Earth Today and Tomorrow
How does the way we live affect our planet? Earth Today and Tomorrow provides some sobering food for thought and looks at how development can be made more sustainable.
Managing soil effectively is essential to our survival. Maintaining a balance between human needs and the effect on the environment is essential, not just in agriculture but in the way we use energy, create living space and dispose of waste.
Our need of food and water is a basic fact of life. Look at the impact of farming methods, and how water is distributed. You can inspect a section of the 150-metre borehole that the Museum has drilled down to tap the water source that lies deep in the chalk below the building.
Every day we use and throw away hundreds of objects made from the Earth’s raw materials. We explore how much we consume and how we can manage resources and waste more effectively.
With demand for living space growing, how can we exploit resources with less impact on the environment and make best use of the land we have available for building homes?
Solar, geothermal, wind and wave energy are just a few of the sources that offer an alternative to oil in the face of climate change. We look at how earth scientists are working to harness these alternatives.
