Climate Change Data in History Collections - Live Webinar
Includes a Live Web Event on 10/09/2025 at 3:00 PM (EDT)
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Webinar Description
Museums and historic sites have the opportunity to create rich narratives connecting the past to present climate challenges. This 75-minute webinar will provide a framework on using history collections (objects and archives) and resources to document and interpret climate change. This includes an overview of the practice with examples and a success story of this work in the field, plus discussion and practice time for identifying, verifying, and interpreting data. Participants will be encouraged to consider any collections and resources they have worked with and how they might apply this practice.
This webinar will include both presentation time and breakoutroom smaller group discussions.
Details
DATE: October 9, 2025
TIME: 3:00 - 4:15 pm EASTERN (Remember to adjust for your time zone)
COST: $25 members/$45 nonmembers
ACCESS: You will be provided with instructions on how to access the live event upon registration.
Learning Outcomes
During this webinar, participants will:
- Understand how historical materials, when compared to others and to contemporary materials, can often demonstrate change in climate over time
- Relate this understanding to the story of their community's experiences
- Identify their next steps for engaging in this practice.
Book Discount
Registrants will receive a promo code for 30% off Interpreting the Environment at Museums and Historic Sites by Debra Reid and David Vail.
Recording and Captioning
We will record this event. Captioning is provided for the live event.
Connecting the Content
This webinar will especially help organizations enrolled in STEPS address multiple standards under the Interpretation section of the STEPS program.
The Standards and Excellence Program for History Organizations (STEPS) from AASLH is a self-study, self-paced assessment tool designed specifically for small- to mid-sized history organizations, including volunteer-run institutions. Through a workbook, online resources, and an online community, organizations enrolled in STEPS review their policies and practices and benchmark themselves against national standards.
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Sarah Sutton
CEO
Environment and Culture Partners
Sarah Sutton is an international museum leader and award-winning climate advocate. As the co-founder and CEO of ECP, she drives sustainable and evidence-based climate action in the cultural sector.
With 30+ years of industry and climate expertise, Sarah is known for her strategic vision. She has been invited as an expert on global and national initiatives, which include advising the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change on the role of cultural heritage in climate change, and co-directing Culture Over Carbon, the U.S. cultural sector’s energy impacts research study.
Sarah is also recognized for her thought leadership, having co-authored both editions of the seminal work on sustainable museum practices, The Green Museum (2008, 2013). Most recently, she wrote The Arts and Humanities on Environmental and Climate Change (2022). Sarah was also named as Blooloop’s Power10 Museum Influencers from 2021–23, and is the recipient of the Sustainability Excellence Award (Individual Impact) from the American Alliance of Museums. Sarah is LEED-AP certified by the U.S. Green Building Council.
Danielle Sakowski
Program Manager
Environment and Culture Partners
Danielle Sakowski is the Program Manager at Environment & Culture Partners. Drawing on her experience in museum collections, volunteer management, development, and climate communications research, Danielle offers comprehensive support to ECP’s programs and projects while overseeing its communication efforts.
She is the project manager for the Min/Max research project (2024-2026) which explores the energy impacts of widening T/RH parameters for museum collections. Danielle was also one of the co-leads of the Carbon Inventory Project, which established the first estimate of the U.S. cultural sector’s carbon footprint, and contributed to Culture Over Carbon, the cultural sector’s first in-depth energy use analysis.
Danielle is a member of the Climate and Sustainability Committee for the American Association for State and Local History.
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