Participating Institutions

To date, 197 institutions from 23 countries serving more than 95,850,000 annual visitors have joined the Climate Toolkit Initiative.

Use the search and filter functions below to find organizations that have achieved various important milestones and see resources from those organizations to help you plan your own initiatives.

Tap the FILTER tab Filters to use the search and filter functions to find organizations that have achieved various important milestones, and see resources from those organizations to help you plan your own initiatives.

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Buildings and Energy

Meet your nation’s Paris Agreement targets for CO2 reduction

Derive power solely from 100% clean renewable energy – generated onsite or procured through market mechanisms

Eliminate all onsite fossil-fuel combustion to heat buildings (except backup generators)

Build all new buildings to meet latest international energy efficiency standards (e.g. IECC, ASHRAE, ILFI)

Ensure existing buildings achieve an Energy Use Intensity (EUI) 35% below median

Decarbonize your glasshouse facility

Water

Reduce use of municipal water by at least 25%

Reduce potable water for irrigation by at least 25%

Food Service

Ensure 40% of food service menu selections are vegan or vegetarian

Make 10% of all food purchases within 100-mile radius of site

Transportation

Offset carbon for all work-related staff travel

Make 25% of vehicle fleet electric (excluding tractors)

Incentivize employees to carpool, bike, bus or otherwise forgo single-occupant car transportation

Incentivize visitor sustainable travel

Waste

Eliminate all single-use plastic in food service, horticulture, gift shop, and all other facilities and operations

Compost 100% of food waste

Eliminate the sale and use of bottled water

Recycle or reuse all recyclable materials including metals, glass, and plastic

Landscapes and Horticulture

Ensure 25% of all lawn/garden maintenance equipment is electric

Ensure that 50% pesticides and fertilizers used are not derived from fossil fuels

Reduce lawn areas by 10% and encourage native plant replacements

Support reforestation to sequester carbon

Convert parking spaces into greenspaces to combat the rising temperature in cities

Investments

Divest from fossil fuel investments

Invest in socially responsible investments

Internal and External Engagement

Create an employee incentivization program for reducing emissions

Establish a green team to support employee-related climate action

Assist visitors in switching to household renewable energy

Educate visitors on sustainable, fossil-free horticulture

Educate visitors on growing organic food

Educate visitors on the impacts of food choices and waste on climate change

Teach facts and best practices to mitigate and reduce global climate change

Research

Conduct region-specific research related to climate change

Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Adkins Arboretum

Ridgely, Maryland

African Forest

Nakuru, Kenya

Alfarnate Botanical Garden

Alfarnate, Spain

Anchorage Museum

Anchorage, Alaska

Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum

Tucson, Arizona

Arts Initiative Tokyo

Tokyo, Japan

artsPlace

Alberta, Canada

Asheville Art Museum

Asheville, North Carolina

Atlanta Botanical Garden

Atlanta, Georgia

Atlanta History Center

Atlanta, Georgia

Bernheim Forest and Arboretum

Clermont, Kentucky

Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum

Honolulu, Hawaiʻi

Betty Ford Alpine Gardens

Vail, Colorado

Blank Park Zoo

Des Moines, Iowa

Bok Tower Gardens

Lake Wales, Florida

Boston Children’s Museum

Boston, Massachusetts

Botanic Garden of Castilla-La Mancha

Castilla-La Mancha, Spain

Botanic Garden of Havana “Quinta de los Molinos”

Havana, Cuba

Botanical Garden of the Piedmont

Charlottesville, Virginia

Botanical Garden Teplice / Botanická zahrada Teplice

Teplice, Czech Republic

Botanical Park of Château Pérouse

Saint-Gilles, France

Brooklyn Children’s Museum

Brooklyn, New York

Buenos Aires Botanical Garden / Jardín Botánico Carlos Thays

Buenos Aires, Argentina

Cadereyta Regional Botanical Garden / Jardín Botánico Regional de Cadereyta

Querétaro, Mexico

California Academy of Sciences

San Francisco Bay Area, California

California Botanic Garden

Claremont, California

California Indian Museum and Cultural Center

Santa Rosa, California

Cambridge University Botanic Garden

Cambridge, United Kingdom

Canadian Museum of Immigration at Pier 21

Halifax, Nova Scotia

Carnegie Museums of Pittsburgh

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Cedarhurst Center For the Arts

Mount Vernon, Illinois

Center for Environmental Justice – Smithsonian Anacostia Community Museum

Washington, D.C.

