Aerowaves, in collaboration with EDN and Versopolis, will host a series of four annual webinars on the impact of digital tools in the cultural sector.
How can we use digital tools in ways that are innovative, sustainable, and responsible?
Digital technologies shape every aspect of our cultural and artistic practices. They help us connect, create, and collaborate, but they also come with environmental costs, social inequities, and organisational challenges.
This new four-part webinar series, hosted by Aerowaves in collaboration with EDN and Versopolis, invites us to reflect together and discover practical ways to make our digital practices more sustainable.
Curated by David Irle, a consultant specialising in the ecological transition of the cultural sector, each webinar will blend hands-on tips with collective reflection. We’ll start with everyday office routines and build towards bigger systemic questions such as the regulation of artificial intelligence. Step by step, we’ll co-create a shared checklist of responsible digital practices to guide our work.
Who is it for?
This seminar is especially addressed to partner organisations of Aerowaves, EDN and Versopolis. We warmly encourage our members to invite their colleagues, artists and other professional communities.
The first part of each webinar will be recorded and published online, so the conversations can continue and inspire a wider audience.
Yearly Topics
Webinar #1: Responsible digital practices in the workplace (2025)
Webinar #2: AI and green practices: how can we overcome the dilemma? (2026)
Webinar #3: Digital mobility (2027)
Webinar #4: AI: cultural practices and political regulations (2028)
Why take part?
By joining the webinars, you’ll explore practical ways to make your daily digital routines more sustainable and contribute to shaping a shared checklist for responsible digital practices.
Webinar #2: Artificial Intelligence and green practices: how can we overcome the dilemma?
Led by eco‑consultant David Irle, this session will explore the environmental footprint of AI, practical ways to reduce its impact, and how cultural organisations can navigate the promises and challenges of emerging digital tools. The webinar combines concrete tips, collective reflection, and a hands‑on workshop to co‑create a checklist of sustainable digital practices.
Tuesday, 6 October | 10:00–11:30 CET
Registration is open until Friday, 2 October. Register below to receive a Zoom link on Monday 5 October.
Webinar #1: Responsible digital practices in the workplace
The first webinar focused on how cultural organisations can reduce the environmental impact of their everyday digital office practices (emails, cloud storage, websites, hardware use, etc.), while also improving team organisation and wellbeing at work. It was led by Gwendolenn Sharp, founder and director of The Green Room.
Gwendolenn Sharp is the founder and director of The Green Room (2016), a non-profit organisation dedicated to environmental sustainability in the music sector. She co-develops and facilitates training programmes, workshops, and collective strategies for organisations, venues, and networks with a collective and context-based approach. Her expertise focuses on capacity building, digital transition, sustainable mobility and international cultural cooperation.
The session was video-recorded via Zoom on 10 October 2025 and edited by Miha Turk.
EDN's Green Commitments
EDN’s Environmental Policy reflects our network’s commitment to reducing its environmental impact and working in more sustainable ways. It guides everyday decisions around travel, energy use, waste, procurement, and digital practices. It encourages staff, Board members, and partners to take shared responsibility for caring for the environment in all that EDN does. Read our Environmental Policy here →
As a certified member of the SHIFT Culture eco-certification, EDN actively works to reduce its environmental footprint and to strengthen ecological responsibility across its network. Responsible digital practice is a central part of this mission. Read more about the SHIFT Eco Certificate →
Within EDN’s EU-funded Network project, the DIGITAL strand focuses on cross-sector collaboration for digital innovation and access. This webinar series makes a tangible contribution to that strand by exploring how digital tools can serve cultural professionals without compromising ecological care, equity, or ethics. Learn more about the project →