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The Climate Museum @climatemuseum.bsky.social · 5d

We also extend congratulations to our five runners-up:
Anxhelo Z., Daniel L., Nat E., Holli K., Kathy Z.

Your prizes will soon be en route 🏆

Thanks to everyone who participated—your creativity inspired us, and you provided our recommended monthly allowance of gallows humor!

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The Climate Museum @climatemuseum.bsky.social · 5d

@tbtoro.bsky.social has judged the entries for our caption contest and the results are in… 🥁

Congratulations to our winner, Izzy G., who submitted the caption in the first image skewering the moral abdication that sometimes lurks behind expressions of admiration for the youth climate movement.

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The Climate Museum @climatemuseum.bsky.social · 14d

Join us tonight at the American Museum of Natural History!

There will be music by Madame Gandhi, lightning lectures by local organizations, and a keynote presentation by Rohit T. Aggarwala.

Use code MYMUSEUM26 for comp tickets.

www.amnh.org/calendar/cli...

@amnh.org

Climate Week: Climate Resilience in Action | AMNH

Join us for an evening of lightning lectures, artistry, and collective visioning during Climate Week NYC.

www.amnh.org

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The Climate Museum @climatemuseum.bsky.social · 20d

Join us during Climate Week NYC!

Join conversations on climate and culture, experience climate arts, learn about progress being made here in New York City, and more.

See our latest newsletter for a round-up of ways you can join us:

mailchi.mp/climatemuseu...

It’s almost Climate Week NYC!

mailchi.mp

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The Climate Museum @climatemuseum.bsky.social · Sep 9

Wherever you are, join our caption contest with Tom Toro!

And if you’re in New York City, hope to see you in a couple of weeks—we have exciting programming with Amanda Phingbodhipakkiya, The Nest Climate Campus, and more.

@tbtoro.bsky.social @nestclimatecampus.bsky.social

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The Climate Museum @climatemuseum.bsky.social · Sep 9

We’re honored to be featured in The Art Newspaper’s Climate Week coverage from Annabel Keenan alongside Maya Lin and the American Museum of Natural History.

@theartnewspaper.bsky.social @amnh.org

www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/09/09/n...

Artist Maya Lin poses probing questions around New York City during Climate Week

Lin’s project, along with other timely shows and programmes around the city, use art to address the climate crisis

www.theartnewspaper.com

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The Climate Museum @climatemuseum.bsky.social · Sep 4

Prizes 🏆

The contest will be judged by Tom! One winner will receive a large print of their modified cartoon, signed by Tom. Five runner-ups will receive a postcard-sized print of their modified cartoon, also signed.

Submit through Climate Week, Sun, 9/28! We'll announce the winners on Mon, 9/29.

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The Climate Museum @climatemuseum.bsky.social · Sep 4

2️⃣ Screenshot a template from this post and add your caption.

3️⃣ Post your modified cartoon on social media, tagging both @climatemuseum.bsky.social and @tbtoro.bsky.social, and email a screenshot of your post to [email protected].

4️⃣ Comment tagging anyone else who may want to participate!

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The Climate Museum @climatemuseum.bsky.social · Sep 4

The Climate Museum and New Yorker cartoonist Tom Toro invite you to participate in a caption contest for his “Yes, the planet got destroyed” cartoon!

How to Participate ⬇️

1️⃣ Come up with a new caption—it can be entirely new or you can keep “Yes, the planet got destroyed” and fill in the rest.

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The Climate Museum @climatemuseum.bsky.social · Jul 8

The workshop is open to any member of the older adult center at Lenox Hill Neighborhood House. Becoming a member is free to any adult aged 60+ living in New York City.

Join us and/or spread the word!
🗓️ Wednesday, July 16, 1pm
🗓️ Wednesday, July 23, 1pm
📍 331 East 70th Street, Art Room

The Climate Museum @climatemuseum.bsky.social · Jul 8

Join us for a two-part environmental storytelling workshop for older adults presented w/ @lenoxhillnh.bsky.social!

Learn about climate and its local impacts, connect w/ climate organizations, and share your environmental history as we build a collective map of memories, challenges, and solutions.

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The Climate Museum @climatemuseum.bsky.social · Jun 27

We're delighted to announce that Seth Heald has donated the original artwork for this @newyorker.com cartoon by @tbtoro.bsky.social to the Climate Museum!

It has never been more pertinent than it is right now.

For more, including three special interviews: mailchi.mp/climatemuseu...

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The Climate Museum @climatemuseum.bsky.social · Jun 6

March with us! We're joining the No Kings! march in NYC on Saturday, June 14.

If you’ll be in NYC, we invite you to join us. RSVP below to get the logistics for our contingent.

If you’re not in NYC, visit nokings.org to find an event near you!

climatemuseum.org/upcoming-marches

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The Climate Museum @climatemuseum.bsky.social · May 29

Check out this event on 6/4 at Center for Brooklyn History (@bklynlibrary.bsky.social)!

