 The "Science of Survival" exhibition at the Science Museum in London.
August 12, 2008 10:39 PM
By Mike Buonaiuto
LONDON - Create your own eco-car, design a
super-food and journey into a future world of sustainable
living at the "Science of Survival" exhibition this summer in
London.
Curators of the exhibition at the Science Museum
(www.sciencemuseum.org.uk) said the interactive attraction will
explore how humans can survive on a changing planet, including
how we should respond to climate change, diminishing resources
and our other options for a sustainable future.
"Families should come away without a feeling of right or
wrong, but instead with ideas of ways science and technology
can help us in the future," curator Melissa Prince said.
The show is a hands-on experience that takes visitors
through seven areas; Briefing, Drinking, Eating, Enjoying,
Moving, Building and Future City. Each area looks at why the
future will be different and what we can do about it today.
Virtual guides Dug, Tek, Buz and Eco from the year 2050
will show you new and exciting ways to find water and design a
new super-food, create your own vehicle and build your own
neighborhood, before seeing it come to life in Future City.
Visitors can see inventions such as the Toilet-lid Sink,
which recycles the water we use to wash our hands, sending it
straight to the toilet cistern; and the Q-drum, a roll-able
water container which is a simple, hygienic and comfortable way
of transporting large amounts of water over large distances in
poorer, drier countries.
"The whole thing has a kind of do-it-yourself feel," Prince
said.
Experts talk about the sustainability challenges they see
in today's world, highlighting possibilities for positive
change and where science and technology could help.
"I haven't come across an issue with such a global
importance other than climate change," said Pushpanath
Krishnamurthy of Oxfam. "If the planet gets hotter by only two
degrees it will have a very real problem indeed."
Ewan Murray, who works with the Carbon Trust - a British
government agency dedicated to reducing man-made greenhouse
gases driving climate change such as carbon dioxide - also
speaks to visitors throughout the exhibition.
"I want to inspire people to want to know more because we
can solve the problem if everyone gets involved," he said.
The exhibition runs until November and then goes on a world
tour.
(Reuters Life!)
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