Theatre Green Toolkit 

Sustainability Training and Consultancy for the Performing Arts – Jennifer Taillefer

I work with arts organisations of all sizes, as well as individual artists to embed sustainable systems thinking into productions, operations and facilities. Using tools including the Theatre Green Book, I provide training, consultancy, and workshops to help investigate a range of topics such as creating environmental policies and action plans, embedding procurement strategies, impact tracking, and inspiring and engaging with teams and audiences around sustainability. All of my work is tailored to your specific circumstances whether you are a sole practitioner, a medium-scale producer, or working to integrate environmental aims across a large organisation. I have worked in theatre and live events for many years and so can bring a very practical and creative eye to making sustainable work.  In addition to my theatre training and experience I am also a SEA with the International Society of Sustainability Professionals.  I hope to support performing arts colleagues to create artistic work which not only captivates audiences but also contributes to a greener, healthier planet.

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Talie Smith Environment and Sustainability Advisor

What I do:
Accelerate sustainable change in the performing arts and culture. I work specifically within arts and culture to integrate sustainability in to all areas of your work. I use Theatre Green Book industry standards as the basis for my approach.

Services:

• Integrating Sustainability into your work. Contact me to discuss retainer packages enabling you affordable access to sustainability advice, industry standard walkthrough and compliance check, climate change awareness raising and TGB integration for grass roots, publicly funded and commercial work.
• Training in Climate Literacy.
  • • I provide certified Carbon Literacy Training using the Carbon Literacy Projects specialised course tailored for the theatre industry.
    • Training is tailored to your business, role, existing understanding and experience.
    • Full Carbon Literacy certification is achieved via completion of pledge to take action to reduce your carbon impact. Course length typically 1 day and can be done face to face or remotely.
    • This course covers the science of climate change and it’s impacts. It concludes with a focus on action, specifically relating to Theatre Green Book industry standards and your role within performing arts.
      I offer a free 30 minute call to talk through what you are looking for and explore how we could work together. Website
      Email: talie@taliesmith.com 

Carbon Literacy Training and Consultancy – Fern Culture

Sustainability Consultancy – Angela Buckley

DESIGN FUTURES

Carbon Literacy Training for Designers and their Creative Associates 
created by Society of British Theatre Designers

This one-day course is specifically tailored to the needs of theatre designers and their collaborators, with a focus on freelance artistic practice and decision-making processes. We welcome directors, makers, production managers, creative workshop teams, choreographers, and producers.

The course will help you become knowledgeable and confident about sustainable practice both in the studio and in production and reveal the creative possibilities in working more sustainably by suggesting cultural shifts as well as practical solutions. You will get a recognised qualification at the end, via our accreditation by The Carbon Literacy Project, plus access to an online bank of resources to support your sustainability journey.  The course is interactive, with opportunities to learn from each other as we work towards the changes we need to make in the industry.

This course is delivered regionally, by freelance theatre designers based in or with knowledge of the region.

To book a whole course or to enquire about upcoming courses in your area, please click here or email sustainability@theatredesign.org.uk

SAIL Carbon Literacy Training

Please see here for more information on SAIL Carbon Literacy Training. If you would like to book as a team please email info@wearesail.org . For open call sessions please visit: https://wearesail.org/carbon-literacy-training/

Charcoalblue Carbon Literacy Training

Now is the time for us to start making the changes required to make an impact. The first thing we all need is to have an understanding of what this all means and how we can start making changes. Charcoalblue’s Carbon Literacy Training gives you this base level of learning to kick start this for all of us, looking specifically at the theatre buildings we all use. Here’s how it’s structured:

PART 1 – THE SCIENCE BEHIND CLIMATE CHANGE AND GLOBAL WARMING
We have created a dedicated website for this part. This will roughly two hours to complete.

PART 2 – NET ZERO, YOUR PLACE IN THE CRISIS AND WAYS FORWARD
An interactive session covering subjects from Net Zero to the Circular Economy and ways we as individuals can make positive changes to our own lives. These sessions are broken into two 2-hour sessions.

PART 3 – INDIVIDUAL AND GROUP PLEDGES
Following parts 1 & 2, you can then make pledges to lower your emissions. This is then sent to the Carbon Literacy Project for them to assess and accredit you.

For more information, and to book, please email Christian on christian.wallace@charcoalblue.com

Greenhouse Theatre Carbon Literacy Training

The Greenhouse is the UK’s first zero-waste theatre. We use the power of performance and storytelling to create climate action amongst artists and audience members, through brilliant shows, exciting social events, and inspiring creative spaces. We’re perhaps most well-known for our pop-up performance venue, The Greenhouse, a theatre space built completely from found and recycled materials, but we’re also dedicated to helping the whole industry work greener. Which is why we’re introducing our Carbon Literacy course, harnessing our years of experience making sustainable theatre to help other theatre makers reduce their environmental impact!

To enquire please email info@thegreenhousetheatre.com.

Carbon Literacy in Theatre – Jen Quinn

Carbon Literacy for Charities and Social Enterprises working in Public Leisure and Culture

Community Leisure UK (CLUK) has designed a new Carbon Literacy course, building on our expertise of supporting charities and social enterprises working across public leisure and culture in England, Scotland and Wales. A new partnership with the Workers Educational Association (WEA) means that this new training is open to anyone working in public leisure and culture.

The primary focus of the course will be on the management of public leisure and cultural facilities and will include case studies from other Charitable Trusts and Social Enterprises. You will gain a greater understanding of national and local priorities for net zero and what that means for public leisure and culture. We’ll also be discussing different policy contexts for those working in England, Wales and Scotland.

These courses are fully accredited by the Carbon Literacy Project, take just two, half days via virtual meetings and are extremely competitively priced at just £50 pp (including VAT). All levels of staff are welcome to attend the course as the focus is on what every individual can do in their own role to support net zero.

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