It's Good to Go Green! The Time is Now!
The Association of Midwest Museums is pleased to announce an exciting new initiative and is taking the lead to promote green business practices, environmentally-friendly facility management, and sustainable programming at museums. We invite museums around the Midwest to join us and to take immediate action to begin the transition to implement green practices.

In the coming months, AMM will begin sharing information about green practices and will plan programs on sustainable museum management and practices. If you would like to share your success stories or help plan programs on green museum practices, please contact Brian Bray at info@midwestmuseums.org or at 314-746-4557.

Sarah Brophy to Speak at AMM Conference on Green Museum Practices
Sarah S. Brophy, an independent consultant helping museums and other cultural institutions become environmentally and financially sustainable through grants, mainstreaming activities, and green performance, will serve as a keynote speaker at the 2009 AMM conference in St. Paul, Minnesota. Brophy is scheduled to speak on Wednesday, September 20 and her remarks will address sustainable practices in museums. In addition to her keynote remarks, she will present a workshop on grant writing at the AMM conference.

Brophy is a LEED-AP: a LEED-accredited professional through the U.S. Green Building Council. Brophy is the author of The Green Museum and Is Your Museum Grant Ready? She is co-treasurer of the new Professional Interest Committee for AAM: PIC Green, and a member of the Green Buildings and Landscapes special section of the American Public Gardens and Association.