Our Future Planet - 19 May 2021 to 11 September 2022
Photograph: Science Museum Group
“How much difference could new technologies make? What can we do with the carbon dioxide after it has been captured? And why can’t we just plant more trees?”
A free exhibition exploring the technologies being developed to remove carbon dioxide from the atmosphere.
Alongside global efforts to urgently reduce greenhouse gas emissions, scientists are racing to develop different technologies to remove and store excess carbon dioxide—the most significant cause of climate change.
Our Future Planet showcases the cutting-edge technology and nature-based solutions being developed to trap carbon dioxide released by human activity, notably the burning of fossil fuels. These include preserving ancient woodlands, adding dust to agricultural fields, capturing carbon dioxide from the air or installing systems that prevent it leaving power stations and factories.
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Generation Hope: Act for the Planet - 12 to 16 September, 2022
“Everyone has the power and potential to take meaningful action for the planet.”
Join a week of programming from the Natural History Museum (UK), hosted both online and on-site, featuring inspiring workshops, panels and talks created in partnership with young people, for young people aged 16+. Whether it's getting to grips with the science, understanding the impacts of the planetary emergency, or strengthening your own skills, sign up to take the next step, no matter where you are on your journey.
With the mission to create advocates that are informed, confident and motivated to make wise decisions, get involved, and use their influence and actions to drive positive change for the planet's future.
Booking tickets is essential, as there are a limited number of spaces for each event.
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GREEN MUSEUMS SUMMIT 28 - 30 MARCH 2022
“The health of our planet is one of the defining issues of the age, and cultural institutions have their own part to play.
How can museums champion sustainable choices and educate the public about environmental impact? How can we make our museums more sustainable and embrace practices that reduce waste and move us towards net zero?
The Green Museums Summit will bring together museums professionals from around the globe to share inspiration, actionable ideas and new ways of working.
As a virtual conference you can attend from anywhere with wifi, and watch again on-demand until the end of 2022.”
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This Annual Report of the Climate Heritage Network describes the work of CHN members around the world in 2021 to mobilise arts, culture and heritage for climate action.
Glasgow Science Centre, exhibition venue.
The eight competition winners are preparing for exhibition, opening in 2021 in time for COP26.
Keep up to date on progress.
The Climate Museum is excited to announce Second Fridays with the launch of their discussion series Talking Climate! Join on the second Friday of every month for conversations about climate and inequality, with additional special events featured throughout the year. During the first meeting, on January 8th, it will be examined how the climate crisis has catalyzed new forms of uprooting, including climate gentrification, land loss, and forced migration. The discussion will also focus on ongoing displacements that shape how climate is experienced amid the long-standing inequalities and historical dispossessions that structure the present.
Special thanks to the Mellon Foundation for making this project possible.
You can find more information on the website: https://climatemuseum.org/second-fridays
In January shiftN is offering a humble series of (online) talks and workshops about the challenges humans and our planet are moving into. We're facing an increasing complex world leading us into a ‘sixth extinction’ crisis with an urgent need and desire to move beyond mainstream approaches. With these talks we hope to provide some new insights. The meeting will offer new ideas and powerful stories to help us navigate through the complexities of the Anthropocene.
Among the speakers will be: Alder Keleman Saxena, Andri Snær Magnason, Andy Robinson, and Kris Pint.
You can register through the website: https://aliveintheanthropocene.world/
Reimagining Museums for Climate Action The UK Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) Heritage Priority Area, led by Prof. Rodney Harrison of the UCL Institute of Archaeology, is launching an international design competition on 18th May, International Museum Day. The competition, ‘Reimagining Museums for Climate Action’, asks designers, architects, academics, artists, poets, philosophers, museum professionals and the public at large to radically (re)imagine and (re)design the museum as an institution, to help bring about more equitable and sustainable futures in the climate change era. The competition aims to explore how museums can help society transform to a low carbon future, adapt to the impacts of climate change, and safeguard ecosystems.
Entries will be judged by an international panel of museum, architecture and design, climate change, heritage and sustainability experts. Eight finalists will each receive £2,500 to develop their ideas into exhibits, which will be displayed at Glasgow Science Centre ahead of and during COP26, the United Nations Climate Change conference, in 2021. COP26 is due to take place at the Scottish Event Campus. Glasgow Science Centre, which is situated next to the SEC, will be playing a key role in the conference. The exhibition will be accompanied by talks, workshops and other activities encouraging debate around the future role of museums, in times of rapid environmental change.
Emma Woodham, climate change programme manager at Glasgow Science Centre said “the exhibition will make an important contribution to Glasgow Science Centre’s overall climate change programme, which aims to inform, inspire and empower people of all ages and backgrounds to engage with COP26, and take action on climate change in their own lives.” The competition has been developed as part of the UK Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) Heritage Priority Area’s contribution to COP 26. Professor Harrison said “the competition draws on academic research on the heritage and museums sector undertaken over the past 5 years by myself, Dr Sterling, and others (including work undertaken as part of the AHRC-funded Heritage Futures research programme www.heritage-futures.org), which suggests the need to develop new approaches to conservation and management of natural and cultural heritage which acknowledge—and begin to work with, rather than against—inevitable forms of (ecological, social and political) change. COP26 provides a significant opportunity for those both inside and outside of the heritage and museums sector to think creatively about these issues, and to present the latest thinking to a wider audience, whilst also highlighting the significant potential for museums to provide a catalyst for climate action to policy makers and others in the international climate action community.”
Competition website (live from 18 May) www.museumsforclimateaction.org
Competition twitter @climatemuseums
Contact Prof Rodney Harrison r.harrison@ucl.ac.uk ; Dr Colin Sterling c.sterling@ucl.ac.uk ; Henry McGhie henrymcghie@curatingtomorrow.co.uk.
“How to? From Climate Knowledge to Climate Action”: International Symposium - Klimahaus Bremerhaven 8° Ost. September 2020
The Klimahaus Bremerhaven 8° Ost wants to create a platform for exchange, to learn from each other and try to work on an impactful result for the 52nd Sessions of the UNFCCC Subsidiary Bodies in Bonn. Let us demonstrate that extracurricular places of learning, with the involvement of the community and sustainable educational programmes, can form a collective impact and help to create a vibrant future for all.
For further information: www.klimahaus-bremerhaven.de/symposium2020
The Climate Museum have announced they have been awarded a generous grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation to establish two humanities fellowships. The two fellows will work with Climate Museum staff and partners to develop public programs exploring the many ways in which the climate crisis is a social justice crisis. As always, their goal with this programming will be to inspire broad public engagement and action. Applications due March 15, Fellowships commencing 1 August 2020.
