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Curator: The Museum Journal, 2017
Museums hold the physical and intellectual resources, abilities, creativity, freedom, and authori... more Museums hold the physical and intellectual resources, abilities, creativity, freedom, and authority to foster the changes the world needs most. The authors offer a mantra for the field's role in creating a world where people and cultures flourish as the environment thrives. The text includes a variety of international calls-to-action, and provides example institutional responses. The authors are all members of PIC Green, the American Alliance of Museums' professional network on environmental sustainability.
Carter O’Brien, LEED AP O+M - Sustainability Officer, Field Museum of Natural History’s Office of... more Carter O’Brien, LEED AP O+M - Sustainability Officer, Field Museum of Natural History’s Office of Strategic Science Initiatives. Carter O'Brien joined the Field Museum's green team when he started working at the Museum in 1997, and has chaired it since 2004. In 2012 the Museum shifted him to the newly created position of Sustainability Manager to recognize his contributions in that regard. Since that time the Museum has received LEED certification for three exhibition halls, as well as building-wide LEED Gold certification in Operations and Maintenance. He was part of the team that put together a Sustainable Food Operator program for the Museum's two restaurants, which were installed in 2013 and 2014; the restaurants divert 74% of their waste from landfill, and have increasing goals for local and sustainably sourced menu items. Additional projects underway include a complete overhaul of the Museum's landscaping with native plantings, zero waste efforts, and extending...
Curator: The Museum Journal, 2017
Museums hold the physical and intellectual resources, abilities, creativity, freedom, and authori... more Museums hold the physical and intellectual resources, abilities, creativity, freedom, and authority to foster the changes the world needs most. The authors offer a mantra for the field's role in creating a world where people and cultures flourish as the environment thrives. The text includes a variety of international calls-to-action, and provides example institutional responses. The authors are all members of PIC Green, the American Alliance of Museums' professional network on environmental sustainability.
Carter O’Brien, LEED AP O+M - Sustainability Officer, Field Museum of Natural History’s Office of... more Carter O’Brien, LEED AP O+M - Sustainability Officer, Field Museum of Natural History’s Office of Strategic Science Initiatives. Carter O'Brien joined the Field Museum's green team when he started working at the Museum in 1997, and has chaired it since 2004. In 2012 the Museum shifted him to the newly created position of Sustainability Manager to recognize his contributions in that regard. Since that time the Museum has received LEED certification for three exhibition halls, as well as building-wide LEED Gold certification in Operations and Maintenance. He was part of the team that put together a Sustainable Food Operator program for the Museum's two restaurants, which were installed in 2013 and 2014; the restaurants divert 74% of their waste from landfill, and have increasing goals for local and sustainably sourced menu items. Additional projects underway include a complete overhaul of the Museum's landscaping with native plantings, zero waste efforts, and extending...