Until recently, Lizzy Bakker was the senior exhibition maker at NEMO Science Museum in Amsterdam. NEMO is all about interacting with science and technology in order to better understand the world around us, to make its visitors curious about the mechanisms that shape their lives. It turns out, exhibition design conveys a lot. Research carried out by NEMO found that if an exhibition has an unsustainable look and feel to it — ultimately an unsustainable design — then people won’t take the message seriously. So, it’s important for them to work toward creating exhibitions that are as sustainable as possible.
Right now, NEMO is focused on sustainability and the climate crisis. This year, staff came together to create The Green Team, a cohort dedicated to putting sustainability high on the museum’s agenda. Among other things, this means creating sustainable exhibitions — reusing parts of previous exhibitions for future ones, for example. It also means helping to create exhibitions that talk about the climate crisis. Currently they have an interactive exhibition called Energy Junkies where you can make decisions about the world’s energy system that will determine a more or less sustainable future. The idea is for people to understand the climate crisis and how energy production is related to it, and the different solutions that are available for individuals, businesses and governments.
In this Chatter Marks series, Cody and co-host Dr. Sandro Debono talk to museum directors and knowledge holders about what museums around the world are doing to adapt and react to climate change. Dr. Debono is a museum thinker from the Mediterranean island of Malta. He works with museums to help them strategize around possible futures.
EP 137 Carrying on a storied history with Matt Fernandez of Anchorage Community Theatre
Museums in a Climate of Change: Chatter Marks EP 71 How climate change is affecting the traditional Sámi way of life with Anne May Olii of the Sámi Museum in Norway
Museums in a Climate of Change: Chatter Marks EP 70 The myth of climate indifference with Miranda Massie of the Climate Museum
Museums in a Climate of Change: Chatter Marks EP 69 Imagining the future with Lath Carlson of the Museum of the Future in Dubai
EP 136 Frances changed my life with John Gourley
EP 135 What happened is what was supposed to happen with Josh Boots
Chatter Marks Ep 67 Culture comes from our environment with Cordelia Qiġñaaq Kellie
EP 134 Inuit soul music with Qacung
Chatter Marks EP 65 Anchorage made me who I am today
Chatter Marks EP 64 A responsibility to be optimistic about the future with Mary Mattingly
EP 133 The story of JB Deuce with Jason Borgstede and Jesse Burtner
EP 132 Did Darian Draper land the first double-cork in snowboarding?
EP 131 All or nothing with Rosey Fletcher
Chatter Marks EP 62 Alaska history from the bottom up with Ian Hartman
EP 130 Being authentic and a fear of forgetting with Zane Penny
Chatter Marks EP 60 Little, wild places with Erin Ggaadimits Ivalu Gingrich
EP 129 A leap of faith with Geoff and Marcy Larson of Alaskan Brewing
EP 128 Self-realization, reclamation and embracing their Eyak heritage with Brother Buffalo
EP 127 Alaska cold cases, a family tragedy and the book that helped him process it all with Glen Klinkhart
EP 126 Boarderline, snowboarding and the importance of listening to your gut with Tim Weisser
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