Topic Archive: Cultural Institutions
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Cut the Green Ribbon: CCAP Cohort Celebrates Climate Action Planning
This May, members from Boston’s cultural institutions, commercial real estate community, and nonprofit sectors celebrated the completion of a nine-month journey towards institutional climate resilience. The participants in the Green Ribbon Commission’s 2024/2025 Collaborative Climate Action Planning (CCAP) cohort celebrated their graduation from the program in a ceremony complete with awards and a triumphant ribbon…
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What it takes for net-zero buildings: Hano Homes Deep Energy Retrofit Tour
The Green Ribbon Commission invited members of its Cultural Institutions and Commercial Real Estate Working Group to join the Mayor’s Office of Housing for a tour of a Deep Energy Retrofit (DER) project at the Hano Homes affordable housing development in Allston to understand the elements required to reduce energy usage and achieve a net-zero…
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Collaborative Climate Action Planning (2025/2026)
The Boston Green Ribbon Commission’s successful Collaborative Climate Action Planning approach reduces barriers to taking organizational climate action and will result in a Climate Action Plan framework, an essential roadmap for your organization. This process creates a peer learning community in which to comfortably expand and deepen education around mitigation, resiliency, and climate justice work.
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In the face of rising sea levels, art efforts are rising to the challenge (The Bay State Banner)
Installations explore human impacts on the environment
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Facing unique climate challenges, Boston’s cultural centerpieces take key steps toward sustainability (The Boston Globe)
A city mandate requires Boston’s largest buildings to slash their greenhouse gas emissions by 2050. A nonprofit (the Boston Green Ribbon Commission) is helping cultural institutions take the first big steps.
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‘Net zero’ now: BPDA approves climate mandate for new buildings (Boston Business Journal)
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2024/25 Collaborative Climate Action Planning Cohort
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Boston Children’s Museum CEO and Board Chair provide an in-depth look at the Museum’s Waterfront Initiative
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Boston Children’s Museum CEO and Board Chair provide an in-depth look at the Museum’s Waterfront Initiative
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2024/25 Collaborative Climate Action Planning Cohort
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