1/2 The Icon Sustainability Group has curated a brilliant hub of free resources tailored for heritage professionals. Whether you’re looking for carbon calculators, sustainable packing solutions, or energy-saving guidance for your studio, it’s all in one place. #GreenMuseums #IconSustainability

9-15 March 2026 Join the Big Plastic Count - count your plastic waste to help reveal the scale of the plastic problem in the UK Join here: thebigplasticcount.com/sign-up?sour...

Searching for sustainability resources? Our Resources webpage on the Icon website has lots of information from tools, websites, podcasts, books and more! Visit: www.icon.org.uk/groups-and-networks/sustainability-group/resources #Conservator #Sustainability #Heritage

Take a look at this Met Office & Climate UEA climate data: www.linkedin.com/posts/cather...

The HVAC shutdown group are a UK based forum examining challenges of Heating, Ventilation, and Air Conditioning (HVAC) within the Galleries, Libraries, Museums and Archives (GLAM) sector. See more here: blogs.brighton.ac.uk/hvac/

Have a read of the @britishlibrary.bsky.social blog post on Collections and climate: www.bl.uk/stories/blog...

Job opportunity in sustainability at KCL: www.kcl.ac.uk/jobs/134845-...

GoGreen Conservation webinar: 16 January 2026 at 2:00 PM CET for a webinar on WP3! 📅 When: Friday 16 Jan 2026 ⏰ Time: 2:00 PM CET 🌍 Topic: WP3 – Green solutions for metal and painting cleaning Register here: us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

Online event: 28 January 2026 13:00-14:00 GMT RIBA SE Sustainability Group - How to make sustainability irresistible www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/riba-se-su...

⁩[1/4] At our recent social, we got stuck into the big question: where does AI actually fit in conservation? The answer? Lots of curiosity, a fair bit of caution, and plenty of questions.

[1/2] www.eventbrite.com/e/climate-re... This one-day conference will provide practical strategies, actions and resources to support cultural organisations to prepare - through resilience and adaptation - for the challenges of a changing climate….

1/4 National Museums Liverpool Collections Care talk for December: Talk by Scott Orr, Wed 10 Dec 2025, 1:00-1:30pm with Q&A Microsoft Teams Meeting ID: 367 012 903 436 Passcode: fy6W4n

We have an upcoming Sustainable Labs Community meeting. Tues 9th Dec 2025 at 8:00 PST/ 11:00 EST/ 16:00 GMT Join here: zoom.us/j/99125981319 Join us to brainstorm ideas, share resources, and discuss frameworks & certification programs. AIC & Icon Sustainability Teams

We are really proud of Icon Sustainability Group’s Chair @lfcp.bsky.social who has been awarded the Conservation Award for Environmental Sustainability at the Institute of Conservation Winter Reception! Well done Lorraine! 👏 #Conservator #Sustainability

The Inaugural ICOM Award for Sustainable Development Practice in Museums, read more here: icom.museum/en/news/inau... #Museums #Sustainability

#COP30 19 & 20 Nov Food, agriculture, and equity at their roots: Covering Agriculture, Food Systems and Food Security, Fisheries, and Family Farming, also emphasising debates related to Women, Gender, Afro-descendant, and Tourism.

#COP30 17 & 18 Nov: Elevate Planetary & Community Stewardship: Centering on Forests, Oceans & Biodiversity, while spotlighting: Indigenous Peoples, Local & Traditional Communities, Children & Youth, and Small & Medium Entrepreneurs, showcasing inclusive, grounded, and nature-aligned solutions.

@nhm-london.bsky.social Free Event: Voices for Change: A Night of Climate Action Monday 17 November, 18:30–21:30 www.nhm.ac.uk/events/voice...

#COP30 14 & 15 November: Systems transformation across Energy, Industry, Transport, Trade, Finance, Carbon markets, and Non-CO₂ gases Supporting the global push to triple renewable energy, double energy efficiency, and transition away from fossil fuels in a just, orderly, and equitable manner.

Take a look at Historic England’s Guide to Developing a Decarbonisation Plan, here: historicengland.org.uk/advice/clima...

#COP30 12 & 13 November: Health, Jobs, Education, Culture, Justice and human rights, Information integrity, and Workers. These days at COP30 also introduce the Global Ethical Stocktake, reinforcing equity and moral responsibility in climate governance.

#COP30 AI, datacentres, water usage: AI can have considerable benefits to adaptation and mitigation of climate change

How climate ready is the heritage sector? i. Completely prepared ii. Somewhat iii. Woefully inadequate What do you think? Comment below

#COP30 #Adaptation English Heritage have built their Climate Adaptation Model, find it online here: www.english-heritage.org.uk/learn/conser...

It's #COP30, look out for our posts this week, starting with Adaptation, Cities, Infrastructure, Water, Waste, Local Governments, Bioeconomy, Circular Economy, Science, Technology, and Artificial Intelligence...

