Sustainable Exhibitions and Carbon Literacy with Elise Foster Vander Elst
Green Tea by AIC Sustainability Committee
Episode notes
“Every job is a climate job.”
Continuing the conversation of sustainable exhibitions, Elise Foster Vander Elst from the Design Museum speaks with Lindsey about her experience developing a Life Cycle Assessment of an exhibition and what she learned from the process.
The conversation begins with the impact of the Waste Age exhibition and leads into the value of metrics and tools used to calculate carbon impact. Carbon Literacy Training has become a huge priority for cultural heritage institutions in the UK to help understand the starting points and where there is room to improve.
Lastly, Elise highlights the significance of working with nearby institutions and colleagues from related industries and the momentum that can come from working together. By leaning on the work already done by folks in our field, sustaina ...