Doubletree Hotels, the Arbor Day Foundation and the Dimensions Education Research Foundation have teamed up to bring an new exhibit across America. The 2,500 square foot exhibit is aimed at helping kids understand the role trees play in the environment and ways they can conserve the earth's natural resources. The three-year tour hopes to reach over one million visitors by the year 2010. It will be traveling to some of the top science centers, botanical gardens and children's museums.
The "sensation stations" invite kids to discover trees by:
- Crawling inside a giant log and experiencing it as a habitat for living things
- Listening to the sounds of animals that live in trees
- Smelling a variety of scents and discovering some of the many products we get from trees
- Perching and playing in a larger-than-life bird's nest
- Becoming a forest creature in a real-time, animated, blue-screen flying experience
To see a listing of where the exhibit will be, visit the Think Trees website.
Although many are staying home this summer for a "stay-cation", if you do happen to be traveling, you might want to check out DoubleTree's Green hotels! Many DoubleTree hotels and resorts are working to become certified by some of the most respected green lodging certificate programs.