By Dorry Fox The Museums Association’s (MA) conference, held in Edinburgh in November 2022, was an informative and thought-provoking event that focused on the critical role that museums can play in addressing some of the most urgent challenges of today. Structured around the call to Make Change Happen, the programme explored the interconnected issues of…
We know what’s wrong. We can feel it. The rising heat. The air quality. The suppression of protest. The rising food and energy prices. The floods and storms. The continuation of consumerism with fast fashion, pollution, cars and waste still filling our streets and our social media. What can we do? In our organisations and…
Lusto is the Finnish word for an annual ring of a tree, and it is the name for the Finnish Forest Museum. It’s a place to explore the Finnish forest as it grows over time, and the ways its use has changed over time. Now, Lusto is changing, to keep up with the times. The…
I’m more than ever committed to work towards a groundswell of action towards a Culture that is restorative of the planet’s systems and that is justice-driven and rugged in the face of collapse. The following is about what motivates me, and a little of what I’m doing in response with Culture Declares, Climate Museum UK…
Here is a guest post by Matthew Short, whose work and approach sit well with our principles and approaches as a collective of practitioners. We’re happy to host posts about creative practice that engages audiences with climate and ecology themes. Get in touch on climatemuseumuk@gmail.com to enquire about using our platform. Matthew writes… Otter Wolf…
Here are some ways of thinking that inspire our work in Climate Museum UK. We hope they inspire you, especially if you work with audiences, learners or communities to build an ecocentric, regenerative culture. Some of these ideas and many more are included in my hand-illustrated guidebook ‘Find Your Flow and Change the World’. Putting…