PROJECTS
Future Vision: The Electronic Music Community in 2030
During the COVID lockdowns of 2020-21, we partnered with DJs for Climate Action (DJs4CA) to co-create the first-ever DJ/artist-led vision for what a sustainable, equitable and innovative electronic music industry could look like in 2030. We began by conducting a survey across DJ4CA’s global community, then designed and facilitated a series of generative workshops with selected respondents.
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The vision identified four key areas for action – touring and connection; venues and events; economic and income model; and self-awareness, transparency and influence – together with case studies of emerging practices and collaboration opportunities. The vision helped to inform our future work and partnerships with Mostra, AIF and Bye Bye Plastic.
Mostra Sustainability Framework and Roadmap
Mostra is an independent, small-format festival in Barcelona showcasing avant-garde and experimental electronic music. Its founding principles are Local, Inclusive and Sustainable.
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At Mostra's first edition in 2022, ReRoot facilitated a workshop exploring what these principles could mean in practice. In 2023 we worked closely with Mostra’s core team to co-create a Sustainability Framework and Roadmap for 2024-26, with goals and actions under three pillars: ‘How we show up’, ‘Festival site & operations’, and ‘Travel & hospitality’. In 2024, we published Mostra’s first annual Sustainability Update and conducted a pilot carbon footprint assessment. In 2025, we partnered with Barcelona-based Zero Consulting for the first full carbon footprint assessment.
AIF x ReRoot x DEAL Regenerative Festivals Workshop
In 2025 we co-led a workshop with the UK's Association of Independent Festivals (AIF) and the Doughnut Economics Action Lab (DEAL) exploring how regenerative business models might benefit independent festivals. While ‘sustainable’ is often understood to mean doing less harm, regenerative means actively doing good: putting more back into nature, society, culture and the economy than you take out, while distributing power and wealth equitably.
With AIF members, we: reviewed external and internal trends driving the need for change; looked at examples of regenerative organisations in other sectors; and discussed the kind of support that would be needed for independent festivals to adopt and champion this model. (If you’d like to get involved in the next stages of our work on this, drop us a line at reroot.org@gmail.com.)
Stay'ge Positive DJ Training Course
The Bye Bye Plastic Foundation aims to wipe out single-use plastic in the music industry, while enabling DJs and promoters to become eco-warriors through the promotion of circular economy and pro-environmental approaches.
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In 2021, Bye Bye Plastic launched Stay’ge Positive – a four-week training and mentorship programme offering artists workshops, classes and coffee talks with experts in climate and electronic music. The course involves four modules: Climate Change 101, From Self to Leader, Tune Your Voice, and Tune Your Creativity. ReRoot was invited to deliver the ‘Actions for Leadership’ workshop under Module 3: Tune Your Voice.