If the headlines appear to us as a maelstrom of disparate troubles, then we are missing the broader narrative: our efforts to control the present are distractions from the need to work with the future. As we complain about others, we are failing to acknowledge a powerful protagonist: we as a engaged citizens. We complain… Continue reading Lost in the Maelstrom? Reclaiming the Narrative as an Engaged Citizen
Tag: Climate
Book Review: Curating the Future
Editors: Jennifer Newell, Libby Robin and Kirsten Wehner, Routledge: 2019. Environmental Humanities Series Such an exciting, encouraging book! What we all see and read as climate watchers is overwhelming, yet we frequently find positive work that defends us against the frightening aspects. I am seriously concerned and extremely hopeful on climate climate. This was reinforced… Continue reading Book Review: Curating the Future
Part of the Solutions, Not of the Crowd
There's a lot of fossilized money. It comes to museums from companies and from individual owners and investors. Much of it was earned by those who had a full understanding of the devastating climate changes being created by the use of fossil fuels. Think Exxon and British Petroleum but also individuals. Many of those individuals… Continue reading Part of the Solutions, Not of the Crowd
Book Review
Reinventing Sustainability: How Archaeology Can Save The Planet By Erika Guttmann-Bond. Oxford: Oxbow Books, 2019. This is precisely the positive, creative approach we all need to using the understanding of the past to optimize the resources of the present for a future where species – including humans – can thrive. We humanists cannot let the… Continue reading Book Review
We Are Still In
On June 1, 2017 #MuseumsforParis was born in response to the United States announcement of the planned withdrawal from the US from the Paris Agreement. Other sectors felt as I did: this work is important; we will continue with or without federal leadership. A year later, #MuseumsforParis is part of We Are Still In, the… Continue reading We Are Still In
