Climate Change Exhibition in the Botanic Gardens
Event: Royal Botanic Garden’s John Hope Gateway
Date: Saturday 3rd April - Monday 3rd May 2010
Times: 09:30am
Location: Royal Botanic Garden, Edinburgh
Venue: Ground floor exhibition area, John Hope Gateway
Price: Free
No Booking required.
Description:
As part of the Edinburgh International Science Festival and celebrating International Year of Biodiversity 2010, the Macaulay Land Use Research Institute will be showcasing an eight foot spherical, interactive climate change exhibit to the general public for the first time since it was unveiled at the Scottish Parliament in February.
Climate Change could be the most serious threat to Scotland’s natural heritage in the coming decades. As well as environmental consequences, climate change is likely to have major social and economic implications for people in Scotland and elsewhere. The Macaulay’s Tomorrow’s World exhibit is designed encourage people to make the right environmental decisions by highlighting the lifestyle changes they can adopt to help develop a more sustainable future.
The three sided interactive exhibit explores what life could be like in 2050 through video diaries of three members of the same Scottish family as they experience three very different futures. Adults and children will be given the opportunity to take part in surveys about their likelihood to change their behaviours around everyday actions such as water use, food miles and car trips. Children can also play the Polar Bear game where their choices impact on whether the polar bear reaches the safety of a glacier, or if his iceberg shrinks and ultimately he dies.
Scientists from the world renowned Macaulay Land Use Research Institute will use the data gathered from the surveys and games to inform future research on climate change.
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