We are a SUSTAINABILITY CONSULTANCY working with creative individuals and organisations who want to REDUCE their environmental impact and CHALLENGE climate breakdown.
We utilise a unique approach to sustainability.
By utilising creative and systems thinking our approach is planet focused, effective and deeply embeds change.
This looks like:
︎︎︎ CONNECT
︎︎︎ ASSESS
︎︎︎ EXPLORE
︎︎︎ EDUCATE
︎︎︎ SUPPORT
We are dedicated to the planet.
We are HOLISTIC
We are EMPATHETIC
We are HONEST
We are CHANGE MAKERS
We are NICHE
But most importantly WE CARE ABOUT THE PLANET, and everything that lives on it, A LOT. This is what drives us to do what we do in the best way we can.
We want to work with creatives - yes, that’s you.
EVERY BODY is creative and together we can tackle the climate crisis.
Get in touch here.
Everything we do, everything we consume - has an impact.
CREATIVE-SUSTAINABILITY will help you work out how best to do it in a way which impacts the planet least.
We offer:
- Project Management
- Research + Reporting
- Environmental Policy
- Environmental Assessment
- Energy + Resource Efficiency Advice
- Low Carbon Travel Advice
- Carbon Offsetting Advice
- Sustainability Comms
- Brand Development
- Event Management + Organisation
- Workshop Facilitation
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Customer Engagement
Testimonials
It was a pleasure to work with Eilidh and she delivered exactly what we asked for. Together we created a clear brief that fitted our budget, and she supported us in figuring out what realistic steps we could take towards sustainability and what was possible for our organisation to achieve. She understood the nature of our business and worked with all our stakeholders to get feedback and created workable documents that we can now share, this has made our steps towards greening more visible and effective.
I feel the communication was really fluid, and it was a real pleasure to work with you...Dialogue is really important to me and you’ve been a perfect communicator all the way long!
I really loved the layout and design of all the materials, it really made clear that this was being run by a creative person who would be way more likely to understand my needs and the needs of the creative industry than other sustainability advisors out there.
Your suggestions were really helpful and you had researched specific food charities that could help me, rather than just giving general advice to reach out to some. You had also thought of some things that we had not (photoshoot set sharing with local set builders), and framed it in a really encouraging way by reminding us that it would be a real community project. Often I feel disconnected from the community with the work we do so it was really nice to be reminded that there are still things we can do, however small, and it has put that back in the forefront of my mind for future planning.
Thank you for such a smart, considered, encouraging and original action plan to help our creative teams implement sustainability in the short and long-term.
Get in touch to discuss how we can work together here.
CURRENT PROJECTS
Clean Scene Report ‘Last Night a DJ Took a Flight: Exploring the carbon footprint of touring DJs’
Lead AuthorA report detailing the carbon footprint of underground dance music. Detailing the environmental issues and potential solutions associated with touring as a DJ and the industry that comes with it.
Read the full report here: cleanscene.club
Refuge Worldwide Regenerate Festival
Project CoordinatorSustainability and workshop coordinator for Regenerate - a multifaceted series of events including live performances, panel discussions, workshops, short film screenings and DJ sets exploring the concept of regeneration.
Keep up to date: Refuge Worldwide
Club Qu
Sustainability ConsultantConsultant for Innovate project with Club Qu a live-streaming music platform based in a virtual environment with a drive to engage community members. Virtual events have a significantly lower environmental impact than those happening in real life and we are working to offer a climate positive platform. This pioneering project for sustainability within music events provides a space for users to learn, engage and take action.
Check out: Club Qu
Unfix Festival
ProducerProducer for environmental arts festival in Glasgow. UNFIX is a festival of live performance, dance, film, installation, workshop and debate that wants to unravel the knots in how we’re living.
Find out more: Unfix Festival
ABOUT EILIDH
Founder + Sustainability Consultant
Eilidh McLaughlin (she/her) is a passionate and committed woman who works at the intersection of creativity and sustainability, bringing together environmental activism and cultural development.Glaswegian born, Berlin based, she has 10+ years experience in the sustainability sector, collaborating with individuals and organisations to increase engagement, create behaviour change and implement action. Eilidh is a skilled project manager, facilitator and consultant.
Currently Eilidh works with POLY. Artists heading up their finance and logistics department, and has developed an environmental strategy for the agency.
Eilidh is a co-founder of Clean Scene, a climate action collective exploring alternative futures for the dance music community. Through their work they aim to shift perspectives and rethink our scene’s impact on the planet.
Training + Workshops
Environmental Assessor - A Greener Festival - to become a trained environmental assessor for their Awards scheme - providingfestivals with independent audit and verification, and helping to improve resource efficiency and environmental impact.
Embodied Business Course - Yarrow Digital - a year long group coaching experience that supports starting and building a business – aligned with your values, with a focus on sustainability as well as feminist values.
MEDIA
Podcasts + Radio
Climate Crisis Culture podcast co-host - a conversational podcast exploring the climate crisis through personal stories, arts and culture. Friends and former colleagues Eilidh McLaughlin and Jenny Fraser Harris dissect topics which are pertinent and emotive. Delving deep into the complexities of living in the ‘era of environmental breakdown’ they untangle the issues through honest, open conversation.LISTEN HERE
CREATIVE-SUSTAINABILITY radio host - on Berlin community radio station Refuge Worldwide. Music and chat with people who are exploring the intersection of creativity, particularly music, and the climate crisis.
LISTEN HERE
Guest speaker on BBC Radio Scotland - Circular Economy and Food Waste - Glasgow
Speaking Appearances
CTM Festival - Rethinking Music Ecosystems - In Search Of Greener Practices - BerlinAre We There Yet Festival - Presentation: Creative Sustainability - Berlin
Tag Der Clubkultur: Refuge Worldwide - Panel Host: 'The climate emergency and dance music: exploring alternative futures for our community.'
Needs Not For Profit: A Virtual Discussion On Sustainability in Dance Music - panelist
Locavore - WASTE documentary - local filmmaker Matt Robinson explores various waste reduction projects happening in Glasgow's Southside
Speaking Topics
Climate change and sustainability within the music and creative industriesCircular economy, reuse and resource efficiency
Creative and systems thinking