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Where some of us live in Mongolia we can see the coal power stations working every day and the smoke that they make coming up into the sky. We've been thinking about this and wondering about it. We heard it's bad for the environment, but why is that and what other options are there for heating up our homes and giving us electricty? We Started by asking ourselves some questions, and then we did some research and read some stories. Here are some of the things we found out. Please take a look at the videos and stories we found too, so that you can learn more as well.
What do we know about sustainable energy to begin with?
What do we know about sustainable energy to begin with?
What does Sustainable mean?
"It's something that is helpful and not to mean to the earth" - Nuri
"If we could convince people to use it (sustainable energy) it would be better cause it's using the using the environment, like solar pannels" - Nora
"When you try to turn off lights, and you try not to burn stuff, and instead you use sustainable ways to turn on lights and use energy" - Rosaleen
What Does Climate Change Mean?
"It's lots of smoke in the air and the world getting warmer. It's that the north and south poles of the earth are getting warmer and then ice and snow is melting" - Rosaleen
"It's that the Earth's weather and temperature is changing and there are green house gases in the atmosphere. I think the earth's atmosphere traps sunlight and then it makes the planet get hotter" - Nuri
"Yes, I think it's what Nuri said about green house gases, and also that the temperature of the sea - the water temperature is rising too" - Nora
What is the Connection Between Climate Change And Sustainability?
"Climate change is bad for the earth, and sustainability is like a doctor for climate change, it's good for the environment" - Nora
"Hmmm, this is a hard question. Maybe it's that they are both things that humans can do. We can keep doing the things that cause climate change or we (humans) can do sustainable things that are better for the earth" - Rosaleen
"I think that too Rosaleen" - Nuri
What is a Sustainable Energy Source?
"Solar Power, and wind power, and water power" - Nuri
"Solar pannels" - Nora
"It's using Solar power and the sun" - Rosaleen
Which types of Energy Sources Do We Mostly Use in Our Cities Towns and Homes?
"It's sometimes solar power but more it's burning coal for our electricity" - Rosaleen
"It's burning fossil fuels to make electricity in our towns and homes" - Nuri
"Maybe Solar Pannels" - Nora
Ok, Now Lets Do Some Research...
Ok, Now Lets Do Some Research...
"The most surprising fact I learnt from this video was that 1/4 of the world's energy come from renewable energy sources" - Nuri & Nora
"The most surprising fact for me was the same as Nuri and Nora, but also that fossile fuels are running out so quickly" - Rosaleen
This story is read by the author. It's a board book that's made for very little children, and it's a really helpful simple explanation of different types of energy.
We all learnt about underground energy - geothermal energy. We didn't know about this before.
We found this really fun activity that we might try out at home.
We found this really fun activity that we might try out at home.
After we watch the video we all found out taht we didn't know about how the air is made up of tiny particles.
Then We Read Some More Books...
Then We Read Some More Books...
Art Time!
Art Time!
Lets try and make a poster to encourage people to save energy and think about asking for alternative energy sources in their homes, towns and cities. Can you come up with you own design? Or try one of these.
We looked on google images with our parents for renewable energy illustrations and we found so many lovely illustrations made by some brilliant artists. We might use them for inspiration. Thank you to the artists who made and shared them. Here are a few of them.
Credit: Free Illustration, https://www.dreamstime.com/stock-illustration-alternative-energy-source-set-vector-illustration-power-eco-turbine-technology-renewable-nature-environmental-industry-image82853896
Credit: By Sunshine, September 2016, https://creativemarket.com/Anutik45/884284-green-city-concept-renewable-energy
Credit: Samantha Oltman, October 2012, http://laschoolreport.com/lausd-saves-money-with-solar-power/
Grown ups around us can vote and use their votes to ask politicians - the people who run our countries - to make changes to how things are done. Lets talk to the grown ups around us and see if we can get them to work on this with us, by learning more about it and asking leaders in our cities and countries to switch to renewable energy sources.
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