Reuse, Reshare, Reimagine: exploring a circular economy for West Yorkshire's creative & cultural sector

In this workshop, we’ll explore what the West Yorkshire creative & cultural industry can do and what we need to create a circular economy of reuse and resharing across our creative community. 

As a group, we'll reimagine how we can share resources amongst our sector in order to reduce material demand and disposal amongst from our creative productions, co-creating a circular model for our sector. 

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WORKSHOP AGENDA 

10:00 - 10:10: Welcome & Introduction

10:00 - 10:30: What is 'Circularity' and why does it matter? Paul Jenson from the University of Leeds & Yorkshire Circular Lab will introduce the concept of circularity and why it's vital we rethink the lifecycles of our materials. 

10:30-10:50: Our Research & Observations so far: Introducing the findings from our initial circularity research, case study examples of effective circularity in action, and our observations on what could work as a centralised solution for the sector. 

10:50-11:05: Break

11:05-11:45: What's next?: as a group, we'll co-create a plan for embedding circularity in the creative and cultural sector of West Yorkshire. 

11:45-12:00: Roundup of the plan

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***PLEASE BRING YOUR OWN CUP!*** We'll be serving hot drinks & water at this event - please ensure that you bring your own cup so we can put  the themes of this event immediately into action! There is a kitchen with washing up facilities. 

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SAIL is a membership network of West Yorkshire based creative & cultural organisations, individuals and students, working collaboratively to embed sustainability across the operations and communications of our sector.

Find out more about SAIL: https://wearesail.org/
Not already a member & want to join SAIL? Sign up here: https://wearesail.org/membership/become-a-member/

Climate Action Leeds: Arts & Climate Week
Our SAIL Members Meeting is taking place as part of the Climate Action Leeds Arts & Climate Week, which includes a week long immersive exhibition 'Deep Water', creative activities and climate focused conversations at the Imagine Leeds Climate Hub. Visit the Human Aquarium website for more details: https://humanaquarium.co.uk/

Accessing the Imagine Leeds space
‘Imagine Leeds: the climate action hub’ is located on the 7th floor of the City Exchange Building. To access the space, enter the building through the automatic doors & head straight up to floor 7 and through the glass doors. Here is the location on google maps, and the what3words is: stir.speaks.mouse.