Party in the Polycrisis! How tourism and events will save the world

Lansley, Andrew ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8810-4263 (2023) Party in the Polycrisis! How tourism and events will save the world. In: ATLAS 2023, October 10-13, 2023, Bad Gleichenberg, Austria.

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This abstract presents a case study of the comprehensive approach undertaken to develop an assessment and accreditation framework that integrates the principles of Doughnut Economics into an accessible and easy-to-use toolkit created for use throughout the sector. The presentation will discuss how the toolkit was designed to provide event organizers, hospitality venues and associated civic and commercial organisations with a comprehensive framework for assessing events and venues based on their sustainable and accessible provisions, providing tailored advisories as well as aggregated data sets that inform strategic decisions within a growth-agnostic context. Already in use by several HEIs across the UK (and subject of national pilots within the events commissioning and licensing practice) this presentation will offer an insight into latest developments in this work, inviting delegates to reflect on their own practice, and how they might adapt this in the future. The concept on which the toolkit is based - Doughnut Economics - forms the foundational pillar of this work. Doughnut Economics suggests an economic model that operates within the planetary boundaries and ensures social foundations for all. Using well-evidenced, community driven standards frameworks in the Green Events Code of Practice and the Attitude is Everything Charter, the toolkit presents a set of guidelines to promote sustainable and accessible event management practices across the UK that have been adapted for wider economic use. The Green Events Code of Practice emphasizes the importance of reducing energy consumption, utilizing renewable energy sources, promoting waste reduction and recycling, and encouraging the use of sustainable materials. Attitude is Everything's Charter provides a framework of best practice taken from incorporating accessibility and inclusivity principles into place management, event planning and governance. By integrating these codes the toolkit provides a practical roadmap to help minimize organisations’ ecological footprint, simultaneously prioritizing accessibility and inclusivity as part of its recommendations. Additionally, the toolkit provides advisory outputs for the user that inform the necessary measures an organisation may be required to take in order to create an accessible and sustainable environment in any context. The presentation will cover the social value model at the heart of the toolkit, which allows organisations to identify areas of improvement and focus. This model helps organisations to instantly ‘action’ their findings - setting sustainability targets, improving accessible provisions and developing action plans to enhance overall performance through an automated, curated advisory process. The case study will provide specific examples of how this is working in practice in Cheltenham already. By presenting a snapshot of this action research in progress, this presentation will examine the paucity of practical experience in this area, suggesting that our changing understanding of the emergent polycrisis our planet faces needs a cohesive and considered response, and detailing why the multifaceted, risk-specialist worlds of events, tourism and hospitality might actually be the ideal candidates to provide such a response.

Item Type:	Conference or Workshop Item (Paper)
Subjects:	G Geography. Anthropology. Recreation > GV Recreation Leisure
Divisions:	Schools and Research Institutes > School of Business, Computing and Social Sciences
Depositing User:	Andrew Lansley
Date Deposited:	10 Feb 2025 15:20
Last Modified:	12 Feb 2025 15:15
URI:	https://eprints.glos.ac.uk/id/eprint/14706

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