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A pioneering non-profit mobilising the arts and culture to take action on the climate, nature and justice crisis. juliesbicycle.org #CreativeClimateAction

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Julie's Bicycle @juliesbicycle.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Great article from Greg Cochrane about the sweep of music events disrupted by extreme weather this summer. Music has a unique role to play in the climate, nature & justice crisis. That's why we support the music industry to take practical, strategic & #CreativeClimateAction.
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Extreme weather shook outdoor live music this summer. What’s next?
NME looks back on a summer of outdoor live music where everyone from Harry Styles to Primavera Sound festival navigated extreme weather
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Julie's Bicycle @juliesbicycle.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
One for your audiences this week @filmhubnorth.bsky.social, @filmhubmidlands.bsky.social, @filmhubsw.bsky.social, @filmhubscotland.bsky.social, @filmhubwales.bsky.social & @filmhubni.bsky.social. We'll be joined by Libby Martin, the Organisational Lead for Environmental Sustainability at the BFI.
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Julie's Bicycle @juliesbicycle.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Want to explore how your cultural building can have a more sustainable, inclusive & environmentally responsible future? We have a new video series for you offering practical insights & real-world approaches in a handy bite-size format >> tinyurl.com/4d2nh5z2
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Julie's Bicycle @juliesbicycle.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Are you a building or operational manager at a UK cultural venue? Our first Not the New Normal session next Thursday will give you lots of practical insights and knowledge on building adaptation and climate resilience. Book your free place >> tinyurl.com/34b6e337 #CreativeClimateAction
The test reads - Free webinar, Not The New Normal. Adaptation and Resilience for the Cultural Sector. Thursday 1 October 10:00 - 12:00
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Julie's Bicycle @juliesbicycle.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
We’re looking for an exceptional, values-led Chief Executive to lead JB into our next chapter. This is a unique opportunity to boldly lead our organisation with imagination, clarity & care as we turn the power of culture into meaningful climate action. Deadline 18 Oct >> tinyurl.com/2zz96uau
The text reads - Could you be our new Chief Exec? With the JB logo in the top corner and an image of a musician performing with decks.
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Julie's Bicycle @juliesbicycle.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
We've contributed to the Culture Global Stocktake, have you? Help shift how culture is understood within global climate action. The deadline for written inputs is Sun 27 September. It's your final opportunity to contribute to Draft 2.0 before its launch at #COP31 in Antalya >> tinyurl.com/5n9963a4
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Julie's Bicycle @juliesbicycle.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Earlier this year we introduced a blog series on the topic of AI and its use in the creative industries. In the second blog of the series we explore what the environmental impacts of AI are, and what it means for arts and culture >> tinyurl.com/bdcncb4f
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How much water does it take to build the cloud? AI, the environment, and what it means for arts and culture | Julie's Bicycle
As arts and cultural communities increasingly integrate artificial intelligence, or AI tools into their work, we need to reckon with the costs.
