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Environmental Sustainability
Looking Ahead: Embracing Sustainability and Resiliency for a Better Tomorrow
The United Nations (UN) Climate Week provides a platform for organizations which include museums and cultural institutions to come together to discuss how an understanding on environmental …
BayEcotarium urges Gov. Newsom to allocate 1% of Climate Action funds toward Museum driven STEAM Education in California
“Our children deserve to inherit a clean tomorrow, they are our future. We have no moral right to leave them with a toxic planet and a carbon debt that will leave them gasping for air …
In an age of worsening fires and floods, museums are reinventing themselves — and their mechanical rooms
“We have an opportunity to help the public process what is happening, and not just from a knowledge point of view but from an emotional and psychological point of view.” –Sarah …
Frankenthaler Foundation Energy Project Is Giving Museums $10 Million
“We wanted to help U.S. art institutions join the climate fray. There is a void to be filled, a crying need to provide technical know-how and financial support to art institutions to scope …
Microclimates: A Greener Future for Collection Care
There are many options available for museums to address climate action and become more sustainable, but recent work at two institutions has highlighted the value in one particular method: …
The Peabody Essex Museum’s Climate + Environment Initiative Seeks to Create a Different Climate Future
As the director of an interactive art and nature space, I’ve included climate change as a topic in many shows and programs over the years. But until recently, I had convinced myself that …
AAM’s Environment and Climate Network Announces Six Sustainability Excellence Awards
For immediate release Arlington, VA—In a uniquely challenging year, six museums have been recognized by the American Alliance of Museums’ Environment and Climate Network as exemplars in the …
Endowments: Considering Environment, Sustainability and Governance (ESG) Factors
Endowments are unique to institutions including museums. And today, museums are no longer limited to achieving missions through programming alone. Increasingly, investment committees look …
The Sustainability Excellence Awards Environment and Climate Network
The Sustainability Excellence Awards is a signature program of the Environment and Climate Network that educates, facilitates, and encourages green practices in museums. The Environment and …
Green Trends in Museum Retail
As a seamless extension of the museum experience and a culmination of the exhibitions on view, the museum store is uniquely poised to reinforce an institution’s mission and values. For …
Sustainability Excellence Award (SEA) 2020 – Mystic Seaport and Phipps Conservatory
Watch this recorded webinar highlighting two of the four museums that won the 2020 Sustainability Excellen…