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 fulfillment 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’:

Interviews with sustainable makers

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.

Green Crafts Initiative Sign-Up Form

Name
First Last
Email

We will contact you to confirm your membership and to keep you up-to-date with everything Green Crafts! We will only share your information with Craft Scotland (as co-host of the initiative), and you can leave the community or update your details at any time.
Name of Craft Business
What is the name of your craft business/organisation/activity?
What type of craft do you do?
Website

If you have a website, we will link to it through your listing on our Green Crafts Initiative members page.
Address
Street Address City Postcode
Green Crafts Initiative Membership Commitments*
- I/we will aim to reduce our environmental impact each year.
- I/we will strive to increase our monitoring and management of our environmental impact each year.
- I/we will send an informal report, at least once a year, on what environmental action we've taken.

Current Green Crafts Initiative Members:

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.