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Early Bird Pricing Ends March 20! C2C Care Course Sustainability Plans for Small and Mid-Sized Cultural Heritage Institutions March 27 - April 17, 2025

  • 1.  Early Bird Pricing Ends March 20! C2C Care Course Sustainability Plans for Small and Mid-Sized Cultural Heritage Institutions March 27 - April 17, 2025

    Posted 03-19-2025 07:32

    Register for this course before rates go up!

    Sustainability initiatives are linked to cost-savings, reduced carbon footprints, improved community relationships, and future resilience, along with the opportunity to optimize the preservation of collections. Doing so can be critical for small and mid-sized institutions with substantially limited resources to survive and thrive going forward​. 

    The learning objectives for this course include:

    • become familiar with the tools and resources available to implement sustainable practices specifically in the cultural heritage field
    • understand sustainability terms and practices, and how they can apply to collecting institutions
    • begin assessing current institutional practices through a sustainability lens and realize how to develop this practice into an actionable plan

    Course Schedule

    Webinar 1: Thursday March 27, 2025 1-230pm ET Green Terms and Tools
    Presenter: Lorraine Finch, Director, LFCP

    • This introductory webinar will go over commonly used sustainability terms and metrics, and what resources are available to implement sustainable and resilient practices in the cultural heritage field.​

    Webinar 2: Tuesday April 1, 2025 1-230pm ET Examining current operations
    Presenter: Christopher Dunbrack, Associate Building Manager for The Metropolitan Museum of Art- Cloisters

    • While focusing on identifying measures to reduce energy and carbon, this webinar will also explore ways of benchmarking and fundraising to support addressing these concerns.

    Webinar 3: Thursday April 10, 2025 1-230pm ET Developing a Green Vision
    Presenter: Patrick Hamilton, Manager, Climate & Sustainability Initiatives, Division of Mission Infrastructure, Science Museum of Minnesota

    • This webinar will present the Science Museum of Minnesota's approach to examining institutional practices through a sustainability lens as a case study, along with practical tips for other institutions learned from these experiences.

    Webinar 4: Thursday April 17, 2025 1-230pm ET Creating a Plan
    Presenter: Lorraine Finch, Director, LFCP

    • In the final webinar, participants will learn how to "write a sustainability plan in an hour", which can then be implemented at their institutions.

    Course Coordinator: Kelly McCauley Krish, Preventive Conservator

    Registration Fee

    • $99 Early Bird through March 20, 2025
    • $149 Regular Fee

    Connecting to Collections Care courses are made possible in part by generous support from the Institute of Museum and Library Services.

    To register: https://connectingtocollections.org/sustainability_plans/



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    Robin Bauer Kilgo (she/her/hers)
    Connecting to Collections Care Coordinator, FAIC
    c2cc@culturalheritage.org
    National Heritage Responders WG Co-Chair
    Contract Registrar/Consultant
    rbkilgo@gmail.com
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