Conservators Combating Climate Change

In the final episode of the season, hosts Natalya Swanson and Emma Hartman are joined by Marie Desrochers, incoming host and AIC-ECPN Digital Platform Officer, to reflect on what they have learned since starting the podcast. 

Have thoughts or feedback on the content? Want to share a sustainability/climate and cultural heritage story with us? Contact us at: [email protected] and/or send us a voice message by clicking the "message" button on our homepage, https://anchor.fm/conservatorscombatingcc. If you're willing, we may feature you in a future episode of the podcast!

Support for this podcast series is generously provided by the University of Delaware's Department of Art Conservation in honor of Bruno Pouliot.

In this episode, Emma and Natalya speak candidly with Kate Fugett, Objects Conservator at the American Museum of Natural History, about the coalition of conservation, collection, and museum professionals she is actively forming. We discuss a broad range of topics related to community engagement and share practical advice gained from our personal experiences attempting to enact change at our respective institutions.  If you are interested in joining Kate in her goal to create a more sustainable and equitable future, please get in contact with her at [email protected]. 

Learn more about initiatives we mention in this episode: 

ACT labels (https://act.mygreenlab.org); the NEH Life Cycle Assessment Project (https://www.google.com/amp/s/sustainablemuseums.net/2019/01/15/planning-an-lca-library-for-cultural-heritage-professionals/amp/); STASH C (https://stashc.com); Stemming the Tide symposium recordings (https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL7gn_68Hr4h-fIGqC-xRM6GnZTkqajDHL); Sustainable Development Goals (https://sdgs.un.org/goals)

Have thoughts or feedback on the content? Want to share a sustainability/climate and cultural heritage story with us? Contact us at: [email protected] and/or send us a voice message by clicking the "message" button on our homepage, https://anchor.fm/conservatorscombatingcc. If you're willing, we may feature you in a future episode of the podcast!  

Support for this podcast series is generously provided by the University of Delaware's Department of Art Conservation in honor of Bruno Pouliot.

In this special mini-episode, Natalya talks about the interconnectedness of social and climate justice. She provides facts about how black and brown communities are being affected by the effects of the changing climate and responses to natural- and human-induced disasters. She ends with an optional pathway forward within the equitable green economy inspired by the NAACP's 2010 Climate Justice Initiative toolkit.  

Recommended reading:  

Climate and Social Justice 

Climate Change is a Social Justice Issue 

BlackLivesMatter, Criminalization, and Disaster Justice 

Climate is the Newest Gentrifying Force, and its Effects are Already Reshaping Cities 

Fumes Across the Fence-Line: The Health Impacts of Air Pollution from Oil & Gas Facilities on African American Communities 

Baltimore neighborhood identified as 'ground zero' for local effects of climate crisis 

Green Collar Workers: An Emerging Workforce in the Environmental Sector 

No, climate action can't be separated from social justice

In this episode, we talk with Maddie Cooper, Graduate Fellow at the Winterthur/University of Delaware in Art Conservation about how her pre-program experiences in South Florida shaped her decision to specialize in Preventive Conservation and how she has curated her graduate school experience to focus in disaster planning and response. 

Resources:

University of Delaware's Disaster Research Center

Climate Change for Cultural Institutions: What you need to know Infographic

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Have thoughts or feedback on the content? Want to share a sustainability/climate and cultural heritage story with us? Contact us at: ecpn.aic.digitalplatforms [at] gmail [dot] com and/or send us a voice message by clicking the "message" button on our homepage, https://anchor.fm/conservatorscombatingcc. If you're willing, we may feature you in a future episode of the podcast!

Support for this podcast series is generously provided by the University of Delaware's Department of Art Conservation in honor of Bruno Pouliot.

In this episode, we welcome Henry McGhie, bird ecologist, former head of the Manchester Museum’s curatorial team, and principal of the consultancy Curating Tomorrow, to discuss sustainability, climate change, and taking action in museum/cultural heritage spaces. 

Curating Tomorrow 

About the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals 

Henry’s Museums and the Sustainable Development Goals Guide 

Have thoughts or feedback on the content? Contact us at: ecpn.aic.digitalplatforms [at] gmail [dot] com. Support for this podcast series is generously provided by the University of Delaware's Department of Art Conservation in honor of Bruno Pouliot.

Introduction to the American Institute for Conservation's Emerging Conservation Professionals Network's new podcast series, "Conservators Combating Climate Change" by hosts Emma Hartman and Natalya Swanson.  

Contact us at: ecpn.aic.digitalplatforms [at] gmail [dot] com. 

Resources 

Read AIC's Position Statement on Climate Change. 

Check out AIC's Sustainability and Emergency Committees, and the excellent work they're doing to address the climate crisis. 

For closed captioning, please listen on AIC's YouTube channel.

Support for this podcast series is generously provided by the Department of Art Conservation at the University of Delaware in honor of Bruno Pouliot.