Webinars
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INTO Webinars in 2024
Welcome to our new series of webinars! This series is themed around newly released chapters of the National Trust’s climate adaptation guidance, which are aimed at helping heritage organisations worldwide care for their important sites and collections in the face of ever-increasing climate-related challenges. These sessions will cover gardens, buildings and collections, and will be delivered by National Trust experts alongside members of the wider INTO network.
Next in the series:
- ‘Climate resilient parks and gardens’
- Wednesday 17 April, 1-2pm BST Joining link
Emma McNamara, horticulture development specialist at the National Trust, will give an overview of their climate adaptation guidance on gardens and parks.
Esther Selassie Antohin, founder and executive director of Heritage Watch Ethiopia, will present her team’s work to restore and adapt the Tsegereda Garden on the campus of the University of Addis Ababa as part of INTO’s ‘Withstanding Change’ project.
Work in progress at the Tsegereda Garden in Addis Ababa. Image (c) Heritage Watch Ethiopia.
And we’re pleased to announce that the final webinar in the series will be:
- ‘Climate change adaptation in historic buildings’
- Wednesday 22 June, 1-2pm BST – register here
Alan Gardner, senior buildings conservation manager at the National Trust, will present new guidance on maintaining and adapting historic building fabric in the context of climate change. We’ll then hear from Hoshil Dhanji of Zanzibar Stone Town Heritage Society, about the adaptation work he and his team have been doing at the Old Customs House in Stone Town as part of the ‘Withstanding Change’ project. This session will be a must for anyone interested in practical approaches to adaptation in historic buildings.
The Old Customs House on the seafront in Stone Town. Image (c) Sharida Diaz Gautier.
Listen again
An overview of the National Trust climate adaptation guidance on paper and books, and the climate change-related risks to St Helena’s archive. With Nicola Walker, National Trust Senior Paper Conservator and Helena Bennett, St Helena National Trust.
Professor Sir Partha Dasgupta and INTO Chair, Dame Fiona Reynolds in conversation about how our economic model needs to include nature.
Even in our own language, how many of us fully understand all the climate change jargon? Why is it important to think about language in the context of climate action? Chaired by Bella Rooney, listen to the Southeast Asian Cultural Heritage Alliance team’s research and ideas to make climate communications effective for all.
George Marshall, founder of Climate Outreach, led an interactive workshop unpacking some of the complex psychological responses to climate change.
INTO members from the Caribbean, North America, France and the UK shared their experiences, with a particular focus on how we communicate about our work to different audiences.
A webinar from the 'Heritage Now' series, in collaboration with Culture in Crisis. We examine who ‘owns’ heritage?
A webinar from the 'Heritage Now' series, in collaboration with Culture in Crisis. What happens when heritage sites and stories no longer hold relevance within communities?
A webinar from the 'Heritage Now' series, in collaboration with Culture in Crisis. This conversation focusses on nature-based solutions and community-led climate efforts.
A webinar from the 'Heritage Now' series, in collaboration with Culture in Crisis. We explore the opportunity heritage presents to build places that reflect and serve communities.
A webinar from the 'Heritage Now' series, in collaboration with Culture in Crisis. We take stock of the key findings of the series so far, discussing how heritage and its relevance evolves in constant dialogue with communities.