for working to reduce its environmental impacts, highlighting in particular those companies piloting Julie's Bicycle's 'Industry Green' scheme.

At height of summer festival season, UK music gets a green boost

Julie’s Bicycle, the organisation that helps the music industry to reduce its carbon emissions, has launched an online tool to help festivals measure, analyse, report and act on their greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, as part of their post-event review.

Can artists save the world?

Julie's Bicycle Director Alison Tickell is christened 'the pop avenger' alongside architects, film makers, theatre managers and visual artists in a Guardian G2 article discussing how 'the greening of the arts is as much about the medium as the message'.

Liftshare’s FestivalBUDI grows in popularity

As the music industry commits to making festivals increasingly environmentally-friendly, more festival-goers than ever are being helped to car-share this year - for a green, affordable and fun way to get to their event.

Music industry gets eco overhaul

The origin of Julie's Bicycle's name is unveiled as the music industry gears up for a green revolution aimed at cutting carbon emissions.

CD Packaging Reception

The latest Julie’s Bicycle event brought together an unprecedented grouping of ‘eco’ CD packaging suppliers and music industry.

Cherry Red's Iain McNay interviews Alison Tickell

Cherry Red's Iain McNay interviews Alison Tickell. Visit Cherry Red TV and you'll find it under 'Music Business' interviews.

Centre for Sustainable Energy profile JB

The Centre for Sustainable Energy have included JB in a best practice review of community action on climate change prepared for the Energy Savings Trust.

Music industry aims to turn the tables on climate change

Julie's Bicycle – a coalition working to reduce the music industry's climate change impacts – have joined forces with the Mayor of London to produce a new Green Music Guide aimed at music companies and individuals wanting to green their activities.

Julie’s Bicycle brings together the UK music industry to significantly reduce carbon emissions from the manufacture of CD packaging.

Julie’s Bicycle, an organization which seeks to reduce carbon emissions within the music industry, has gained the approval of every major record company, plus the Beggars Group, to establish a benchmark initial 10% reduction in C02 emissions from the manufacture of CD packaging in 2009.

Julie's Bicycle 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.