W/ @drrobertbullard.bsky.social, @kendrawrites.com, and Climate Museum trustees Vann R. Newkirk II of @theatlantic.com and Jacqui Patterson of @chisholmlegacy.bsky.social.

www.bklynlibrary.org/calendar/env...

Environmental Injustice: Race, Class, and Toxic Inequality | The Path to Today | Brooklyn Public Library

Join us for the first event in a three-part series exploring the intersection of racial inequality and the environment. Part 1 delves into the systemic roots of environmental racism and confronts a cr...

www.bklynlibrary.org

The Climate Museum @climatemuseum.bsky.social · May 23

We are thrilled to partner with Photoville to present “Distant Early Warning” by @louiepalu.bsky.social at this year’s festival!

Join us at the opening weekend on 6/7 in Brooklyn Bridge Park.

✨ Learn more: www.photoville.nyc

Home page - Exhibition Announcement - Photoville Festival

www.photoville.nyc

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The Climate Museum @climatemuseum.bsky.social · May 20

🎥 Open call: Films of Return by A La Luz invites film/video art on the climate crisis including ecological memory, justice & collective futures. Jurors include Climate Museum director Miranda Massie. Submit by June 15!

To learn more, visit: www.pointsofreturn.org/film

Films of Return: Filmmakers & Video Artists Face Climate Change — Points of Return

www.pointsofreturn.org

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The Climate Museum @climatemuseum.bsky.social · May 16

Join the Climate Museum team!

Passionate about climate issues and content creation? We’re seeking a rising college junior, senior, or graduate student to join our team as Social Media Fellow for summer/fall 2025.

Apply by 6/4 at the link below.

theclimatemuseum.submittable.com/submit/32802...

The Climate Museum - Social Media Fellow (Summer/Fall 2025)

The Climate Museum, a non-profit organization that mobilizes arts and cultural programming to spark civic activism for a climate-safe and just future, seeks rising college juniors, seniors, and gradua...

theclimatemuseum.submittable.com

The Climate Museum @climatemuseum.bsky.social · May 13

📞 Make calls to the Democrat members of Consumer Protection in the Senate and Assembly! Linked below you’ll find a list of who to call and what to say—feel free to personalize the scripts. Add your name next to the members you’ve reached out to.

docs.google.com/document/d/1...

Fashion Act Coalition Actions -

Blue highlight means these officials have not yet co-sponsored the bill Call Democrats on the Senate Consumer Protection Committee Example script. For those already co-sponsoring Hello, I am ca...

docs.google.com

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The Climate Museum @climatemuseum.bsky.social · May 13

The goals for this week are to (1) ensure the Fashion Act is passed through the Consumer Protection Committee in the Senate and (2) get the Fashion Act prioritized in the Assembly so it gets on the Consumer Protection Committee Agenda.

Here’s how you can help ⬇️

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The Climate Museum @climatemuseum.bsky.social · May 13

This is a critical week for the Fashion Act, a groundbreaking piece of sustainable fashion legislation spearheaded by New Standard Institute to drive global change in the industry.

Help get it across the finish line in NY!

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The Climate Museum @climatemuseum.bsky.social · Apr 29

We’re thrilled to co-present The Shepard and the Bear by Max Keegan at the Margaret Mead Film Festival at AMNH! Remarks by Anais Reyes, Climate Museum Curator, before the screening.

📅 Saturday, May 3
⏰ 4pm
📍 LeFrak Theater

Get your tickets here: www.amnh.org/explore/marg...

The Shepherd and the Bear - Mead Film Festival 2025 | AMNH

Following the reintroduction of brown bears into the Pyrenees, an aging shepherd defends his flock against this new threat.

www.amnh.org

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The Climate Museum @climatemuseum.bsky.social · Apr 29

Deadline is tomorrow, 4/30!

The Climate Museum is seeking rising college juniors and seniors majoring in a humanities field for a one-year position funded by the Mellon Foundation.

Pass this along to anyone who may be interested!

theclimatemuseum.submittable.com/submit

The Climate Museum Application Manager

The Climate Museum’s mission is to inspire action on the climate crisis with programming across the arts and sciences that deepens understanding, builds connections, and advances just solutions.

theclimatemuseum.submittable.com

The Climate Museum @climatemuseum.bsky.social · Apr 28

This Thursday, May 1 at 5pm we're attending the May Day rally and march at Foley Square.

Join us!

We'll convene beforehand to walk to Foley Square together.

RSVP to join our contingent below: climatemuseum.org/upcoming-marches

Upcoming Marches — The Climate Museum

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The Climate Museum @climatemuseum.bsky.social · Apr 18

March with us tomorrow!

We’re joining the Protect Migrants, Protect the Planet march starting at Bryant Park on Saturday, April 19 at 12pm.

Demand ICE out of New York and New York out of fossil fuels.

RSVP below to join our contingent.

form.jotform.com/251057677467...

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Cynthia Thomson @ccthomson.bsky.social · Apr 5

Marched with the @climatemuseum.bsky.social today and was reminded that no government has withstood a challenge from a movement that mobilized 3.5% of its population during a peak event. Keep fighting folks ✊

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