IHME Helsinki promotes the cultural change needed in the environmental crisis.
At IHME Helsinki, we strive to act responsibly by taking into account the needs of current and future generations near and far. Since humans are part of nature and completely dependent on the vitality of ecosystems, ecological sustainability lays the foundation for all other aspects of sustainability: social and cultural, as well as economic.
As a commissioner of contemporary art, we produce art that gives people an opportunity to process feelings and information related to the environmental crisis. At IHME, we are committed to the freedom of art within the framework of life-sustaining systems, and that is why we create artworks with as few emissions as possible.
We monitor the effects of our operations on the climate and biodiversity. IHME’s carbon footprint corresponds to the emissions of 1–2 Finns per year. Nevertheless, the carbon handprint of our activities is probably much larger than this: We are involved in developing lower-emission ways of producing and experiencing art, as well as in promoting wider social change towards a more sustainable culture and lifestyles.
IHME Promotes Eco-social Education
Eco-social education involves an understanding that humans are a part of nature and that we get everything we need from nature. An eco-socially civilized person understands that their own rights and responsibilities depend on the well-being of other people and nature, i.e. their relationship with the world is a comprehensively responsible one. We promote eco-social education through participatory artworks, events, and communication. Our Communications Planner handles our marketing and communications.
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IHME Monitors The Carbon Footprint of Our Operations and Their Impact on Biodiversity
We have been proactively calculating our carbon footprint since 2020, changing our operations based on these calculations and compensating for the remaining emissions every year. In our work, we also pay attention to our environmental footprint, i.e. how the products and services we acquire are related to land use, which has been globally identified as the most significant cause of environmental damage. Our Eco-Coordinator handles these issues and communicates about them.
Read more about the sustainability of IHME’s operations: Sustainability – IHME Helsinki
reduce the climate emissions caused by our operations and offset the remaining emissions
We encourage our audience to arrive at our events on foot, by bike or by public transport. In our office we have switched to renewable electricity and district heating. We also take these considerations into account in our choices of venue. The food we offer is vegan. Air travel for staff, experts and artists is kept to a minimum and, whenever possible, we travel by land. Waste is recycled. Our entire staff participate in this work.
Discover IHME’s carbon footprint: Sustainability – IHME Helsinki
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