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Museum 2 You

A resource rich, science-based community environmental education program

Australian White Ibis 15 May 2012

Introduced Species: Friend or foe?

The introduction of plant and animal species around the world has lead to the destabilisation and even collapse of some ecosystems. But are all the effects of introduced species negative?

Museum 2 You, Isabelle Kingsley

Biodiversity 04 Apr 2012

Everything is ready

With a lot of work from the team the first Museum2you display has been completed and is on display at Coal Loader Centre for Sustainability in North Sydney

Museum 2 You, Karen Player

Turn Lights Off 16 Feb 2012

Alight at night: Why office buildings keep their lights on at night

  In a day and age when saving energy is of high importance, there must be a valuable explanation for why office buildings keep their lights on at night.

Museum 2 You, Isabelle Kingsley

Fruits and vegetables 13 Feb 2012

Liquid gold: save urine, save the planet?

Ancient cultures, from Greece to Asia, have used urine as a fertiliser to provide nutrients to their crops. Is recycling our urine a radical solution to global food security and saving our waterways?

Museum 2 You, Isabelle Kingsley

Museum 2 You mock display 04 Jan 2012

2012 update

The Museum 2 You display is rapidly coming together and we look forward to seeing the display in regional NSW by May this year.

Museum 2 You, Karen Player

Breaking Waves in the Sky 04 Jan 2012

Wave Energy Technology: Greek sea goddess CETO to the rescue

Named after a Greek sea goddess, CETO is a wave energy technology that converts ocean swells into zero-emission electricity and zero-emission desalinated freshwater.

Museum 2 You, Isabelle Kingsley

Climate Change 07 Dec 2011

Geosequestration: Sweeping CO2 under the rug?

Is pumping carbon dioxide into the ground a novel solution to reducing greenhouse gases leading to climate change or is it just sweeping the problem under the rug?

Museum 2 You, Isabelle Kingsley

Cane Toad, front view 28 Nov 2011

Toad Busting: The battle against cane toad invasion

The battle continues with the cane toads that will soon be reaching the Bungle Bungle range in the World Heritage Listed Purnululu National Park in Western Australia.

Museum 2 You, Isabelle Kingsley

Solar Power Plant 23 Nov 2011

Solar Power...but not as you know it

Solar power delivered from space! Science fact or science fiction? 

Museum 2 You, Jonathon Cant

National Recycling Week 16 Nov 2011

National Recycling Week 2011: November 7 to 13

Join together to reduce, reuse and recycle! Take part in loads of events throughout the country and contribute to reducing waste in Australia.

Museum 2 You, Isabelle Kingsley

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