SUSTAINABILITY
Borderlines Film Festival joined the Culture Declares Emergency campaign (culturedeclares.org) alongside other arts and cultural organisations in 2020.
WHY?
According to warnings by leading climate scientists we now have as little as 10 years to make the necessary changes to avoid the worst impacts of climate change: extreme heat, drought, floods. This emergency requires an urgent response from everyone at all levels of our society as we face the combined catastrophes of climate change, mass extinction of vital biodiversity, and the degradation of ecosystems.
WHY CULTURE?
Culture brings people together, providing space to talk, discuss and articulate complex subjects.
Culture can renew and transform; disrupting the status quo.
Culture builds the capacity for action.
Culture provides the opportunity to inform and learn.
WHAT WE PLEDGE TO DO
- Screen films that promote awareness of the climate change emergency – we try to select films in our programme that provoke discussion around this subject in very different ways. Relevant films in the 2026 programme include:
ARCO
IRON WINTER
ONLY ON EARTH
SUPER NATURE - Invite partner organisations, other arts and culture practitioners connected with the Festival to register for Culture Declares Emergency.
- Reduce our carbon footprint by only making car journeys that are necessary. The Festival runs a virtual office with staff working from home.
- The festival is committed to bringing films to rural audiences in their own communities, market towns and villages. This reduces the need for travel. We encourage our audiences to walk or travel to venues by bicycle or public transport wherever possible.
- Use environmentally-friendly materials –
- our brochures are printed on PEFC certified paper (Norcote Walsum). Our designers Elfen hold a PEFC chain of custody certification and operate an environmental management system certified to ISO 14001 standards.
- our flyers are printed on FSC stock, paper sourced from sustainably managed forests, using vegetable based (linseed) inks.
- Recycle wherever possible.
- Only use printed materials where necessary - switch to online - and recycle responsibly.
