{"id":6430,"date":"2021-07-22T10:30:47","date_gmt":"2021-07-22T10:30:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mdem.org.uk\/?p=6430"},"modified":"2021-07-22T10:30:47","modified_gmt":"2021-07-22T10:30:47","slug":"museums-taking-action-against-climate-change-get-involved","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mdem.org.uk\/museums-taking-action-against-climate-change-get-involved\/","title":{"rendered":"Museums taking action against climate change &#8211; get involved!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>MDEM and partners are pleased to be launching the Roots and Branches project,<\/b>\u00a0a collaboration between The Carbon Literacy Project, Museum Development England and Manchester Museum, supported using public funding by the National Lottery through Arts Council England. It aims to train and certify 1,500 people from 300 museums as Carbon Literate over the next two years and give an opportunity for museums to converse, experiment, and test new ideas for a more sustainable future.<\/p>\n<p>The launch of\u00a0Roots and Branches\u00a0will coincide with the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/ukcop26.org\/\">COP26<\/a>\u00a0United Nations Climate Change Conference in November 2021 when The Carbon Literacy Project hope to see the most people Carbon Literacy trained on that day than ever before.<\/p>\n<p>From 9<sup>th<\/sup>\u00a0August to 12<sup>th<\/sup>\u00a0November 2021, on the run up to and during COP26, a social media campaign will run for all museums to join in with, showcasing how the museum sector is responding to the climate crisis. The <strong>#MuseumCarbonStories<\/strong> campaign has a schedule of weekly themes linked to environmental sustainability that participating museums can respond to over 14 weeks.<\/p>\n<p><strong>How to get involved:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>See \u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/mdem.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/roots-and-branches-social-media-campaign-schedule.docx\">roots-and-branches-social-media-campaign-schedule<\/a> to get involved in the #MuseumCarbonStories social media campaign, including the schedule of weekly themes &#8211; running 9th August &#8211; 12th November.<\/p>\n<p>See\u00a0<a title=\"Roots and Branches - museum involvement\" href=\"https:\/\/museumdevelopmentnorthwest.files.wordpress.com\/2021\/07\/roots-and-branches-museum-involvement.docx\">Roots and Branches \u2013 museum involvement<\/a> to find out more about Roots and Branches and for information on how you can get involved.<\/p>\n<p><img class=\"size-full wp-image-6431 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/mdem.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/MD-Green-Logo.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"208\" height=\"163\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img class=\"wp-image-6432 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/mdem.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/MCarbon-logo-300x79.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"429\" height=\"113\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MDEM and partners are pleased to be launching the Roots and Branches project,\u00a0a collaboration between The Carbon Literacy Project, Museum Development England and Manchester Museum, supported using public funding by the National Lottery through Arts Council England. 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