Nowadays, more and more people – and businesses – are becoming eco-conscious.
Adding to this trend is the world’s greenest museum, the California Academy of Science Museum. Located in San Francisco’s Golden Gate Park, this modernized museum has a living roof (see picture) consisting of native plants that aids with insulation. Solar panels are mounted on the roof, providing a source of energy. Walk inside a four-story glass dome rainforest featuring bats, butterflies and a cocoa tree. It ends with an elevator ride down to the “flooded forest,” which is a tunneled aquarium.
Also nearby are the Morrison Planetarium, Kimball Natural History Museum, Steinhart Aquarium and the Naturalist Center. And don’t miss the rare albino alligator, Claude, on exhibit.
Nowadays, more and more people – and businesses – are becoming eco-conscious.
Adding to this trend is the world’s greenest museum, the California Academy of Science Museum. Located in San Francisco’s Golden Gate Park, this modernized museum has a living roof (see picture) consisting of native plants that aids with insulation. Solar panels are mounted on the roof, providing a source of energy. Walk inside a four-story glass dome rainforest featuring bats, butterflies and a cocoa tree. It ends with an elevator ride down to the “flooded forest,” which is a tunneled aquarium.
Also nearby are the Morrison Planetarium, Kimball Natural History Museum, Steinhart Aquarium and the Naturalist Center. And don’t miss the rare albino alligator, Claude, on exhibit.
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