Tag: GreenTechnology
Strategies for energy and climate change
Two important global events are coming up that are widely hoped to help address what the United Nations calls the “dual challenge” – fighting climate change and ensuring that poorer countries can develop sustainably. Energy is a central theme in both. For the first time in 40 years, the U.N. General Assembly is convening a global…
Do you know how energy is made?
For scientists, energy is not really a thing and so it isn’t made of something else, in the way a house is made of bricks. Energy is more like a capacity. A capacity is an ability to do something. Energy and work Think of a musician: they have the capacity to play an instrument. A painter has the capacity to…
How a person’s daily choices has an impact on the fight to climate change
The average American’s everyday interactions with energy sources are limited. They range from turning appliances on or off, to commuting, to paying utility bills. The connections between those acts and rising global temperatures may seem distant. However, individuals hold many keys to unlocking solutions to climate change – the biggest challenge our species currently faces…
