Tatenbank

The Swiss-wide central action platform for a more sustainable cultural sphere

The Tatenbank is a project by Vert le Futur, the association for sustainable culture and events.  The platform gathers knowledge from the cultural sector on sustainably producing and organising cultural events. The content of the Tatenbank is researched and curated by an interdisciplinary team of people at the intersection of culture and sustainability, with creative artists, authors, software developers, communication specialists, graphic designers and networking artists continuously building up and further developing it.

What is the Tatenbank made up of?

The Tatenbank offers condensed knowledge checked by experts, specific aids and tools and inspiring examples of sustainable work in all areas of cultural creation:

  • Administration
  • Equipment
  • Purchasing
  • Gastronomy
  • Infrastructure
  • Communication
  • Curation
  • Artistic content

Tags

#tatenbank
#vertlefutur
#tools
#inspiration
#ideas
#examples
#sustainableculture

What does the Tatenbank offer?

  • Information: The Tatenbank is a source of knowledge, inspiration and orientation.
  • Community: Creative artists can use the Tatenbank to obtain low-threshold access to expertise and a network of experts. They can learn how to go about their activities in a resource-conserving, sustainable way.
  • Participation: Users can get involved and share their own «deeds» in the area of sustainable cultural creation. The Tatenbank is therefore continuously updated with experiences from the community.

Why is the Tatenbank important?

To ensure that sustainability does not get swept under the table in the world of culture, it is important to have useful aids, knowledge and in particular good examples at our disposal.

It takes time to collect and study this information, and to draw the right conclusions from it.

The Vert le Futur association aims to close this gap with the Tatenbank.

Who is the Tatenbank aimed at?

The Tatenbank is aimed at creative artists from all genres who want to work towards sustainable culture in their respective areas of work and impact.

All content is available in German and French.

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Vert le Futur
vertlefutur.ch

Contact details
tatenbank@vertlefutur.ch

Sustainable Impact Tool

The Sustainable Impact Tool is a free working tool for cultural institutions and projects in Switzerland. It supports general and creative artists in systematically analysing their activities with regard to ecological and social sustainability. The effectiveness of sustainable action can thus be tested both at the institutional level and for individual productions, tours or events. The tool is refined on an ongoing basis.

What does this tool consist of?

The Sustainable Impact Tool enables the simplification of sustainability reporting through a variety of digital modules. Sub-elements enable the clear calculation of the CO2 footprint and further reporting modules for various areas of social sustainability are continually added.

 

Tags

#responsibility
#action
#sustainability
#reporting

What can this tool do?

The Sustainable Impact Tool supports an easily accessible and systematic analysis of the activities of general and creative artists with regard to environmental and social sustainability.

Who is this tool for?

The Sustainable Impact Tool is available free of charge for use by all cultural institutions, events, productions and tours in Switzerland. 

Why is this tool needed?

Simple reporting enables the prioritisation of measures based on their effectiveness for sustainable development. This makes it possible to monitor impact and deploy resources where they can have the greatest effect.

 

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The tool was launched by Pro Helvetia and the Migros Culture Percentage.

StuFF

New material cycles for theatre

StuFF – new material cycles for theatre is a community-based, environmental project by Nadia Fistarol (stage designer and head of the stage design field of practice at Zurich University of the Arts (ZHdK Zurich) and Barbara Ehnes (stage designer and professor of stage and costume design at Dresden University of Fine Arts (HfBK Dresden). In cooperation with committed theatre professionals, StuFF is initiating more sustainable, environmental thinking, research and behaviour in the performing arts. Current knowledge of stage and costume design is clustered, refined and disseminated in an open-source catalogue to facilitate sustainable behaviour.

What does this tool offer?

The StuFF tool is a website. It serves as an

  • open-source catalogue for
  • environmentally friendly and reusable structures.

Topical discussions are shared on the platform, material cycles researched and interested parties in the German-speaking area and across Europe can swap notes.

Tags

#stuff
#common
#materialscatalogue
#knowledgeexchange
#referencework
#collaboration
#platform
#allies

What does this tool do?

