Green Thinking

GoGreen wants to make Green Thinking the daily standard in conservation. GoGreen seeks to introduce new approaches and technologies to the field of conservation and beyond, inspired by green developments in other areas of research and society.

The
Mission

With the new Green Deal and ever-increasing legislations and mandates, as well as personal agency and desire, the transition to a green future is imperative and imminent. The capacity of culture to contribute to the UN 17 Sustainable Development Goals is well known; for culture to advocate effectively, it must behave sustainably as a sector. GoGreen places conservation at the very heart of the change to a sustainable sector and mobilises conservators to take responsibility for the long-term impacts of their practice, and to advocate greener solutions and thus become leaders for a sustainable transition. Our position is that conservation must be green in order to be viable, and to fulfil its purpose of protecting and safeguarding the world’s heritage. To ensure that the professional standards of conservation and preservation of cultural heritage can be met in a green way, GoGreen aims to provide conservators with solutions to practice with lower energy consumption, less toxic materials, and fewer plastics. Conservation and conservation science have the resources and technological savoir faire to find, develop and implement solutions that maintain the standards of conservation while reducing or eliminating environmental impact. Now is therefore the time to take this pivotal step forward and develop conservation as a green practice. All that we need to do is join forces and act!

News & Blogs

  • Registration open for the Greener Cleaning Methods workshop
    We’re excited to announce that the registration for the WP3 Greener Cleaning Methods for Cultural Heritage Workshop in Bologna is now open! The workshop is hosted […]
  • Image of a hygrometer with the text The Preventive Conservation Platform HERIe
    GoGreen HERIe workshop in Rome
    The GoGreen consortium is excited to invite you to the GoGreen HERIe workshop in Rome. The workshop will be about the preventive conservation platform HERIe and […]
  • In the foreground a laboratory desk with a painting on it and a bottle of solvent. Gathered around it there are three scientists looking at it. The scientist in the middle is cleaning the painting with a cotton swab.
    Presenting new materials from WP3 and upcoming workshops
    The new materials developed by WP3 (Green cleaning methods) have been presented to both emerging and professional conservators during several workshops organized in collaboration with other […]