GREEN REVOLUTION
Go Green with MOSH!

TEST Every second, Americans consume 3,171 plastic bags. The Museum of Science & History will bring this statistic to life with a chain of plastic bags decorating the ceiling in the exhibit area for the eco-exhibit, Green Revolution.



What is an eco-exhibit you ask? The typical recipe for a traveling museum exhibition is to pack objects into crates, load them onto trucks, and then have those trucks travel the highways to museums across the country. Green Revolution, however, is an innovative museum exhibit with virtually no carbon footprint. MOSH received all of the necessary design files and instructions digitally, and constructed the exhibit from recycled and repurposed materials found within the community. Some of the materials that will be given new life in the exhibit include pallets, tires, plastic bottles, and aluminum cans. And the bicycle used to generate electric power in the exhibit? You guessed it – it’s upcycled too.

Green Revolution builds awareness of our fragile earth and demonstrates solutions to more effectively protect our air, water, soil, and wildlife. Modules include renewable energy, water usage, food choices and reducing our waste. Displays give practical tips on how to “Reduce, Reuse, and Recycle” so that we can all do our part to protect our planet. As added inspiration, local green pioneers are featured in the exhibit, showing visitors that they, too, can make an impact on our planet.


Green Revolution, an eco-friendly, minimal carbon footprint exhibit created by the Museum of Science and Industry in Chicago and distributed by the Smithsonian Institution Traveling Exhibition Service (SITES), will be on display through January 6, 2013.

SITES has been sharing the wealth of Smithsonian collections and research programs with millions of people outside Washington, D.C. for 60 years. SITES connects Americans to their shared cultural heritage through a wide range of exhibitions about art, science and history, which are shown wherever people live, work and play. Exhibition descriptions and tour schedules are available at www.sites.si.edu.