Climate Museum UK will be a real museum.
It may ultimately have a single venue, but it’s not a very climate-friendly thing to create a building, so the idea is to create a core display. The ‘de luxe’ version of this display could be purchased by any organisation for their own venue, adding to and adapting it. The mobile version will be hire-able for a temporary display or event. It might pop up in conferences or empty shops.
So, what is the digital museum version?
- As the real display content is developed, some resources will be downloadable to print and replicate.
- As partners adapt the display, and more stories or ideas are generated through participatory activities, some elements may form a growing online collection of shareable content.
- As collections are acquired, such as books, posters or games, they will be reviewed or illustrated, with links to find out more. (If you want to donate something, get in touch to describe your offer. Only small/portable items.)
Check out the blogposts, and the Twitter feed, of course.
For now, here is some digital content to explore:
CLIMATE ART
A growing collection of links to exhibitions, commissions and artworks across various genres of art, focused on climate change.
CLIMATE MUSIC
Here’s an emerging collection of music and songs about climate change and the environment.
ORGANISATIONS ADAPTING TO CLIMATE CHANGE
Possible Culture – tools and workshop resources for cultural organisations to be future-facing and sustainable.
Contact ClimateMuseumUK@gmail.com if you’d like to discuss a facilitated training session or workshop around any of these topics.
INSPIRATIONS AND LINKS
Here are two ongoing digital projects under the umbrella of Climate Museum UK:
Everyday Ecocide – like Everyday Sexism but calling out erasure & denial of other species, climate change or geophysics. Join, follow, use #everydayecocide
Beuysterous – creative actions for trees, and the inspirations of artists that work with trees and forests. (Forests are vital in the climate story.)
And, here is a Pinterest-based collection of thousands of photos, infographics and inspirations.
If you’d like to be a pinner to any of these boards please connect and let me know your Pinterest ID and interest in a board)
Room 1: Exploring the state of the planet and appreciating its beauty:
ABOUT THE IMPACTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE AND ECOCIDE
INFOGRAPHICS AND DATA ABOUT ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE
GEOGRAPHY, ECOLOGY AND OUR AWESOME EARTH
ABOUT CORAL REEFS, AND DAMAGE TO THEM LINKED TO FOSSIL FUELS
INDIGENOUS PEOPLE, LIFEWAYS AND PLACES
SMALL BEINGS – INSECTS, BIRDS AND MORE
POLAR PLACES – ARCTIC AND ANTARCTIC
Room 2: Ideas for taking action and imagining a better world:
ECOLOGICAL INNOVATIONS, INVENTIONS FOR A REGENERATIVE ECONOMY
FUTURE-BUILDING INSPIRATION – THE INTERSECTION OF TECHNOLOGY, SOCIETY AND ENVIRONMENT
TOWARDS RESILIENT, THRIVING TOWNS AND CITIES
ART AND CREATIVE INSPIRATIONS ABOUT TREES AND FORESTS
IDEAS FOR ACTIONS THAT CONNECT PEOPLE
ECO LIGHT SPECTACLES – ALTERNATIVES TO FIREWORKS
ALTERNATIVES TO HOLDING A BALLOON RELEASE (even biodegradable balloons kill wildlife as they take months to biodegrade)
IDEAS FOR WATERING PLANTS AND CONSERVING WATER
GAMES THAT DEVELOP RESILIENCE AT A TIME OF CRISIS
GREENER LIVING (REDUCING WASTE AND LIVING WELL)
Behind the Scenes: For those interested in what Climate Museum UK might be:
DESIGN IDEAS FOR MOBILE AND POP-UP MUSEUMS
IDEAS FOR DESIGNING EXPERIENCES ABOUT CLIMATE OR ENVIRONMENT
A POSSIBLE TOPIC: LOVE AND PROCREATION IN A TIME OF CLIMATE EMERGENCY