The reference tool collates and clusters the knowledge and experiences of and for all theatre professionals and students who want to help drive the process forward. The project is an opportunity for everyone interested in sustainable use of resources to join the StuFF network and benefit from what it has to offer.

  • New prototypes,
  • new material findings,
  • application examples,
  • expertise,
  • university contributions,
  • publications and
  • links to events

can be identified and contributed.

Why is this tool important?

StuFF enables stage designers, students and theatre professionals to

  • build on other people’s expertise when
  • researching how to act more sustainably

in the performing arts instead of starting from scratch. There is information on how to use materials and structures sparingly, there are also links to books, texts, videos, workshops and events.

The networking also incorporates associated projects.

Who is this tool for?

The website is for stage and costume designers, students, scenographers, interior designers, technicians and workshop craftspeople, but also for directors, dramaturges, production managers and performers.

Contact

info@stuffincycles.com

People involved

Barbara Ehnes, founder
Nadia Fistarol, founder
Konrad Walkow, employee
Franziska Müller-Reissmann, material expertise
Leonor Kotoun, material expertise contributor
Esther Bätschmann, head of costumes
Nik Emch, artwork and graphic design
FLX Labs, website implementation
Ramun Bernetta, administration
Livia Frehner, administration assistant​
Roger Merguin, advisory
Nicolás Hinrichs, translator

Values of Solidarity

A mediation game for team-building and cultural co-creation

«Values of Solidarity» is a workshop tool that is both a game and a mediation tool for teams that are just beginning their collaboration. Using cards, participants can describe which values are important to them and learn which values drive their partners. This enables members of a project or work group to get to know one another better and share values, experiences and needs that would perhaps otherwise not be shared. The discussions that arise during the game promote collaborative communication and create a framework for supporting and lasting collaboration that reflects the participants’ cultural, intellectual and emotional diversity.

What does this tool offer?

«Values of Solidarity» is a set of cards in English. The game contains two types of cards:

«Value» cards contain descriptions of values that may be important for creating a framework of solidarity and collaboration:

  • Honesty
  • Motivation
  • Respect
  • Health
  • etc.

«Conflict» cards contain fictional scenarios to be overcome in which poor communication and cultural differences lead to tension and conflict.

Tags

#community
#care
#values
#solidarity
#collaboration
#fairpractice
#nonviolentcommunication
#reshapenetwork
#valuesofsolidarity

Why is this set of cards important?

Conflicts may arise in work groups and collaborative relationships when members have very different values or some people do not recognise others’ rights.

During the game, teams are presented with fictional conflict situations and team members have the chance to formulate their own values.

The aim is for each team to formulate their own value frameworks. This promotes solidarity within the group.

Who is this tool aimed at?

The tool has been developed especially for teams that are just beginning their collaboration. In particular, it is aimed at project teams working in the areas of art and culture, but is also relevant for other sectors.

What can be achieved with this set of cards?

«Values of Solidarity» offers inspiration and the opportunity to reflect on how a team wants to overcome possible conflicts.

The game places participants in conflict situations together. This enables them to identify the often hidden and obscure mechanisms causing tension and difficulties. At the same time, participants can identify the methods needed to relieve tensions, especially when different backgrounds merge.

This game has the potential to raise awareness of solidarity and the practical and operational framework it offers for collaboration.

Download

More information can be found on the Reshape Network website:

The Gamified Workshop Toolkit: Values of Solidarity

Download extract

Ordering a set of cards

The set of cards can be ordered from RESO – Dance Network Switzerland for CHF 15 plus delivery costs.

Send an email to RESO if interested: info@reso.ch

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2020, RESHAPE Network

reshape.network

Created by Anikó Rácz, Doreen Toutikian and Dorota Ogrodzka in consultation with Konrad Gadzina.

Developed as part of RESHAPE project «Solidarische Ökonomien» («Solidarity-based economies»), involving Ouafa Belgacem, Ekmel Ertan, Harald Geisler, Anastasya Kizilova, Dorota Ogrodzka, Anikó Rácz, Laure de Selys and Doreen Toutikian under the management of Nike Jonah.

