A Web site explores the Chesapeake Bay—important to John Smith, Powhatan, Pocahontas, and the Jamestown colonists, as well as today’s inhabitants—revealing one of America’s most renowned and vital waterways.
Since its beginnings at the 1805 Lewis and Clark Centennial Exposition, this landmark Portland, Oregon, institution has educated and informed people about the importance of the world’s forests in order to promote a balanced and sustainable future.
Visitors learn about sustainability, durability, and recycling in this interactive that explains the relative merits between wood, plastic, metal, and other materials when used for various consumer goods.
A raw industrial space, transformed into an immersive underwater world through giant video projections, serves as an environmental backdrop to a contemporary music performance.
Suspended in a parachute harness, visitors experience a smoke jumper’s descent through parachute controls connected to a video screen.
Seated in a tree harvesting vehicle, visitors interact with simulator software to experience firsthand a forestry-related occupation.