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This book shows the ways in which museums are responding, and can respond in the future, to the global climate crisis. The inter-related crises of climate, pollution and extinction affect everyone around the globe.
List of contents
- The role of museums and galleries in addressing the climate and ecological crisis (Nick Merriman)
OVERVIEW PAPERS
- Museums Empowering Climate Action (Sarah Sutton & John Fraser)
- The emergency is an octopus! Museums activating the public in a planetary emergency (Bridget McKenzie & Victoria Burns)
- Museums as Catalysts of Cultural Adaptation: the 'Inside-Outside Model' (Douglas Worts)
- Tackling the climate crisis: an overview of UK museums (Kathryn Simpson)
- Museums Tackling Climate Change: A Zimbabwean Context (Simbarashe Chitima)
- The Global South emerges: how cultural institutions in South America are using storytelling to call audiences to action in tackling climate change (Eduardo Carvalho)
- Collections Management and Conservation (Caitlin Southwick)
- The 100 Year Future: Museums and the Climate and Nature Crisis (Maria Balshaw)
- Culture's contributions to the climate challenge - a brief account of Julie's Bicycle (Alison Tickell)
CASE STUDIES
- Taking Action on Climate Change and Sustainability at the Australian Museum (Zehra Ahmed & Jenny Newell)
- Cultivating Climate Leadership: Evolving an Institution to Address Climate Change and Helping Others to Do the Same (Richard Piacentini)
- Creating advocates for the future (Clare Matterson)
- The Whitworth - Transforming Manchester's Gallery in the Park (Jo Beggs & Dean Whiteside)
- Responding to the climate crisis at Leeds Museums & Galleries (Lisa Broadest & Yvonne Hardman)
- Shaping a positive future at the Horniman Museum and Gardens (Carole Destre & Nick Merriman)
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About the author
Nick Merriman is Chief Executive of the Horniman Museum and Gardens in London and an Honorary Professor at University College London and the University of Manchester.
Summary
This book shows the ways in which museums are responding, and can respond in the future, to the global climate crisis. The inter-related crises of climate, pollution and extinction affect everyone around the globe.
