Cultural Sector Case Studies – organisational change
Arcola Energy
Northern Stage’s Switch off the Theatre initiative
National Theatre Wales’ sustainable digital development
Festivals Edinburgh Green Venue initiative
The Mill at Sonning’s Hydro Theatre scheme
The Eden Project
Grizedale Arts
“Ionad Naomh Moluag” – Isle of Lismore’s Heritage Centre
Killhope North of England Lead Mining Museum – Green Tourism Business Scheme Gold award, Green strategy and team
Manchester International Festival – A significant international Festival that trialed the British Standard in Sustainable Events Specification BS8901
Metal at Chalkwell Hall: Located in the heart of the Thames Gateway regeneration area, the low-carbon Chalkwell Hall is a great example of how the renovation of older buildings can apply renewable technologies.
Museum of East Anglian Life – holistic approach including change to growth economy and wellbeing, social enterprise created to sell plants and produce from the Museum’s land in the shop, Tony Butler the museum’s director also blogs on sustainable museum practice.
National Museum Directors’ Conference’s guiding principles for reducing museums’ carbon footprint
National Theatre’s greener choices
Pallant House Gallery, Chichester is the first art gallery in the UK to use an environmentally friendly and sustainable heating and cooling system.
Radiohead strive to reduce the carbon footprint of their touring through many initiatives
Royal College of Art’s Sustain programme, cross organisational project to raise issues and a showcase for work.
General Case Studies – organisational change
The Necessary Revolution, how individuals and organisations are working together to create a sustainable world – Peter Senge, et al.
Eigg’s Islands Going Green initiative and case study
Book: The Green Museum
The Green Tourism Business Scheme (and awards)
Small Green Footsteps
Julie’s Bicycle’s Green Music Guide – a How To… resource
Julie’s Bicycle’s Green Orchestra Guide – a How To… resource
Envirodigital’s Get digital, be greener blog
Freecycle – online network encouraging the reuse of all sorts of household and office items
Low Carbon Communities Network
Planet Ark works to show people and businesses the many ways they can reduce their day to day impact on the environment – at home, at work and in the community.
The EIRIS 2010 European Climate Change Tracker Report focuses on the activities of 300 companies listed on the FTSE Eurofirst Index and analyses both the extent of their climate change impacts and also the quality of their responses to climate change.
The Guardian’s personal carbon footprint calculator. See for yourself how changes you make personally and organisationally affect climate change.
English Heritage’s Climate Change in your Home website and toolkit
National Maritime Museum’s Your Ocean project helps teachers and school aged children through a number of activities that raise the importance of looking after the oceans for a more sustainable environment.
Meegan Jones’ Sustainable Event Guide