An opportunity to share your views with Historic Environment Scotland: haveyoursay.historicenvironment.scot/comms-media/... Properties and Collections Strategy: Towards Sustainable Stewardship consultation

Register for our next Sustainability Social ‘AI in Conservation’ here: www.icon.org.uk/events/ai-in... It takes place online on 3 December at 16:00-17:00 GMT. #Conservation #AI #Heritage

Explore of the Climate Toolkit with the link below. It’s full of resources you can access under the areas of buildings & energy, water, food service, transportation, waste, landscape & horticulture, investments, engagements, and research. climatetoolkit.org#focus-areas

1/4 Join The National Archives online this coming Monday 20 October at 13:00 for the third event in their new ‘Research Routes’ series - Extinction and hope: Navigating animal encounters in the archive…

Two-part online event on Sustainable Approaches to Packing Materials from the IIC. Find out more about & register here: www.iiconservation.org/masterclass-... Part 1: Thursday 23 October at 12 pm BST/UK Part 2: Thursday 6 November, 12pm GMT/UK #Sustainability #Conservation #Materials

1/5 Free to attend and open to all: ‘Places, Plants and People’ an event from PPPAN and ARA ESG exploring how archives, heritage, and research organisations are addressing sustainability and environmental engagement. 22nd October 2025, 13.00 - 14.30 via MS Teams Register: tinyurl.com/4n96zaf6

1/3 Join us on Monday, October 13, at 4pmBST as we learn about “Embedding Sustainability in Cultural Heritage Conservation Education”. This webinar will offer an overview of an initiative to embed sustainability principles and practices into cultural heritage conservation education.

The Icon awards are still open for submissions (closing date is 2nd October). www.icon.org.uk/events/the-w...

Take a look at this study, including the key findings: ‘Sustainable Conservation Practices: A new perspective’ www.linkedin.com/posts/gogree...

1/3 Please join us for the upcoming Sustainable Labs Group meeting 2 weeks from today. See info below to join and share with your colleagues! Thurs Sept 18 at 8:00 am PST, 11:00 am EST and 4:00 pm BST Join at this link: zoom.us/j/97310394122

(1/2) Please join us for the Sustainable Labs Group meeting! 6th August, 8:00am PST, 11:00am EST and 4:00pm BST zoom.us/j/98781852105 Dr. Mariana Di Giacomo, natural history conservator, will be discussing bringing nature into the lab in the form of natural history and its conservation...

Arts Council UK have put together a Responsible AI toolkit: www.artscouncil.org.uk/lets-create/...

For Museum Development South East & funded by the Heritage Fund and ACE, Lorraine Finch has developed an Environmental Plan template for use by small and medium sized organisations. The template is available in two versions – one with explanatory text and examples, and the other without.

Today at 16:00 Alex Wade will be giving a webinar presentation about life one year on from winning the Marsh Award for Sustainability. Register here: www.icon.org.uk/events/a-tre...

Our resources page is often being updated - make sure to take a look: www.icon.org.uk/groups-and-n...

Followers, please share useful web-resources from where you are with us. We are keen to create a library links to resources from around the world. Thank you!

(1/2) The Swiss Museums Association have relaunched their materials exchange. The Materials Exchange offers museums and related institutions the opportunity to publish listings to donate, lend, or sell exhibition or storage materials.

(1/4) Sharing on behalf go Melina Kachrimani: My name is Melina Kachrimani, and I am currently pursuing an MA in Conservation Studies at West Dean College of Arts and Conservation...

The Willow Review Report. This independent, government-backed review explores how small businesses across the UK are already benefiting financially from sustainability, and what’s needed to scale that success. willowreview.com/report

24th June 16:00 BST / 8:00 PT is the next Sustainable Labs group meeting, with guest Andrea Hodgetts from Laboratory Efficiency Assessment Framework at UCL, explaining the lab certification process & answering questions! No need to register, join with the Zoom link: ucla.zoom.us/j/9810301063...

The London Archives Sustainability Policy is now online! Have a read through here: www.thelondonarchives.org/about-us/pol...

An event for Icon & Non-Icon members, on 17th July, 4:00pm-5:00pm BST. Join this session to catch up with Alex Wade, the Marsh Awards Sustainability winner, and find out about what she's been doing in the last year. www.icon.org.uk/events/a-tre...

Museum Development North: Future Preparedness Programme The introductory session is on 10th July 2025, 2:00pm-3:30pm. Find out more here: www.museumdevelopmentnorth.org.uk/get-support/... #Museum #ClimateAction

Question from one of our members: Does anyone have suggestions for a sustainable material to print interpretation panels on, for use inside display cases? Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated! Thank you ☺️ #Museums #Sustainable #Materials