Climate Change
As the music sector takes action to reduce its carbon footprint, emissions, and environmental impact, the League is sharing resources to inform next steps for orchestras.
Learn Climate Change
July 8, 2025
Conference 2025: Creating an Environmentally Sustainable Future for Your Orchestra and Community
On-Demand Webinars and Conference Sessions
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Learn | Climate Change
Conference 2022: Climate Change: Orchestrating Sustainability
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Learn | Climate Change
Climate Emergency: Artistic Responses and a Call to Engagement
Featured in Symphony
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Touring and the Climate-Smart Orchestra
Touring is part of the lifeblood of orchestras—but the environmental costs can be high. With its 2024 European tour, the National Symphony Orchestra is tackling environmental concerns by examining the carbon impact from travel and working with conservation groups to support restoration of forests devastated by recent wildfires.
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Symphony | Climate Change
Eco-Friendly Orchestras
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Symphony | Climate Change
Songs of the Earth
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Learn | Innovation
Critical Provocations
External Resources
- Environmental Sustainability Guide for Canadian Orchestras: Practical Action Guide by Orchestras Canada
- Scottish Classical Music Green Guide (PDF) by Scottish Classical Sustainability Group
- Publications – Association of British Orchestras
- Julie’s Bicycle
Banner: Members of Chicago Youth Symphony Orchestras’ Debut Orchestra led by conductor Dana Green. Photo Credit: Ed Spinelli
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