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GCC on NFTs: A Concise Guide
GCC | May 14, 2021 In recent months, many of us have become increasingly aware of the environmental impacts that digital tools can have. The most widely discussed of these being NFTs and the energy... -
In Conversation: GCC Talks to Art to Acres founder, artist Haley Mellin
GCC | April 19, 2021 Art to Acres is a non-profit initiative founded by Haley Mellin in 2017. It connects art and large-scale land conservation by raising funds through the sale of specifically... -
GCC COMMISSIONED REPORT: OFFSETTING AND A BETTER ALTERNATIVE
GCC | April 17, 2021 Should I offset the emissions that I can’t reduce? This is a popular question we’re hearing from GCC members at the moment. If you’ve committed to reducing the carbon... -
In Conversation: GCC Talks to writer Philip Hoare
GCC | May 5, 2021 Philip Hoare is a writer, artist, film maker and curator. He is the author of nine non-fiction books including Leviathan or, the Whale, which won the 2009 Samuel Johnson prize.... -
Launch of GCC Berlin: a new branch of the Gallery Climate Coalition is working to reduce carbon emissions across the art sector world-wide
GCC | April 19, 2021 Today, the Gallery Climate Coalition announces the launch of the GCC Berlin, a new Berlin-based group and dedicated platform offering environmental information and resources for Germany-based art organisations and professionals.... -
'Take the Risk!' E-WERK Luckenwalde's Helen Turner on running a sustainable Art Institution and Power Station
Aoife Fannin | April 19, 2021 ‘Take the risk! Doing something is always better than passivity’: GCC interviews Helen Turner, Artistic Director and Curator of the groundbreaking E-WERK Luckenwalde , a German renewable power station and... -
Christie's Becomes GCC Patron and Member. Tom Woolston, Christie's Global Head of Operations talks to GCC
GCC April 19, 2021 Christie’s have recently joined the GCC as a member and a patron, the first auction house to do so. As a large transnational organisation the commitment to make systemic change... -
Which Blockchain Is the Most Sustainable? + 4 Other Questions the Art World Should Be Asking About Its Digital Carbon Footprint
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The Art World Is Finally Talking About Offsetting Its Carbon Footprint. This Simple Approach Might Be the Most Effective Way to Do That
Artnet Januar 29, 2021 Everyone who travels knows about carbon offsetting. At the end of the process of booking a flight, the airline provides a box, for a few dollars more, to offset the... -
Why the Ten Percent Activists of the Art Industry Need to Work Together Towards Shared Sustainability Goals
Artnet Januar 14, 2021 In 2019, when the artist Gary Hume was having a show in New York, he asked his gallery, Matthew Marks, to ship his work from London by sea rather than...
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GCC Commissioned Report: ‘Green’ energy suppliers and the carbon calculator
GCC | May 11, 2021Does buying your electricity from a 100% renewable ‘green’ supplier mean the carbon footprint of your electricity is zero?
This is a complicated question, and in this report, we answer it as clearly as possible, as well providing suggestions for choosing the most climate-friendly energy supplier [1].
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Which Blockchain Is the Most Sustainable? + 4 Other Questions the Art World Should Be Asking About Its Digital Carbon Footprint
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It's Time to Calculate the Environmental Cost of Moving Art
Mission Februar 1, 2021 The Gallery Climate Coalition is moving the art world towards a greener future. Gallerists and artists are constantly moving art around the world through travel, packaging, and shipping, all of... -
The Art World Is Finally Talking About Offsetting Its Carbon Footprint. This Simple Approach Might Be the Most Effective Way to Do That
Artnet Januar 29, 2021 Everyone who travels knows about carbon offsetting. At the end of the process of booking a flight, the airline provides a box, for a few dollars more, to offset the... -
Why the Ten Percent Activists of the Art Industry Need to Work Together Towards Shared Sustainability Goals
Artnet Januar 14, 2021 In 2019, when the artist Gary Hume was having a show in New York, he asked his gallery, Matthew Marks, to ship his work from London by sea rather than... -
Bigger Picture
Monocle Januar 4, 2021 Attending art fairs in 2019 often felt like going for lunch with a friend who always talks about how busy they are. Everybody was “exhausted” but missed no opportunity to... -
Can the Art World Reduce its Carbon Footprint?
Prestige November 6, 2020 As climate change becomes a major theme for many artists, art and culture professionals are asking themselves tough questions about their own environmental impact. Among them is The Gallery Climate... -
La nuova organizzazione che calcola l’impatto dell’arte sull’ambiente
Sky Arte Oktober 27, 2020 Arte e ambientalismo. Creatività e sostenibilità. Queste parole sono state accostate negli ultimi anni in maniera sempre più insistente, a fronte del rinnovato interesse da parte degli operatori culturali verso... -
An Envoy of Eco-Conscious Art Dealers and Insiders Have Created a Simple Tool to Help the Industry Reduce Its Carbon Footprint
Artnet Oktober 22, 2020 A group of art-industry leaders has teamed up with Frieze and other organizations to create a new tool to help galleries and fair organizers reduce their carbon footprints. The Gallery... -
Galleries Start To Clean Up Their Environmental Act With New Climate Coalition
The Art Newspaper Oktober 1, 2020 As the London art world attempts to return to a semblance of normality it is doing so with a new awareness that economic activity can no longer be divorced from... -
How Green Is Your Gallery? Art and the Environment
Financial Times Oktober 1, 2020 Climate change comes to the fore for art galleries and other market professionals this week with the official launch of the Gallery Climate Coalition. The group’s overall aim is to...
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