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Earlier this year, the Old Globe Theatre and San Diego Air & Space Museum have opened up their buildings as learning laboratories to  the Green Assistance Program (GAP) through the San Diego Green Building Council with the goal of documenting and submitting all data required by the LEED certification process. Data is collected throughout the month and reported back at the monthly All Team meetings.

The U.S. Green Building Council's (USGBC) Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) is a voluntary green building tool that addresses the entire building lifecycle, recognizing best-in-class building strategies. Currently Balboa Park is home to three LEED certified Buildings.  With help from our local chapter of the USGBC and community volunteers, two Balboa Park Cultural Partnership members are looking to join the LEED team in Balboa Park this year!  This will bring us to the half-way mark of our Centennial goal of 10 LEED certified buildings in the Park!

What do you see as the KEY CHALLENGES facing CALIFORNIA MUSEUMS?
Which one could we tackle COLLABORATIVELY?

The California Association of Museums and its partners* including BPCP want YOU to identify a critical issue facing our state’s professional community. Next, we will design a special project—the first of its kind in the country—to tackle this issue using statewide knowledge sharing and collaborative applied research. Visit www.calmuseums.org/collaborativelearning for more information.

With the energy and conversation still buzzing, it’s hard to believe the American Alliance of Museums (AAM) Annual Meeting and MuseumExpo ended over two weeks ago.  Sustainability had a stronger presence this year than ever before! PIC Green* held a Summit on Sustainability Standards in Museums.  The proceedings will be collected in a white paper to be published by PIC Green and the American Alliance of Museums.

The Balboa Park Cultural Partnership is pleased to introduce Lisa Silagyi as the new Director of the Balboa Park Learning Institute!

The Balboa Park Learning Institute and Balboa Park Online Collaborative partnered for a group viewing of the MCN Pro webinar Social Media Engagement: Defining and Measuring Success on Wednesday, May 8 at the San Diego Natural History Museum. Check out all the great resources that were shared!

Seb Chan shared some key questions and types of metrics to consider when developing a Digitial Media Strategy.

This program is in partnership with Honeywell and is an extension of BPCP's Sustainability Walk-About series.  Honeywell's Green Boot Camp is an intensive five-day, hands-on interactive educational experience to help educators become familiar with the latest methods of instruction to teach green and sustainable topics, methods, lessons and concepts to middle school students at their respective schools. 

Join your Balboa Park colleagues to learn the latest about the Common Core State Standards for English Language Arts led by  Debbie Higdon, ELA Program Manager, San Diego Unified School District. Bring examples of curriculum, programs or exhibits to evaluate their alignment with Common Core State Standards.