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Published online 1 November 2007 | Nature | doi:10.1038/news.2007.207
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Natural history museum gets green face-lift
California scientists to move into Earth-friendly building.
From its roof garden to its forests, fish, penguins and bats, the new headquarters of the California Academy of Sciences will be teeming with life when it opens to the public late next year.
But the museum won’t just preach about saving Earth’s gems.
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More of these types of buildings need to be built and maintained as a way to give back to our wonderful and generous planet. Thank you for being thoughtful about and creating such a marvelous work of art.