Exhibits

Extreme Ice:
Evidence of Global Warming Now
— Photographs by James Balog
September 12 - November 2, 2008
Photographer James Balog and the Denver Museum of Nature & Science have partnered to develop and present a new exhibition of breathtaking videos and 24 of Balog’s spectacular photographs, featuring glaciers that reflect the rugged—and vanishing—beauty of some of the most extreme and remote environments on Earth. Balog has been breaking new ground in the art of nature photography for 25 years. His latest and most ambitious project, the Extreme Ice Survey, combines art and activism on a remarkable scale. Since 2006, Balog has been systematically photographing 27 glaciers in 16 locations around the world—the most wide-ranging glacier study ever conducted using ground-based and time-lapse photography. Learn More >>

9 am – 5 pm, Monday – Sunday
Denver Museum of Nature & Science - Leprino Family Atrium
2001 Colorado Boulevard
Denver, Colorado 80205

More Information on the Exhibit
Pnone: 303.322.7009
Price: FREE to $21

Silavut: Inuit Voices in a Changing World
September 12, 2008 – March 15, 2009

silavut \SEE-la-voot\, noun (Inuktitut)
“Our climate” or “our weather”

Inuit have been keen observers of their environment for generations. Traditional knowledge and skills are passed down through generations through oral history and practice and are blended and incorporated into new knowledge and experience. Inuit intimately understand the Arctic landscape, including its variability and changes. Their knowledge helps them know when to travel, find food, be safe on the sea ice while hunting, and where to build shelters in the snow. So when the signs they have relied upon for their daily activities became less dependable, Inuit elders were concerned by the change.

Through the exhibit, Silavut: Inuit Voices in a Changing World, learn about Inuit knowledge regarding sea ice, glaciers, snow cover, and arctic animals. Explore the environmental changes Inuit elders and hunters have witnessed in their lifetimes, as unpredictable storms and blizzards create problems for traditional weather forecasting, weakened sea ice poses dangers to regular travel, and changes in animal health impact the quality of community food resources and provide inferior skins for making clothing.

Find out how Inuit elders and hunters work with Dr. Shari Gearheard, a researcher who lives in the Inuit community of Clyde River, Nunavut to document their knowledge and to link that knowledge with science. See the results when scientific research and Inuit knowledge work together to help us understand more about climate change. Learn techniques of preserving oral history to research your own community's collective knowledge about climate, the environment, and the way things used to be.

It is very important to get the information out there about what is changing, so others can understand what is happening.
—Ilkoo Angutikjuak

9 am – 5 pm Monday – Friday
9 am – 4 pm Saturday
10 am – 4 pm Sunday
CU-Boulder Museum of Natural History – Changing Exhibit Gallery
Henderson Building
15th & Broadway
(next to the UMC)

More Information on the Exhibit
cumuseum@colorado.edu
Phone: 303.492.6892
Price: FREE

The Wonder of Learning – The Hundred Languages of Children
September 12 – October 20, 2008

The National Center for Atmospheric Research and Boulder Journey School are honored to co-present “The Wonder of Learning - The Hundred Languages of Children.” Conceived and fabricated in Reggio Emilia, Italy, this landmark exhibition showcases how children naturally engage in the learning process and how that process can nurture independent and creative thinking. Visitors are invited to use audio, video, and interactives to explore this revolutionary and inspiring approach to early childhood education, which also includes choreography, music/sound, and visual art. “The Wonder of Learning - The Hundred Languages of Children” will spend four months in Boulder before beginning its five year tour of North America.

The exhibit showcases the Reggio Emilia educational philosophy. This philosophy was developed in the wake of World War II, when the threat of fascism loomed large and mothers in the city of Reggio Emilia, Italy established community-run schools designed to encourage children to think and act for themselves. The Reggio Emilia approach gained international attention in 1991 when a panel of experts commissioned by Newsweek magazine identified the schools for young children in Reggio Emilia as the best in the world. Today Reggio Emilia is a place of inspiration that has touched child-care centers around the globe, including Boulder Journey School as well as facilities on such corporate campuses as Google Inc. and The World Bank.

8 am – 5 pm Monday – Friday and
9 am – 4 pm Weekends/Holidays
NCAR Mesa Lab
1850 Table Mesa Drive
Boulder, CO

9 am – 4 pm Monday - Friday
UCAR Center Green Building
3080 Center Green Drive
Boulder, CO

More Information on the Exhibit
lcarbone@ucar.edu
Phone: 303.497.1185
Price: FREE

ThinkSwiss Climate Trail on the Walter Orr Roberts Weather Trail
September 12 – October 30, 2008

NCAR’s “Weather Trail,” a half mile, handicapped accessible signed trail behind the Mesa Laboratory, will become a “Climate Trail” for EcoArts with the addition of 15 climate and climate change informational banners developed in conjunction with scientists from Switzerland and the Swiss delegation “ThinkSwiss.” Combine seeing the “Climate” exhibits and “The Wonder of Learning” exhibits in the NCAR Mesa Lab with a walk on the “Climate Trail” and/or a hike on a beautiful fall day. Follow the “Climate Trail” to the famous Mesa Trail which is the main artery along the foothills of Boulder running north-south between Chautauqua Park and Eldorado Springs.

Sunrise to Sunset Daily
NCAR Mesa Lab
1850 Table Mesa Drive
Boulder, CO

Information on NCAR
lcarbone@ucar.edu
Phone: 303.497.1185
Price: FREE