<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div apple-content-edited="true" class=""><div class="">[Apologies for cross posting]</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Hi all,</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">According to Robert R. Janes, "We have now passed the milestone level of 400 parts per million of climate-warming carbon in the atmosphere… for the first time in human existence – without even an outcry by the citizenry.<a href="https://coalitionofmuseumsforclimatejustice.wordpress.com/2017/04/19/the-elephant-in-the-room/#_edn1" name="_ednref1" class="">[1]</a> The 400ppm threshold is a dire wake-up call, and our profound, global challenge is to reduce our carbon emissions by 80% by 2050, in order to forestall the worst impacts of climate disruption. Judging by the results so far, we are failing miserably.” <a href="https://coalitionofmuseumsforclimatejustice.wordpress.com/2017/04/19/the-elephant-in-the-room/" class="">https://coalitionofmuseumsforclimatejustice.wordpress.com/2017/04/19/the-elephant-in-the-room/</a> </div><div class=""> </div><div class="">What is your museum doing to reduce its carbon footprint? How are you informing and mobilizing your communities to reduce theirs - or even to make more significant changes? The Coalition of Museums for Climate Justice is gathering stories and case studies of museums making a difference. Although open to all ideas, we are particularly interested in how you are:</div><div class=""><ul class=""><li class=""><blockquote class=""><p class=""><strong class="">“Greening” museums internally</strong> like alternate power, recycling/reuse projects, LEED certified buildings, and so on.</p></blockquote></li><li class=""><blockquote class=""><p class=""><strong class="">Informing and mobilizing the public about climate change/climate justice issues</strong> through exhibits, programs, events like climate change exhibits, science marches, public debates, citizen science, and so on, as well as community partnerships. </p></blockquote></li></ul><p class="">A story or case study is usually pretty short - only about 500 words. We’re hoping a good story or case study will help other museums, galleries, historic sites, archives, science centres … of all shapes and sizes to <strong class="">help us all, Canadian museum workers and museums, to build public awareness, mitigation and resilience in the face of climate change. </strong>See some great stories of change here <a href="https://coalitionofmuseumsforclimatejustice.wordpress.com/climate-action-stories-case-studies/" class="">https://coalitionofmuseumsforclimatejustice.wordpress.com/climate-action-stories-case-studies/</a> </p></div><div class="">For more information, please get in touch as below. </div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Look forward to hearing from you!</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Chris</div><div class="">— </div><div class=""><br class=""><div class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr" class="">Christine Castle<br class="">Advisory Group Member,<br class="">Coalition of Museums for Climate Justice,<br class=""><a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/MuseumsforClimateJustice/" target="_blank" class="">https://www.facebook.com/groups/MuseumsforClimateJustice/</a><br class=""><a href="https://coalitionofmuseumsforclimatejustice.wordpress.com/" target="_blank" class="">https://coalitionofmuseumsforclimatejustice.wordpress.com/</a><br class="">@Museums4Climate<br class=""><a href="mailto:Museums4Climate@gmail.com" target="_blank" class="">Museums4Climate@gmail.com</a><br class=""><br class=""><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;" class=""><img src="https://mail.google.com/mail/?ui=2&ik=e29e995c5c&view=fimg&th=15cf457cc0a4ab78&attid=0.1&disp=emb&attbid=ANGjdJ-lX9m8GbDAs_nVwViKZyU_mxnjdTFQffjsULmjQ0YevZJrv7K6wqDWJdETGZVV4xTSaLxicyepNXUoYJ6P1P-5RvxGRg4YdC9m_uPEMTkXCaArZLM5qmIZn20&sz=w784-h38&ats=1499185692850&rm=15cf457cc0a4ab78&zw&atsh=1" alt="Please consider the environment before printing" border="0" height="19" width="392" class=""></span></div></div></div>
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