Connecting Arts and Sustainability
Since 2013 Green Tease has provided a platform for those interested in building links between the arts, climate change and environmental sustainability through the exchange of ideas, knowledge and practices. The majority of our Green Tease events are free to attend with a cup of tea and biscuits provided!
The Green Tease Open Call is a funded opportunity for artists, cultural and environmental sustainability organisations to organise their own event and contribute to the development of the Green Tease network.
Find out more and submit your ideas for a Green Tease event
Members of the Green Tease network have the option of being included on our database. This lists a mixture of creatives and sustainability experts (and those who straddle the divide) and provides a resource for members of the network to get in touch with each other.
Sign up to the Green Tease mailing list and database and let us know about your interest in being part of the network. You can also connect with network members through the Green Tease Facebook group.
Follow our News page for our most recent blogs on Green Tease and see our Events page for details on our next Green Tease.
Subscribe to our Culture & Sustainability podcast to listen back the topics and discussions covered at past Green Tease events! The podcast is available on Itunes, Google Podcasts (on your phone), Spotify and a bunch of other platforms.
March: Edinburgh’s Shoreline with Royal Botanic Gardens of Edinburgh
March: Connecting Arts and Active Travel for a Sustainable Scotland with active travel charity Sustrans. Listen to our podcast about this event
March: Biosystems – The New Weird + From Mull to Mars with A+E Collective, UNFIX Festival, Glasgow. Listen to our podcast about this event
April: Citizen Bravo presents “The Terrifying Miracle of Recorded Sound” with Dr Matt Brennan, University of Glasgow. Listen to our podcast about this event
June: Adapting the Visual Arts to Climate Change, Scottish Portrait Gallery, Edinburgh. Read the full research report, key recommendations and findings here
July: Planting Seeds for the Future, organised in partnership with the Centre for Sustainable Forests and Landscapes, Confor and the Institute of Chartered Foresters, Edinburgh
September: Island Futures: An Evening of Eco-Poetry and Discussion, organised in partnership with the Scottish Poetry Library and Edinburgh Environmental Humanities Network
March: Embedded Artist Projects – Sharing Event with North Edinburgh Arts, Chris Fremantle and students from the University of Edinburgh
March: Ecological Theatre Making – Mona Kastell Artist Talk & Discussion
March: Everything I bought in a year and how it made me feel: Performance & Discussion with performance poet Harry Giles and Aberdeen Performing Arts
March: The Same Hillside Debate with video artist John Wallace, climate scientist Prof. Pete Smith and The Barn
March: Edinburgh’s Shoreline with the Edinburgh’s Shoreline Project and Royal Botanic Gardens Edinburgh
July: The Art of Inhabiting Nature – Panel Discussion with artist Ravi Agarwal and Edinburgh Printmakers
November: Re-imagining the Dunion, Jedburgh with Creative Arts & Business Network (CABN)
December: The Fierce Urgency of Now with National Theatre of Scotland, Aberdeen Performing Arts and Peacock Visual Arts
In March 2017 we invited a range of sustainability and arts practitioners to contribute to a season of Events in response to our culture/SHIFT project, exploring how the arts can contribute to a more sustainable Scotland. Events took place across four cities:
April: Firedamp: Revisiting the Flood Exhibition Discussion with artist Sean Caulfield, Professor Emily Brady & Edinburgh Printmakers
June: This Show is Rubbish – performance and Q&A with Aberdeen Performing Arts Green Youth Theatre Showcase
July: Edge Effects: Frontiers in Retreat talk and discussion with Scottish Sculpture Workshop
August: Artists Reflect on Climate Change with An Talla Solais Gallery, Ullapool
September: Gathering Forces – Working Together for Change with choreographer Claire Pençak and the Hawick Community Energy Group Ltd
October: Acting for a Sustainable City with theatre-maker Alice Mary Cooper
November: Connecting Arts & Sustainability in the Cairngorms with RSPB Scotland
November: A Culture Strategy for Scotland – Culture & Climate Change
November: More Films about Food and Farming. And Water…with Aconite Productions and Creative Scotland
November: Environmental & Green Issues Pitch with BBC The Social
December: Adapting our Cities with René Sommer Lindsay, Project Manager for City of Copenhagen’s Climate Change Adaptation plan, and Leonie Alexander, Royal Botanic Gardens Edinburgh
February: James Winnett Artist Talk: Sustainable Glasgow Artist Residency
February: Cultural Practices and Making Sustainable Cities
April: Open Jar Collective: Soil City at Glasgow International Festival
April: Green Tease Get Together
April: Sustainability in Song with Jo Mango
May: The Museum of Climate Futures with artists Jo Hodges and Robbie Coleman
May: Music Festivals & Climate Change with Dr Matt Brennan
May: First Aberdeen Green Tease
June: Arts & Sustainability Networking Drinks
July: Network Mapping with Dr Larissa Pschetz
August: Creative Solutions to Temporary Sites with Nat Taylor & North Edinburgh Arts
September: Lost Islands & Other Works Exhibition Tour
October: Iceland’s Landscapes: Science & Art with Dr Anthony Newton & Ellis O’Connor
November: Green Tease with Take One Action Film Festival Inverness
December: Heating Up: A Year of Climate Action (Edinburgh & Glasgow)
January: Art and Urban Ecology with Harry Giles
Feburary: Art+Culture+Food with the Dinner Lab
April: ArtCOP Scotland: Launch and Open Call
May: Edinburgh Palette – Greening Practices & Niroshini Thambar’s Mull Artist Residency Reflections
May: Penny Anderson and Melanie Kloetzel
June: UNFIX Festival led by Paul Michael Henry
July: Pecha Kucha: Proposals for ArtCOP Scotland
August: Systems Breakdown with Rachel Duckhouse, artist-in-residence, GoMA (2014/15)
August: Ecology & Theatre-Making with Eco-Drama
September: A Space for Art with architects Dress for the Weather
September: Green Spaces Barge Tour with Edinburgh & Lothian Greenspace Trust
October: The Paris Climate Summit (COP21): What to expect and where the arts fit in
January: The Artist as a Researcher with Ellie Harrison, Rachel Duckhouse and Katie Bruce at GoMA
May: Cultural Leadership with Sholeh Johnston of Julie’s Bicycle at Govanhill Baths
June: Sustainability and Waterways with Nic Green and Catherine Lee at the Pearce Institute
June: Incompleteness for Creative Ecological Thinking with Sarah Hopfinger and Imaginate
July: Scandalous Walking Tour with The World Development Movement in Edinburgh’s financial district
August: Reuse and Recycle Days at Fringe Central with Eco Drama
September: Paper Kiln Making and Found Materials with Teena Gould at Glasgow Sculpture Studios
September: Social Sustainability with Rob Hoon at Out Of The Blue
October: Community Growing at North Edinburgh Arts
November: Guddling About with Minty Donald and Nick Millar
December: Ailie Rutherford Artist Talk: Artist in Residence at Govanhill Baths
December: Fi Scott on Make Works and local manufacturing
Image: Green Tease workshop with Open Jar Collective, Glasgow International (2016)
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