museum innovation wicc media issue 1
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LEED, LEED, LEED +
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how to: create community partnerships the right way
September 2015
museum innovation september 2015 +
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literary inspo
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you can leed!
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how to
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tool box
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helpful terms
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LITERARY INSPO
ENVIRONMENTALLY INSENSITIVE BUILDING & OPERATIONAL PRACTICES CONTRIBUTE TO THE OBJECTS AND LIVING THINGS WE ARE TRYING TO SAVE." "
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SARAH S. BROPHY + ELIZABETH WYLIE; THE GREEN MUSEUM buy the book: http://bit.ly/1K0cxa8
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how to: create community partnerships the right way
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Recognize and harness expertise beyond internal staff and resources. Have an openness to external influences and be aware of barriers to change. + Encourage remuneration or material benefit when appropriate. +
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Budget of Love” Situations: Community Partners often give consultations for free because Museums don’t see a “price tag” on such information. -Temporary or Project-Based Initiatives; these can be seen as tokenistic and lead to unsustainable relationships. -
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YOU CAN LEED! Manila ' s Rising Sun
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T H E G E T T Y Location: Los Angeles, California + Rating: LEED - Gold + Fun Fact: The Getty planted grassSun & other greens on top of Manila ' s Rising their parking garage to prevent a hot "microclimate which contributes to global warming. They are the first to have 95% of parking underground. +
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NEW WHITNEY
Location: New York, New York Rating: LEED GoldManila's Rising Sun Fun Fact: The New Whitney is New York City s first LEED Gold certified museum. It extends to the High Line, an urban park. + +
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our mission We change lives, and enable millions of people, from all backgrounds, to engage with our world-class museums. +
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our values
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We believe that museums are fundamentally educational in purpose. + We believe that museums are places for ideas and dialogue that use collections to inspire people. + We are a democratic museum service and we believe in the concept of social justice: we are funded by the whole of the public and in return we strive to provide an excellent service to the whole of the public. + We believe in the power of museums to help promote good and active citizenship, and to act as agents of social change. +
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Green Team: a group of people at a museum who work together to promote sustainability within the museum through research and instruction. LEED: leadership in energy environmental design, is a green building certification program that recognizes best in class building strategies and practices. &
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Sustainability Officer: someone who has more power than a green team but also works closely with them. for example, they might set the schedule for reaching goals and run meetings. Waste Audit: collecting and counting all the waste an organization produces. Strategy Statements: the statements use language that motivates staff and trustees effectively convinces them that the mission and values are both genuine and worthy of passionate, unconditional support. ;