Museums, Social Awareness and Sustainability

Just stumbled across an excellent online exhibition on the London Transport Museum website called the Future Generator. Beginning with a video that discusses global warming and its effect on the city of London, the exhibition introduces four possible scenarios of the future. By answering up to 16 questions about your daily routines and lifestyle, the exhibition will generate a likely scenario of your future too. 

The future generator called for an awakening to the environment around us and the carbon footprint that we create by simple daily routines such as transportation and even kettle-boiling. While it is interesting in itself, it provokes a re-evaluation of our daily lives and environmental consciousness. 

I always feel that this is how a museum exhibition should be, especially for large institutions. Considering that it is a venue that invites the public to receive messages that it has to deliver, there is a social responsibility for museums to raise and discuss issues that impact the population and the world that it lives in.