Coffee and Climate
The Australian Museum has a firm focus on communicating about climate change in Australia. We want to talk about solutions – and there are so many!
Enjoy a coffee, relax in the comfort of the Members lounge and join this open and informed conversation about the good news on climate change with Dr Jenny Newell.
Image: Andrew Fawcett© Australian Museum
| Date | Topic | Overview |
|---|---|---|
| Wednesday 26 February: 10am - 11.30am | Future Now: New Tech for Better Futures | Learn about the new technologies that are helping us reduce emissions and tackle climate change. Enjoy a coffee in the Members Lounge before heading upstairs for a guided tour of the Future Now exhibition, with unique insights into the many technological innovations featured in the dioramas. |
| Wednesday 19 March: 10am - 11.30am | Future Now: Nature-Based Solutions | Discover the amazing initiatives in place for protecting and regenerating nature and learn the approaches that help us live well and tackle climate change. After a coffee in the Members Lounge, head upstairs for a guided tour of the Future Now exhibition, with unique insights into the many nature-based solutions featured in the dioramas. |
| Wednesday 9 April: 10am - 11.30am | Future Now: Stronger Together | Be inspired by stories from communities across Australia that are working to build active hope, resilience and energy independence in the face of a climate-changing world. Enjoy a coffee in the Members Lounge before heading upstairs for a guided tour the Future Now exhibition on the Australian Museum’s main floor, with unique insights into the many examples of community action highlighted in the dioramas. |
Australian science is leading the world in climate solutions, from researching seaweed for reducing the methane cows produce to rapidly increasing the efficiency of solar panels.
Enjoy a coffee, relax in the comfort of the Members lounge and join this open and informed conversation about the good news on climate change with Dr Jenny Newell, curator of the Australian Museum Climate Solutions Centre. Come along for inspiration and camaraderie. Climate change is challenging, but you don’t have to tackle it alone.
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Jenny Newell
Jenny Newell - Curator, Climate Change Projects at the Australian Museum.
Image: Anna Kučera© Australian Museum
Jenny Newell (Curator, Climate Change Projects at the Australian Museum) works on the cultural dimensions of climate change, focusing on communities in Australia and the Pacific. She aims to increase engagement in environmental stewardship through the medium of museums.
With a background in environmental history, Jenny has worked with Pacific communities and collections at the British Museum, National Museum of Australia, the American Museum of Natural History (New York) and the Australian Museum to amplify voices on climate change for broad audiences.