The new edition of «Values of Solidarity» in 2022 was financed by Reso – Dance Network Switzerland and m2act, the funding and network project of the Migros Culture Percentage.

Biography.art: Questions About the Ethical Handling of Personal Stories

Biografie.art questions, examines and illuminates artistic collaborations that incorporate documentary and biographical material; it thematises hierarchies and explores ethical obligations in artistic projects. What are the reasons for working biographically and how? What guidelines apply when dealing with third-party stories? How do I create an appreciative and ethically responsible approach to the stories I share? And how do I deal with eyewitnesses, victims or actors? Relationship work in documentary and biographical work is the main focus.

What does this tool include?

The website offers reports on findings and experiences, questions approaches and encourages ethical reflection and action. Artistic projects are organised by phase. This provides an opportunity to reflect on one’s own artistic perspective through the experiences of other artists, story sharers and assessments from trauma therapy, investigative journalism and social anthropology. A working document is also freely available, which can be used to agree on a common work approach and ethical guidelines with all project participants. If you would like to delve even deeper, you can contact the Biografie.art team for workshops, coaching or discussion formats or similar.

The working document will initially be available for download in German starting in June 2025.

Tags

#ethical questions
#ethics
#fair-practice
#guidelines
#self-questioning #biography #biography-art
#documentary-theatre #documentary-film #trust #exchange-of-experiences #relationship work

For whom is this tool?

For all those who work (auto)biographically and who share their own or others’ stories as part of an artistic project. The project survey tool offers illustrative examples and space for self-exploration and strategic questioning for both project managers and project participants. It also lends itself to relationship work in documentary projects in the performing arts, such as documentary film.

Why is this tool needed?

To give all project participants trust, security, agreement and a feeling of appreciation. Personal stories, in particular, want to be in good hands. People want to feel accurately represented, and anyone working with such material is happy to have binding guidelines and ethical credentials that give all involved employees ethically responsible room for manoeuvre.

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Ownership:

Dennis Schwabenland, director and actor, and Katja Zellweger, cultural journalist and Germanist, are behind Biografie.art. Dramaturgical advice from director and playwright Anna Papst, production management by Ramun Bernetta.

Contact:

Info@biografie.art

Website

 

PERMA-CULTURE, for more sustainable performing arts

Since 2022, the far° Nyon team has been conducting collective research to make its operations and, more generally, the performing arts more sustainable. To do this, it relies on the principles of permaculture (a conceptual toolbox based on an ethic of care, derived from the contraction of “agriculture” and “permanent”). 

In 2023, at the end of the first stage of this research, we published PERMA-CULTURE (work in progress). This short essay has been designed as a forum for discussion. It can be used both as an archive of our experiments and as a series of suggestions (exercises, references, reflections) that could perhaps inspire you.

The publication is available in French and English as a Fanzine (order from far° Nyon). A bilingual version (English/French), to be read on screen or printed out in A4 format is online available.

What does the tool consist of?

The tool takes the form of a small publication. It includes:

  • feedback,
  • theoretical resources,
  • practical examples.

The publication is intended to be a source of inspiration. In 2024-2025, the far° team and its partners will offer a series of workshops linked to the project and the publication.

 

Tags

#sustainability
#toolbox
#inspiring change
#simple, concrete examples
#quality of life at work
#accessibility

What can this tool do?

In PERMA-CULTURE, the far° Nyon team is not trying to pass on a miracle recipe. But it does offer a number of practical and theoretical tools that have enabled it to drive real change, on both a small and large scale.

 

 

 

 

 

Who is this tool aimed at?

This publication can provide food for thought and practice for anyone seeking to change the way they work, with the aim of becoming more sustainable – ecologically, humanly, socially and artistically.

 

Why is this tool needed?

In the face of climate disruption, we urgently need to rethink the way we operate to make the performing arts, and cultural environments in general, more sustainable. To meet such a challenge, permaculture offers a simple, accessible model that can be applied to any situation.

