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lfcp.bsky.social
@lfcp.bsky.social
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Accelerating climate and environmental action in cultural heritage.
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#freebiefriday Lightweight snake weights. Ideal for delicate and fragile items. Weights are 133, 60 and 23 cms in length. Ping me if you’d like them.
Thin strips covered in white textile arranged as a smiley face with hair. On a green background.
November 28, 2025 at 12:51 PM
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We are really proud of Icon Sustainability Group’s Chair @lfcp.bsky.social who has been awarded the Conservation Award for Environmental Sustainability at the Institute of Conservation Winter Reception!
Well done Lorraine! 👏
#Conservator #Sustainability
November 22, 2025 at 8:55 AM
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What a great piece...
www.greatyarmouthmercury.co.uk/news/2563050...
Conservation leader recognised for commitment to sustainability
A conservation leader has been recognised for her commitment to sustainability.
www.greatyarmouthmercury.co.uk
November 21, 2025 at 2:36 PM
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#COP30
Art & Justice:
Art and museums are crucial for driving conversation. The Museum of the Home in London has issued a Climate Action Manifesto to integrate climate issues into all public programming, connecting the global crisis directly to the intimate concept of 'home.'
November 13, 2025 at 9:36 AM
lfcp.bsky.social
I’m really pleased to have been awarded the Conservation Award for Environmental Sustainability in Conservation.
A white woman with grey and brown hair wearing a dark red shirt. She is holding a glass award in her right hand and is pointing to it with her left forefinger. She has a big happy grin.
November 14, 2025 at 3:24 PM
lfcp.bsky.social
A great new resource from @englishheritage for understanding climate risk and adaptation in heritage, and to increase collaboration in these areas. Check out: www.english-heritage.org.uk/learn/conser...
A computer generated 3D model of Gainsborough Old Hall, UK. The hall has a red clay tile roof with a half timber upper storey, which sits on a red brick lower storey. The hall is surrounded by a grass garden.
September 17, 2025 at 1:17 PM
lfcp.bsky.social
#freebiefriday 50 polyester album pages with 12 pockets per page from CxD.
Message me if you’d like them.
A clear plastic A4 wrapper with clear polyester A4 pages inside on a blue background. Text reading timecare Crystal Polyester Type 2 PYTCR8615.
August 8, 2025 at 1:59 PM
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(1/2) Please join us for the Sustainable Labs Group meeting!
6th August, 8:00am PST, 11:00am EST and 4:00pm BST
zoom.us/j/98781852105

Dr. Mariana Di Giacomo, natural history conservator, will be discussing bringing nature into the lab in the form of natural history and its conservation...
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August 5, 2025 at 9:35 PM
lfcp.bsky.social
#freebiefriday A free box of finger cots.
Message me if you’d like them.
A green and white box with black writing. The writing read Anti static/ powder free nitrile finger cots 100pcs. Around the box are the round, blue rolled finger cots. The background is green.
July 4, 2025 at 9:32 AM
lfcp.bsky.social
Free smoke sponges! Three sponges, 15x7x2cms.
Message me if you’d like them.
#freebiefriday
Three cream coloured rectangular shaped sponges on a green gridded background.
June 20, 2025 at 11:57 AM
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Stuck for ideas on what sustainability actions you could take? Check out the @araen.bsky.social case studies from archives that have taken action... including mine 😁
June 11, 2025 at 8:21 AM
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#freebiefriday Would you like paper for leafcasting. 23 sheets, mostly A5 in size. Message me if you’d like them.
Sheets of paper arranged in a fan shape by colour. The colours are blue, cream, brown and light cream. The paper varies in size and shape but most sheets are A5. The papers are on a blue background.
May 23, 2025 at 3:31 PM
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#freebiefriday Today you can grab a roll of bondina. Width = 1m. Length unknown, but it looks as if there’s at least 10m.
Ping me if you’d like it.
A partially unrolled roll of white shiny polyester fabric on a green background.
May 9, 2025 at 10:59 AM
lfcp.bsky.social
I am delighted to share with you the recording of Sustainability in Conservation held on the 15th April at The Courtauld.
youtu.be/A6UKecSk_yo
Sustainability in Conservation: Lorraine Finch and Jaap van der Berg
YouTube video by The Courtauld
youtu.be
May 2, 2025 at 11:09 AM
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Recommended read: @coveringclimatenow.org has launched “the 89% project”, a global media collaboration based on the idea that there is a “silent majority” of people around the world who want climate action.
The 89 Percent Project — Covering Climate Now
Check out The 89 Percent Project’s home online at 89Percent.org.   Introducing The 89 Percent Project The 89 Percent Project is a year-long global journalistic effort to explore a pivotal but…
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April 26, 2025 at 10:32 AM
lfcp.bsky.social
#freebiefriday is here again. If you’d like a free roll of release fabric, 1000mm x 200m, message me.
April 25, 2025 at 2:09 PM
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In celebration of #EarthDay, we are highlighting the importance of positive environmental practices within the conservation profession.

