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Patricia,
I read recently in an issue of Orion magazine (May/June 2007
www.orionmagazine.org) of an effort in which communities attempt to eat
locally produced food for an entire week, in order to understand the role of
fossil fuels in transporting foods and the inadequacy of local food systems.
It is called the "Localvore Challenge." The rule is that foods had to be
grown within a 100-mile radius of the community.
You might try a search on "Localvore Challenge." As I understand it, people
sign up to be a part of the challenge and then have to work cooperatively to
determine the foods available and expand their creativity in recipes and
adjusting expectations. I have been thinking how our science museum might
initiate this challenge and be a central resource for our community.
It would be interesting to have community members and children gather
information on what foods are locally available. They might assess what
substitutions might be made for certain conventional standards that are not
produced locally (for example in our area we have access to a good amount of
fruits and vegetables but not as much grains, especially rice). Perhaps out
of this might become a greater awareness of what is required to produce and
transport food. I believe in the US the current estimate is 1500 miles that
food travels to reach the average American dinner plate.
Good luck!
Chris
Chris Wallace Hostetler
Executive Director
ScienceWorks Hands-On Museum
1500 East Main
Ashland, Oregon 97520
541-482-6767 ext. 31
www.scienceworksmuseum.org
"La experiencia es la madre de la ciencia." - Cervantes
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Subject: mass experiment
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Has anyone experiemce with or good ideas for mass experiments around
durability, environment, climate change?
We would like to do a large scale experiment in Flanders (in collaboration
with a media partner) in which everyone who wants can easily participate.
The fact that may peole do an observation, or a measurement results
contributes to the overal result.
Examples could be: when and where do you observe the first swallows, or
when does flower x start to blossom, or a recording of temperature,..
f you have ever done something like this I would like to hear from you. What
works?
kind regards,
Patricia
Patricia Verheyden
Manager of exhibits
Technopolis, the Flemish Science Center
Technologielaan, 2800 Mechelen, Belgium
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