Networks & Projects Officer in Dresden. She will report on the challenges and opportunities of systematic climate accounting from the perspective of a municipal cultural administration. The title of her presentation is: Culture.climate.change - sustainability in Dresden's cultural sector.

Since it was founded more than 30 years ago, the Schlachthof cultural center has worked on many sustainability issues. As a cultural project in an industrial ruin, this was not easy. By registering for the Ökoprofit program and setting up a sustainability team of several people in 2021, the topic was structurally anchored in the building and integrated into the day-to-day work of all trades. In 2024, the abattoir won a nationwide sustainability award for its commitment. Francesca Herget and Hendrik Seipel-Rotter give an insight into the special features, conditions and also difficulties of sustainability in the independent cultural scene.

Head: Melinda Weidenmüller, Green Culture Contact Point, Project Coordination Consulting & Mediation

Carbon footprints are a key tool on the road to greater sustainability. They provide orientation, make emissions visible and show concrete options for action. In line with the motto "What you measure, you will manage", the workshop provides basic knowledge on carbon accounting in cultural institutions. The Green Culture contact point provides a practical introduction to working with the nationwide CO₂ culture standard according to KBK & KBK+ and shows the first simple steps with the CO₂ culture calculator.

Melinda Weidenmüller is an expert in climate accounting and has been the project coordinator in charge of consulting and mediation at the Green Culture contact point since 2024. There she is building up the area of initial advice and advises on the focus of climate financing. Previously, she managed innovative projects such as "Elf zu Null - Hamburger Museen handeln" and "Köln hoch 3 - Kultur weiterbilden, bilanzieren, transformieren" at the Sustainability Action Network. She played a key role in the adaptation and support of the CO₂ calculator for German culture, Creative Green Tools Germany, as well as the development of the CO₂ culture standard (according to KBK and KBK+).

Leader: Sabine Jellinghaus, climate protection consultancy Jellinghaus & Dahm GmbH

The first steps are often the most difficult. But with the right questions and a clear structure of possible fields of action, sustainability teams can quickly take action and the transformative path in the culture begins.

Sabine Jellinghaus is a graduate engineer and energy consultant, climate protection and sustainability consultant. After working in university research, in church climate protection and at EnergieAgentur.NRW, she has been self-employed since 2022 and advises transformation teams from municipalities, churches and culture. Among other things, she was a consultant in the nationwide programs Sprint20 and SIN - Start in Sustainability for Cultural Institutions. Her favorite format for culture is the Quickstart into climate protection. Her motto: "Together we make the first climate protection actions the most important ones: the starting point for new strategies and a culture of change".

Leader: Petra Ronzani, Detektei Ronzani

In this 60-minute workshop, cultural professionals gain practical insights into the external and internal dimensions of sustainability communication. You will understand how communication formats can be curated, what is important for communicative core messages and at the same time develop measures to motivate and actively involve your team. Expect a targeted, interactive session that provides cultural professionals with practical tools for communicating sustainability.

Petra Ronzani is a communication strategist, sustainability manager and mediator. She studied Asian Management (BA) and Arts Management (MA) in Stuttgart, Beijing and Newcastle upon Tyne and has managed communication departments in art, culture and architecture for more than 15 years, accompanying transformation processes and building and leading teams. After almost 20 years of permanent employment in institutions such as Haus der Kunst Munich, Bayerische Staatsoper and the Berlin Volksbühne, she founded Detektei Ronzani in 2021 and advises institutions, NGOs and companies in transformation processes with a team of experts

Leader: Daniel Seitz, Sustainability Manager and Institute Director, Institute for Future Culture

While we as cultural organizations should of course also contribute to ecological sustainability, our actual leverage lies in social sustainability and our handprint, i.e. the programmatic expression of our organizations.

In the workshop, we will look at what social sustainability means and which typical fields of action result from this. We will also work on ways to make these tangible and measurable!

We will then look at programmatic approaches for applying sustainability in all its dimensions not only to our own company, but also to social transformation.

Daniel Seitz is a sustainability manager, advises organizations from culture, education and civil society and is committed to climate justice. He heads the Institute for Future Culture, where he supports organizations in their sustainability efforts and implements strategic sustainability management with them. Together with the Institute for Future Culture, he also offers regular certificate courses for sustainability managers in culture, education and civil society. He also implements civic education projects with klimagerechtigkeit.net.