A traveling exhibition of worlds artfully rendered to illustrate the diverse consequences of global warming – and how these effects might be mitigated – debuts today in and around the San Diego Natural History Museum in Balboa Park. Abrams, a Chicago-based environmentalist, got the idea for "Cool Globes" after seeing the success of CowParade, a public display of painted life-size fiberglass heifers that debuted in Chicago in 1999 and became an international craze. Two new globes will be created for the San Diego exhibit, one by local artist Michelle Bassler and the other by Robert Wyland, the Laguna Hills-based artist known for his murals of marine life. A free guidebook with descriptions of each globe and a kids' section developed by Sally Ride Science will be available at the museum and the Balboa Park Visitors Center in the House of Hospitality.

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Tubbs sisters Ruby (left), 4, and Paisley, 2, of Allied Gardens sat yesterday beneath a globe titled "Make It Happen," part of an exhibit of 42 fiberglass globes decorated in global warming themes in Balboa Park. A traveling exhibition of worlds artfully rendered to illustrate the diverse consequences of global warming – and how these effects might be mitigated – debuts today in and around the San Diego Natural History Museum in Balboa Park. Abrams, a Chicago-based environmentalist, got the idea for "Cool Globes" after seeing the success of CowParade, a public display of painted life-size fiberglass heifers that debuted in Chicago in 1999 and became an international craze. Two new globes will be created for the San Diego exhibit, one by local artist Michelle Bassler and the other by Robert Wyland, the Laguna Hills-based artist known for his murals of marine life. The other globes will be scattered near the museum and the Prado's eastern end, near the fountain. A free guidebook with descriptions of each globe and a kids' section developed by Sally Ride Science will be available at the museum and the Balboa Park Visitors Center in the House of Hospitality.

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