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    • A silhouette of a person talking outdoors on a phone. They are blurry and indistinct. Layered onto the photo, a Jackson Pollock riot of orange and yellow paint - a firestorm.
      Library / Status and Working Conditions for Artists, Cultural and Creative Professionals
      The Status and Working Conditions for Artists, Cultural and Creative Professionals report is the result of a brainstorming meeting organised by Voices of Culture on 27-28 April 2021. It was presented to the European Commission in a Dialogue Meeting on 29 June 2021. Among chapters on the legal status of artists, their financial situations (encompassing fair pay, collective bargaining, intellectual property, etc.), and research and lifelong learning, there is also a chapter dedicated to mobility. 
    • Page of a SHIFT fact sheet - packed with text and info.
      Library / SHIFT Fact Sheets on Green Certification and Carbon Calculators
      The SHIFT Fact Sheets on Green Certification and Carbon Calculators have been created by ELIA, a globally connected network for higher arts education, as output for the environmental sustainability strand of the SHIFT – Shared Initiatives for Training project, which focuses on the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 13: Climate Action.
    • An icon of a wide, orange eye, the pupil replaced by the Earth, on the cover of the SHIFT Environmental Sustainability and the Arts Annotated Bibliography.
      Library / SHIFT Environmental Sustainability and the Arts Annotated Bibliography
      The SHIFT Environmental Sustainability and the Arts Annotated Bibliography serves cultural networks and their members by providing key resources, literature, and inspiring examples for the development of environmentally sustainable practices. The bibliography is meant as a supporting tool for cultural organisations and professionals from all arts disciplines and cultural fields.
    • Illustration in deep colours - blue, green, yellow, orange - showing a woman in a kind of cosmic resource space, surrounded by floating tools and signs.
      Library / Season for Change Toolkit
      Season for Change is a UK-wide programme of cultural responses celebrating the environment and inspiring urgent action on climate change. The Season for Change toolkit is a collection of online resources for individuals and organisations who want to join together and urge for a just and sustainable future through the arts and culture.
    • Still from Culture of Mobility in the Time of Climate Change video. Shows the title of the session projected onto a screen.
      Library / Culture of Mobility in the Time of Climate Change
      What is the impact of the international exchange in culture on the climate of our planet? How does it influence today’s cities and how can we measure it? How can public institutions give a boost to sustainable mobility within their funding programs?
    • Library / ArtCOP21 Professional Workshop - Report and Resources
      The ArtCOP21 Professional Workshop gathered in Paris on 3-4 December 2015 more than 150 representatives from the arts and culture from over 30 countries. The ArtCOP21 Professional Workshop aimed to foster cross-sector dialogues through the exchange of best practice and to highlight the necessity of focused support and funding mechanisms to consolidate the leadership of the cultural sector with regards to sustainable development and environmental sustainability.
    • Library / Beyond Green: The Arts as a Catalyst for Sustainability
      The goal of this Salzburg Global Seminar session was to build on path-breaking cultural initiatives to advance international and cross-sectoral links between existing arts and sustainability activities around the world, encourage bolder awareness-raising efforts, and recommend strategic approaches for making innovative grassroots to scale for greater, longer-term impact.
    • Library / Creative Responses to Sustainability: Singapore and Korea
      Creative Responses to Sustainability is part of a new ASEF series of guides looking at creative responses to sustainability in different countries in Asia.The guides, commissioned by ASEF culture360 and authored by Yasmine Ostendorf, map cultural initiatives across Singapore and South Korea engaging with social and environmental issues.
    • Cover for Art for the Planet's Sake. Photo shows the top of a statue with a rough sea in the background; titled 'The Drowned Mermaid'.
      Library / Art for the Planet's Sake
      IETM, international network for the performing arts, shares its new publication Art for the Planet’s Sake that looks at how contemporary arts tackle environmental issues in terms of artistic contents, managerial practices and venues management. A publication in partnership with COAL, Coalition for Arts and Sustainable Development, Paris.
    • Library / Culture 21 Self-evaluation Tool on Culture in Sustainable Development
      Based on the 100 actions of Culture 21 Actions, the questionnaire is open to local governments, individuals and organisations (academics, activists, civil society, etc.) interested in self-evaluating to what extent an integrated vision of culture in sustainable development exists in their cities.
    • Library / Green Art Lab Alliance Funding Guide
      The GALA funding guide is a first inventory of public and private, international, European, national, regional and local funds, calls and initiatives that can support arts and culture projects on environmental sustainability. The research was coordinated by On the Move with the support from COAL, Coalition for art and sustainable development.
    • Library / The Shift: The Networked Economy, the Cultural Sector and Beyond
      Entitled “Change, networked economy, the cultural sector and beyond”, this online resource arises from the conviction about the need for a new.
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