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Arts Professional @artsprofessional.co.uk · 14/09/2026
Tickell stands down as Julie’s Bicycle CEO after 20 years www.artsprofessional.co.uk/magazine/fac... #ChangingFaces
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The Stage @thestage.co.uk · 14/09/2026
Julie’s Bicycle founder and chief executive Alison Tickell is stepping down after leading the organisation for almost 20 years. Read more 👇
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Julie’s Bicycle chief executive Alison Tickell to step down after 20 years
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Julie's Bicycle @juliesbicycle.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
We have some news… Our Founder & CEO Alison Tickell has stepped down after two decades of visionary leadership at the helm of Julie’s Bicycle. Alison has led our pioneering work at the intersection of culture & climate action for the last 20 years. Read more >> tinyurl.com/bdheubfx
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Julie's Bicycle @juliesbicycle.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
We're looking for an Operations Manager to join our team. Are you collaborative & detail-oriented with 8+ years of professional experience in administration, office management, systems management or operations management? Find out more and apply by 17 Sep >> tinyurl.com/5d6pn4zs
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Julie's Bicycle @juliesbicycle.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
We’re launching a Not the New Normal event series that introduces adaptation & climate resilience into the work cultural organisations are already doing on decarbonisation & net zero. Join us online for the first session on Thu 1 Oct. Open to all cultural venues >> tinyurl.com/34b6e337
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Julie's Bicycle @juliesbicycle.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
This month our Interim CEO Laura Pando is giving a keynote talk at the International Forum on the Sustainability of Culture. The hybrid event brings together artists, economists, scholars & cultural practitioners to rethink culture as a shared infrastructure >> tinyurl.com/ytajfdz5
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Julie's Bicycle @juliesbicycle.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
A good read in the Guardian this week about how city networks can come together and share heat adaptation ideas and solutions >> tinyurl.com/3v7rw5pz
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We’re the mayors of Paris, Milan and Phoenix. The heat crisis has us all facing the same question | Emmanuel Grégoire, Giuseppe Sala and Kate Gallego
Our three cities are learning from each other about how to protect residents. These climate policies are also public health measures
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Julie's Bicycle @juliesbicycle.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
After months of unprecedented heat we want to take a moment to celebrate the 390 cultural venues across the UK who have become part of #CoolOffInCulture. They've all offered a cool, welcoming space for their communities when temperatures have risen to extreme levels…
The text reads - Cool Off In Culture.  390 Venues Across the UK including cinemas, libraries, galleries, theatres, museums and more. Alongside the text is an illustration of the sun, an art gallery, a skateboarded and some popcorn.
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Julie's Bicycle @juliesbicycle.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Earlier this year we brought together voices from across the book ecosystem to explore how the sector is responding to the climate crisis, what initiatives already exist, and where meaningful change can happen next. You can now watch back the online conversation >> tinyurl.com/38f4vc6c
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Watch Now: Page to Planet | Julie's Bicycle
Books spark imagination and change, but their full life cycle carries real climate impacts. Page to Planet explored practical ways the book ecosystem can cut this footprint and embed sustainability.
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Julie's Bicycle @juliesbicycle.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Want to kick start your #CreativeClimateAction this month? We've gathered together opportunities and events happening this September to give you a helping hand >> tinyurl.com/ycu9n6f3
A colourful illustration of a woman talking into a mega phone towards a wooded area.
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Julie's Bicycle @juliesbicycle.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Today is the deadline to apply for our free International Touring & Environmental Responsibility programme! ⏰ Norway applicants have until 1pm to submit ⏰ Denmark applicants have until 2pm to submit ⏰ England & Scotland applicants have until 5pm to submit All the details >> tinyurl.com/2jmbuazd
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Julie's Bicycle @juliesbicycle.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Berwyn Station is one of the latest venues to sign up for #CoolOffInCulture, joining a network of almost 400 spaces providing respite from hot weather to their communities. Read our latest blog from station master Peter Dickinson >> tinyurl.com/zd32pth9
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Cool Off in Culture: How a Welsh railway station is protecting its community from extreme heat | Julie's Bicycle
Berwyn Station is one of the latest venues to sign up for Cool Off in Culture, joining almost 400 spaces providing respite from extreme heat.
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Julie's Bicycle @juliesbicycle.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
📚When flooding hit Bahía Blanca in Argentina, the team at Festival Internacional de Literatura Filba coordinated an incredible solidarity campaign, supported by Cultura Circular, to collect and protect more than 12,000 books from libraries at risk. Read their case study >> tinyurl.com/bdhppyvc
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Julie's Bicycle @juliesbicycle.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
You've only got a week left to apply for the free International Touring and Environmental Responsibility programme. If you’re an artist or org in England, Scotland, Norway or Denmark looking to develop sustainable models for international touring this programme is for you >> tinyurl.com/2jmbuazd
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Julie's Bicycle @juliesbicycle.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
As we head into the last weeks of summer we wanted to revisit our Creative Freelancer’s Climate Almanac. It’s our free resource designed to support artists, producers and independent creatives to take climate action in seasonal, sustainable ways >> tinyurl.com/4bty5e7y
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Julie's Bicycle @juliesbicycle.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
Want to develop sustainable, inclusive and just models for international touring? The International Touring and Environmental Responsibility (ITER) programme is a free, highly recommended course for artists and performing arts organisations based in England, Scotland, Denmark and Norway...
