[BCMA] Explore your sustainABILITY at the Richmond Museum

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**Please find two photos attached:
 
Are You Green: Learn how Richmond is charting its path towards a
sustainable future through the sustainABILITY exhibit
Steve and his bike: SustainABILITY's Steve the Shrew uses a sustainable
mode of transportation
 
 
 
 

News Release

6911 No. 3 Road
Richmond, BC V6Y 2C1

 

August 10, 2011

 

For Immediate Release

 

Explore your sustainABILITY at the Richmond Museum

 

Richmond, BC - Sustainability - it is a topic we hear about everywhere
we go, but what exactly does it mean? The latest exhibition of the
Richmond Museum, sustainABILITY, explores the realm of sustainability
and provides visitors an opportunity to reflect on their ability to make
sustainable choices. The exhibit opens Tuesday, August 23 at 5 p.m.

 

"The exhibit explores the rich meaning of sustainability through
multiple themes: climate change, environment (built and natural), food,
energy, mobility, culture and business," says Rebecca Forrest, Curator
of the Richmond Museum. "These different layers work together to
highlight the interconnectedness of sustainability. The exhibit also
highlights the City of Richmond's progressive corporate sustainability
initiative, which will help make Richmond the most appealing, liveable
and well-managed community in Canada."

 

Through the exhibit, visitors are encouraged to reflect on how they live
and will be empowered to find their ability to makes sustainable
choices. Drawing from the Museum's collection of artifacts, lighting
displays demonstrate the evolution of energy use throughout the 20th
century. Building and packaging materials from the past and present will
raise questions about how sustainability factors into our everyday
decision-making. Families with small children will especially enjoy
meeting our personable mascot for this exhibit, Steve the Shrew, who
provides his unique perspective on sustainability.

 

People of all ages are invited to explore the interactive Discovery
Area, which offers a variety of baskets with hands-on activities, games
and crafts. Anyone can make a wind turbine, test their knowledge about
sustainability, and find out how bees are related to sustainability in
Richmond.

 

The Richmond Museum is open Monday to Friday, 9 a.m. to 9:30 p.m. and
Saturday and Sunday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. The exhibit runs until December
2011.

 

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Media Contact:

Ted Townsend

Senior Manager, Corporate Communications

City of Richmond

T: 604-276-4399

E: ttownsend at richmond.ca

 

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