When was the last time you bought a product that was not made or transported using fossil energy?
Energy permeates our lives and our civilization in more ways than you might think.
Eighty percent of the energy we produce comes from fossil sources and results in greenhouse gas emissions. These emissions contribute to global warming with serious consequences. We must do our best to counteract this development.
That is why it is important to be conscious of how we use energy and what kind of energy we use. Transitioning from fossil energy to renewable solutions will be part of the solution.
“How Are We Doing?” is the third exhibition in a series on this theme. The previous exhibition, Climate for Change, was launched in 2019 and needed to be replaced by a completely new and updated exhibition.
The goal of “How Are We Doing?” is to present an updated narrative of both the history of energy and climate, while also looking ahead to the challenges we must solve in our everyday lives and what it means to try to find balance.
Opening of the exhibition “How Are We Doing?”
Photo: Rune Egenes/Norwegian Petroleum Museum.
The official opening was conducted by State Secretary Astrid Willa Eide Hoem, pictured here together with Museum Director Cecilie Claviez and Exhibition Manager Leif Harald Halvorsen.
Students from Stavanger Cathedral School, Kongsgård, also participated in the opening.
A large wall in the exhibition takes visitors through 200 years of climate and energy history. Interactive wheels demonstrate how climate change will alter the way we live our lives. We will need to adapt to a warmer, wetter, and wilder climate. Norway is a wealthy country and both can and will devote significant resources to adapting to a warmer planet. Not all countries have that luxury.
The exhibition also features a variety of stations where visitors can explore the balancing act and difficult choices we face: How should we organize society in the future to reverse negative trends while taking different interests into account? Here, you can reflect on what you believe is important and right, while also gaining an understanding of the complexity of these issues.
Financial supporters of this exhibition include: the Ministry of Energy, Equinor, Norsk Shell, and the Sparebankstiftelsen SR-Bank Foundation.
Professional partners include Sixsides, with contributing partners Fasett and Back.
We would also like to extend our thanks to Klaus Mohn at the University of Stavanger, Bjørn Ove Jansen at Equinor, Gunvar Mikkelsen, and the environmental organization The Future in Our Hands for the report on which we based the game about reducing the carbon dioxide emissions of the average Norwegian.