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“ITER really made me reconsider what it is to be a touring artist & question what drew me to this career in the first place.

The programme has had a profound impact on my touring.”
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Julie's Bicycle @juliesbicycle.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
Yesterday we sent a letter to the Prime Minister Andy Burnham, urging him to take real climate leadership by stopping Rosebank Oil Field and directing resources towards genuine solutions for a just transition. Read our letter in full >> tinyurl.com/y64j5apa #CreativeClimateAction
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Stop Rosebank: Our call to the Prime Minister | Julie's Bicycle
On 17 August 2026, we sent a letter to the Prime Minister, calling on him to take real climate leadership by halting Rosebank and directing resources toward genuine solutions for a just transition.
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Julie's Bicycle @juliesbicycle.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
Not sure which part of our International Touring and Environmental Responsibility programme you should apply for? Our Arts & Culture Programmes Lead Hannah Graham is here with a helping hand. Find out more and apply for the ITER Programme before Tue 1 Sep >> tinyurl.com/2jmbuazd
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Julie's Bicycle @juliesbicycle.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
How is culture growing climate resilience in Mediterranean cities? MATCH (Mediterranean As The Climate Hotspot) is a project responding to the climate crisis by connecting artists with urban community gardens. Find out more in our latest case study >> tinyurl.com/zr5zekkh
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Mediterranean as the Climate Hotspot: MATCH | Julie's Bicycle
Explore the impacts of Mediterranean Climate Change through the lens of artists in this vulnerable region facing unprecedented challenges.
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Julie's Bicycle @juliesbicycle.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
🇧🇷 915 native trees, vegetable seedlings & a new community garden. Find out how AFROPUNK Brazil is transforming the face of festivals as we know them into community celebrations with sustainability and environmental responsibility at their core, supported by Cultura Circular >> tinyurl.com/yevwnt5y
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Cultura Circular Case Study: AFROPUNK Brazil | Julie's Bicycle
Global celebration of Black culture, implementing its first carbon inventory, eliminating single-use plastics, managing waste, and supporting ecological restoration through tree planting in local comm...
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Julie's Bicycle @juliesbicycle.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
As temps soar again this week it’s yet another reminder we need urgent, practical action. Nearly 400 cultural venues across the UK are already helping to protect communities by providing cool spaces for people to take a break from the heat, as part of #CoolOffInCulture >> tinyurl.com/7nxw4nx4
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Cool Off in Culture | Julie's Bicycle
As temperatures rise this summer, your cultural venue can become an essential community hub by offering people a refuge from the heat.
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Julie's Bicycle @juliesbicycle.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
Any Horizon Europe consortia forming to bring culture & climate together in the upcoming September calls? We want to speak to you! >> tinyurl.com/8ms3ks8z We bring decades of knowledge from the field, prior EU project experience & a multilingual team. Do connect with us if you want to talk more!
The text reads - We're looking for Horizon Europe Opportunities. Want to work with us?
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Julie's Bicycle @juliesbicycle.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
Is your venue on the Cool Off in Culture map yet? We’re mapping cultural venues across the UK – from museums and galleries to libraries and cinemas – where people can cool down during heatwaves. Your cultural venue can be a vital community hub in the heat. Join today >> tinyurl.com/7nxw4nx4
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Julie's Bicycle @juliesbicycle.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
There’s only 4 wks left to apply for ITER 2026, our free online programme for artists & cultural orgs from England, Scotland, Denmark & Norway. Join us to develop sustainable models for international touring through online seminars, networking & project funding of up to £30k >> tinyurl.com/2jmbuazd
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Julie's Bicycle @juliesbicycle.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
Want to boost your #CreativeClimateAction this month? We've rounded up some opportunities for you this August >> tinyurl.com/54pvwtv3 Featuring @artscouncilengland.bsky.social, @earthpercent.bsky.social & more.
