GMAST Resources
The GMAST Guide to Taking Action
The GMAST Guide to Taking Action is an eLearning tool we have developed to support our sector in getting started and developing your response to the climate and ecological crisis.
The guide focuses on:
Policy – understanding climate change targets at global and local levels
Position – understanding your impact
Practice – Exploring ways to reduce your impact
Planning – Putting together your own Policy and Action Plan
Place – Looking at cultural spaces temporary and permanent
People – Engagement and Climate Justice
This has been developed as part of C-Change – Arts and Culture Leading Climate Action in Cities
The 6Ps
The 6Ps framework has been developed to support our sector to take action.
It is a whole organisation approach with six areas of focus – the Ps.
Around it sit strengths that culture can bring – the Is.
It is about working collectively to reduce emissions and driving change in our communities.
Watch the video for a quick fire explanation of the 6Ps and 6Is, and find out more by looking at the GMAST Guide to Taking Action – link to eLearning.
The 6 Ps
Policy: Understanding and aligning to local science based targets - How do we need to change?
Position: Understanding our impact - What does moving closer to net zero mean?
Planning: Developing our approach to action, adaptation, and resilience - What can we reduce now and in the future?
People: Engaging as widely as we can - What skills and capacity building do we need and who can we work with?
Place: Reducing impact when we bring people together for cultural experiences - How can we enable low and lower carbon choices?
Practice: Making changes in how we make our work to reduce consumption - What should we leave behind?
The 6 Is
Imagine: Exploring what we want from our shared future - How can we unlock our collective creativity?
Inspire: Helping create an emotional connection - How can we enable others to act?
Inform: Navigating change - How can we help our communities?
Impact: Making the most of culture’s contribution - How can we demonstrate change?
Include: Putting communities and climate justice at the heart of what we do - Who is missing from the conversation?
Innovate: Empowering and celebrating change - How can we transform what we do?
Carbon Literacy
Carbon Literacy for the cultural sector
Carbon Literacy is a brilliant way to educate you and your team. With support from Alison Criddle and Robin Lyons, GMAST has developed a Carbon Literacy sector toolkit for the cultural sector in Greater Manchester.
To find out more about our sector toolkit and how you can begin delivering CL yourself in your organisation (or to be in touch with someone else who could deliver for you), check out our Carbon Literacy Training page, or get in touch with us directly. You can find out more about the Carbon Literacy Project on the Carbon Literacy website.
Over 1200 individuals in the GMAST network have been certified as Carbon Literate, could you be the next?
Manchester Roundtables - Earth Day 2021
To celebrate Earth Day 2021, Julie’s Bicycle was commissioned to co-produce a series of online environmental training events and conversations.
The events featured experts, practitioners, and policymakers from the Greater Manchester area and over 70 participants. Together, we discussed the fundamental issues facing humanity, what a sustainable future could look like, for Manchester, and cities and communities everywhere.
The series of events (ran on the 22nd and 23rd April 2021) focused on decarbonisation, ecological economics, and social justice. These three topics were selected to shine a light and promote a deeper understanding of the root causes and consequences of environmental degradation and what must be done.
This project was developed as part of C-Change – Arts and Culture Leading Climate Action in Cities with Julie’s Bicycle, an internationally recognised expert in the field of creative industries and climate action.
Whilst a few years old now, these sessions are still useful knowledge resources and you can watch them back down below.
Decarbonisation and the path to net zero carbon
Ecological Economics
Justice: how social justice links to climate and the environment
Sustainable Events Guides
A series of guides developed by Manchester City Council Events Team
If you organise events in the city, use our guides to review your activity, share good practice and help to make Manchester zero carbon by 2038.
Event organisers, suppliers, service providers and venues can download sustainable events guides for:
major outdoor events
small outdoor events
indoor events
community events
food and drink traders
production suppliers
waste and cleansing services
Email sustainable-events@manchester.gov.uk if you need accessible versions of the guides, or if you have any queries, comments or good practice that you would like to share.
We have developed these guides with Julie’s Bicycle, an internationally recognised expert in the field of creative industries and climate action.