Date: June 20-25, 2016
Location: Berlin, Germany
Host: The Museum für Naturkunde and Botanischer Garten und Botanisches Museum Berlin
Theme: The Green Museum
Chair: Christiane Quaisser
Website: http://www.spnhc2016.berlin/
Under the heading “Green Museum – How to practice what we preach?” The society evaluates green thinking in collections, museums and botanical gardens. In a world of climate change and ever decreasing biodiversity, sustainability should be the criterion that ideally determines all planning and decisions, ranging from field work to construction projects, from ethical aspects to cost-benefit analyses.
In practice this often is compromised by constraints beyond the control of the institution, be it monetary, legal or other. The conference will offer a forum to discuss possible ways of reconciling the seemingly opposing requirements.
We welcome your contributions to this or other topics and look forward to hosting you in 2016.