The goal of our research project which involves an interdisciplinary collaborative team is to provide a tool kit which can facilitate guidelines for measures to be implemented in festivals of a small scale in order to reduce their carbon footprint, ultimately achieving festival sustainability.
Why do this?
Most organizations or sectors are becoming increasingly aware of their increasing obligation to reduce their carbon footprint in order to meet the target set by the Paris Agreement which is to limit global warming to 1.5˚C (IPCC) .The art and music sector are no exception. In fact, the art and music sector arguably have a leading role to play in reducing emissions.
What will this involve?
The collaboration for this research project involves working with festival organisers from a relatively new small to medium classical music festival led by Music for Galway called Cellissimo based in Galway. The festival first ran in 2021 and will run again in 2024, as it runs on a 3 – yearly basis. The partner collaborator for this study is called Songs of Travel and is lead partner with Music for Galway.
Our research paper will be based on two sets of data. These data sets will involve analysis from data conducted from the Galway Jazz Festival in 2019, and data from another contemporary classical music festival in Jarna, Sweden.
