November 11 2021

ICON Tips for Sustainability in the Studio 

ICON have released some helpful tips for being more environmentally friendly in your studio. For more like this, Scroll up to look at our own Tips & Tricks page!

June 30, 2021

Ki Culture and SiC in the YPF and Ki Awards - TODAY

The Ki Award will be judged by members of Ki Culture and SiC, representing a cross-section of international cultural professionals deeply involved in sustainability. It consists in a free admission to the next edition of the program promoted by Ki Culture, the Ki Trainings (starting on September), designed around the themes of the Ki Books.

June 22, 2021

TOMORROW: Ki Trainings Event on Accessibility 

Join Ki Culture and Nicole Smith tomorrow to learn why accessibility is important for your museum and how to make positive change for a more equitable experience.

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CLICK HERE to Register!

April 8, 2021

Announcement: Ki Trainings launch! 

As of this month we've launched our new Ki Training program!

This pilot program covers a range of topics about sustainability for you to explore, click this post to find out more!

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February 24, 2021

TOMORROW: Practicing Sustainability

Want to learn more about how to to act more sustainably in a museum, or how new emerging practices and technologies impact on climate change... 

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Sign up and  find out tomorrow! 

January 22, 2021

Who are the Leaders in the Institutional Art World?

Cultbytes dive into who the leaders of climate change action in the Institutional Art World. 

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Read more about it on Cultbytes!

November 17, 2020

Memory Institutions and Traumatic Heritage- Tomorrow!

The Sustainability Summit Series will focus on the theme of 'Memory Institutions and Traumatic Heritage'. 

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Wednesday 18th from 17:30 -19:00pm

November 4, 2020

Q&A session with Melissa Lewis on Sustainability in Conservation

Melissa Lewis ACR will be leading a session to look at topics like understanding green solvents.

Register using the link below:

http://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/

Tune in on Wed 25th November at 3PM GMT!

September 16, 2020

LOOKING AHEAD: A Year for Actions towards Sustainable Development Goals (SDG)

The United Nations (UN) Climate Week has inspired this global panel of museum experts to celebrate what they are doing in their communities to fight climate change! 

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Dates: 21st & 22nd September

September 1-7, 2019

CAITLIN IS IN KYOTO

Have any questions about our organisation? Ask the founder in person at the ICOM Kyoto 2019.

May 14, 2019

FIRST SUSTAINABILITY TOOLKIT WORKSHOP: A BIG SUCCESS!

A super successful Sustainability Toolkit workshop at AIC! The beginning of an incredible journey, a network, a community and a movement! This is where it all happens!

April 2019

GALLERY TAKES UP GLOVES RECYCLING PROGRAM

The Art Gallery of New South Wales has started to recycle disposable gloves through the Zero-Waste-Box program created by TerraCycle.

February, 20 2019

JOIN MUSEUMS &CLIMATE CHANGE NETWORK ONLINE FORUM: 24h, WORLDWIDE

What makes an effective exhibition about climate change?

Join a conversation on this topic, facilitated by the Coalition of Museums for Climate Justice. More details in this link.

January, 2019

GREEN UCL!

Green UCL, from University College London, brings together students and staff in tackling the challenges of sustainability! Check it out here. 

Old but good!

NEWS ARCHIVE

All the past news are available here. Enjoy!

July 19, 2021

STiCH is now live!

STiCH is a new site with a life cycle assessment carbon calculator, library of case studies and information sheets! Click for more!

June 30, 2021

Ki Training “Climate Change Awareness for Cultural Professionals”

Join Christina and Val for a session of interactive training designed to help cultural professionals understand the fundamentals of climate science and gain the confidence to evaluate climate science resources for use in cultural institutions. Click here to sign up!

June 4, 2021

GREEN LABS Digital Summit

Join Green Labs for this two-day program featuring top industry experts sharing their experiences in the sustainable lab, offering advice to help you “green” your own lab through lower energy consumption! 

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Join in next month on the 20th & 21st of July 

March 25, 2021

Climate Solutions presented by Project Drawdown

Want to learn more about climate solutions and start your journey to being more environmentally aware? Experts in sustainability have produced the perfect way for you to learn more using this course.

Click on the image to find out more. 

February 21, 2021

The UvA Sustainability Course Challenge!

The UvA have created a course challenge, if you're a student and up for the challenge, click to see what you can do!

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Deadline: 17th March

January 18, 2021

Ki Books Launched!

Do you want to implement sustainability in your work practices? Ki Books has step-by-step guides on how do this! 

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Find out more on the new website!

November 17, 2020

Sustainability Management in Museums with ICOM

ICOM has released a new approach to implementing the sustainable development goals for the future of museums, check out the agenda here! 

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Image (c) Dr Christopher Garthe

October 28, 2020

Communicating the Role of Cultural Heritage in Climate Action

This new webinar addresses the challenging and critical role of the cultural heritage sector in climate action.

Sign up now!

