Consulting Services
What I Offer:
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Music & Venue Sustainability Consulting
This work focuses on meeting venues where they are and helping them move forward in ways that make sense operationally, financially, and culturally. Rather than prescribing one-size-fits-all solutions, MikeyJClimate works collaboratively with venue teams to identify opportunities, constraints, and priorities across departments. The goal is progress that is realistic, measurable, and embedded into how a venue already operates
Included:Operational & Program Review
Assessment of current practices, workflows, and constraints across venue operations.
Stakeholder & Team Engagement
Collaboration with staff across departments to understand priorities and identify realistic opportunities.
Opportunity Mapping & Prioritization
Identification of high-impact, feasible actions tailored to the venue’s scale and capacity.
Implementation Guidance
Support translating ideas into next steps that integrate into existing systems.
Progress Tracking & Iteration
Tools and check-ins to help measure progress and adapt over time.
Sustainability Action Plans & Toolkits
Action plans and toolkits translate sustainability goals into actionable steps teams can use. This work turns ideas into clear frameworks, timelines, and decision-making tools that support consistency over time, even as staff, artists, or priorities change. The result is shared language, clear expectations, and practical guidance that helps sustainability efforts stick long after the initial planning phase.
Included:Goal-Setting & Scope Definition
Clarifying priorities, timelines, and the scale of ambition.
Framework & Roadmap Development
Structured plans that translate values into action across teams.
Practical Tools & Templates
Resources that support consistent decision-making and implementation.
Internal Alignment Support
Shared language and guidance to help teams stay coordinated.
Longevity & Adaptability Design
Plans built to remain useful as staff, partners, or circumstances change.
Artist & Platform Advocacy Strategy
Artists and cultural leaders have enormous influence, but using that influence thoughtfully takes intention and support. This service helps artists clarify their values, identify causes that align authentically with their work, and engage audiences in ways that feel natural rather than performative. From behind-the-scenes guidance to public-facing moments, the focus is on advocacy that strengthens trust, protects creative integrity, and invites new fans to a platform that they know contributes to something bigger.
Included:Values & Alignment Discovery
Clarifying the causes and issues that authentically align with the artist’s identity and audience.
Audience & Platform Mapping
Identifying where and how advocacy can be most effective across platforms and moments.
Fundraising for Nonprofit Partners
Strategic guidance for fundraising with up-cycled merch
Risk-Aware Messaging Support
Helping artists engage confidently while protecting creative integrity and trust.
Long-Term Advocacy Visioning
Support building consistency and credibility over time rather than one-off statements.
Community Engagement & On-Site Activations
Live events bring people together, and this service is about using those moments to create connections beyond the show itself. Through thoughtfully designed activations, audiences are given opportunities to support causes aligned with the values of the artists and venues they support. These experiences are designed to feel welcoming, empowering, and optional, offering attendees meaningful opportunities to engage without disrupting the flow of the event.
Included:Audience & Context Assessment
Understanding the event, crowd, and cultural moment.
Activation Concept & Design
Thoughtful experiences that feel inviting, optional, and values-aligned.
Partnership & Cause Alignment
Support identifying credible, relevant organizations or initiatives.
On-Site Facilitation & Flow Support
Guidance or presence to ensure smooth, respectful engagement.
Post-Event Reflection & Follow-Up
Tools to extend impact beyond the moment itself.
Creative Climate Communications
Sustainability and policy work are much more impactful when the messages connect with audiences. This service focuses on shaping messages that resonate with fans, staff, partners, and communities without oversimplifying or diluting the truth. Whether through written content, speeches, or online presence, the goal is to communicate in ways that build understanding and create momentum for meaningful causes.
Included:Message Clarification & Framing
Refining ideas into language that feels clear, grounded, and human.
Narrative & Story Development
Shaping stories that connect values, action, and culture.
Content & Speaking Support
Guidance for talks, written content, campaigns, or public-facing moments.
Audience-Centered Translation
Adapting messages for fans, staff, partners, or the broader public.
Consistency & Tone Alignment
Ensuring communication feels cohesive across platforms and time.
Up-cycled Merch & Circular Apparel Design
Upcycled merch offers a tangible way to align creative expression, sustainability, and fundraising. By reworking existing garments and unused merchandise to help fundraise for non-profit partners, this service transforms materials already in circulation into meaningful, one-of-a-kind pieces. Beyond reducing waste, the process invites artists and organizations to tell a story about care, creativity, and intention and offers supporters merch that feels personal, values-aligned, and rooted in impact rather than excess.
Included:Inventory Assessment & Material Sourcing
Review of existing merchandise, garments, or materials to identify what can be repurposed most effectively.
Concept Development & Design Direction
Creative direction that aligns with the artist’s or organization’s brand, values, and fundraising goals.
Upcycling & Rework Production
Hands-on transformation of existing merch into redesigned, one-of-a-kind or small-batch pieces.
Sustainability Storytelling Support
Language and framing to help communicate the story behind the merch (why it exists and what it represents).
Fundraising & Impact Alignment
Guidance on pricing, drops, and deployment so merch supports fundraising or community impact initiatives.
Small-Batch & Custom Runs
Flexible production suited for limited releases, events, or special campaigns rather than mass production.
“Mikey J was a vital part of our team… He brought energy and focus to cross-disciplinary projects… His ability to support complex initiatives while keeping the work grounded and collaborative made a lasting impact.”
— Christian Herrmann, Boulder County Office of Sustainability, Climate Action, & Resilience (OSCAR)
Lets Connect!
This work is my passion, and I couldn’t be more excited to share and spread ideas that help move us toward a cleaner, more just, and more connected world. I believe meaningful change happens when people come together with intention. Especially when art, policy, community, and culture combine. We can help you start wherever you are; Whether you’re an artist, venue, organization, or collaborator exploring what sustainability could look like in your space, I’d love to hear from you.
