Great work! :)

Thanks for all the retweets - really appreciate all your help in getting a conversation going about how we can make museum cafes more sustainable

Brilliant and very inspiring!

Museum Freecycle Trimontium Trust Museums Association Use fresh local grown/ produced foods with less transport miles.Sometimes heating is too high in cafes and it is uncomfortable to eat if too hot, turn the winter heating down in museum cafes. Often lighting is turned on when there is no need,daylight from windows in sufficient.

We love that too!

This blog from Horniman Museum and Gardens is well worth a read for museums thinking through how to make their museum cafes greener (H/T acediscovery) horniman.ac.uk/get_involved/n…

Museum Freecycle Museums Association Ikon gallery in Birmingham sold water in glass bottles in its café and offered tap water in a glass for free. Small things like that help.

Museum Freecycle Museums Association We are currently working with Leeds university to look at providing our cafe customer with some form of carbon footprint guidance on the menu to see if this alters the buying behaviours. Its still early days and we are envisaging a traffic light scheme

Yes - phasing out plastic straws is important.

Museum Freecycle Museums Association A little flavour of our ethos- We make all our sandwiches in house and package in biodegradable packaging. We shop local where possible & our coffee is Rainforest Alliance certified.

Love this!

Definitely more I'm trying to do Headstone Manor & Museum but have seen great things happening in cafés Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery

Linda Ribeiro Museum Freecycle Museums Association Good morning Linda! Bacofoil & Willow's Choice are both options but both still relatively expensive compared to plastic alternatives. Still looking into whether they sell in on an industrial scale though :)

@PhotoTAW Museum Freecycle Museums Association We've replaced plastic in our cafes with compostable vegware and are looking at other ways to reduce our waste.

What's happening with sustainable museum cafe practice generally but specifically in Wales? Answers please! Museums Association Welsh Museums Fed.

Museum Freecycle philippa rawlinson Soil Association Hi. We're finalists in the 2019 Soil Association Food for Life Awards, recognising our commitment to serving good quality, delicious food that has been ethically and locally sourced. The ceremony is in November, so fingers crossed!

Brilliant work and very inspiring.

Definitely worth a follow if you are looking for ways to make your museum cafe go greener ....

Museum Freecycle philippa rawlinson Soil Association PS. we're always happy to enthuse about this to anyone who'll listen! If you'd like to chat some more please drop us a line to [email protected] 🙂