{"id":9821,"date":"2014-03-18T15:59:40","date_gmt":"2014-03-18T20:59:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.conservators-converse.org\/?p=9821"},"modified":"2014-03-18T15:59:40","modified_gmt":"2014-03-18T20:59:40","slug":"updates-to-sustainable-practices-on-the-aic-wiki","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/resources.culturalheritage.org\/conservators-converse\/2014\/03\/18\/updates-to-sustainable-practices-on-the-aic-wiki\/","title":{"rendered":"Updates to Sustainable Practices on the AIC Wiki"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Sustainability Committee spent the month of February adding content to the Sustainable Practices section of the AIC wiki. We each choose a short project to work on, most of which involved adding information to the wiki from websites, articles, and books. What better way to highlight our new wiki content than to celebrate it in poetry? It is still possible to delve much deeper into these topics. We welcome your comments and feedback emailed to <a href=\"mailto:sustainability@conservation-us.org\">sustainability@conservation-us.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h3>Ode to Feburary<\/h3>\n<p>\u201cOh February, Oh \u2018Wiki Month,\u2019\u201d cried this committee,<br \/>\n\u201cHow quickly you passed, like snow on the trees.\u201d<br \/>\n\u201cWhat\u2019s changed?\u201d You ask. \u201cQuite a lot, I think!<br \/>\nThere are new pages and content and at least one new link.\u201d<br \/>\nWe start with the past, we added our roots.<br \/>\nA <a href=\"http:\/\/www.conservation-wiki.com\/w\/index.php?title=Introduction_to_Sustainability#1.2_A_History_of_Sustainability_in_Museums_Archives_Libraries_and_other_Cultural_Institutions\">brief history<\/a> of sustainable institutions &#8211; Oh what a hoot!<br \/>\nAdded are <a href=\"http:\/\/www.conservation-wiki.com\/w\/index.php?title=Water_Purification_Methods_and_Environmental_Considerations\">tables<\/a> on green measurements<br \/>\nFor water purifying lab instruments.<br \/>\nWhat about <a href=\"http:\/\/www.conservation-wiki.com\/w\/index.php?title=Beyond_the_Bench:_Facility-Wide_Considerations#4.5_Exhibitions_.2F_Loans\">packing and shipping<\/a> of art and supplies?<br \/>\nConsider recycled boxes or reused crates, before they fly!<br \/>\nHow sustainable are your <a href=\"http:\/\/www.conservation-wiki.com\/w\/index.php?title=Studio_and_Lab_Practices#2.6_Information_About_the_Sustainability_of_Conservation_Materials\">materials<\/a>? How green are your treatments?<br \/>\nWe\u2019ve started a section but need your comments.<br \/>\nAnd solvents, green solvents, we cover those too,<br \/>\nWith info on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.conservation-wiki.com\/w\/index.php?title=Sustainable_Solvent_Use#3.3_Environmentally_Friendly_Solvent_Substitutions\">substitutions<\/a> made just for you.<br \/>\nThink big, think bold, and make your <a href=\"http:\/\/www.conservation-wiki.com\/w\/index.php?title=Studio_and_Lab_Practices#2.4_Resources_for_Managing_a_Sustainable_Laboratory\">lab green<\/a>,<br \/>\nOr think about starting your own <a href=\"http:\/\/www.conservation-wiki.com\/w\/index.php?title=Beyond_the_Bench:_Facility-Wide_Considerations#4.7_Starting_a_Green_Committee\">&#8220;Go Green!&#8221; team<\/a>.<br \/>\nContribute, we ask, please help us improve!<br \/>\nIts March and we\u2019ve just gotten into a groove.<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n&#8211; Robin O\u2019Hern and the Sustainability Committee<br \/>\n<a href=\"mailto:sustainability@conservation-us.org\">sustainability@conservation-us.org<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Sustainability Committee spent the month of February adding content to the Sustainable Practices section of the AIC wiki. We each choose a short project to work on, most of which involved adding information to the wiki from websites, articles, and books. What better way to highlight our new wiki content than to celebrate it &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/resources.culturalheritage.org\/conservators-converse\/2014\/03\/18\/updates-to-sustainable-practices-on-the-aic-wiki\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Updates to Sustainable Practices on the AIC Wiki&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":187,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[39],"tags":[66,977,978],"class_list":["post-9821","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sustainability","tag-aic-wiki","tag-sustainability-2","tag-sustainability-committee"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/resources.culturalheritage.org\/conservators-converse\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9821","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/resources.culturalheritage.org\/conservators-converse\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/resources.culturalheritage.org\/conservators-converse\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/resources.culturalheritage.org\/conservators-converse\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/187"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/resources.culturalheritage.org\/conservators-converse\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9821"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/resources.culturalheritage.org\/conservators-converse\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9821\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/resources.culturalheritage.org\/conservators-converse\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9821"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/resources.culturalheritage.org\/conservators-converse\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9821"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/resources.culturalheritage.org\/conservators-converse\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9821"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}