Major initiatives
Explore the Academy's three new major initiatives that seek to regenerate critical ecosystems around the world.
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Now more than ever, the choices we make as a species will determine the world we leave for future generations.
With PlanetVision, the California Academy of Sciences offers a blueprint for a sustainable future.
By focusing on straightforward, effective actions that individuals, communities, businesses, and governments can take to improve our food, water, and energy systems, solutions to these global challenges are in sight.
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See sustainability differently.
PlanetVision makes a complex topic accessible—and our future hopeful. Your participation makes the movement stronger.
Action Guide
Browse PlanetVision's expert-vetted Action Guide and blog and follow us on Facebook and Twitter for some surprisingly simple ways you can make sustainable choices every day.
Museum Exhibit
The Academy's newest exhibit pairs stories about our food, water, and energy systems with planet-friendly actions anyone can take, from eating less meat to gardening with more mulch.
Public Programs
Not sure how to swap out that leaky showerhead? We have a program for that—along with other hands-on demonstrations and activities to help boost anyone's sustainability IQ.
Explore how the Academy earned its LEED Double Platinum rating and became one of the greenest museums on Earth.
IBSS is home to 100+ research scientists and nearly 46 million scientific specimens from around the world.
Learn more about Phase 1 of the Academy's global initiative to research and restore coral reef ecosystems.