This is an evolving list of performing arts-related resources on the fight against climate change, one of the two priorities of Perform Europe.
If you have suggestions, let us know and we will be happy to include them.
| 📘 Resource name |
✍️ Author/Published by |
💡 Potential use for PE applicants | 🔗 Link |
| Adapting our Culture (2021) | Catriona Patterson / Culture for Climate Scotland | A toolkit with many practical questions and reflections on how to develop adaptation strategies to fight against climate change. |  |
| Showing without going (2021) | Ant Hampton, Caroline Barneaud | A website full of inspiration around ‘showing without going’ with many examples | |
| Climate Justice: Through the Creative Lens of the Performing Arts (2023) | Jordi Baltà Portolés, Isabelle Van de Gejuchte / IETM | Research on an intersectional approach to climate justice | |
| Climate action and the performing arts (2020) | Natalia Skolczylas / IETM | Reflections and concrete examples around climate action and performing arts | |
| Environmental Sustainability in Contemporary Dance (2022) | Jordi Baltà Portolés / EDN | Exploring dance and environmental sustainability in many different aspects, including practical recommendations | |
| Shaking the current. Handbook for contemporary circus and outdoor arts workers to navigate ecological transformation (2022) | Herman Bashiron Mendolicchio / Circostrada | A handbook and toolkit specifically for professionals in outdoor and circus arts thinking about eco-responsibility in their practices. | |
| Theatre Green Book: Resource Library | Theatre Green Book | A platform with hands-on guidance for how to make theatre work more sustainable on many aspects and scales. | |
| Culture for Climate Scotland: Guides | Culture for Climate Scotland | A platform with hands-on guidance for how to make cultural work more sustainable, engaging with many different aspects and offering practical advice. | |
| Toolkit on Gathering in the face of disaster | The Festival Academy / EFA | A toolkit around festivals and how to prepare for the case of natural disasters and assess the risks and mitigation strategies | |
| Green Touring – What does it mean to tour sustainably? (2024) | Culture for Climate Scotland | Concrete stories and perspectives from artists and organisations around more sustainable touring | |
| Climate Justice and Aviation. A workshop for cultural organisations (2024) | Culture for Climate Scotland | Workshop for cultural organisations that want to strengthen their capacities related to climate justice, particularly around the topic of aviation | |
| Environmental Reporting Tools by Culture for Climate Scotland | Culture for Climate Scotland | Detailed tools for calculating carbon emissions of cultural productions and touring | |
| Resources on the website of Julie’s Bicycle | Julie’s Bicycle | Julie’s Bicycle offers a large number of resources and information on arts and the fight against climate change. | |
| Sustainable Production Toolkit (2026) | Bundesverband Freie Darstellende Künste | Toolkit with over 200 measures for sustainable action in artistic production contexts | |
| The Ultimate Cookbook for Cultural Managers: The EU Green Deal and Live Performance Organisations (2023) | Silke Lalvani / Pearle* and EFA | A guide to understanding the EU Green Deal and Climate Goals, focusing on the live performance sector, with practical guidance for organisations. | |
| Toolkit on Festivals, Climate Change, and Environmental Sustainability (2023) | Samantha Nampuntha and Lily Hughes / EFA | A toolkit for festivals around climate change and sustainability, including case studies, resources and practical tips. | |
| Toolkit on Sustainable Business Practices (2023) | Glyn Roberts, Gaik Cheng and Samantha Nampuntha / EFA | This toolkit offers access to up-to-date information about sustainable business practices in festivals, along with relevant context, to inspire readers to address sustainability challenges inherent to each event | |
| Touring, programming and funding big tops in Europe: Ecology – A Case Study of BIAC’s Village Chapiteaux (2025) | Axel Satgé and Déborah Boëno / Circostrada | Examines the Biennale Internationale des Arts du Cirque’s efforts to reduce the environmental impact of its iconic big top village in Marseille. | |
| DIVE – International Touring Toolkit | Axel Satgé, Danielle Devery and Déborah Boëno / Circostrada | Comprehensive resource designed to equip artists and cultural professionals with the essential knowledge and tools for successful and sustainable international touring, especially designed for the outdoor arts and contemporary circus sector. Includes a chapter on how to tour sustainably. | |
| INSPIRE – Virtual Learning Platform | INSPIRE | A virtual learning platform by the ERASMUS+ programme INSPIRE offering 2 courses on sustainability in the performing arts, in 7 languages. | |
| INSPIRE – Labour Market Needs Analysis Report | INSPIRE / Dr Matina Magkou, Randell Greenlee, Pearle* | Data and Statistics about the labour market of the Performing Arts Sector in Europe, its needs and best practices | |
