The Learning Barge The Learning Barge is a mobile, 32'x120' environmental field station built for the Elizabeth River Project whose mission is to clean up the Elizabeth River, one of the most contaminated estuaries of the Chesapeake Bay. The Barge is off-the-grid, powered solely by site-based solar and wind energy systems. It collects its own rainwater, composts waste and filters its waste water through an on board wetland. |  |
Photos of the Completed Learning Barge. Click here to see them all on one page. |
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Photos of the Learning Barge under construction in the summer of 2009. Click here to see them all on one page. |
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| Learning Barge at the University of Virginia
In January 2006, Professor Phoebe Crisman brought the Learning Barge project to her studio at the University of Virginia School of Architecture, where the project was designed and built by a multi-disciplinary team of architecture, engineering and landscape architecture students. The Learning Barge was christened and public environmental education programs began in September 2009. For more information on the current status of this multi-semester research/design/build initiative, see the UVa Learning Barge website by selecting the image to the right: |
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| Visit the Learning Barge!
Click the Swimmable - Fishable image to the right to go to the Elizabeth River Project website where you can get more information about the barge, fieldtrips and visits. |
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