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Ownership:

far° Nyon, mit Leila Chakroun, Clément Demaurex und Gregory Stauffer

Contact:

participation@far-nyon.ch
Website

Photo: Workshop at the far° festival of performing arts

©Arya Dil, far° Nyon 2024

Green Guide for cultural organisations

reflector supports cultural organisations and creative artists in reducing their ecological footprint and shaping a forward-looking, vibrant cultural scene.

With the Green Guide for cultural organisations , reflector provides instructions for the rapid implementation of ecological measures.

reflector is supported by m2act, Migros Culture Percentage’s funding and networking project for the performing arts, in collaboration with the Migros Pioneer Fund.

What does this tool offer?

The Green Guide consists of several sets of thematic guidelines with specific measures designed to facilitate action that can be implemented swiftly. All of the guidelines can be used independently from the others and in any order.

Tags

#reflector
#greenguide
#howto
#sustainability
#sustainabletheatre
#greenculture

What does this tool do?

The Green Guide provides suggestions for effective and sensible measures in the following areas:

  • Mobility
  • Production
  • Technology
  • Food
  • Energy
  • Communication

Within each guideline there are several suggested measures that can be selected individually. This results in a customised action plan that can be downloaded as a PDF.

Why is this tool important?

Integrating sustainability into day-to-day operations is not always easy. The Green Guide makes it easier to get started, helps to set goals and implement the appropriate measures.

Who is this tool aimed at?

The Green Guide accompanies cultural institutions and creative artists on the way to sustainable practices. The guidelines were developed together with cultural organisations and sustainability experts.

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Contact

hello@reflector.eco
reflector.eco
Instagram
LinkedIn

m2act × Burning Issues: towards a just, diverse & inclusive culture – Position paper

Artistic management teams are under fire, demands for social sustainability are getting louder and louder, and balancing family life and cultural work remains a major challenge. The Swiss theatre scene is on the move. From 15 to 17 September 2023, the «M2ACT × BURNING ISSUES – Performing Arts & Action» network meeting brought more than 400 cultural professionals from all over Switzerland, Germany, Austria and Italy together for three days. They jointly developed a position paper containing urgent demands for change in order to make working conditions in the performing arts more sustainable, fairer and more appealing.

What does the tool consist of?

The position paper formulates goals for a fairer, more equitable and more diverse world of work in the performing arts and details the framework in which these goals were formulated. It also lists the authors and first signatories. The position paper constitutes a list of jointly voiced demands, which must be positioned in the day-to-day work of the performing arts.

Tags

#responsibility
#action
#sustainability
#reporting
#collaboration
#fair practice
#contracts

What can this Tool do?

The position paper was published as a petition on the ACT CAMPAX platform within the scope of m2act x Burning Issues. Supporters can sign it here (509 signatures as at 30 April 2024). The phrasing of the demands can be copied, improved and used as a tool to drive change in your own organisations and institutions or in politics.

Who is this tool for?

The position paper is meant for all cultural professionals and people from other sectors who are campaigning for fairer, more diverse and inclusive conditions in their workplace.

 

Why is this tool needed?

Viele Menschen, die in den Darstellenden Künsten arbeiten, sind unzufrieden mit den Arbeits- und Produktionsbedingungen und mit der momentanen Verteilung von Geld, Zeit und Einfluss. Sie wollen sich vernetzen, gemeinsam Gehör verschaffen und gegenseitig unterstützen.

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From 15 to 17 September 2023, the M2ACT × BURNING ISSUES – Performing Arts & Action network meeting brought more than 400 cultural professionals from all over Switzerland, Germany, Austria and Italy together for three days. They jointly developed a position paper containing urgent demands for change in order to make working conditions in the performing arts more sustainable, fairer and more appealing.

 

 

 

Impact Guide

Der Impact Guide ist eine Schritt-für-Schritt Anleitung, die Projektteams dabei unterstützt, ihr Projekt möglichst wirkungsvoll aufzusetzen.

