The Green Crafts Initiative

The Green Crafts Initiative (GCI) is a sister initiative to the established Green Arts Initiative and a joint project between Craft Scotland and Creative Carbon Scotland aiming to enable the craft sector to contribute green actions within Scotland's cultural industries.

Makers and craft organisations based in Scotland are able to become members of the Green Crafts Initiative, which provides support and advice for crafts individuals and groups committed to reducing their environmental impact.

The initiative asks members to pledge to improve their environmental actions over time through a series of simple commitments:

• Reduce their environmental impact each year,
• Strive to improve to their monitoring and management of environmental impacts each year,
• Send a yearly informal report about their actions relating to the environment.

Members will have access to an extensive range of website resources and case studies to aid in their fulfilment of these commitments, as well as the ability to contact CCS for one-to-one advice as they work together to put culture and the arts at the heart of a more sustainable Scotland.

You can find out more about sustainability in craft practice through Craft Scotland’s ‘Make It Green’ blog series:

Tips on ‘why’, ‘what’ and ‘where’:

• 4 Reasons to Consider Sustainability as a Maker
• A 6-Point Checklist for Makers Materials
• Ethical Tips for Jewellers
• 6 Places to Find Sustainable Materials in Scotland
• Do Not Dump It – Recycle It!
• Looking for a Sustainable Craft Supplier? Check these 5 things.

Interviews with sustainable makers

• Jo Pudelko offers a rallying call for environmental making (jewellery)
• A creative response to the environmental crisis, with Andy Stirling Robertson 
• Going green as a jeweller with Ruth Hollywood
• Leading by example in ethical jewellery making with the Incorporation of Goldsmiths
• Sustainable ceramics with Kevin Morris
• Sustainable weaving and dyeing with Cally Booker
• Sustainable textile making with Pieter van der Werf

Our Members and Their Green Work

In Spring 2018 we undertook a survey of our members to find out more about who they are and how they are trying to reduce their environmental impact. Take a look at the 2018 Members Report to get an insight into the community!

Become a member: 

Becoming a member of the Green Crafts Initiative is easy, quick, and free! Complete this form and we’ll be in touch.

Current Green Crafts Initiative Members: 

Ceramics and Clay

• Kevin Andrew Morris

Furniture and Wood

• Alien Spoons
• ANGUS ROSS
• Burnbrae Crafts
• Buy Design Gallery
• GM Forestry Mackreations
• Pens of Distinction
• Rag and Bone Workshop
• The Edinburgh Remakery

Glass

• Natty Glass
• David Mola

Jewellery and Metal

• City of Glasgow College Jewellery
• Dora’s Jewellery
• Eleanor Kerr-Patton
• Eloise Kerr Jewellery
• Fiona Chapman Jewellery
• Jo Pudelko Jewellery
• Karen Westland
• Merel Bekking Designs
• Milomade
• Mirka Janeckova Jewellery
• Ruth Hollywood Jewellery
• Shirley Lowe

Print and Paper

• BeyondBlue Studios

Textiles and Fabric

• 3 Bags Wool
• Balgarvie Weaving
• Bonny Claith
• Burnside Designs
• Carolyn Edmondson/Lament
• Cushy Doo Textiles
• Earth Threads
• End of Terrace Trading
• Hamish Mash Eco Fashion
• Julia Laing
• MK Eco Creations
• Olive Pearson Designs
• Pieter van der Werf – Orains
• SpineySpider
• Stitchbirdie
• Suzanne Stuart Davies
• Warped Textiles

Agency, Education and Support

• Applied Arts Scotland
• Gayfield Projects
• MADE in East Lothian
• Make Do and Grow
• Midas Skills School
• Re:Craft Glasgow
• Remake Scotland
• Upcycled World

To find out more about our sister initiative for arts venues, organisations and companies (the Green Arts Initiative) click here. For any questions, comments or enquiries, please contact Catriona on catriona.patterson@creativecarbonscotland.com.

Image: Lise Bech / Photography by Mutevelian / Craft Scotland