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progress with the preservation and restoration of nature’s
balance? “The Earth’s Future in our Hands» exhibit highlights
the contributions of science to what we refer to as sustainable
development: development that «meets our present needs
without compromising the ability of future generations to meet
theirs”.
With our advanced knowledge, we can understand
the risks facing the Earth and its peoples: the greenhouse
effect, desertification, growing urbanism, water pollution,
threats to biodiversity ... However, research provides us not
just with diagnoses, but also with opportunities. Opportunities
that can be reproduced ecologically, that are socially fair and
financially viable: the agricultural revolution, green chemicals,
industrial ecology, alternative energy, new technology for
education, micro-credits …
“The Earth’s Future in our Hands” is a portrait of our
tired planet, drawn without its catastrophes, raising
the public’s awareness of the urgent need for action. It also,
and more importantly, provides perspectives for the future
with detailed solutions offered by French research laboratories
to face the major environmental, economic and social
challenges of our century.
*Brundtland Report, 1987
P1
“THE EARTH’S FUTURE IN OUR HANDS”
AN EXHIBITION CREATED BY CENTRE•SCIENCES, CCSTI OF THE CENTRE’S REGION
WITH THE SUPPORT OF THE MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS (DGCID)
THE STRUCTURE
Three islets form “The Earth’s
Future in our Hands” exhibit,
illustrating the fundamental pillars of
sustainable development: protection
of the environment, social and
human development, and economic
development. Each of the islets
consists in 4 two-sided signs,
which include objects or interactive
experiments that playfully illustrate
the directions or solutions offered by
science to remedy the most alarming
ecological and human disasters.
1.80 m
Interactive exhibit, 200 m²
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A quiz to understand micro-financing
Fighting
poverty
and its panoply of evils by
healing the planet? The first
islet is entitled «Living with our
Environment» and discusses the idea
that damage to the environment affects
less privileged populations the most.
Mediocre sanitary conditions and
the lack of drinking water are
essential problems facing the health of
world populations.
To live or subsist?
For one dollar a day …
THE SIGNS
TO LIVE OR SUBSIST?
For one dollar a day …
Here, the public will discover
the agricultural revolution that uses
biological diversity and the variability of the living world, often
neglected by the agri-food industry.
It may experiment with microfinancing and become aware of
the ecological footprint concept …
steps to take in the fight against
poverty and the promotion of viable
subsistence opportunities.
ECOLOGICAL FOOTPRINT
Compare the footprints of 5 countries’
on a globe
6 BILLION HUMANS … AND ME
Prepare future demographic projections
SAY 33!
A game on infections and
their purveyors
TRACING FOOD
Traceability from the barn to the table
DEVELOPING SOIL
Reconstruct a type of soil and its strata
SOIL AND EROSION
Simulate rain erosion
CHANGES TO COME
Discover new agri-food technologies
through images
FRAGILE HEALTH
What environment for development?
SOIL AND AGRICULTURE
Towards a two-fold green revolution?
CLIMATES UNDER THE INFLUENCE
Heat waves around the planet
TRACING FOOD :
Can you find the label that corresponds
to each animal?
P2 Chapter 01
“THE EARTH’S FUTURE IN OUR HANDS”
AN EXHIBITION CREATED BY CENTRE•SCIENCES, CCSTI OF THE CENTRE’S REGION
WITH THE SUPPORT OF THE MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS (DGCID)
Interactive exhibit, 200 m²
1.80 m
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SOLAR COOKING
Prepare a meal outdoors
THE WATER CYCLE*
Travel with a drop of water
ENERGY FOR WHAT?
Identify the energy sources in a scene
What type of energy
do you use? This experiment
allows visitors to try a hydrogen
fuel cell. Can it become the “energy of
the
near
future”,
providing
electricity for our cars, houses and
portable computers? Like the solar
oven, another interactive experiment
available here, the objective is
to demonstrate the reality of
alternative energy …
Tomorrow’s energy.
Tomorrow’s challenges …
THE SIGNS
TOMORROW’S ENERGY
Tomorrow’s challenges …
INDUSTRIAL ECOLOGY
Transportation and technological
development
NATURAL DISASTERS
Where should I live tomorrow?
UNDERSTAND IN ORDER TO ACT
Sharing knowledge
A driver of development, energy
is at the heart of the second
exhibit islet. This islet allows both for
a
raising
of
awareness
of
the urgent need to invent other
production
means,
and
also
a reflection on our consumer society,
with each household in industrial
countries producing close to 500 kg
of waste each year. A major barrier:
most countries are not yet able
to produce their own knowledge or
take advantage of that produced by
others …If we want to implement
sustainable
consumption
and
production, we will have to start
sharing our knowledge globally.