www.icon.org.uk/resource/sus...
Sustainability in Action: Four Brilliant Ways the Icon Sustainability Group Is Driving Change
Just in time for World Earth Day, Icon Sustainability Group highlights four brilliant ways they are leading sustainability action.
www.icon.org.uk
April 23, 2025 at 10:57 AM
lfcp.bsky.social
On #earthday celebrate all things dull and ugly as well as all things bright and beautiful. Everything is important.
A brown and black winged insect on a green for tree. A dark green cluster of green fly on the underside of a pale green leaf.
April 22, 2025 at 12:05 PM
lfcp.bsky.social
Free webinar from GoGreen examining how collaboration has helped shaped innovative course modules focused on green education in conservation.

April 24th 2025 at 15.00 BST, 16:00 CEST, 10:00 EDT.

To register: us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
April 17, 2025 at 1:38 PM
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#freebiefriday This week it’s a roll of @preservatione.bsky.social repair tissue. Made from Abaca hemp. 927mm x18M. Message me if you’d like it.
A roll of white tissue in a clear plastic wrapper on a blue background. A view looking down onto the top of a roll of white tissue. At the inner is a grey/brown cardboard tube with the white tissue rolled round it. On the outside is a clear plastic wrapper.
March 28, 2025 at 9:12 AM
lfcp.bsky.social
#freebiefriday This week it’s 23 sheets of Kozo Shi. 880 x 650 mm. Message me if you’d like some or all.
Light brown sheets of paper on a blue background.
March 21, 2025 at 12:04 PM
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Take a look at these 4 exciting online sessions, starting next week, 27th March 2025.

The 1st session is on ‘Green Terms & Tools’, presented by our Chair, @lfcp.bsky.social

connectingtocollections.org/sustainabili...
C2C Care Course Sustainability Plans for Small and Mid-Sized Cultural Heritage Institutions | Connecting to Collections Care Online Community
connectingtocollections.org
March 18, 2025 at 4:17 PM
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#freebiefriday 29 sheets of 100%cotton museum mountboard from Conservation by Design. Various sizes. Max length = 850mm. 3mm thick. Message me to collect.
Cream coloured card of various shapes and sizes on a blue background. Cream coloured card of various shapes and sizes on a blue background.
March 14, 2025 at 12:23 PM
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#freebiefriday This week it’s a variety of erasers. Included are an Arcare white plastic eraser, PEL Rubgum eraser, an Akapad Classic Sponge, draft cleaning powder and a foam eraser.

Let me know if you’d like them.
At the the top of the photograph is a white rectangular eraser, a brown rectangular eraser and a yellow foam pad with a blue top laying on a clear plastic bag. In the bag is a white rectangular eraser. Below these is a clear plastic bag filled with yellow/orange granules of eraser. The background of the image is green.
March 7, 2025 at 2:56 PM
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#freebiefriday Whatman filter papers, 18.5 cm and 100cm and pH papers.
A white box with blue and black writing which reads Whatman filter paper 100 circles 18.5cm, 1 qualitative. Next to this is a clear plastic box with white plastic strips inside. Small circles of white paper stacked on top of larger circles of white paper.
February 28, 2025 at 2:21 PM