The Chicago Cultural Alliance is pleased to announce that four Core Members have been selected to participate in the 2010 Cultural Perpsectives & Climate Change Program: Casa Michoacán, the Indo-American Heritage Museum, Casa Aztlán, and the Ukrainian National Museum. This program is an exciting collaboration between the Alliance and the Field Museum's division of Environment, Culture, and Conservation. Participants will explore the connections between cultural practice and environmental sustainability. Casa Michoacán wrote in their application that the "main challenge [we face] is recycling and water waste. The community needs to know the importance of recycling and how important it is to recycle for the environment . . . We need to persuade the community to recycle and save water more often." Participants will be attending several training sessions, as well as taking part in exercises to help identify and map the various cultural, social, and environmental assets their communities possess, with the ultimate goal of leading their communities to preserve and sustain what those landmarks. |