WHAT TYPE OF ENERGY
DO YOU USE?*
Produce electricity with
a hydrogen fuel cell
WHERE DOES CO2 COME FROM?
Understand the carbon cycle
SORTING IS A PHYSICAL ACTIVITY!
Discover recycling and
the features of matter
GROUNDWATER FLOODS
Understand the role of groundwater
BUILD TO LAST
Simulate an earthquake
TELEMEDICINE*
Remote surgery with new technology
RAISING AWARENESS
Discover the major events in
the history of sustainable development
(*) Electrical power
required (220 volts)
Use the handles and operate!
Future prostheses and surgical operations
with new technologies …
P3 Chapter 02
“THE EARTH’S FUTURE IN OUR HANDS”
AN EXHIBITION CREATED BY CENTRE•SCIENCES, CCSTI OF THE CENTRE’S REGION
WITH THE SUPPORT OF THE MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS (DGCID)
Interactive exhibit, 200 m²
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Understand the relationship between
living beings and their environment
Biodiversity
How to manage natural resources?
The signs
BIODIVERSITY
How can we manage natural
resources?
Five major extinctions
have marked the evolution of
life on Earth since its appearance
3.8 billion years ago. Are we facing
the sixth extinction? The scientific
community provides us with tools for
a more responsible management of
the planet’s resources. Our knowledge
on how ecosystems work and
the interactions between species
have seen great progress. Spatial
techniques to observe the oceans may
assist in preventing over-exploitation
by fisheries. A better understanding
of the hydrological cycle could lead
to rational management of water and
demographic and economic changes.
This third and final islet ends
the exhibit with a message of hope:
today, man can avoid being a player
in his own extinction.
MILIEUS AND CLIMATIC IMPACT
The consequences of global warming
RICE AND MEN
Genetic variations in rice major
WHERE DO ROCKS COME FROM?
Find the geological origin of minerals
GEOLOGICAL MODEL?
Experiment with plate tectonics
DIGITAL RESOURCES*
3D model on geological information
COOLING CURRENTS*
Simulate ocean currents
SHARING WATER
Geopolitics and access to water
sources
A HEAVY NET
Capture water in an arid region
(*) Electrical power
required (220 volts)
MINERALS AND SUBSOIL
Treasures to be investigated
OCEANS AND COASTAL REGIONS
More than 3 mm per year ...
BLUE GOLD IN PERIL?
Knowledge, access and use
Igneous, sedimentary and
metamorphic rocks.
Can you find the origin of these samples?
P4 Chapter 03
“THE EARTH’S FUTURE IN OUR HANDS”
AN EXHIBITION CREATED BY CENTRE•SCIENCES, CCSTI OF THE CENTRE’S REGION
WITH THE SUPPORT OF THE MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS (DGCID)
Interactive exhibit, 200 m²
TECH
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Information
Centre Sciences CCSTI
of the Centre’s Region
Tel. : + 33 2 38 77 11 06
E-mail:
[email protected]
Information and
reservations
Ministry of Foreign
Affairs (DGCID-DCSU)
Tel. : + 33 1 43 17 93 93
Fax : + 33 1 43 17 88 38
E-mail:
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Description
13 self-supporting, two-sided panels
27 experiments to be set on tables
Packaging
Panel and support structures: 2 cases
Assemblies: 2 cases
Volume: 1 m3
Weight: 200 kg
Plan for
Surface : 200 m2
Electricity (220 V, 4 outlets)
10 tables (110 x 70 cm) to be provided
by the host site
Assembly and training: 3 days
Local support: 2 people
Translation into
the host country language
Formatting and organization of
translations (to be provided by the
host site). The exhibit is already
available in Greek, Polish and Arabic
Support
Training of host personnel responsible
for handling the public
Bibliography and Internet resources
Participation of scientists
[email protected]
Costs
Travel and accommodation for the
Centre•Sciences trainer
Return transportation from/to the
exhibit
Full insurance
(value: Euros 30,000)
P5 Technical Sheet
“THE EARTH’S FUTURE IN OUR HANDS”
AN EXHIBITION CREATED BY CENTRE•SCIENCES, CCSTI OF THE CENTRE’S REGION
WITH THE SUPPORT OF THE MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS (DGCID)
Acknowledgments
EXECUTION AND DESIGN
Centre•Sciences,
CCSTI of the Centre’s Region
WITH THE SUPPORT OF
Ministry for Research
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Centre’s Regional Council
SCIENTIFIC CONTRIBUTIONS
BRGM, CEA, CNRS, IFEN, INRA, IRD,
Universities of Tours and Orléans
GRAPHIC DESIGN
Vincent Burille – Orléans
DIGITAL PRINTING
API - Saint-Denis-en-Val
handling display
Concept Volume Maquettes – Orléans
FURNITURE
Etablissements BERGE – Fleury-lesAubrais