Library

Guides

Green Touring Guide - Popakademie Baden-Württemberg
A guide for musicians, agents, tour managers, promoters, venues, and booking agencies. While being initiated with the music industry in mind, the recommendations formulated in this guide are easily applicable to touring of the performing arts as well.

Sample green tech rider
An example of demands and requests you can include in your tech or hospitality rider as an artist

Green Mobility Guide - Julie’s Bicycle & On the Move (2011)
An older but useful overview of what the different agents involved in touring (artist, producer, programmer, etc) can do to mitigate the impact of their tours. The guide also includes some “hot topics” or controversies that one often encounters when talking about or working with sustainability, which can help to give you a broader overview of different aspects of climate action.

Practical Guide: Touring - Julie’s Bicycle (2015)
A step-by-step guide designed for any decision-makers involved with touring productions and performances, to assist you in understanding and reducing the environmental impacts associated with touring before, during and after the tour.

Putting a Price on Carbon (Webinar & Report) - Julie’s Bicycle (2020)
Excellent overview of and introduction to how carbon pricing and offsetting works.

Sustainable Cultural Mobility - Julie’s Bicycle (2020)
This Julie’s Bicycle webinar considers where we are now in terms of our movement and the associated emissions, where we need to get to and how to transition to a low carbon future for touring, exhibiting and performing.

Notes on Green Mobility Workshop - KreativTransfer (DE/EN) (2021)
This document outlines the main takeaways, action points and current challenges faced by the (German) cultural sector and as discussed during a Green Mobility workshop organised by KreativTransfer in spring 2021.

Theatre Green Book (beta, 2021)
Comprehensive step-by-step guide for making new creations in a sustainable manner. It covers all elements of theatre production and offers three different standards of sustainability to work towards, with clear goals and recommendations for each.

Green Theatre Choices Production Toolkit
Overview of the environmental score of various materials that may be used in the scenography and costume department of a new production (e.g. wood, textile, paints,…).

Organisations

Julie’s Bicycle
Founded by the music industry in 2007 and now working across the arts and culture, Julie’s Bicycle is a tireless advocate and invaluable source of information and tools for making your arts organisation more sustainable.

Green Touring Network (DE)
Germany-based organisation consisting of a growing team of music and environmental lovers to encourage the live music industry towards a more sustainable future. They organise actions, provide resources and offer occasional workshops.

On the Move (EU)
On the Move is a free information and support portal that provides information on cultural, international mobility for all art disciplines, including but not limited to reports, policy documents, guides and open funding opportunities.

Aktionsnetzwerk Nachhaltigkeit (DE)
The Aktionsnetzwerk Nachhaltigkeit is a cross-disciplinary contact point for environmental sustainability on an organisational level in the field of culture and media in Germany.

Atmosfair
German non-profit organisation that offers a free calculator for the CO2 emissions and environmental impact of flights. It’s possible to offset the impact of your flights directly through their projects, which abide by the CDM Gold Standard for carbon offsetting.

Trash Galore (DE)
Leipzig-based organisation that re-distributes materials from large events to smaller local organisations and initiatives to create a circular economy.

Clean Scene
Climate action collective that explores alternative, sustainable futures for the dance music industry. Their report collates and analyses the carbon footprint of Resident Advisor’s top 1000 DJs touring in 2019, and suggest next steps for transformative collective action.