Climate Change exhibition
Keep it going in Copenhagen
August 15, 2009
Since the Museum’s Climate Change exhibition is closing, we’re winding down the blog. Thanks for your great contributions over the past ten months. We trust you’ll find many ways to continue the conversation with friends, neighbors, and others around the world.
Many of us will be tracking the upcoming United Nations Climate Change Conference, which is taking place in Copenhagen in December, 2009. Copenhagen is a critical opportunity to shape an international response to climate change at the government level before the Kyoto Protocol expires in 2012. The conference is being hosted by the government of Denmark, whose website describes what’s going on, climate change headlines, and how to get involved. One way is to follow the news on Twitter. You can also read and comment on the conference’s Climate Thinkers Blog. Or join the debate through the forums and wiki hosted by The Road to Copenhagen; policy recommendations will be circulated to lead negotiators at the conference.
Smithsonian Education Online Conference on Climate Change
Submitted by JarridOn September 20, 2009 - 22:14
From September 29 through October 1, 2009, the Smithsonian Center for Education and Museum Studies will present Climate Change, a Smithsonian Education Online Conference.
Through live presentations and a moderated Q&A forum, Smithsonian scientists, curators, and educators will explore Smithsonian research and collections related to the evidence, impact, and response to climate change. They’ll look at the issues surrounding climate change from the perspectives of science, history, and art and demonstrate resources for use in the classroom.
The Climate Change Exhibit Was Really Interesting.
Submitted by EmilyOn March 11, 2009 - 00:24
I thought the exhibit was really informative about global warming and the effects it has . Not only was it informative,but it was really interesting. All the globes, films, and pictures really helped you see what was going on and helped you understand it. My friend and I enjoyed it alot, and we have learned alot about global warmings and the things we can do to help stop it.
Ideas from all over
December 30, 2008
You’re not the only ones pitching in with your thoughts on how climate change is affecting you and what we should do about it. The Climate Change exhibition concludes by asking visitors to write or draw their opinions on paper cards. Check out the Featured Content sidebar on the right for a card slideshow. As you’ll see, some are ingenious and some downright inspired. These aren’t the only ideas on display at the museum either: this blog, with some of your posts, appears on a screen to the left of the cards. It’s the last thing visitors see before heading home to reflect on what they’ve learned and how they’re going to act on it.
A present bear, not a future bear
December 9, 2008
Possibly the most disturbing display in the Climate Change exhibition is a diorama of a polar bear foraging on a heap of human refuse. Some people have wondered whether we made it up, as a glimpse into an imagined future. Absolutely not. The diorama is based on scientific observation: a photograph captioned “A polar bear enjoys a jar of Miracle Whip at the local dump,” which was taken in Churchill, Canada. (Go to the link and search on the words "polar bear" and "dump.") It shows what’s happening in the Arctic now.
