Sustainable Shelter: Dwelling within the Forces of Nature exhibition

Sustainable Shelter: Dwelling within the Forces of Nature exhibition

February 1– May 26, 2014

Explore biodiversity, human and animal architecture, ecosystems, and energy and water conservation —all from the perspective of the "home". See innovative home building technologies and learn about strategies that can help restore the health and viability of natural systems. On view in the second-floor gallery February 1–May 26, 2014.

What can we learn from nature to make our dwellings more sustainable parts of the earth's natural systems? Shelter is a universal human need—a need we share with other living things. Since buildings consume lots of resources and almost half of all the energy used in the United States it's important that we make them more efficient. Explore biodiversity, human and animal architecture, ecosystems, and energy and water conservation —all from the perspective of the "home", in a new traveling exhibition at the Montshire Museum. Visitors will see innovative home building technologies and learn about strategies that can help restore the health and viability of natural systems in the Sustainable Shelter: Dwelling Within the Forces of Nature, at the Montshire Museum of Science in Norwich, Vermont, February 1 through May 26, 2014.

http://montshire.org/exhibits/featured-exhibitions/sustainable-shelter-dwelling-within-the-forces-of-nature/

What can we learn from nature to make our dwellings a sustainable part of the earth’s natural environment ? Find out when visiting the new exhibition, "Sustainable Shelter: Dwelling within the Forces of Nature" opening Saturday, February 1 at the Montshire Museum of Science in Norwich, Vermont.

link to press release: http://montshire.org/about/pressroom/press-releases/sustainable-shelter-taking-cues-from-nature/