Culture impact

Culture Impact is an urban laboratory for the ecological transition in culture. It is implementing a program that aims to reshape practices and foster innovations that reduce the environmental footprint of the cultural sector.

1. Eco-cultural demonstrator

The demonstrator at CENTQUATRE-PARIS redesigns and renovates spaces at the center (incubator, exhibition spaces, visitor areas, etc.) based on the principles of eco-design and reuse.

2. New program to support positive-impact companies

This custom-tailored program is designed to drive forward the ecological transition in the cultural sector by lending support to companies on a group and individual basis, as part of a network with the community.
Experimental trials can be set up at CENTQUATRE-PARIS, La Villette, Universcience, and Philharmonie des enfants.

3. Event program

  • A lecture series during the 2022/2023 season to offer insights into the dynamics at play in the new responsible finance economy, purpose-driven companies, low tech, and more.
  • A showcase at the 7th edition of ’Open Factory in 2023.

4. An innovative training program

This program for culture professionals teaches effective approaches and best practices for advancing the sector’s ecological transformation.

Help us make the project come to life!

We need your help to take this initiative to the next level, continue rolling out this ambitious program, and build an active Culture Impact community.!

 

It’s vital that we encourage and spur on projects and innovations that are beneficial to the social and ecological transition in the cultural sector.

Let’s work together to support innovative projects and initiatives, to bring about positive change in the cultural sector and society as a whole!

Startups and non-profit institutions with a high social and environmental impact
supported by our incubator

Karbone Prod.

When art becomes ecological.

Karbone Prod. is a cultural engineering agency that supports you with new tools to limit and reduce the environmental impact of your artistic productions and exhibitions.

Plinth

Sharing exhibition design resources
Plinth is an online platform for donating and receiving objects and materials used in the cultural sector.

REMIX

Promoting reuse in the construction industry
REMIX is a design office that develops techniques for the reuse of construction materials.

La Réponse D.

Decor. Design. Desirable. Sustainable Development

La Réponse D. is a creation and production studio in eco-designed sets and scenography, which defends a desirable, comitted and inventive design.

Onyo

Live a waking dream
While our travel capacities are today limited nowadays
, Onyo offers ecological and sensory fables to bring a moment of wonder in our daily lives.

Artora

Connecting different generations through art

A young cultural mediation agency, ARTORA aims to prove that culture is a good that can be shared, and which allows us to forge links between generations.

ARVIVA

Live arts. Sustainable arts. 
Bringing together all the disciplines and aesthetics, the association ARVIVA is a reference player for the ecological transition of performing arts.

Les Augures

Culture in transition
The collective Les Augures supports the cultural institutions in their ecological transition and their ability to adapt and innovate.

Polaire Studios

Powerful stories to put us into action
Polaire Studios is a production studio that supports NGOs, committed companies and public institutions in the creation of impactful audiovisual content around ecology and human rights.

hérétique

Allowing the transition towards other digital worlds

hérétique helps individuals and organizations to think, create and transmit alternative digital experiences. 

Current
partners