Chanticleer Garden

Wayne, Pennsylvania

Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum

St. Michaels, Maryland

Chihuahuan Desert Nature Center & Botanical Gardens

Fort Davis, Texas

Chihuly Garden and Glass

Seattle, Washington

Children’s Museum Houston

Houston, Texas

Cincinnati Art Museum

Cincinnati, Ohio

Cincinnati Zoo & Botanical Garden

Cincinnati, Ohio

City of Greeley Museums

Greeley, Colorado

Clearwater Marine Aquarium

Clearwater, Florida

Cleveland Metroparks Zoo

Cleveland, Ohio

Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens

Boothbay, Maine

Contemporary Art Museum St. Louis

St. Louis, Missouri

Cornell Botanic Gardens

Ithaca, New York

Denver Botanic Gardens

Denver, Colorado

Denver Zoo

Denver, Colorado

Department of National Botanic Gardens Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka

Discovery Museum

Acton, Massachusetts

Duke Farms

Hillsborough Township, New Jersey

Dyer Arts Center / National Technical Institute for the Deaf

Fingerlakes, New York

ECHO, Leahy Center for Lake Champlain

Burlington, Vermont

Fallingwater

Laurel Highlands, Pennsylvania

Filoli Historic House & Garden

Woodside, California

Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco (FAMSF)

San Francisco Bay Area, California

Folger Shakespeare Library

Washington, D.C.

Fort Walla Walla Museum

Walla Walla, Washington

Fort Worth Botanic Garden

Fort Worth, Texas

Franklin Park Conservatory and Botanical Gardens

Columbus, Ohio

Ganna Walska Lotusland

Santa Barbara, California

Gardens of Golden Gate Park

San Francisco Bay Area, California

Gothenburg Museum of Art

Gothenburg, Sweden

Green Bay Botanical Garden

Green Bay, Wisconsin

Heritage Museums & Gardens

Cape Cod, Massachusetts

Hillwood Estate, Museum and Garden

Washington, D.C.

Historic London Town & Gardens

Edgewater, Maryland

Historic New England

Greater New England

Historic Oakland Cemetery

Atlanta, Georgia

Hitchcock Center for the Environment

Amherst, Massachusetts

Holden Forests and Gardens

Cleveland, Ohio

Horniman Museum and Gardens

London, United Kingdom

Houston Botanic Garden

Houston, Texas

Hoyt Arboretum Friends

Portland, Oregon

Huntsville Botanical Garden

Huntsville, Alabama

Illinois State Museum

Springfield, Illinois

Inala Jurassic Garden

Tasmania, Australia

Jacksonville Arboretum & Botanical Gardens

Jacksonville, Florida

Jardim Botânico Araribá

São Paulo, Brazil

Jardin des Plantes de Nantes

Nantes, France

Key West Tropical Forest & Botanical Garden

Key West, Florida

KSCSTE – Malabar Botanical Garden & Institute for Plant Sciences

Kerala, India

Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center

Austin, Texas

Leach Botanical Garden

Portland, Oregon

Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden

Richmond, Virginia

Longue Vue House & Gardens

New Orleans, Louisiana

Madison Children’s Museum

Madison, Wisconsin

Madison Square Park Conservancy

Manhattan, New York

Marie Selby Botanical Gardens

Sarasota, Florida

Marine Aquarium & Regional Centre, Zoological Survey of India

West Bengal, India

Mass Audubon

Greater Massachusetts

Meadowlark Botanical Gardens

Vienna, Virginia

Meeteetse Museum District

Mountain Plains, Wyoming

Melbourne Arboretum

Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Miami Beach Botanical Garden

Miami, Florida

Michigan Science Center

Detroit, Michigan

Minnesota Marine Art Museum

Winona, Minnesota

Missouri Botanical Garden

St. Louis, Missouri

Monk Botanical Gardens

Wausau, Wisconsin

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