Climate Toolkit Symposium Resources

10月26 - 28, 2025 | フィップス温室・植物園（ペンシルベニア州ピッツバーグ

Thank you for helping to co-create our inaugural Climate Toolkit Symposium, presented by Phipps Conservatory and Duke Farms. What an incredible two and a half days of learning, collaboration, connection, and conversation. We were thrilled to be in-person with such an inspiring collective of cultural institutions and look forward to the work ahead.

How to Use This Resource

The Climate Toolkit Symposium was structured in three plenary sessions, five breakout discussions, a keynote address, and three climate action workshops, each with its own set of プレゼンテーション. On this page, you’ll find each session represented by a video recording, presentation slide deck, and links to further resources and literature. Get started below!

Plenary Session One: Energy and Decarbonization

Cultural institutions are stepping up as climate leaders by reducing carbon emissions and transitioning to renewable energy. In this panel, Richard Piacentini from フィップス・コンサーバトリー, Jon Wagar from デューク・ファームズ, Rachel Novick from モートン樹木園, and Rafael de Carvalho from ニューヨーク植物園 shared how they are implementing ambitious decarbonization strategies, offering lessons learned from real-world successes and challenges.

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Plenary Session Two: Climate Interpretation & Engagement

How can institutions engage with the public on a changing climate? This panel presentation brought together Anais Reyes from 気候博物館, Casey Mink from ユタ自然史博物館, Jen Kretser from ワイルド・センター, and Mark Wourms from ベルンハイムの森と樹木園 to highlight creative approaches to interpretation and engagement that inspire audiences to participate in climate solutions.

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分科会の重点分野 I：廃棄物処理と自然に基づく解決策

Breakout tracks offered participants an opportunity for focused conversation on specific areas of climate action. Each session began with a short presentation from a subject expert, followed by a facilitated, round-table discussion to support knowledge sharing and problem-solving. Allie Tilson from 国立水族館 led one breakout room through engaging thought exercises on streamlining institutional waste practices; and Jeff Downing from Mt Cuba Center and Dr. Christy Rollinson from モートン樹木園 led another breakout on utilizing our community platforms to accelerate nature-based solutions through native plant conservation, habitat restoration, and urban tree planting.

廃棄物管理とスタッフ・エンゲージメント

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  • 国立水族館 – Allison Tilson, Senior Manager of Sustainability and Conservation Operations

自然に基づく解決策

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Breakout Focus Areas II: Climate Research; Conservation and Action; Facilities Management

Round two of breakout focus areas featured three discussions: Dr. Chelsea Miller and Dr. Lara Roketenetz from the アクロン大学フィールド・ステーション led a discussion on the intersection of education, community science and academic research; Dr. Shafkat Khan from ピッツバーグ動物園＆水族館 facilitated intimate round-table discussions on conservation and action beyond our campuses; and Jim Hanson and Joe Zalenko from デューク・ファームズ engaged facilities and sustainability staff on electrification equipment, operations software, and best practices for facilities management.

気候研究

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Conservation and Action – Bridging the Gap and Breaching the Boundaries

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さらなるリソース

施設管理

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Plenary Session Three: Youth Climate Advocacy

Amplifying youth voices is critical to advancing the climate movement and driving action within communities. In this panel and Q&A session, we heard directly from Emma Ehan, Anwita Maneish Nithya, Cortlan Harrell, and Marley McFarland, leaders of Phipps’ Youth Climate Advocacy Committee, on how to battle climate anxiety while activating the next generation of young changemakers.

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Keynote Address: “Our Finest Hour: Looking Back from the Year 2276”

In this keynote address, David W. Orr, Professor Emeritus at Oberlin College, provided a sobering outlook on the current state of the intertwined political and climate crises while offering key perspectives on how we as a society can advocate for climate action during turbulent times.

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羅針盤としての本質：再生思考で気候変動対策を導く

This session, led by Richard Piacentini from フィップス・コンサーバトリー and Sonja Bochart of LENS / Shepley Bulfinch, invited participants to explore the power of working from essence—connecting with the unique core of who they are and what truly matters. From this foundation, our actions become more regenerative, our strategies more aligned, and our potential for lasting impact more fully realized.

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Climate Action Resiliency Planning

This session, led by Stephanie Shapiro and Al Carver-Kubik of 環境・文化パートナー, engaged participants through institutional baseline climate and community assessments, planning and implementation exercises, and prioritization frameworks to help form the basis of resiliency plans.

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Civic Engagement: Becoming Your Community’s Climate Resource

Our final climate action workshop of the symposium, led by Rose Hendricks of ASTC’s Seeding Action Network, engaged participants to think deeply about strategies for civic engagement and community action to improve planetary health.

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Photography

CHECK OUT THE FULL SET OF PHOTOGRAPHY HERE

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発表者

フィップスについて:1893年に設立されたペンシルベニア州ピッツバーグのフィップス温室植物園は、植物の美しさと重要性をすべての人に伝え、教育すること、行動と研究を通じて持続可能性を推進し、人間と環境の幸福を促進すること、そして歴史的なガラス温室を称えることを使命とするグリーンリーダーとして世界的に知られている。歴史的な14室のガラス温室を含む15エーカーの広大な敷地、23の個性的な屋内外の庭園、業界をリードする持続可能な建築と運営により、フィップスには世界中から毎年50万人以上の人々が訪れています。詳細は フィップス音楽院.

デューク・ファームズについて デューク・ファームは、自然再生、野生生物保護、クリーン・エネルギー転換のためのモデル戦略を開発する生きた研究所です。 ニュージャージー州ヒルズボローの2,700エーカーの敷地にある私たちのキャンパスは、世界的な意思決定者と地元の人々が集い、変化を起こす場所です。デューク・ファームズは、より創造的で公平かつ持続可能な未来の構築に努めるドリス・デューク財団の中心的存在です。詳しくは デュークファーム.