Environment & Sustainability

Family Swim at the Museum

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Family Swim at the Museum

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Family Swim at the Museum

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Family Swim at the Museum

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It Came from Below: Spooky Science Stories from (Down)stream

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Slide from The Mighty Delaware lecture 1954

Institute Awarded Turning Points in History Grant from Villanova’s Lepage Center

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A biologist at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) examines animal tissue, ca. 1970.

Science and Activism Museum Tour

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Ad featuring industrial power plant 1943

Science and Activism Museum Tour

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Science and Activism Museum Tour

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Science and Activism Museum Tour

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Rachel Carson on Hawk Mountain, Pennsylvania, 1945.

Science and Activism Museum Tour

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Science and Activism Museum Tour

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Science and Activism Museum Tour

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Science and Activism Museum Tour

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T. T. Chao Symposium on Innovation

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Science History Institute Mounts New Outdoor Exhibition

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Institute’s ‘Downstream’ Exhibition Featured in Multiple Media Outlets

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Drawing of factory with photo of human eyes superimposed

How Two Outsider Scientists Saw Inside Climate Change

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The Philadelphia Inquirer: Must-See Museum Exhibits in Philly This Fall

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Research curator Jesse Smith shows off Downstream exhibition

WHYY: Exhibition Traces a 200-Year History of Water Pollution in Philadelphia

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Miners Hauling Electronics Amidst Pollution

C&EN: Rare Earths’ Magic Comes at a Cost

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Take a Watery Journey through History and Science with Institute’s New ‘Downstream’ Exhibition Opening September 14

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Archival photo of Forest Service after the 1910 fires.

Paradise Is Burning

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Black and white photo of Sonny Boy the Woodpecker

The Death of the Lord God Bird

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Official Netflix movie poster for Space Sweepers

Inverse: Netflix’s Sci-Fi Epic Reveals a Real-Life Cosmic Danger

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Downstream

Plastic Wares Sales Display Featuring Dow Styron 1949

The Pulse: The Miracle and Menace of Plastic

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Magnifying glass over rare earth element

The Case of Rare Earth Elements

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The Instrumental Chemist

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Illustrated portraits of Hoyt Hottel and Maria Telkes

The Sun Queen and the Skeptic: Building the World’s First Solar Houses

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Consultant to Medical Device Makers

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Philadelphia Earth Week, Fifty Years On

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Image of the Johnny Horizon environmental test kit

Distilled #13: An Environmental Cowboy from the 1970s

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Historical photo of Philadelphia's Fairmount Water Works

How Philadelphia’s Water Pollution Problems Shaped the City

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References for Activists

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References for Consumers

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References for Manufacturers

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References for Producers

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References for Stewards

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Instructor Manual (PDF)

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Student Journal (PDF)

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Tracking Sheet (PDF)

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Statement of Guiding Values

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Owner of a Catalytic Converters Company

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Chief Sustainability Officer for a Major Automaker

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VP for a Defense Contractor

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CEO of a Wind Turbine Manufacturer

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VP for Environmental and Social Initiatives at a Consumer Electronics Maufacturer

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Goals and Recommendations

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Manufacturers Case Study

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Playing Guide

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Small-Business Chemical Entrepreneur

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Government Official Working to Stop Smuggling in China

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Chinese Supplier of Rare Earth Elements

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Assistant Manager of a Metal Mining Company in Brazil

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Director of an International Mining Company

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Director of Corporate Communications for an American Mining Corporation

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Goals and Recommendations

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Chart showing world production of rare earth oxides

Producers Case Study

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Playing Guide

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Materials Scientist

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Environmental Engineer

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Chemist

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Social Scientist

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Executive Director of a Wildlife-Focused Environmental Advocacy Organization

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President of a Market-Oriented Environmental Nongovernmental Organization

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Goals and Recommendations

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Stewards Case Study

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Stewards Playing Guide

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References

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Executive Director of a Prominent International Environmental Advocacy Organization

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Environmentalist with an American Climate-Change Organization

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Environmental Activist Based in Malaysia

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Environmental Activist Based in China

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Environmental Activist Based in Eastern California

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Spokesperson for an Indigenous Rights Organization in Brazil

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Goals and Recommendations

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Activists Case Study

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Playing Guide

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Famous Inventor

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Technology Writer

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Ethical Consumer Journalist

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CEO of an Ethical Consumer Electronics Manufacturing Firm

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U.S. Defense Department Official

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Chief Merchandising Officer for a Large Electronics Retailer

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Goals and Recommendations

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Consumers Case Study

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Playing Guide

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Illustration of map showing where rare earth elements are found

Science of Rare Earth Elements

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History and Future of Rare Earth Elements

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Instructions for Game Play

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Two women standing on street dabbing their eyes

Smith Griswold Sells the War against Smog

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Silhouette of a vulture in front of a low sun.

Poison Pill: The Mysterious Die-Off of India’s Vultures

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Activists

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Consumers

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Manufacturers

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Producers

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Chemical abbreviations for 17 rare earth elements

Stewards

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Introduction

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miners hauling electronics that are causing pollution

Rare Earths: The Hidden Cost to Their Magic

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Periodic table with cellphones depicting US and China flags

Green Tech Media: A Strategic Approach to Rare Earth Elements as Global Trade Tensions Flare

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Fire in the Cuyahoga River with a firefighter boat blasting water

The Myth of the Cuyahoga River Fire

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