Er hilft Akteur*innen, die in den Darstellenden Künsten zu einem Strukturwandel beitragen wollen, ihre Annahmen zu überprüfen und herauszufinden, ob die geplanten Aktivitäten und Angebote bei der Zielgruppe tatsächlich die gewünschte Verhaltensänderung bewirken.

Der Impact Guide basiert auf der Theory of Change und wurde vom Migros-Pionierfonds gemeinsam mit Policy Analytics entwickelt.

Warum braucht es dieses Tool?

Projekte, die einen gesellschaftlichen Wandel anstreben, bieten Aktivitäten an, die beim Zielpublikum eine Verhaltensänderung auslösen sollen, die ohne das Projektangebot nicht stattfinden würde. Die Wirkung des Projekts misst sich an dieser Verhaltensänderung.

Für die wirkungsvolle Konzipierung eines Projekts hilft es, das Projekt von hinten aufzurollen und seine Wirkungskette genauer zu kennen.

Dafür stellt der Impact Guide folgende Fragen:

  • Welche systemische Veränderung streben wir an?
  • Wer muss sein Verhalten wie ändern, um dieser systemischen Veränderung näher zu kommen?
  • Welches Angebot kann unser Projekt machen, um zu dieser Verhaltensänderung beizutragen?
  • Welche Annahmen stecken hinter dem Zusammenhang zwischen Angebot und Verhaltensänderung – und sind diese plausibel?

Tags

#impact
#wirkungsorientierung
#theory of change
#systemische veränderung
#input output outcome
#wirkungskette

Für wen ist dieses Tool?

Der Impact Guide ist ein Angebot für alle Akteur*innen, die mit ihren Ideen, Aktivitäten und Projekten eine fairere, inklusivere und nachhaltigere Kultur und Gesellschaft gestalten wollen.

Was kann dieses Tool?

Ein Projektteam kann mit Hilfe des Impact Guide Schritt für Schritt seine eigene Wirkungslogik aufzeichnen, seine Annahmen prüfen und die Aktivitäten so ausrichten, dass sie tatsächlich zum Erreichen der Wirkungsziele beitragen.

Er hilft dabei

  • Wirkungsziele zu definieren
  • Zusammenhänge zu visualisieren
  • Wirkungsketten zu erkennen
  • Annahmen zu überprüfen
  • Angebote zu schärfen

Herunterladen

PDF Kurzfassung Impact Guide

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Autor*innen: Linda Sulzer, Aljosha Henkel, Andreas Beerli

Migros Pionierfonds / Direktion Kultur und Soziales des Migros-Genossenschafts-Bundes

Policy Analytics

 

Stand: November 2021

«Alle inklusive – ein Kleintheater will mehr»

This documentary takes you on the journey of Kleintheater Luzern towards a more inclusive cultural offering. Not only did Kleintheater Luzern record the inclusive programme that took place at their venue and how they implemented it, but they also took the 23/24 season as an opportunity to ask other cultural institutions, cultural funding bodies and politicians about inclusion in the cultural sector and the performing arts.

What does the tool consist of?

This tool consists of a 60-minute documentary film. The film is available with subtitles in DE/FR, as well as with subtitles for the hearing impaired in DE/FR and an audio description audio track.

 

Tags

#inclusion
#performingarts
#theatre
#cabaret#disability
#kleintheaterluzern
#barriers

 

What can this tool do?

This film provides a brief factual insight into the development, opportunities and future challenges of inclusion in the field of culture.

The film gives a voice to a wide variety of stakeholders, listens and puts into context where the topic of inclusion currently stands in the Swiss cultural scene.

The complete film can be requested from Kleintheater Luzern for a small licence fee.

 

 

 

 

 

Who is this tool aimed at?

For all those who (would like to) deal with the topic of inclusion in the cultural sector and the performing arts.

 

Why is this tool needed?

The topic of inclusion in the cultural sector is broken down in a vivid and entertaining way and made accessible through the chosen medium of film.

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Ownership: Fabienne Mathis on behalf of Kleintheater Luzern

The tool may be published under the following CC licence:

This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution – Non-Commercial – Share alike 4.0 International Licence.

Contact: fabiennemathis@
kleintheater.ch
Website