THE YEAR OF BIODIVERSITY AND CONSERVATION Join The Field Museum in exploring, celebrating, and protecting our planet’s amazing web of life! To increase awareness of biodiversity, The Field Museum is dedicating this school year as “The Year of Biodiversity and Conservation.” From September 2003 through May 2004, you can learn about some of the most provocative and pressing scientific concerns of our times. Climate change, water conservation, genetic diversity—each month, we tackle a different topic and investigate issues that affect us all. The nine-month program will highlight the cutting-edge research and conservation projects of many of the Museum’s 170 scientists who work in 75 countries around the world. Exhibitions, lectures, scientist roundtables, and public programs will allow visitors to meet these scientists and learn about how we can each become personally involved in preserving Earth’s biodiversity. To learn more about how you can participate in our Year of Biodiversity and Conservation, please select a category below: Calendar of Events Want to know what’s happening during the Year of Biodiversity and Conservation? Check out our Calendar of Events for a full schedule of family, children, and adult activities and programs. Field Museum Scientists Interested in meeting some of The Field Museum scientists that study the environmental issues facing our planet? Take a look at the personal profiles of these men and women and learn what inspires them to pursue careers in science. Educator Resources Looking for some great ideas that will help you teach biodiversity in the classroom? Check out our special Year of Biodiversity and Conservation programs and activities for educators and students, or download our teachers’ guides and other resources, including the Illinois Biodiversity Basics manual. What You Can Do Concerned about how you can get involved in documenting and protecting biodiversity? Take a look at our practical “Household Tips” and check out the many groups and organizations that can use your help. Museum Store Looking for great gift ideas, books, or other resources on biodiversity? Browse through our Online Museum Store for a terrific selection of educational materials about the natural world and items inspired by nature.   continue to Calendar of Events >> Introduction | Investigate Biodiversity | YBC | Meet the Scientist | Explore Global Diversity | Events and Programs | Take Action! | Teaching Biodiversity | Biodiversity Exhibition | Credits In the end we will conserve only what we love. We will love only what we understand. We will understand only what we are taught. — Baba Dioum Senegalese Ecologist