New research from the CIC Climate Group shows UK creative leaders are committed to tackling the climate crisis, with 76% having a senior sustainability lead in place. But it also highlights a gap: many organisations lack the skills and capacity to go further.

The Green Events Code of Practice is refreshed ✨ Setting out clear, consistent standards for sustainable live events – with stronger energy targets, a 50% emissions cut by 2030, and adoption across 20+ UK cities in 2025. 📖 Read more: juliesbicycle.com/news-opinion...

This week we're off to Barcelona for Mondiacult 2025. As the world’s biggest cultural policy conference, we’ll be amplifying the #WeMakeTomorrow Global Call to a wide array of policy makers, artists, activists & cultural practitioners. Grab yourself a sticker or business card from one of our team.

Wild and Generous is a holistic vision for Watershed and Bristol's Canon’s Road area, based on notions of wildness and generosity. Join our new advisory circle, apply by 13 October www.watershed.co.uk/jobs-opportu... @wshed.bsky.social @juliesbicycle.bsky.social @artscouncilengland.bsky.social

Dr. Mazin Qumsiyeh is the founder of the Palestine Institute for Biodiversity & Sustainability (PIBS) and author of Sharing the Land of Canaan. We had the privilege of recently meeting him to learn more about his groundbreaking work in conservation and sustainability across Palestine.

It's just over 50 days until climate leaders gather in Belém in Brazil for #COP30. We're uniting cultural voices from across the world to send a powerful message to policy makers to place culture at the heart of climate action. Sign the Global Call today & join #WeMakeTomorrow tinyurl.com/39t63s26

Our first parallel session at the #GreenLibraries Conference is on sustainable exhibitions and displays with Maddy Smith from The British Library, and Melissa Painter & Sharon Lam from the V&A, with our chair Tenaya King, from @juliesbicycle.bsky.social. Join us:

Why should culture be at the heart of climate action? Culture doesn’t just reflect the world — it shapes it. But right now, it’s missing from global climate policy. That needs to change. ✍🏽 Sign the Global Call today and be part of #WeMakeTomorrow >> www.wemaketomorrow.global

Work in the screen sector? Join us this autumn for our online peer-sharing sessions. Places are free. Register today >> tinyurl.com/yn334ebm #CreativeClimateAction

Stand alongside #COP30 Presidency Youth Climate Champion @pyccdacop30.bsky.social and many more in signing the Global Call today! It’s time for climate leaders to recognise culture as a vital climate solution. ✍🏽 Add your voice to #WeMakeTomorrow >> www.wemaketomorrow.global

Registered for the Entertainment + Culture Pavilion's Virtual Mutirão today? Our Founder Alison Tickell will be speaking alongside an inspiring collection of changemakers highlighting the power of culture-based climate solutions. 3:30pm BST/4:30pm CET Register your free place tinyurl.com/3ba59c5z

🌱 We're collaborating with @peoplespalaceproj.bsky.social on Art for Climate. It's a new initiative inviting artists from across Brazil to explore the deep connection between their culture & the environment to create three powerful works of art as part of #WeMakeTomorrow >> tinyurl.com/yhktez5c

🎬 Work in the screen sector? We’re holding 3 online peer-learning sessions this autumn as part of the BFI Sustainable Screen programme covering audience travel, indoor events and sponsorships and banking. Register your free place >>> juliesbicycle.com/event/bfi-su...

Did you know we have a monthly JB newsletter? It's filled with news, opportunities and resources to inspire your #CreativeClimateAction. Here's a peek of the one that went out earlier this week. If you're not already subscribed, sign up today>> tinyurl.com/bdh8dysr

Good to catch up with @juliesbicycle.bsky.social yesterday to talk about #CreativeClimateAction - music, arts and culture can be a powerful force in inspiring social change, and JB is doing great work mobilising the sector.

