Recap of the HME Mini Conference: Museums and Climate Change

Thank you to all who attended, presented, and helped to organize the HME Mini Conference Museums and Climate Change.
Special thanks to our generous hosts at the Royal Botanical Gardens! The site was a perfect setting for the day.

Sustainability at RBG

Chris McAnally, EPt., Environmental Sustainability Coordinator, RBG

Chris McAnally, Environmental Sustainability Coordinator at
the RBG, presenting at the Mini Conference

**will share slides for HME website

Chris was kind enough to share the slides from his presentation in pdf form. Below are a few links noted during the presentation questions and answers session.

He has also provided an answer to one of the questions asked at the Mini Conference:

"Waste diversion in Ontario is shifting towards a circular economy, meaning that the producers of items which become waste materials will become responsible for reusing/recycling/disposing of them. It is still in development with regards of exactly how that will look but the province has been taking this seriously even through the transition in provincial governments. I’ve attached the original policy which was brought forward by Minister Glen Murray back in 2017 and as far as I am aware seems to still be the most recent version. If possible it would be great if you could forward this along attachment and my blerb to the gentleman who was presenting alongside Ashley as I feel he would be interested to learn more about this upcoming change to how we handle waste in Ontario."

Plugshare
useful app for electric cars charging station

EcoCanada
Can hire students

Green Economy Hamilton

Coalition of Museums for Climate Justice Facebook Group

LUNCH BREAK: We got a wonderful tour of the Rose Garden from RBG Interpretation Officer Jennifer Dick.

RBG Interpretation Officer Jennifer Dick touring HME Mini
Conference attendees around the award winning Rose Garden

Engaging with Climate Change: How to connect with people and create impacts

Doug Worts and Ashley Watson

HME Mini Conference attendees taking part in Doug Worts
and Ashley Watson's workshop presentation.

The presenters have been kind enough to share their slides via pdf.
They've also shared pdfs of the project brief and handout used during their presentation.

Social Impact of the Printing Press

Briana Palmer

We touch briefly on this topic but were able to enjoy a hands on workshop to learn about a more eco-friendly form of printmaking that is accessible for folks of all ages. You can see it demonstrated here by its creator, Linda Germain.

HME Mini Conference attendee working on more eco-friendly
printmaking, as presented by Briana Palmer.

Getting Your Hands Dirty: Planting Seed and Taking Action

Sapphire Singh

Sapphire Singh presenting about the internationally recognized
McQuesten Urban Farm.

More info to come from Sapphire's presentation!