Geopark takes part in "Climate Escape" travelling exhibition at Korbach Museum
What concrete effects can climate change, which has been caused to a not inconsiderable extent by mankind, have on each individual person? Answers to this question can be found in an exciting exhibition organised by the German Climate Foundation at the Wolfgang Bonhage Museum in Korbach, which can be seen during the usual opening hours. Until 9 February 2025, 14 life-size figures from all over the world, spread across the entire exhibition space, will tell their very own stories about climate change in their countries of origin in audio contributions. The National Geopark GrenzWelten is also involved in the presentation, as a source of ideas for the travelling exhibition to be shown in the district of Waldeck-Frankenberg.
"I'm sure we all agree that climate change is a highly relevant topic for society," says the head of the Geopark project office, Dr Georg Bresser. But what is perhaps not so well known: In GrenzWelten, you can learn a lot about climate change in terms of geological history and literally get a glimpse of what our Earth looked like millions of years ago. This visualised history of the earth in turn teaches us a lot about climate change, earth system processes and the effects on the living world. Dr Bresser emphasises: "I am really delighted that the Korbach Museum has taken up the Geopark's initiative and that the German Climate Foundation's travelling exhibition can now be seen there."
The figures range from a lumberjack from Indonesia to an Inuit woman with a baby (Greenland) and a German teenager. The topics addressed are also diverse: Whether the destruction of forests under the heading of palm oil, the Arctic as the region with the most severe climate change or the call for sustainable consumption and commitment to tackling climate change, almost every area of interest is addressed in the travelling exhibition. In addition, there will be a lecture by the German Climate Foundation at the Wolfgang Bonhage Museum on 6 February 2025, for which further information will be provided shortly.