Better late than never, yeah?

Today we visited the Volkswagen Autostadt. It was crazy! When you walk in the “theme park” there is a huge globe made up of the latitude and longitude lines hanging from the ceiling. Below that, in the floor there are approximately 50 smaller globes; each display a different message that the architect thought was/is important. For example: time zones, fault lines, global warming rates, places with the worst drivers and aids epidemic rates. It was uber cool to look at all of the things he thought were important ten years ago and realize how important they still are now.

We talked to Nicholas who is the director of International Media. He was a very interesting guy to speak with and had so many ideas that I am interested in. The Autostadt was in the processing of creating and opening an environmental awareness wing to the main building. Nicholas said they thought it was very important to teach children and young adults the importance of the environment and what we can do to protect it. He also said VW holds seminars for teachers so they can take what they learn at the Autostadt out into the community and raise awareness to the people who are not lucky enough to travel there. Overall, it sounded like VW is doing a lot of things to help the world and not just simply selling “environmentally friendly” cars, but teaching and exposing people.