Launched on October 19, 2018, the interactive experience "Baías de Todos Nós" (Bays of All of Us) offers visitors exclusive content about Guanabara Bay and its possible futures, as well as case studies from four other bays—Sydney (Australia), Tokyo (Japan), Chesapeake (United States), and Jakarta (Indonesia). The new experience addresses the characteristics and realities of each bay, as well as aspects of biodiversity, economy, aquaculture, fishing, sanitation, and pollution control. The initiative is presented by the Ministry of Culture and the CCR Institute, through the Rouanet Law. The work was curated by Leonardo Menezes and Luiz Alberto Oliveira, coordinated by Emanuel Alencar, consulted by Marcio Santa Rosa, and written by Flávia Ribeiro.
"Bays are much more than just any hollow place to dock, as dictionaries coldly define them. They are ecosystems filled with stories and symbols," reveals Leonardo Menezes, Content Manager at the Museum of Tomorrow. "In the new exhibition area, people will see that considerable effort and resources are invested in programs, often with a dose of frustration, but there are also those that result in victories. And these serve as an example that progress is, indeed, possible. More caring and sustainable tomorrows depend on cleaner bays," he adds.
"We are proud to participate in this cultural initiative, which will address the environmental issue, one of the pillars of the CCR Institute's work," says Marina Mattaraia, director of the CCR Institute.
The experience aims to educate in a playful way. In total, it features three interactive screens, dedicated to the content of each of the five bays depicted, and another with photos and news on the topic, with an emphasis on Guanabara Bay, in partnership with the #Colabora Project and the news website G1. Visitors can also participate by submitting photos of their complaints through the Colab platform or even beautiful images, using #baiasdetodosnos, on Instagram.
A partner in the "Baías de Todos Nós" (Bays for All of Us) initiative, Colab is recognized nationally and internationally for its innovation in public management, focusing on citizen participation and engagement. The app was named the world's best urban tool by the New Cities Foundation, Brazil's most creative business in a competition promoted by the Kauffman Foundation, and the IDB's best mobile government app and startup with the greatest potential for positive impact. Today, it has contracts with several major Brazilian municipalities, including Recife, Teresina, Maceió, Niterói, and Contagem, as well as technical cooperation agreements with several others.
"We are very pleased with this partnership because we need to make everyone understand that preserving our bays is a shared responsibility. Colab, therefore, serves as a tool that empowers citizens and facilitates their role as overseers and collaborators. With #baiasdetodosnos and the Museu do Amanhã initiative, we are all responsible for caring for our rivers and oceans," says Paulo Pandolfi, co-founder and director of Colab.
In the "Grey Dolphin Game," visitors can learn more about Guanabara Bay by guiding a distinguished resident of its ecosystem to a group of animals of the same species. The grey dolphin is the symbol of a Guanabara Bay that still endures. From a population of over a thousand individuals in the 1970s, today just over 20 remain, and they are featured on the coat of arms of the city of Rio de Janeiro.