കാലാവസ്ഥാ ടൂൾകിറ്റ് വെബിനാർ 10: ഒരു ഗ്രീൻ ടീം എങ്ങനെ സ്ഥാപിക്കാം

Watch our latest webinar on “ഒരു ഗ്രീൻ ടീം എങ്ങനെ സ്ഥാപിക്കാം.” In this one-hour webinar, our speakers from സ്മിത്സോണിയൻ ഗാർഡൻസ്, സിൻസിനാറ്റി ആർട്ട് മ്യൂസിയം, ഒപ്പം ഫ്ലോറിഡ അക്വേറിയം ഒരു ബൊട്ടാണിക് ഗാർഡൻ, ഒരു ആർട്ട് മ്യൂസിയം, ഒരു അക്വേറിയം എന്നിവയുടെ പശ്ചാത്തലത്തിൽ ഗ്രീൻ ടീമുകൾ രൂപീകരിക്കുന്നതിനെക്കുറിച്ചുള്ള മൂന്ന് സ്ഥാപനപരമായ കേസ് പഠനങ്ങൾ അവതരിപ്പിക്കുക. കാലാവസ്ഥാ പ്രവർത്തനത്തെ ചുറ്റിപ്പറ്റിയുള്ള സംഘടനാ രീതികളും തത്ത്വചിന്തകളും വിന്യസിക്കുന്നതിൽ ഹരിത ടീമുകൾ സൃഷ്ടിക്കുന്ന സ്വാധീനത്തെക്കുറിച്ച് ഞങ്ങളുടെ അതിഥികൾ ചർച്ച ചെയ്യുന്നു; അതുപോലെ നമ്മുടെ സ്ഥാപനങ്ങൾക്കപ്പുറത്തേക്ക് കമ്മ്യൂണിറ്റി മാറ്റത്തിനായി വാദിക്കാൻ ഗ്രീൻ ടീമുകൾക്ക് എങ്ങനെ വ്യാപിപ്പിക്കാനാകും.

• Sarah Hedean, Smithsonian Gardens – HedeanS@si.edu
• Jeff Schneider, Smithsonian Gardens – schneje@si.edu
• ആമി ബർക്ക്, Cincinnati Art Museum – amy.burke@cincyart.org
• Debborah Luke, Ph.D., The Florida Aquarium – DLuke@flaquarium.org

Our Q&A moderation session is included below:

For Smithsonian — you talked about how standards and resources like Climate Toolkit, Drawdown and APGA Sustainability Index help you to hold yourselves accountable and inspire your efforts. Can you talk more about a specific takeaway from one of these resources that has inspired a change?

The Audubon Cooperative Sanctuary Program from Audubon International was impactful because it was our starting point, it helped organize our efforts and identified things in the early days that we needed to focus on. The Program gave us a framework/checklist to help organize our efforts. Those discussions helped us identify our priority areas. The Sustainability Index is the next phase of the accountability process, and our newest tool to help us identify the more challenging tasks to focus on.

Are there strategies for maintaining the momentum of a green team after launching, especially during periods of staff turnover?

From our perspective, our success is because the group leadership has remained constant throughout the 15 years of the Team. We believe it is important to involve everyone who is committed and interested in sustainability. The glue of our team is the long-term members who remain engaged and active. Fresh staff are welcomed and are brought up to speed by the more senior team members. Continued learning opportunities like field trips, webinar watch parties, and speakers help to keep the group engaged and make it fun.

How does your green/blue team determine its scope of work to be tackled? Who organizes the agenda, and how do you balance the commitments and time required of the green team with the daily workload of staff?

The Audubon Certification and the Sustainability Index helped to identify shortcomings that the leadership team can prioritize as an organization. The agenda is organized by the chair/co-chair, and they lead the meetings and activities. It is essential to have a Charter that lays out how the team will function including meeting frequency and roles and responsibilities. Team members and management come to an agreement to determine the amount of time for staff to work on special interests (like Sustainability).

For institutions thinking about creating green teams, how can they go about achieving internal staff buy-in as well as leadership approval?

The core team needs to be made up of staff interested and passionate about sustainability. Leadership needs to be involved as part of the conversation. Sustainability needs to be an organizational priority, part of the strategic planning process and regular staff meetings.