Lots of open pots of colourful paint. One hand with a paintbrush reaches in to paint something.
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Julie's Bicycle @juliesbicycle.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
Heritage Adapts! is the global campaign of local stewards uniting to take adaptation action to protect their heritage sites & cultural practices from climate change by 2030. By joining you can access the tools you need to safeguard your heritage site or cultural practice for the future...
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Heritage Adapts! - A Letter from Heritage
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Julie's Bicycle @juliesbicycle.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
Can a trek across the Arctic be a work of art? Earlier this year Tom Bailey set off on a 2 month slow performance journey across the Arctic borderlands. It was part of Threshold a project in our ITER Programme. 🎧 The BBC World Service joined him. Have a listen >> www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
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In the Studio - Can a walk across the Arctic be art? - BBC Sounds
Slow art: trekking the Arctic borderlands
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Julie's Bicycle @juliesbicycle.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
We're thrilled to see JB's work spotlighted in the new Department for Culture, Media & Sport Music Plan >> tinyurl.com/ydwrjvmj We're proud to have worked on the Creative Climate Charter, Green Events Code of Practice & Show Must Go On report with our partners delivering positive impact at scale.
A festival crowd cheer at the front of a stage. Photo credit: Shambala Festival
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Julie's Bicycle @juliesbicycle.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
Last month we visited the incredible artwork La Caverne du Pont Neuf by artist JR in Paris. Our team developed a methodology to measure the carbon footprint of the project so were in Paris to gather environmental data. Read our latest blog on this beautiful piece of work>> tinyurl.com/4xunmuf9
La Caverne du Pont Neuf covers a bridge over the Seine river. It looks like a mountain range transported into the heart of the city of Paris. Photo credit: Éléa Jeanne Schmitter © 2026 Atelier JR
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Julie's Bicycle @juliesbicycle.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
As the UK's hot weather continues can your cultural venue offer communities respite from the heat? Join Cool Off In Culture! It brings together cultural venues across the UK to form a national cooling network, offering spaces where people can take a break from the heat >> tinyurl.com/yzjf2r4j
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Julie's Bicycle @juliesbicycle.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
Have you used our award-winning Creative Climate Tools to report your environmental data? NPOs and IPSOs only have until this Friday 26 June to submit your @artscouncilengland.bsky.social environmental data and stories to us via the tools. Head here for reporting support >> tinyurl.com/5fw7huaz
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Julie's Bicycle @juliesbicycle.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
Meet our speakers! As part of London Climate Action Week, join us for an in-depth panel exploring how the arts can support an urgent transition away from fossil fuels & how principles of climate justice must shape that shift. Book your ticket >> tinyurl.com/yfc475d6
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Julie's Bicycle @juliesbicycle.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
Got a question about reporting your environmental data? This week we've a 1-2-1 drop in session for NPOs & IPSOs. You can check in with our team, ask qs & get advice on submitting your environmental impact data ahead of the @artscouncilengland.bsky.social deadline of 26 June >> tinyurl.com/427m7jdm
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Julie's Bicycle @juliesbicycle.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
Explore how SALÓN ACME in Mexico advanced their climate action with support from our Cultura Circular programme. Read the full case study >> tinyurl.com/d4t2jsdu
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Julie's Bicycle @juliesbicycle.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
We’re excited to announce two public events at London Climate Action Week 2026 later this month! The first event explores place-based climate adaptation with our co-hosts BFI >> tinyurl.com/4jbm8nj5 #LCAW2026
The text reads - Creative Climate Resilience Together - a convening of the cultural sector to explore place-based adaptation. Fri 26 June, 13:00 - 17:30, BFI Southbank. The text sits alongside a picture of plants growing through a stone wall.
