Climate Crisis
How we’re making our 2024 Conference more sustainable
This year, the Music Mark 2024 Conference is exploring Sustainability in Music Education. This will cover all aspects of sustainability, from financial…
Studying Sustainable Festival Management as a Degree Subject
The BA(Hons) Sustainable Festival Management is an innovative collaboration between Falmouth University and the world-renowned Eden Project in Cornwall. The course seeks…
Explore the 2024 Annual Conference Programme!
We are excited to bring you the launch of the 2024 Annual Conference Programme! This year we are focusing on sustainability in…
Why Carbon Literacy is relevant to music educators
Next month, our bespoke Carbon Literacy course is taking place for the first time. Led by Tina Parsons, Head of Service at…
Using music to share environmental concerns
The National Open Youth Orchestra (NOYO) is a world-pioneering inclusive orchestra where brilliant 11 – 25-year-old disabled and non-disabled musicians rehearse and…
Creating outdoor, multi-sensory spaces at Sounds Wild
Sounds Wild is a unique outdoor, multi-sensory exploration for Learning Disabled people of all ages. Jo Colton, Director of Programmes at Soundabout,…
Musical Connections: How music can connect children to their environment
This blog is a condensed version of Chapter 12 (part 2) of Teaching Climate Change and Sustainability in the Primary Curriculum edited…
Beyond the Trees: Community Responses to Climate Change
‘Rathdrum: Beyond the Trees’ is a project taking place in Rathdrum, a rural village in County Wicklow, Ireland, involving 90 children from…
Integrating Climate Education into the Music Curriculum
Music education provides an ideal opportunity for integrating climate education into the curriculum. We’ve teamed up with The National College to make…
pBone Music: Making plastic instruments carbon-neutral
As part of our exploration into the sustainability of musical instruments, we spoke to pBone Music to find out how their plastic…
Bucket Beats XL: breaking world records with recycled materials
On 29th June 2023, Norfolk Music Hub, in partnership with the Royal Norfolk Agricultural Association hosted an inspirational event called Bucket Beats…
Instrument Sustainability and Repairs
The UK music industry is responsible for approximately 540,000 tonnes of carbon emissions each year (The Environmental Sustainability of Music Industries, 2020)….
