Actor Sir Mark Rylance, Chic star Nile Rodgers and Pet Shop Boys singer Neil Tennant are among the creatives who have said that the rebuilding of the UK arts industry must be environmentally sustainable.
They are joined by more than 450 cultural organisations and individuals including musician Brian Eno, Maria Balshaw, director of The Tate, Frances Morris, director of Tate Modern, and Richard Mantle, general director of Opera North, calling for green strategies to be at the heart of the the Cultural Renewal Task Force, which was set up by the Government to help the recovery of the arts.
A letter to Culture Secretary Oliver Dowden said: “What we decide now will create the sustainable foundations for the future; we have a once-in-a-generation