Can the cultural sector step up to show it has something uniquely powerful to offer an ecological age? An examination of practice, partnership and policy

The need for more sustainable practice is accepted within business; in the arts, the transfer of models from other industries is underway. An increasing number of individuals and organisations are decreasing energy consumption through measurement, standards, targets and disclosure. But is this enough? Does the cultural sector have more to offer in times of wholesale change?

As part of Culture|Futures - a series of events that spans discussions at COP 15 - RSA Arts and Ecology is inviting international partners from the arts and beyond to describe a ‘cultural offer for an ecological age’. To inform that enquiry, we will discuss case studies that offer cultural value within a wider sustainability agenda, and seek to identify key policy areas and lines of collaboration.

The outputs from this day will be organisational comparison across policy, identification of case studies and input to a peer-reviewed paper, together with identifying key messages from the cultural sector to policy makers attending COP 15.

Chair: Sally Taylor, Director LCACE

With participation from: Arup, MLA, CABE, Art s Council England, University of the Art s, UK Film Council, Tate, RSA, Danish Cultural Institute

PROGRAMME:
Thursday 24 September, 9.30-4.00pm

Front Gallery, Central St Martins College of Art & Design, University of Arts London, Southampton Row, London WC1B 4AP


09:30 Arrival and coffee

10:00 Chair’s welcome

10:15 Context: The Engineer’s Role in the Ecological Age - Peter Head, Arup

11:15 Art s Examples with questions

- Cultural organisations as infrastructure catalysts - Alan Boldon, Arnolfini

- Cultural participation and ecological citizenship - DOTT Cornwall

- Ecological technology, are we there yet? - Ruth Catlow and Marc Garrett , Furtherfield

13:15 Lunch

14:00 Policy Implications

- European comparison - Olaf Gerlach-Hansen, Danish Cultural Institute

- Shared action

- A sector perspective?

15:00 Discussion/Plenary

16:00 Ends



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