Paper Person from Earth Day '09 trash hovers over LA's eco-zone. Created by Kim Abeles. Photos by RCruger

Guide the bobcat home on a tilt game. See maggots recycle rot. Compare insulation of feathers vs. blubber. Be a barnacle and find food. These are a few of the many hands-on experiences at the 45,000-square-foot permanent $135 million wing of the California Science Center in Los Angeles. Ecosystems, the new expansion of the museum, boasts a 188,000-gallon kelp forest as one of eight eco-zones on display, from polar to desert. At a preview, I gazed at a large whirling globe p...Read the full story on TreeHugger






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