🌍 Let's create the world we long for Stand alongside a community of creative & cultural activists & leaders by signing the Global Call today! It’s time for climate leaders to recognise culture as a vital climate solution. ✍🏽 Add your voice to #WeMakeTomorrow >> www.wemaketomorrow.global

So much gratitude for Prof Mazin Qumsiyeh from the Palestine Institute for Biodiversity & Sustainability, who joined our team yesterday, to share more about their work on protecting biodiversity & supporting communities in Palestine www.palestinenature.org So generous with both his time & wisdom✨

What does good leadership look like? Zoologist, musician and co-host of our #CreativeClimateLeadership podcast @itslouisvi.bsky.social ‬ chats to @artsprofessional.co.uk about the enriching and revelatory conversations he had with our podcast guests earlier this year >> tinyurl.com/3tbsu4wb

🌍 Cultura Circular is back! We’re excited to be working with the fourth cohort of our exchange programme for festivals across Latin America & the Caribbean, delivered in partnership with @britishcouncil.bsky.social. Meet the participants >> tinyurl.com/4bfrjfd5

🌍✨ Join EarthPercent & Climate Spring on Thurs 4 Sept at Ladbroke Hall, London for The Real Story Behind Big Oil with award-winning investigative journalist Amy Westervelt + guests. Panels, live music & drinks til 8pm. 🎟️ Tickets here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/earth-perc...

Join Indigenous artist Claudia Ramírez Julio for a hands-on workshop weaving stories of identity, land, and belonging into a shared community tapestry. 📍 Holland Park Café, London 🗓 Sunday 31 August, 10am–12pm ➡️ Book here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/artist-run...

🌍 Tees Valley Museums are embedding sustainability across their work - from green champions to Recycling the River Tees. Read their story in our latest Arts Council England case study >> juliesbicycle.com/resource/tee...

What if international touring wasn’t about moving fast, but about going deep? 🌍 In @thestage.co.uk's "Sustainable Stages" series, Amber Massie-Blomfield explores how theatre can respond to the climate crisis.

Next month Earth Rising returns to IMMA in Dublin. It is Ireland’s leading festival exploring the intersection of climate, culture and collective action. This year's festival features over 50 free events designed to inspire, connect & activate. 📆 12-14 Sept Find out more >> tinyurl.com/532rzez5

Northern Stage have taken a people first approach to embedding sustainability into their organisation. They've reduced energy and empowered change. Dive into their work in our latest @artscouncilengland.bsky.social case study >> tinyurl.com/2xtpnvkb #CreativeClimateAction

Are you on the board of a cultural organisation? You can join our free @artscouncilengland.bsky.social Board Environmental Champions Programme & embed environmental responsibility within your organisation at governance level. Find out more and sign up >> tinyurl.com/uu9cer8k

We’re excited to announce who’s taking part in our International Touring & Environmental Responsibility Programme this Sept 🌍 juliesbicycle.com/news-opinion... It brings together artists & orgs from England, Denmark & Norway to explore sustainable approaches to touring & collaboration.

Together with @britishcouncil.bsky.social, we’re excited to be hosting a symposium for Festival Cervantino in Mexico this October. It will feature artists & cultural practitioners from Mexico & the UK who place nature & climate at the heart of their work. More revealed soon! #CreativeClimateAction

💥 How important is #CreativeClimateAction to you? Last month, we had the incredible honour of supporting Billie Eilish during her London leg of the HIT ME HARD AND SOFT: THE TOUR. Were you there? Big thanks to Billie, @supportandfeed.bsky.social & REVERB for including us at the Eco-Action Village.

Are you heading to @edfringe.bsky.social? @foescot.bsky.social have put together a list of climate and social justice themed shows to check out at this year’s festival >> tinyurl.com/26svju65 #CreativeClimateAction #EdFringe

Our friends @copreshub.bsky.social are looking for proposals for action-driven sessions at #COP30. We've partnered with the Resilience Hub before & it's a great opportunity to help shape the conversations, collaborations & solutions that the world needs now! Find out more >> tinyurl.com/ymbkvhu6

Reducing travel, making the most of local connections & developing wraparound activities were all explored when imitating the dog looked closer at reducing their environmental impact. Read our latest @artscouncilengland.bsky.social #CreativeClimateAction case study juliesbicycle.com/resource/imi...

