|  | | Science Museum of Minnesota's Prairie Maze: A Demonstration Project on Renewable Energy and the Environment
Date Approved: 1/30/04
Amount: $125,000
Leads: Patrick Hamilton - Director of Earth-system and Environmental
Sciences, Science Museum of Minnesota, Dr. G. David Tilman - Department
of Ecology, Evolution and Behavior, Dr. Steve Polasky - Department of
Applied Economics and Department of Ecology, Evolution and Behavior,
Dr. Don Wyse - Department of Agronomy and Plant Genetics
Benefits and Deliverables:
The exhibit has the potential to inform a large portion of the 800,000
annual visitors to the Science Museum about renewable energy and the
environment.
Description:
This prairie maze at the Science Museum of Minnesota will be both a working biomass and carbon sequestration demonstration project and a public exhibit about renewable biomass energy, ecosystem biodiversity, and other ecosystem services of value to society. It will present, in a fun, interactive, outdoor environment, information on the full environmental and economic costs and benefits of renewable energy and energy conservation.
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