‘Places, Plants and People’ an event from PPPAN and ARA ESG
Speakers: listed below
Event will be delivered:
Online - Wednesday 22nd October 2025
1.00pm to 2.30pm
The Places, Plants and People Archives Network and the ARA Environmental Sustainability Group are pleased to present a series of short talks and discussion exploring how archives, heritage, and research organisations are addressing sustainability and environmental engagement.
Speakers will share insights ranging from engaging multicultural communities and building sustainable practices in major institutions, to case studies on solar panel retrofitting and the archival legacies of environmental scientists.
Welcome to the Places, Plants and People Archives Network and ARA Environmental Sustainability Group
Judy Ling Wong OBE (Black Environment Network) “Engaging with multicultural communities ”
Guy Baxter (MERL/Reading University) "Case study: Retrofitting of solar panels to an archive store at the University of Reading"
Catherine Ross (Met Office) "Sustainability at the Met Office"
Alasdair Bachell (University of Dundee) "Hydrologist and Biologist - The Papers of William McClean and John Berry"
Maureen Pennock (British Library) "Sustain@BL"
There will be time at the end for further questions, thoughts, discussion
Booking and delegate fee: Free for members and non-members
Please book your place here before Friday 17th October 2025
Joining instructions will be sent 24 hours before the start date..