California's roadside historical markers tell us where we've been. This installation asks something to look at where we are going.

Historical Climate Markers reimagines that familiar roadside signs as a tool for imagining possible climate futures. Twenty-four signs, installed at the California State Capitol and in Golden Gate Park, place viewers at divergent points at different points in time from now until 2983: one where California acted on climate, and one where it didn't. The projections aren't speculative fiction. Developed in collaboration with climate scientists at The Nature Conservancy and writer Zoe Young, each marker reflects realistic modeling of what's possible, and what's at stake.

The installation was created to advocate for the passage of California SB337, the 30×30 climate bond. Fabricated with the support of the Exploratorium, it ran during the lead-up to the vote. The bond passed.

You can't picture yourself inside a statistic like 1.5 degrees of warming. You can picture yourself in 2042. The future becomes real the moment you can place yourself in it.