UAL Decolonising Arts Institute
University research centre to challenge colonial and imperial legacies to drive cultural, social and institutional change. Projects include research, artist residences, publications and talks.
Uncomfortable Oxford
Academic led organisation raising awareness about the ‘uncomfortable’ aspects of history. They conduct walking tours of Oxford and Cambridge, panel discussions and events to provoke discussion about racial inequality, gender and class discrimination, and legacies of empire.
Labelling Matters
A project to review the Pitt Rivers Museum‘s use of language in display cases and websites. It extends work on temporary exhibitions, research, and events, into the permanent galleries. Aims to address language that is outdated, offensive, inappropriate…
Edo Museum of West African Art
The Edo Museum will be a world class museum, research and education centre connecting West Africa’s ancient heritage to its contemporary arts and culture. It aims to be a hub for contemporary creatives in…
Decolonising Museums campaign: Museums Association
The Museums Association is a membership organisation that campaigns for socially engaged museums and a representative workforce. Their Decolonising Museums campaign began in 2021 to create guidance for museums, encouraging them to reinterpretation and decolonise…
https://www.museumsassociation.org/campaigns/decolonising-museums/
Centre for Alternative Technology
Educational charity that researches and communicates positive solutions for environmental change. Activity includes: Campaiging and policies to help create a zero carbon Britain, Training students in sustainability, Helping schoolchildren understand the importance of action on climate…
Artists & Climate Change
Blog and directory of art work about climate change from around the world. Cross artform and not just visual arts. Includes arts organisations and university courses relating to climate action.
Public Art Sustainability Assessment
An initiative by Chrysalis Arts to promote good sustainable practice in public art. Guidelines and case studies for artists and commissioners involved in the development, creation, maintenance and decommissioning of public art.
Platform London
Platform combines art, activism, education and research in one organisation. They make projects driven by the need for social and ecological justice and operate through collective decision making. Platform’s current campaigns focus on the social, economic and environmental…
Green Maker Initiative
For craft makers based in the Southwest of England. A network of support and advice for crafts individuals and groups committed to reducing their environmental impact. Makers sign a pledge to improve their environmental actions by committing to:…
Green Arts Initiative
A network of over 300 Scottish cultural organisations committed to reducing their impact on the climate and environment. It shares knowledge, ideas and experiences of working to reduce climate impacts. Members commit to: Improving environmental efforts each…
https://www.creativecarbonscotland.com/green-arts-initiative/
Green Crafts Initiative
The Green Crafts Initiative is network of people working in the crafts in Scotland who want to contribute to environmental actions within Scotland’s cultural industries. The initiative provides support and advice for people committed to reducing their…
https://www.creativecarbonscotland.com/project/the-green-crafts-initiative/
The Creative Climate Justice Hub
Library of climate resources for artists and cultural practitioners who want to understand the systemic causes of the climate crisis. Contains resources that explore how climate justice intersects with social, economic and environmental injustice, and…
Green is the New Black
A monthly column in The Art Newspaper spotlighting the people and projects aiming to make the art world more environmentally sustainable, by Louisa Buck. Column sponsored by Crozier art handling company.
https://www.theartnewspaper.com/keywords/green-is-the-new-black
UAL Climate Emergency Network
Community of staff and students at UAL, Europe’s largest creative higher education institution and host of the Artquest programme. The Network is open to UAL’s 6,000 staff and over 20,000. Projects include assemblies, exhibitions, promotion of…
https://www.arts.ac.uk/about-ual/sustainability/climate-community
The Networked Condition
Carbon footprint calculator and research on the creation and delivery of artworks using digital technology. The tool is designed to help anyone who is interested in their carbon footprint and is planning or evaluating a livestreamed event,…
Galleries Commit
Worker led collective in New York City committed to a climate conscious, resilient, and equitable future for galleries. Initiatives include: a public commitment letter, a climate action database, a collective land conservation partnership with Art to Acres, a survey of gallery climate…
Culture Declares Emergency
Movement of individuals and organisations involved in arts and cultural who are declaring a climate and ecological emergency. Built around a group of democratic local community hubs for support and strategy, and resources for action in declaring…