Screen Heritage & Archives

This section outlines good practice for screen heritage and archives. What you can do, in particular on a practical operational level, depends on where you operate and work from, where your activities take place. For screen heritage and archives this will most likely be a mix of some of the following:

  • building/s or space/s which you manage
  • building/s or space/s managed by others and/or part of a wider estate e.g. university, museum, local authority
  • digital archives or collections, which you either store and provide access to directly or via a third party
  • exhibitions and events you run at external venues or locations
  • home working

Practical Operational Action

Energy

understand and reduce energy use and move to low or zero carbon energy sources (for buildings and events), promote good energy practice for homeworking

Travel & Transport

minimise touring transport, move to low or zero emission transport vehicles or services, promote low or zero carbon options for visitor travel, business travel and staff commuting

Food & Drink

for on-site and/or event/festival catering - provide mainly plant-based food, avoid single-use serve ware and food waste

Digital & Technology

choose digital service providers who offer renewably powered hosting or storage or energy efficient digital design and digital archiving services, keep and use devices for longer

Materials & Waste

avoid and reduce waste, chemicals and single use plastics, choose sustainable materials which can be reused or recycled and suppliers with strong environmental credentials

Nature & Water

conserve water, make more space for nature, minimise air, noise, water and light pollution

Planet Placement

  • Communicate your environmental commitment and action to key people and groups e.g. staff, volunteers, visitors, peers, funders
  • Provide staff and volunteers with opportunities for environmental training and learning
  • Engage with your visitors and partners on what they can do to take positive environmental action
  • Use your collections and exhibitions to tell environmental stories and showcase the diversity of perspectives, solutions and voices in the climate, nature and justice crisis

Pushing for Wider Change

  • Work with those who manage the spaces where your collections and archives are stored to find out what environmental action they are taking and how you can work together
  • Make your money matter by switching to banks, insurance companies and pension funds with ethical investment policies and which do not invest in fossil fuels
  • Develop sponsorships and partnerships with organisations with strong environmental credentials and which do not invest in fossil fuels
  • Get involved in local or community environmental initiatives
  • Share good practice and collaborate with your peers and others in the screen sector
  • Provide inclusive and accessible spaces for dialogue, debate and reflection

Screen Heritage & Archives

Resources & Examples

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Related "Getting Started" Resources & Examples

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Yorkshire Film Archive Sustainability Journey
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Related "Actions" Resources & Examples

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Yorkshire Film archive - Nature Matters programme
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