Guides, Tips and Energy Saving Ideas
POLAR BEARS | Animal videos especially made for children. Made in the UK. Quality & educational videos. Click here to subscribe: http://bit.ly/V2i7GP ———————– Ed and Eppa are learning about Polar Bears. An action packed and informative wildlife series for kids featuring two adorable aliens, Ed and Eppa, who come to Earth to explore. Eppa knows … Read more
shows how to hook up solar panels (with a battery bank). simple instructions. home solar power station. very easy to put together. all you need is 1 or more batteries, an inverter, charge controller and a solar panel or panels. the following is for a 12 volt system. use one ‘deep cycle’ battery for every … Read more
In 2014 Burlington, Vermont became the first city in the United States to run on 100% Renewable Energy. But how do they actually do it? What’s their secret? Thanks to Miguel Franco for helping to make this episode possible https://www.youtube.com/user/marioofsevenstars Special Thanks To: Neile Lunderville, Miro Weinberger, Mike Kanarick, Dave MacDonnell, Jon Clark and the … Read more
You’ve probably heard of carbon dioxide and its effects on the environment, but what are “greenhouse gases”? This video explains the origins and effects of the most common types of these gases. Sources: Cooler, Smarter: Practical Steps for Low Carbon Living. Union of Concerned Scientists http://www.climatechangesask.com/html/learn_more/Emissions/GHGs/index.cfm Flickr Image: User: BR33, Uploaded March 20th 2008 http://tinyurl.com/nbjdlt … Read more
The E-Waste Curse: The deadly effect of dumping E-waste in Pakistan Pakistan has become an illegal dumping ground for some of the 50 million tons of e-waste created each year. Karachi’s poor earn a living from the toxic detritus, but the vicious cycle of consumption could prove fatal. In Pakistan, the massive arrival of electronic … Read more
What are the Physics behind Global Warming? The observed global warming on Earth is a manifestation of the Second Law of Thermodynamics. The Earth operates like any heat engine. Input heat from solar radiation and exhaust heat, in this case terrestrial radiation, largely determine the operating temperature or “global surface temperature”. Over geological periods this heat exchange reaches equilibrium and … Read more
Learn the basics about the effect of global warming on the environment. Over the last 2000 years temperatures have varied, butt hat today, average temperatures are already one degree warmer on average than they were 100 years ago. Some of the problems global warming may cause are changing climate, extremes of weather, problems for ecosystems, … Read more