![\"\"](\"http:\/\/176.32.230.6\/ruralmuseums.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/DSC_4169.jpg\" "\\"Bodging,")
<\/a>Bodging with a pole lathe,
Rural Life Centre, Farnham
\u00a9 Rural Life Centre<\/p><\/div>\n
Julie’s Bicycle – Creative Climate Tools<\/a> Going Green – Sustainability Past and Present<\/a> RMN Collections Toolkit Final<\/a> Rural Museums East – Sustainability Project A Charter for Rural Communities<\/a> Highland Cattle \u00a9 The Auchindrain Trust<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" It seems as if everybody is talking about greenhouse gases, the climate crisis, energy conservation, food miles, and threats to the environment – searching for answers and increased understanding. Rural museums are about life and work in the countryside and … Continue reading
\nThese tools include a free carbon calculator\u00a0designed to help organisations to record, measure and understand the impacts of their venue, office, tour, project,\u00a0 event or festival.<\/p>\n
\nAn exhibition at the Museum of English Rural Life, Reading, 2007.\u00a0 You can find more recent examples of their ‘Green Stories’ by visiting their website here>><\/a><\/p>\n
\nIdeas about how to interpret present day concerns about climate change using collections in rural museums. Hilary McGowan & Jon Hall, 2008<\/p>\n
\n<\/a>Between 2008 and 2010, The Rural Museums East partnership worked on a range of projects looking at the sustainability \u2018triple-bottom line\u2019: environmental, economic and social, primarily centred upon the region\u2019s rural life museums.<\/p>\n
\nThe final report by the Carnegie Commission for Rural Community Development, 2007<\/p>\n<\/a>