The Great Globe Project

1. The Great Globe
A Very Large Model of Earth
Built by the World’s Children
“man must rise above the Earth – to the top of the
clouds and beyond -- for only thus will he fully
understand the world in which he lives”
Socrates 500 BC

2. University of Minnesota May 4,1993

3. Skyline Display Company – Trade Show booth systems – Bryan Beaulieu

4. Skyline Display Company – Trade Show booth systems – Bryan Beaulieu

5. 11,000 children assembled this 42ft globe in 4 hours

6. Assembled in 4 hours by 11,000 elementary students
42’ globe designed by Beaulieu for Univesity of Minnesota
– 90 days from concept to construction

7. Students did the work of coloring and studying the panels
The students raised the globe by pedaling a bicycle

8. Engineer alumni from the Uof M mentored classrooms from
their own grade schools

12. The President of the University helps out

13. Bryan Beaulieu

14. On the mall in Washington, DC – Earthday 1995

15. Earthday 1995

16. On the mall in Washington, DC – Earthday 1995 –
200,000 helpers

17. Mexican students in Guadalajara assemble the Earth

20. Future engineers

21. 1995 – Minnesota Tornado destroys the model on the University Campus

22. The 420’ Earth at the scale of 100,000 to 1
The 42’ Earth – at the scale of 1,000,000 to 1

24. The 420’ Great Globe – compared to the
Great Pyramid

25. If the Great Globe were in Paris………..

26. Elisee Reclus French geographer
“an ecological world view”
Proposed a 420 ft “Great Globe” in 1898
Frenchman Elisee Reclus – Proposes 420’ Globe in 1890’s

28. A different approach for an earlier era

29. If the Great Globe were at Epcot
Center……….with the Great Globe
Labyrinth outlined………..

30. The 420’ Earth - with a viewing ring at
the equator…….

31. A single tile with the Eiffel Tour and the
Great Pyramid – approx. 5 inches on a
side……………….
Mounting system allows quic
installation of tiles to the
subassembly……….

35. 3D tiles – show detail of 30’ objects

36. Golden Gate Bridge, Great Pyramid, and
the Eiffel Tower

38. 3D Gypsum Printer

40. Mt. St. Helens in 3D……

41. 3D Tile of Mt. St. Helens

45. The Colorful Earth

52. Proposed Tile Making
Center………Museum of Mines,
Phoenix, Arizona

53. 3D Printer
Student
work bench
for coloring
tiles

56. Spin-off from NASA………using free 3D
satellite photos

58. Grand Canyon in 3D

59. 3D Tile of the Grand Canyon with
exaggerated scale

61. Bathymetry for the ocean bottoms – 75% of
the earth’s surface

63. The Great Pyramid

64. Great Pyramid
Football Field
Oil tanker

65. Subassembly with 85 tiles…………..

66. Assembly of subassemblies………

69. Installation of the tiles on the Observation Ring………..

72. The Giant
Earth Ring
elevators

73. Assembly Deck
Observation Deck

74. Elevator Tower to the Observation Ring

75. Planetarium/Theater
inside the Globe
Amphitheater – 50’
below the Globe

79. Outdoor Theater

84. Cut-away of the Globe Interior

85. Potential Sites

87. Vaiva Hills on the Tohono Oodam Tribal Land –
south of Casa Grand, Arizona

88. Vaiva Hills on the Tohono Oodam Tribal Land – south of Casa
Grand, Arizona

92. Vaiva Hills on the Tohono O’odham Tribal Land with
tribal children visiting the site

93. Walking into the canyon before the road construction…..

95. Tohono O’odham Children with Bryan Bealieu

96. Tohono O’odham Children

97. Tohono O’odham – 1st Geology Lesson

99. Wadi Bottom

100. Tohono O’odham Children with Bryan Bealieu

101. Sustainable Engineering builds a village meeting house –
for the tribe
Tohono O’odham villagers help build

135. 5 Megawatt solar array

136. 50 Megawatt Pump storage
5 Megawatts Solar

139. Global Learning for a Global Village - EARTH

141. Bryan Bealieu Home – Scottsdale, AZ

142. Bryan Bealieu Home – Scottsdale, AZ

149. Sustainable Engineering LLC
10989 East Tusayan Trail
Scottsdale, AZ 85255
480 522 7555
beaulieu2005@mac.com