New Climate Change Exhibit Opens at Field Museum

By Anna Deem in News on Jun 26, 2010 9:00PM

In an effort to lower the city's carbon footprint, a new exhibit focusing on climate change has opened at the Field Museum and will run through Nov. 28. "The exhibit and the plan provide a call to action on climate change," said the Nature Conservancy's Bob Moseley via the Chicago Sun-Times, speaking Friday at a joint launch for the show and the Climate Action Plan for Nature he helped create. "But the impact of the many things we can and should do will not be felt for another 50 to 100 years."

Curators of the new exhibit focused on showing the public how they can reverse the greenhouse effect by reducing the burning of fossil fuels, which is considered to be the primary factor behind carbon dioxide pollution. "Yes, we encourage individuals to look at their choices around energy use and transportation," Melinda Pruett-Jones, executive director of Chicago Wilderness, said Friday to the Sun-Times, "but we also want them to see the powerful benefits of this region's natural areas and advocate for their protection and care." For more information on the exhibit, visit www.fieldmuseum.org.