sustainability

On August 16 and 19, participants in the Sustainability Fellowship program Cohort A met for an online session held in advance of their in-person workshop. Session resources include slides, a program overview, and materials for advance preparation work.

In September 2019, Arizona State University and NISE Network hosted a Sustainability Fellowship workshop. Workshop resources include the agenda, presentation slides, workshop handouts, and other materials.

This article was originally published in the March/April 2019 issue of Dimensions magazine, the bimonthly publication of the Association of Science-Technology Centers. The NISE Network is a national community of informal educators and scientists dedicated to supporting STEM learning across...

Learn how your organization can be part of a larger movement to change public discourse about climate change to be positive, productive, and solutions-focused! Meet members of the National Network for Ocean and Climate Change Interpretation ( NNOCCI ), which...

Curious about nanotechnology, sustainability, or life in science? The Sustainable Nano podcast is produced by the Center for Sustainable Nanotechnology, a chemistry research center funded by the U.S. National Science Foundation. Episodes focus on what nanotechnology has to do with...

The SustainABLE online kit contains digital copies of everything you you'll need to host your own Sustainability in Science Museums event. Kit contents include planning, marketing and orientation materials, printable banners and poster, and background materials, activity guides and facilitator...

This hands-on SustainABLE activity is meant to promote conversation about how water is distributed and used, and how we can work together to conserve this limited resource. In different parts of the country, guests may be familiar with different issues...

This sustainability activity is meant to promote conversation about how systems work, and how we can work together to better understand systems and work toward creating a more sustainable future. Players will actively move around the activity space, figuring out...

In My Community, museum visitors can draw their neighborhoods and talk about what they like best or least about the places they live. They can check out the Changing Communities, and think of ways these spaces could be improved to...

What can you do today to help create a more sustainable world tomorrow? Visitors to High Five for the Future can write or draw their idea for a sustainable future, and take a photo of themselves high-fiving the future kid....

The Future Builder sustainability activity challenges visitors to build a tower representing a future community. Each card presents the players with a new part of their community to build—a school, park, gas station, museum, or something else—each with its own...

The Creative Reinvention sustainability activity shows visitors how common waste materials can be recycled, reused, and reinvented into brand new products—a process called the "*circular economy*." Activity cards ask visitors to guess what recycled materials were used to make various...

These files contain a printable banner and posters for your sustainability event. The simple, colorful posters present the principles and challenges of sustainability.

These materials will help prepare staff, volunteers, and collaborators for your SustainABLE event. The orientation PowerPoint presentation will introduce educators to the Sustainability in Science Museums project and the SustainABLE programming, and then walk through key concepts for engaging the...

These SustainABLE materials include a sample press release to promote your sustainability event, as well as the SustainABLE logo in a variety of formats for creating your own marketing materials.

Welcome to the SustainABLE project! These materials will introduce you to the SustainABLE Kit and its contents, and help you begin to plan your sustainability event. The included planning guide offers tips on finding and training collaborators and volunteers, marketing...