● Footprints

Rassemblement d’energies pour la sauvegarde d’un espace artistique utopique (FR)

Musik Informations Centrum Austria (AT), Stichting Bimhuis (NL), Stiftelsen Oslo Jazzfestival (NO), Fundacja Wytwornia (PL), Druga Godba Zavod Za Organizacijo In Izvedbo Kulturnih Prireditev (SI)

State of the art

Over the last few decades, the music industry has changed significantly, being now at a point where it is rethinking itself. This is particularly the case in relation to the environmental sustainability issue. The ongoing crisis has unearthed the already existing problems of the sector which need to be addressed systematically and holistically.

Description of the project

The Footprints project devotes significant attention to the ecological impact of artistic careers. With the purpose of changing the way concerts and musical events are organized across Europe, the idea is to normalize ecological concepts such as carbon footprint calculation during touring. The first step of this awareness will be the calculation of carbon footprint. The second one will be to bring concrete suggestions for upcoming tours. This includes restricting flying, the preparation of guidelines for project’s participants, the introduction of touring measures and of a certification programme.

Footprints is a new collaborative project that aims at reforming the music sector and introducing the values of social, economic and environmental responsibility to its activities.

Creative Europe’s support

It is a collaborative project between different European actors built to strengthen artistic scenes, composed of promoters and producers, musicians and professionals, by exploring these issues on a European scale.

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Beyond Environmental Sustainability

Footprints proposes new social and ecological approaches to live music and touring. It fosters an approach that is close to the CSR (Corporate Social Responsibility) adapted the music sector and its multitude of micro-companies.

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Creative Europe Project Results