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Julie's Bicycle @juliesbicycle.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
On the board of a cultural organisation? It's a great time to join our @artscouncilengland.bsky.social Board Environmental Champions as our next session is tomorrow, 10 June. The programme is free & flexible & will equip you to ask the right questions & set meaningful goals >> tinyurl.com/4n4873md
The text reads - Board Environmental Champions Programme. Sign up now. Beneath the text are two people sitting on a bench.
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Julie's Bicycle @juliesbicycle.bsky.social · 04/06/2026
🌍 International touring can be meaningful, sustainable, and deeply connected. Want to explore it further? Applications are now open for the fifth year of the International Touring & Environmental Responsibility (ITER) programme >> tinyurl.com/2jmbuazd
The text reads - International Touring & Environmental Responsibility Programme. Apply Now. The image shows a performer immersed in the arctic landscape. Image credit: Threshold by Mechanimal. Costume design by Natasha Soonchild. Image by Tom Bailey.
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Julie's Bicycle @juliesbicycle.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
We’ve been thinking a lot about AI. How it shows up in our work, but also in the work of artists & orgs we collaborate with. Our new blog series explores the environmental & ethical concerns, how the sector is responding & what the future of AI in the arts might look like >> tinyurl.com/mr2escxe
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Whose Creativity Is It? AI, Artists' Rights and the Ethics of the Machine | Julie's Bicycle
This blog is the first of a series of pieces from JB on the topic of AI and its use in the creative industries. We will be exploring the environmental and ethical concerns arising from the use of this...
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Julie's Bicycle @juliesbicycle.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
📣 1-2-1 @artscouncilengland.bsky.social reporting support Throughout June we’re offering drop in sessions for NPOs & IPSOs to answer any questions & queries you have on reporting your environmental impact data on our #CreativeClimateTools Free to sign up >> tinyurl.com/8pfpawv5
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Julie's Bicycle @juliesbicycle.bsky.social · 28/05/2026
We’re looking back at the impact of Cultura Circular, our capacity-building programme for arts & culture festivals across Latin America & the Caribbean. Over the last 3 yrs we’ve delivered it with support from @britishcouncil.bsky.social Americas, connecting festivals in shared climate action...
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Julie's Bicycle @juliesbicycle.bsky.social · 26/05/2026
With the @artscouncilengland.bsky.social environmental reporting window now open, it's the perfect time to rewatch our reporting webinar >> tinyurl.com/4h4maa5e We offer practical advice & introduce key resources to help you approach your reporting with confidence, especially on Scope 3 emissions.
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Watch Back: Environmental Reporting and Scope 3 Emissions | Julie's Bicycle
Watch back this webinar designed for Arts Council England National Portfolio Organisations for the 2025–26 environmental reporting period (Tuesday 5 May - Friday 26 June). The webinar guides you throu...
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Julie's Bicycle @juliesbicycle.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
We love these visual notes from the KnowHow Lab talk we did for the Europe Challenge Programme last month. 50 libraries joined us from across Europe as we offered practical climate action and context to help them address today’s climate challenges. Thanks Dorota Kostowska ✏️✨
A green and pink info card on Greening your Library, with headers including Get Creative, Be Inclusive, Lead by Example and Unique Superpowers
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Julie's Bicycle @juliesbicycle.bsky.social · 14/05/2026
📣 We've won an @artsprofessional.co.uk Award! Yesterday we were awarded the Excellent Solution Award for our #CreativeClimateTools, the world’s first bespoke, free-to-use carbon calculator and toolkit open to anyone in the creative sector globally >> tinyurl.com/4wh2dhwt
The text reads - Winner Excellent Solution Award. Julie's Bicycle - Creative Climate Tools. The Arts Professional and Business of the Arts Summit logo sit above the text. Beneath the text is a picture of a performer on stage. Photo credit: Hidden by Motionhouse - Dan Tucker.
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