Together Roxy and Kim troubleshoot the multifaceted nature of what “sustainability” means. To create holistic change, there should be consideration of more than one singular facet (carbon emissions, energy use, waste management, etc). Kim highlights the various published guides on how to go about making more socio-environmental beneficial choices and how various priorities can be balanced or have co-benefits based on institutions’ choices. Using these guides as starting frameworks, institutions can build off of each other’s work tailoring it to fit their own needs. Specifically considering exhibitions: choices about material purchasing, use, and reuse and policy decisions like prioritizing using internal collections instead of loans can have a significant impact both financially and socio-environmentally.

Using her experience working in con ...