We admire @juliesbicycle.bsky.social They just released this summer almanac for creative climate freelancers. Freelancing can mean reinventing the wheel every week. This great toolkit compiles resources in a thoughtful way. Just started looking through it and already excited! #freelancer #toolkit

Music can change the world. For 20+ years, we’ve worked with the music industry to drive creative climate action. We were proud to join Billie Eilish’s Eco-Action Village in London, speaking to fans about the power of music and the urgent need for climate action.

Summer is a time of connection, abundance and creative energy, but also one where freelancers can feel overstretched. The Creative Freelancer’s Climate Almanac is a free resource designed to support artists, producers, and independent creatives to take climate action in seasonal, sustainable ways.

Free cinema anyone? Catch the stunning French stop-motion adventure Savages later this month as part of the UK wide ESCAPES programme. 21 - 22 July across the UK >> bit.ly/4nX4Ugs

Last week we gathered with artists, producers, and cultural organisations at Manchester International Festival to explore how touring can evolve in response to the climate crisis.

Have you registered yet? 🚨 This is the last webinar of a 3-part series titled ♻️🎻Green Orchestras ♻️🎻 ➡️ oc.ca/en/webinar-3... @juliesbicycle.bsky.social

This week we are at Billie Eilish's Eco Village again, part of her HIT ME HARD & SOFT London tour dates at the 02 Arena. The Eco Village is a dedicated space spotlighting climate justice, sustainability and organisations driving change, like us!

Our ambition was to lessen our impact without lessening artistic vision.” Theatre company Wise Children are reimagining costume and production with sustainability at the heart. Read the full case study >>> juliesbicycle.com/resource/wis...

We are honoured to be a part of the Changemaker Initiative! Thanks to @billieeilish and her fans, we are at Billie’s Eco-Action Village during her London tour dates, championing all things climate action. A huge thanks to @Support and Feed and @REVERB for their partnership and support.

Closing soon! Apply by 13 July. Are you a strategic communicator with a passion for creativity & climate? We’re looking for a visionary Comms Lead to join our small mission-driven team & lead our digital-first comms strategy. 🌱 London based / hybrid 🌱 Full-time tinyurl.com/45muz6fc

🌿 Heading to Manchester International Festival? Don’t miss our Green Touring panel & workshop this Thursday, 10 July! 🗓️ Panel: 3-4pm 🗓️ Workshop: 4:15-5:45pm 📍 The Social, Aviva Studios, Manchester 🎟️ No booking for the panel, limited spots for the workshop >>> juliesbicycle.com/event/green-...

We’ve been leading climate action in the culture sector for nearly 20 years. We don’t just talk about change - we make it happen. And today we have a little change of our own. We’re introducing a new look on our social channels!

Last week, the JB team were out at London Climate Action Week & Bonn’s UN climate talks. From public art to policy, the message was clear: Culture is a force for climate action. Read our highlights & insights from across the week >> tinyurl.com/mwnmzt9r #CreativeClimateAction

How can we dream differently about touring in a time of climate crisis? Next week we'll be in Manchester for #MIF25 discussing sustainable touring with cultural practitioners from the UK, Denmark & Norway. Join us for the free panel 3-4pm & stay on for the workshop after >> tinyurl.com/bd5yh9ve

How can we work with our communities & translate conceptual discussions into practical action? 🎙️ A bonus episode of Cultura Circular in Conversation is out now! Tune in to hear from Yociel Marrero Báez about the work they do at Isla Verde International Cinema Festival in Cuba>> tinyurl.com/2p9hskak

Today we're at #LCAW2025's London Climate Resilience Finance Summit. Although culture has been absent from the conversation, @rkyte365.bsky.social highlighted that resilience is about people, nature & infrastructure. And we know culture has the power to influence & shape all three of these pillars.

NPO & IPSO's - it's your final week to upload your @artscouncilengland.bsky.social environmental data for 2024/25. By sharing our collective insights we can drive environmental change! Need a helping hand with your reporting? We have lots of useful resources right here >> tinyurl.com/2w8dabcb

Are you a strategic communicator with a passion for creativity & climate? We’re looking for a visionary Communications Lead to join our small mission-driven team & lead our digital-first communications strategy. 🌱 London based / hybrid 🌱 Full-time 📆 Apply by Sunday 13 July >> tinyurl.com/45muz6fc