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 What can you do to help protect biodiversity? Take Action! All of us—from kids to corporations—can help preserve our planet’s fragile web of life. Together, we can create a society that lives in harmony with our environment.
It’s all about sustainability. By learning how to manage our natural resources responsibly without producing harmful waste, we can balance the needs of the present without jeopardizing our children’s needs in the future.
Take a look at some of the ways others have conserved biodiversity, and learn how you can get involved, too!
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What Your City Does
Become inspired and find out how Mayor Daley is leading the way to make Chicago a “green” city. With rooftop gardens sprouting, solar panel installations on the rise, and a massive rehabilitation effort underway in the Calumet region, Chicago is well on its way to becoming America’s greenest city.
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 What Your Museum Does
Get ideas for your own home by learning how the Museum has “gone green!” As part of our new green building program, we’ve renovated our facilities to reduce energy use and conserve resources.
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What You Can Do
Check out natural spaces and places where you can explore biodiversity and participate in educational programs. You can even get a listing of local conservation organizations that need your help!
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Introduction | Investigate Biodiversity | YBC | Meet the Scientist | Explore Global Diversity | Events and Programs | Take Action! | Teaching Biodiversity | Biodiversity Exhibition | Credits
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A true conservationist is a man who knows that the world is not given by his fathers but borrowed from his children.
— John James Audubon
Wildlife Artist and Author
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