Climate Adaptation in the cultural and creative sectors with The Green Room

Workshop objectives

• Understand the main concepts of climate change adaptation (CCA) – its history, definitions, and current relevance.
• Identify the challenges cultural organisations face in adapting their work to extreme weather changes (e.g. heatwaves, floods, drought).
• Explore tools, guides, and strategies for implementing adaptation at the organisational level.

Programme overview

I. Introduction to Climate Change Adaptation (CCA) – Where do we stand? How adaptation emerged and evolved and what are key difficulties?
II. Why Should the Cultural Sector Adapt? Participant feedback and experience
III. Putting Adaptation into Practice – Overview of tools and case studies

Who is it for?

This training is primarily aimed at members of the Potujoči Kino Soča – Cinema itinerante Isonzo network and other cultural organisations based along the Slovenian-Italian border. However, the workshop is also open to anyone working in the cultural and creative sectors who is interested in learning how to implement sustainable and climate-resilient practices — especially in the context of the current European Capital of Culture GO! 2025.

Participation

• Free of charge.
• In English.
• Certificate of attendance will be provided to participants.

For any questions, contact us at info@motovila.si.

Registration

About the workshop mentor

Gwendolenn Sharp is the founder of The Green Room (2016), a non-profit organisation developing strategies for environmental and social change in the music industry. She has worked with cultural institutions, festivals and environmental NGOs in Poland, France, Germany and Tunisia and has diverse experience in project design, international cooperation and developing tailor-made tools on culture and environment. Gwendolenn is an AGF assessor, a certified Bilan Carbone auditor, a Keychange alumni (2022) and a Villa Albertine Resident (2023), running a research-action on low-carbon touring in the US.

About The Green Room

Since 2016, The Green Room has been working to support environmental and societal change within the music, performing arts, and broader cultural sectors. With environmental issues at the core of its mission, The Green Room positions itself at the intersection of multiple transitions, developing strategies, conducting contextual studies, and co-creating solutions to support cultural professionals as we rethink and adapt our practices together.

About the Go Green Cinema Project (GGC)

The training programme is part of the Go Green Cinema (GGC) project, jointly developed by Kinoatelje and Motovila, which supports sustainable access to film culture in the cross-border area between Slovenia and Italy. The project combines infrastructure, mobility, and professional training to build a resilient network of cultural venues and organisations in connection with GO! 2025. GGC promotes environmentally responsible practices and aims to empower local actors with knowledge, tools, and collaboration opportunities.

The Go Green Cinema project – GGC is funded by the European Union through the Small Projects Fund of the GO! 2025 Interreg VI-A Italy-Slovenia 2021-2027 program, managed by EGTC GO.

www.ita-slo.eu & www.euro-go.eu/spf