Climate and Sustainability
The Climate and Sustainability Community
The AASLH Climate and Sustainability Community is sponsored by Lyrasis.
The purpose of the Climate and Sustainability Committee is to survey current and needed practice to make recommendations to the AASLH Council on how to support and guide the field as it incorporates environmental sustainability and climate work, internally and externally, to reflect standards of responsible stewardship.
If you are looking for resources to prepare for or respond to a climate-related disaster, please visit our Disaster Planning and Response page.
Climate and Sustainability Committee
The AASLH Climate and Sustainability Affinity Community is led by the following committee:
Kathy Garrett-Cox, Chair (2024-2026)
Maymont Foundation, Richmond, VA
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Alison Bruesehoff (2024-2026)
Rancho Los Cerritos, Long Beach, CA
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Stephanie Capaldo (2024-2026)
Boise State University, Boise, ID
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Marian Carpenter (2024-2026)
National Trust for Historic Preservation, Fishers, IN
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Michelle Fitzgerald (2025-2027)
Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD
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David Janssen (2025-2027)
Brucemore, Cedar Rapids, IA
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Micah Huyser (2024-2026)
Nebraska Prairie Museum, Holdrege, NE
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Leo Landis (2024-2026)
Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, WI
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Rachel Lorentzen (2025-2027)
Lorentzen Consulting, Lake Worth, FL
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Anandi Premlall (2025-2027)
Longue Vue, New Orleans, LA
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Debra Reid (2024-2026)
The Henry Ford, Dearborn, MI
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Kimberly Robinson (2024-2026)
National Park Service, Herndon, VA
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Rodney Rowland (2025-2027)
Strawbery Banke, Portsmouth, NH
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Danielle Sakowski
Environment and Culture Partners (2024-2026)
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Christie Weininger (2024-2026)
Rutherford B. Hayes Presidential Library and Museums, Fremont, OH
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AASLH Staff Contact
Eric Morse, Senior Manager, Marketing and Member Strategy
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615-320-3203
Join the AASLH Climate and Sustainability Community Google Group to ask questions and share resources about climate, sustainability, and history organizations with your colleagues around the nation. Once you access the Google Group, click the Ask to Join Group button to participate in the conversation.
You can create a Google account with an email that is not Gmail. See these instructions and scroll down to “Can I use an existing email address?”
Climate and Sustainability Resources
If you are looking for resources to prepare for or respond to a climate-related disaster, please visit our Disaster Planning and Response page.
AASLH Resources
AASLH has several resources valuable to those interested in climate sustainability. As the Climate and Sustainability Group grows, more resources will be added to this list.
Climate and Sustainability Committee’s Purpose
Recorded Webinars and Sessions
- Climate and Weather History as Local History
- The Unfinished Revolution: Place, Environment, and Social Justice in the 250th
- Keeping History Above Water: Heritage Resilience in a Changing Climate
- How Climate and Race Intersect with Museum Work in a Pandemic
- Cultural Heritage and Climate Change: Science, Threats, and Opportunity
- Steps to Environmental Sustainability
Technical Leaflets
Blog Posts
- History and Climate Change
- AASLH’s Task Force on Environmental Sustainability and Climate
- Earth Day and History Organizations: Making Green Connections
- On Being Historic and Green
- An Illuminating Proposal: How a Small Museum Saved Big by Going Green
- “It’s Never Been This Hot” – Addressing Climate Change
- Heritage Planning for Sustainable Cultural Impacts
- Historic Houses and Sustainability in Miami
- Water Has a Memory: The Impact of Sea Level Rise on the Historical Resources of Strawbery Banke Museum
Use the resources below to create programming, improve your site’s sustainability, and more. If you are looking for resources to prepare for or respond to a climate-related disaster, please visit our Disaster Planning and Response page.
Communicating About Climate and Sustainability
Climate Literacy: Essential Principles for Understanding and Addressing Climate Change from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration is a helpful resource for educators and communicators to increase climate literacy.
Equity
In the Eye of the Storm: A People’s Guide to Transforming Crisis and Advancing Equity in the Disaster Continuum: This publication from the NAACP addresses equity in various aspects of emergency preparation and response in the context of climate and environmental justice.
Public Engagement
Seeding Action from the Association of Science and Technology Centers catalyzes and supports science centers, museums, and public engagement networks as they cultivate a culture of hope and action to improve community and planetary health.
Sustainability
Sustainability Tools in Cultural Heritage (STiCH) is a life cycle assessment carbon calculator and library of case studies and information sheets developed to help cultural heritage professionals make educated, sustainable choices to lower the environmental impact of their work.
Updated October 10, 2024