{"id":1237,"date":"2021-06-08T15:33:59","date_gmt":"2021-06-08T14:33:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mduk.org.uk\/?p=1237"},"modified":"2021-07-02T15:52:30","modified_gmt":"2021-07-02T14:52:30","slug":"carbon-literate-museums-are-the-future","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mduk.org.uk\/carbon-literate-museums-are-the-future\/","title":{"rendered":"Carbon literate museums are the future"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\u2018Roots and Branches\u2019 project receives public\u00a0funding<\/h3>\n<\/header>\n
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MDNW, in partnership with\u00a0Manchester Museum<\/a>\u00a0and the\u00a0Carbon Literacy Trust<\/a>, have received \u00a3136,750 of public funding by the National Lottery, through Arts Council England National Lottery Project Grants for an ambitious two-year project.\u00a0\u2018Roots & Branches\u2019<\/em>\u00a0focuses on museums and environmental sustainability and aims to\u00a0accelerate the museum sector\u2019s ability to respond to the climate crisis.<\/p>\n

The launch of\u00a0\u2018Roots & Branches\u2019<\/em>\u00a0will coincide with the\u00a0COP26<\/a>\u00a0United Nations Climate Change Conference in November 2021. Over the next two years, this project will enable us to scale up the roll-out of Carbon Literacy training across museums in England.<\/p>\n

The \u2018branches\u2019 of the project will create an environmentally aware and active sector, giving museums the tools to respond to\u00a0\u2018Let\u2019s Create<\/a>\u2019<\/em>, Art Council England\u2019s new 10-year strategy in which environmental responsibility is at the core.<\/p>\n

Manchester Museum will host the \u2019roots\u2019, creating a nationally significant co-working hub of cultural environmental action that will bring together museum staff, educators, environmentalists, artists, researchers, third\u00a0sector organisations and students. This will be coordinated by an innovative new post shared between Manchester Museum and the Carbon Literacy Trust.<\/p>\n

MDNW will be hosting a new Environmental Sustainability Museum Development Officer post within our team, who will be working in collaboration with Museum Development England. Through the project we aim to train and certify as Carbon Literate\u00a01,500 museum professionals and volunteers, and see 300 museums develop organisational pledges to take action against climate change. The training will start on 1 November 2021, the first day of COP26, as part of the Carbon Literacy Trust\u2019s\u00a0\u2018Carbon Literacy Action Day\u2019<\/em>\u00a0\u2013 an attempt to stage the largest ever low-carbon education event globally and set a record for the number of people completing their Carbon Literacy training in a single day.<\/p>\n

Opportunities for museums to get involved will include:<\/p>\n