Are you ready to take part in #MuseumsForFuture tomorrow (29 Nov)? It's a global movement to tackle the climate crisis and support #FridaysForFuture. It's not too late to join in - here's what you can do (thread)
Welcome strikers in your museum.
Your toilets, tap water, and comfortable seating are assets to strikers.
Your toilets, tap water, and comfortable seating are assets to strikers.
Hold a children’s assembly about a sustainable future.
That way, parents are free to march.
That way, parents are free to march.
Provide space for teach-ins, sign making, workshops.
Offer your workshop spaces and other rooms in advance to organizers.
Offer your workshop spaces and other rooms in advance to organizers.
Go on #ArtStrike, put an object on strike.
Here's a toolkit and some more info https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1_iqm0lDHsTS7TxgVXozmxSH6BmCibAIP
Here's a toolkit and some more info https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1_iqm0lDHsTS7TxgVXozmxSH6BmCibAIP
Archive and create a display of the strike.
Document this all-important movement for posterity, together with the strikers.
Document this all-important movement for posterity, together with the strikers.
Tell the story of young activists from other times and places.
Create a display showing how movements work and create change.
Create a display showing how movements work and create change.
Sell only local, plant-based food in your restaurant.
One day is feasible. And then another. And another.
One day is feasible. And then another. And another.
Make ONE part of your museum’s operations sustainable.
The utility bill, transport, packaging… anything. If you change one thing every time there is a strike, soon you’ll be green as grass!
The utility bill, transport, packaging… anything. If you change one thing every time there is a strike, soon you’ll be green as grass!
Promote the use of public transport to get to your museum.
Give detailed directions and don’t fail to mention the convenience.
Give detailed directions and don’t fail to mention the convenience.
Stop accepting money from fossil fuel companies.
Due diligence on all your funders: no artwashing, no greenwashing.
Due diligence on all your funders: no artwashing, no greenwashing.
Just one or two of these actions will make a difference, so join in however you can! Check out @museums4future for more info. Happy striking