Help your local Science Museum to become your community's climate champion

摘要

U.S. science museums are trusted and popular sources of scientific information. Great potential exists for science museums to help increase climate change awareness. It is vital that communities help their local science museums take leadership positions in championing the clean energy economy. For instance, buildings are responsible for 40 percent of all U.S. energy use. The Science Museum of Minnesota has reduced its hot water heating bills by 65%, offset 31% of its electricity through solar energy, cut its utility bills by $300,000, and slashed its CO2 emissions by nearly four million lbs. The museum now embodies climate action.