Supported by the Harrison Goodall Preservation Fellowship, the Circular Heritage Toolkit provides a methodology for how heritage conservation practitioners and the communities they serve can better define preservation in the context of the international circular economy and reuse movements. It includes best practice case studies from recent projects around the US and Canada, spotlighting different approaches that advance the field towards an overall ethos of resource stewardship at every scale.

The toolkit is divided into six elements that comprise an emerging framework for advancing circular heritage principles (data, ecosystems, workforce, engagement, networks, policies), each featuring specific strategies that can be explored in local communities, organized by type (physical, policy, planning, or community action).

As a whole, this toolkit aims to provide policymakers, community leaders, and organizations in the heritage conservation sector the resources to understand their contribution to the intersection of the circular economy and climate action, and provide strategies to deepen their work within this space.

Full project feature + Toolkit coming soon