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    Can we any longer justify our carbon footprint?

    After a lifetime spent working in the arts across the world, Judith Knight considers the dilemma of meeting the demands of the climate emergency while retaining international collaborations.

  • Two children at a desk working with two adults on crafts

    An experimental museum to tackle the climate crisis

    Organisations talk a big game about preventing climate change but what are they doing? Bridget McKenzie shares her experience of testing the way culture takes action.

  • Glyndebourne Opera House with its wind turbine in the background

    Working towards greater environmental sustainability

    As cultural organisations are looking for new ways to reduce their carbon emissions, Kate Harvey reports on a remarkable 10 year journey which has led to excess energy generation being redirected to the National Grid.

  • Group of people with banners in the background and two people in the foreground dress in green, leaf-like coats, one of which is on a white horse

    Where earth’s spirit lies

    Two years ago a group of artists and environmental activists launched Culture Declares Emergency. Lucy Neal and Kay Michael tell the story of the movement’s foundation and the momentum it has gathered since then.

  • Still from murmuration of a hand over some drawn flowers

    Finding the words to write the climate

    Poet and climate writer, Linda France shares how she is creating spaces for connection, discussion and personal reflection, encouraging us to respond to the climate emergency and see ourselves as part of the solution.

  • Conductor leading a school orchestra

    Bridging the academic-classroom divide

    Music educators often lack the confidence and energy to engage with academic research. Encouraging them to do so may be the way to address the disconnect between the two worlds, argues Dr Steven Berryman.

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