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Museums hold the physical and intellectual resources, abilities, creativity, freedom, and authority to foster the changes the world needs most. The authors offer a mantra for the field's role in creating a world where people and cultures flourish as the environment thrives. The text includes a...

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Published in:Curator (New York, N.Y.) N.Y.), 2017-04, Vol.60 (2), p.151
Main Authors: Sutton, Sarah W, Wylie, Elizabeth, Economopoulos, Beka, O'Brien, Carter, Shapiro, Stephanie, Xu, Shengyin
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Activism
Environmentalism
Museums
Sustainability
Sustainable development
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Summary:Museums hold the physical and intellectual resources, abilities, creativity, freedom, and authority to foster the changes the world needs most. The authors offer a mantra for the field's role in creating a world where people and cultures flourish as the environment thrives. The text includes a variety of international calls-to-action, and provides example institutional responses. The authors are all members of PIC Green, the American Alliance of Museums' professional network on environmental sustainability.
ISSN:0011-3069
2151-6952
DOI:10.1111/cura.12200