Ecologic exhibition

EcoLogic exhibition walkthrough

Support material developed for teachers to prepare students for their visit to the EcoLogic exhibition. -: Powerhouse Museum Learning :-

For school groups please use escalators, stairs and ramps for moving between floors. Take the escalators or stairs to level 1 EcoLogic: creating a sustainable future exhibition level 1

EcoLogic: creating a sustainable future exhibition presents a positive picture of an ecologically sustainable future through case studies and real life stories of people who are changing the way we live, manufacture and work. Australian life AV 3 min Exhibition entrance Jeanie Baker’s artwork

1. Introduction: This is on the right just inside the exhibition entrance. Population counter Crushed car

Big foot interactive Population counter Big foot interactive: This is also available online. It estimates the size of your ecological footprint from your answers to 15 questions. Boxed labels and graphics are hyperlinked.

2. Life depends on cycles: This section shows how human activities are changing natural flows of car and water and affecting the future of life on Earth. Big foot interactive Water cycle Carbon cycle Wind turbine interactive An industrial cycle

Carbon sinks: On display is a red cedar slab and an introduction of the concept of carbon sinks . Red cedar slab

3. City living: planning for people a. Towards a sustainable house – showcasing sustainable technologies Lounge furniture: recycling in style Eco-design Light control panel interactive Green ads AV 1 min

3. City living: planning for people a. Towards a sustainable house Light control panel interactive Eco-design The Mobbs’ House interactive Kitchen appliances Eco-design: Fashion wardrobe Eco-design: Office

Eco-design: showcasing products that are designed and made based on sustainable principles

Eco-design: on display are worm farming, heat pump hot water system, ceiling and wall insulation, rain water tank, etc. worm farming Heat pump hot water system Rainwater tank

Long hot shower interactive Eco-design: washroom and laundry

The Mobbs’ House interactive Sustainable architecture Long hot shower interactive 3. City living: planning for people a. Towards a sustainable house Eco-design: Office

Solar panels on the roof of the Museum The Museum doing its bit to conserve energy

3. City living: planning for people b. Alternative transport Honda Insight hybrid car Sustainable transport survey interactive Solar Sailor Ferry model Minister for Transport interactive 4. Nurturing the land Honda Insight AV

4. Nurturing the land: our own backyard – see how farmers and scientists are developing land use systems that are better matched to the diverse climates, soils and water flows across the country Soil salinity AV Biodiversity interactive Ram Tree- ripping chain A stump-jump plough

Changing Australia interactive – see how land use, salinity, vegetation cover and population have all changed dramatically over the past two centuries.

AVs – see efforts made by farmers, scientists and school children.

Changing Australia interactive David Marsh & Binalong children AV Managing excess salt AV

Create your own world 5. Life on the edge: making a sea change – find out how we can all help, from the way we manage rubbish in our streets to the number of fish we take out of the ocean. Australian life AV 3 min Storm water pollution Responsible fishing

Acid sulfate soils exposed AV 5 min

Storm water pollution – see the impact of run-off from farms and city streets on the marine environment

Acid sulfate soils exposed – see how acid soils form.

Responsible fishing Fish in the sea interactive Stop the mega-tip interactive Fish in the sea interactive shows the eight commonly-found fish off the Australian coast

6. Measuring well-being: what do we value? – explore themes like changing values, protest, global cooperation and sustainability indicators. Muff Hat trimming Protest AV 3 min Kelly’s Bush & Green Bans ‘ Work, consume, be silent, die’ costume

To the left of the ‘Work, consume, be silent, die’ costume

Global cooperation – global initiatives for a more sustainable future

Ecotown interactive – help people of Ecotown choose six indicators of sustainability that can be measured annually for an overall score

7. Childrens’ playspace

Create your own world

Create your own world interactive

8. Exhibition artworks

Jeanie Baker’s artwork – this is to the right of the exhibition entrance

The story of rosy dock AV 10 min Belonging – A 3-D display of collages. The 16 panels show the changes a community bring to their inner Sydney city neighbourhood. Encourage students to discuss in small groups and work out the story and messages that Jeanie Baker is trying to convene through the installation.