What happens to the garbage you put on the corner? Gets picked up once or twice a week and it’s gone from your life forever. What if it could be be put to a a good use? Like powering you home? That’s the vision of the new power plant in Portland Port. It runs on trash.
How do you get everyone to get on board for making changes in their lives to become closer to climate neutral? More education? Fees? Free electric cars all around? That last one would be nice but there’s a cheaper solution: Stories.
Good news for wind energy enthusiasts! The planet’s wind speeds are up which means this method of energy generation could potentially be even more efficient over the next decade or so. This is likely due to climate change but at least it can be part of the solution instead of adding to the problem.
Planting trees is one of the things that have been pushed as to helping with climate change. That’s still on the table but the logistics of it all might be a little bit tricky. Specifically, where exactly are all of these trees going to be planted?
Combating climate change seems like a tall order. The world is swiftly heating up and we’re already buckling under the effects of this issue. All hope is not lost however. Here are six things that can be done by individuals and governments to help help slow down the rising temperatures.
Nuclear power is really controversial. Sure it’s clean but when it goes bad, it goes bad big. Such is the case for the plant in Fukushima, famous for leaking radiation after earthquake and tsunami damage. The government isn’t bringing the plant back but energy generation is returning to the area with new, sustainable energy plans.
Climate change isn’t just bad for the environment, it’s bad for our health and it will be particularly hard for children in the future. The changing temperatures will have a ripple effect that will impact children in more ways than just heat related illness.
Part of overcoming climate change is understanding climate change. You can’t make good choices if you have bad information. To this end, Italy has made it mandatory for children to learn about it in school so that the country as a whole can meet climate goals.