Date: Oct 30th

September 12, 2020

CLIC PROJECT COMPETITION

We at SiC are proud sponsors of the CLIC Project, who are hosting a startup competition aiming to support ground-up early-stage start ups, informal teams and talented innovators. 

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The 5 most voted projects will access a mentoring and acceleration programme (worth 15,000 Euro) provided by Iniziativa Cube, a partner of CLIC. Good luck to all those who enter!

June, 2019

WE ARE IN THE JUNE ISSUE OF NEWS IN CONSERVATION!

Check out the latest news and stunning conservation images from around the world here.

You'll find us from page 12!

May 10, 2019

2nd STUDENT AND EMERGING PROFESSIONALS CONFERENCE

We were very well represented at West Dean College of Arts and Conservation's second annual Student and Emerging Professionals Conference! Our own Daniela Molinari spoke about sustainable alternatives to materials such as isinglass.

March 2019

ICOM CALL FOR PAPERS

Call for papers: ICOM is preparing an issue of Museum International on the theme Museums and Local Development. submission 11 April 2019. 

February, 19 + 20 2019

WORKSHOP IN GREEN CONSERVATION AND

STREET ART

The Universidade Católica Portuguesa is hosting a workshop based on the development of green conservation. Check it out here!

November, 2018

SUSTAINABILITY TOOLKIT WORKSHOP

SiC is pleased to announce the Sustainability Tool Kit workshop sponsored by the AIC Sustainability Committee.

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July 14, 2021

Ki Culture talks the "S" Word.. How do we talk Sustainability?

The “Sustainability in Conversation” training brings the Ki Toolkit Guide to life and addresses the psychological implications of sustainability and how we can create positive messaging and create meaningful dialogue.

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Click to book for the 28th July 2021

June 23, 2021

Inclusion, Access, Diversity: Changing the Face of Heritage Conservation

West Dean will be holding its annual student conference online this year in a few days time including a talk by our very own Caitlin Southwick. To find out more, sign up here!

Dates: June 30th & 1st July 2021

May 5, 2021

TOMORROW- Going live about Bioplastics

Are you interested in Bioplastics? Would you like to learn more? Our founder Caitlin Southwick is going live on Instagram to chat with you about the topic. Please feel free to ask questions and interact with us about this topic- we'd love to hear from you!

Join us live at 13:30 EST for more

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March 1, 2021

Art + Anthropocene Virtual Seminar Series

Starting tomorrow, the University of York are producing a virtual seminars series on 'Culture, Climate Change and Our Changing Planet'. Check out their website to book your place!

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Sign up and take part in debating these important topics 

February 3, 2021

ARTECHNE - Postdoctoral Researcher position at Utrecht!

Do you have an academic passion for sustainability and the arts? Utrecht's Art & Sustainability group is looking for a postdoctoral researcher.

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Click to take a look!

December 17, 2020

Galleries Commit, Envisioning a greener New York Art Scene

A new group helping to bring sustainability have emerged from the pandemic. Galleries Commit is providing a much-needed look at making the New York Art Scene a greener place. 

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Read more about it on Cultbytes!

November 4, 2020

Curating An Ecologically Sensitive Exhibition

Join in with Alice Bonnot and Ki Culture in an online workshop on how to curate an ecologically sensitive exhibition! 

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Register at: info@kiculture.com to get involved.

Dates: 17th, 19th and 24th November 2020. 

October 20, 2020

[Re]framing the Arts Sustainable Shift

This first conference of the trilogy will be dedicated to structural and institutional shifts towards a carbon zero arts sector. 

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Date: Oct 31st

July 24, 2020

SUSTAINABILITY AND CLIMATE ACTION CHALLENGE!

Here is our Sustainability and Climate action Challenge for all those who want to give it a go. Click on the image to get involved! 

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#TogetherWeMakeTheFuture

May 29, 2019

THE PLASTIC HERITAGE CONGRESS - LISBON, 2019

Great success for our poster presentation at the Plastic Heritage Congress in Lisbon.

We presented a research study about the use of plastic in the field of conservation and restoration of Cultural Heritage. 

April 2019

GREEN TALENTS

Every year, the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) hosts the prestigious ”Green Talents – International Forum for High Potentials in Sustainable Development” to promote the international exchange of innovative green ideas.

Deadline is 22 may 2019, please visit our section "Current Practice - Awards" for more information.

March 2019

GETTY PREVENTIVE CONSERVATION 

WORKSHOP

Preserving Collections in the Age of Sustainability. The course brings together different disciplines, emerging knowledge, and the skills required to communicate and build consensus on the most appropriate approaches for climate control. Deadline for applications: 22 April 2019. 

January, 14 2019

AIC's 47th ANNUAL MEETING: SUSTAINABILITY TOOLKIT

Registration is now open for the AIC General Meeting and people can sign up for the Sustainability Toolkit workshop on Tuesday May 14th from 1:00 - 5:00.

November 21, 2018

NOVEMBER NEWSLETTER

Stay tuned...great news and a bit of history in our newsletter!