Opening Keynote with Sarah Sutton: Museums and Historic Sites as Settings for Climate Agency and Hope - Climate and Sustainability Virtual Summit

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History organizations are uniquely qualified to engage the public on the importance of civic issues, and particularly climate change and environmental sustainability. Practically, historic sites, homes, and museums, as keepers of objects and knowledge about human interaction with the environment, are valuable spaces for exploring the choices and motivations we have today. In this opening talk, Sarah Sutton, an expert in how environmental and climate issues converge with museums, will discuss how history organizations can engage the public in these issues, what these institutions are doing to make their operations more sustainable, and how that process can generate climate hope for professionals and the public. Sutton is the CEO of Environment & Culture Partners, a nonprofit organization that accelerates change in the global cultural sector by designing and leading cooperative projects in climate action for global benefit.

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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.