I gave this presentation at the 2015 MARAC/NEA conference in Boston, Massachusetts as part of a session titled "Revolt Against Complacency: Combatting Hurdles in Professionalism."
3. “Rising seas,
floods and
wildfires are
threatening
the United
States’ most
cherished
historic sites.”
Report: “National Landmarks at
Risk,” Union of Concerned
Scientists. May 2014
4. Reduce our professional
carbon footprint
How can we act to preserve our historic record, but also the
conservation of our planet and the environment?
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5. Examples of ways to reduce
emissions at an archive
Use renewable energy sources
Use natural daylight for offices and public areas
Use automatic lighting controls
Use renewable construction/building materials
Use natural air conditioning
Plant trees around your building
Plant local, drought resistant, and pest resistant plants
Kim, Sarah, Green Archives: Examples of Green Construction at Archival Facilities,
The Primary Source, vol. 1, issue 28, 2007.
7. • oldWeather.org – a
collaboration between
NARA, NOAA, and
participating libraries
including Providence
Public Library and the
New Bedford Whaling
Museum
• Northern Arizona
University Cline Library
Hanks Scholar Project
• Concord Museum
• National Park Service
Examples
9. “This is the single most powerful thing
your profession can do...How do you
document and preserve for future
generations this critical moment in the
history of our local communities, our
states, our nation, and the whole
world?”
-Anthony Leiserowitz, Ph.D.
Director, Yale Project on Climate Change Communication
10. a call to action
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