Interpreting Climate and the Environment at History Organizations - Virtual Summit
Includes a Live Web Event on 01/29/2025 at 1:15 PM (EST)
Freeman Tilden, the author of Interpreting Our Heritage, wrote that >span class="NormalTextRun SCXW4514491 BCX0">ultimate goal of interpretation is preservation. Preservation is also a green action. >span class="NormalTextRun SCXW4514491 BCX0">history organizations are interpreting climate and the environment for the public at various sites throughout the country.
Moderated by Kim Robinson, Staff Curator, National Park Service, and Vice Chair of the AASLH Climate and Sustainability Committee.
Panelists:
- Debra Reid, Curator of Agriculture and the Environment, The Henry Ford, Dearborn, Michigan
- Dr. Chris Hobbs, Founder, Sustainable Ideas, Honolulu, Hawaii
- Nate Toering, Director of Communications and Education, Saint Croix National Scenic Riverway, National Park Service, St. Croix Falls, Wisconsin
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Kim Robinson (Moderator)
Staff Curator
National Park Service, and Vice Chair of the AASLH Climate and Sustainability Committee
Debra Reid
Curator of Agriculture and the Environment
The Henry Ford
Debra Reid is curator of agriculture and the environment at The Henry Ford, Dearborn, Michigan, and a member of the Climate & Sustainability Affinity Group of AASLH. She is also professor emerita at Eastern Illinois University. She is author of numerous articles and books focused on agricultural history and African American history and has written or edited three books in the AASLH Interpreting History series: Reid, Interpreting Agriculture at Museums and Historic Sites (2017); Reid and Vail, Interpreting the Environment at Museums and Historic Sites (2019); and Reid co-edited with Scholthof and Vail, Interpreting Science at Museums and Historic Sites (forthcoming 2023).