Sustainable touring

Going Further: Sustainable touring

Top tips on how to identify, manage and reduce the environmental impacts of your touring

Luke Ramsay and Lucy Latham – Julie’s Bicycle

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Environmental reporting: the basics 02/04/14

Updating Environmental Policy and Action Plan 02/04/14

Specialist advice: Cultural Buildings and Venues 09/04/14

Specialist advice: Offices 09/04/14

Environmental reporting: the basics 16/04/14

Updating Environmental Policy and Action Plan 16/04/14

Specialist advice: Outdoor Events 23/04/14

IG Tools Training 23/04/14

Going further: Sustainable Touring 30/04/14

Going further: Sustainable Productions and Exhibitions 30/04/14

Communicating success: how to effectively communicate your initiatives and stories 07/05/14

IG Tools Training 07/05/14

Staff engagement: planning, engaging, acting and maintaining momentum 14/05/14

To register: http://www.juliesbicycle.com/resources/ace-npos/Webinars-2014

Today’s Agenda• Introduction to Julie’s Bicycle • Environmental reporting results from 2012/13• Environmental reporting requirements – a reminder• Touring

– Planning– On Tour– Post-Tour

• Support and resources• Trouble shooting Q&A

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3-year partnership with Arts Council England to support major funded organisations – 2012

to 2015

Julie’s Bicycle

Research Networks

ConsultancyResources

Training

Events

Thought Leadership

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1. Update your environmental policy and action plan.– Notify us using the IG Tools

2. Collecting data on emissions from energy and water use from April 2013 to March 2014– Submit using the IG Tools

Reporting deadline: 30th May 2014

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Arts Council Requirements

Timeline

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Input your 2013/2014 data and

review results

Policy and Action Plan update

Notify JB on your Policy and Action Plan by 30th May

(IG Tools)

Annual submission for Arts Council

England - Portal opens 1st May and

closes 13 June

To do now

Environmental Policy and Action Plan: Informing us

Planning• Planning Tour

– Use IG Tools to map out scenarios– Rationalising routes, making them most distance

efficient– Research venues with a commitment to

environmental sustainability (or ask them)– Use digital comms. e.g. Skype to communicate with

partners before tour– If you do travel, try and maximize your impact in

that area by putting on more shows– Set commitments– Consider Live broadcasts– Work with touring consortiums to increase

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Planning Examples

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On Tour • Transport, Advocacy and Set Design

– Green hotels, or encourage people to use family/friends

– Design shows to take up minimal transport space

– Advocacy with green riders– Sustainable forms of transport– Challenge exclusion zones

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On Tour Advocacy, choosing your venue

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On Tour Sustainable transport

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On Tour Innovations in set design• Depending on scale, having sets built on site might

be a better option• Can reduce set sizes considerably in order to

reduce the impact of transporting

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Office Too

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• Probably already using IG Tools

• Also have resources relating to reducing impacts at home

Further support• www.juliesbicycle.com/resources/ace-npos/help-guidan

ce• Key resources:

– Sustainable production guide– New Touring guide coming soon!

• Email or phone support from Julie’s Bicycle • Further webinars• Practical Guides and Fact sheets• Case studies• IG Tools videos16

Thank you

www.juliesbicycle.com

[email protected]

www.facebook.com/juliesbicycle

www.twitter.com/juliesbicycle

Any questions?

• Reporting deadline 30th May 2014

• Allow 4 – 6 weeks for reporting cycle to take place within

• [email protected]• www.juliesbicycle.com

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