Resource Hub
Welcome to JB’s library of tools, guides, research and creative responses. Whether you’re just getting started or scaling up your impact, this is where you’ll find everything you need to turn climate ambition into action.
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From environmental reports and case studies to policy briefings and training guides, every resource in this directory is here to support creative climate action. Use the filters to browse resources by sector, topic and format, and easily find what’s useful for you.
Green Touring: Transforming Cross-border Collaboration
This panel discussion, recorded live at Manchester International Festival 2025, brings together JB, in futurum, and cultural practitioners from the UK, Denmark and Norway to explore sustainable approaches to mobility, cultural exchange and international touring.
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Story of Change: The Courtyard
The Courtyard, based in Hereford, is a vibrant multi-arts venue that welcomes around 400,000 visitors annually. Known for its role in fostering creativity and community, the 27-year-old building includes a 400-seat main auditorium and three flexible studio spaces. These spaces have enabled the centre to deliver a wide range of programmes. Nonetheless, ageing infrastructure has posed challenges, particularly in terms of energy efficiency and environmental sustainability.
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Story of Change: The Glasshouse
The Glasshouse, Newcastle is a music charity and performance venue, which is home to the Royal Northern Sinfonia. The building houses three main performance spaces, twenty music education rooms along with some cafes and bars. The venue hosts performances from a range of genres, such as pop and jazz, platforms for profiling local artists, as well as delivering education programmes for around 10,000 young people per week.
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Story of Change: Royal Shakespeare Company
Explores RSC’s sustainability journey, highlighting its efforts, challenges, and strategic advancements in reducing energy use and carbon emissions.
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Story of Change: Midlands Arts Centre (MAC)
MAC has embarked on a determined journey to reduce its energy consumption and carbon emissions, particularly since 2018-2019.
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Tees Valley Museums – Uniting for Environmental Advocacy and Action
Tees Valley Museums outline their collaborative approach to embedding environmental sustainability across their operations and programming, focusing on advocacy, carbon footprint reduction, and sustainable practices through dedicated resources, green champions, and engaging community projects like the "Recycling the River Tees" exhibition.
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Northern Stage – Reducing Energy and Empowering Change
Northern Stage outline their strategic approach to reducing energy consumption and emissions, embedding sustainability into their culture through staff engagement, improved communications, and Carbon Literacy training, leading to tangible reductions.
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imitating the dog – Navigating Global Reach with a Reduced Carbon Footprint
imitating the dog outline their strategic shift to significantly reduce the carbon footprint of their international projects, detailing their decision-making process, a focus on minimising travel, and deeply collaborating with local artists and communities to create impactful work abroad while honouring their commitment to global cultural exchange.
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Wise Children – Staging Sustainability: Reusing Costumes and Greening Productions
Wise Children outline their journey to embed environmental ambition into impactful action, detailing their step-by-step approach guided by the Theatre Green Book, focusing on the reuse and repurposing of costumes, and implementing practical actions to reduce their carbon footprint in future productions.
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Climate Risk Mapping for London’s Cultural Venues
A series of London-wide climate risk maps that analyse climate exposure and vulnerability across Greater London with an overlay of cultural organisations.
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Dancefest – Pop-Up Power: Creating a Sustainable and Community-Driven Arts Space
Dancefest outline their journey in sustainably transforming an unused building into a vibrant, temporary dance and arts space, demonstrating how ethical procurement, community involvement, and resourceful design can bring life to a neglected urban location while preparing for future larger-scale projects.
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Full of Noises – Cultivating a Regenerative Culture Through Permaculture Design
Full of Noises outline their deep commitment to climate action and regenerative culture by embedding permaculture design, ethics, and principles across their entire organisation, focusing on Earth Care, People Care, Future Care and Fair Share to foster sustainable practices and holistic wellbeing in their programme.
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