{"id":44446,"date":"2025-07-08T13:38:57","date_gmt":"2025-07-08T13:38:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/americanorchestras.org\/?p=44446"},"modified":"2025-07-31T20:20:42","modified_gmt":"2025-07-31T20:20:42","slug":"conference-2025-creating-an-environmentally-sustainable-future-for-your-orchestra-and-community","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/americanorchestras.org\/conference-2025-creating-an-environmentally-sustainable-future-for-your-orchestra-and-community\/","title":{"rendered":"Conference 2025: Creating an Environmentally Sustainable Future for Your Orchestra and Community"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Creating an Environmentally Sustainable Future for Your Orchestra and Community | 2025 Conference\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/JAei3X-IfUQ?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-coral-background-color has-background wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/americanorchestras.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Creating-an-Environmentally-Sustainable-Future-Transcript.pdf\">Read the transcript (PDF)<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-css-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p><em><strong>Speaker(s)<\/strong>: <strong>Annie Agle<\/strong>, Vice President of Impact and Sustainability, Cotopaxi; <strong>Steven Brosvik<\/strong>, the O.C. 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