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Recycling at home with Green Eco Warriors
Watch an educational video about what you can recycle at home.
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Mountain Top Removal
Chapter one of the Award-winning film Kilowatt Ours: A Plan to Re-Energize America is a timely, solutions-oriented look at one of America’s most pressing environmental challenges: energy. learn more at...
read moreGreen Eco Warriors comprehensive energy conservation and science tools
Through the Green Eco Warriors Sustainability Education Program, we provide sustainability education aligned with national standards. Our lessons take a holistic approach to learning, incorporating environmental, health and social perspectives in a format children can easily comprehend. Click here to download more information. To request a sample registration packet and monthly national magazine, please contact Leticia Colon de Mejias at lcolonees@gmail.com. Become a Green Eco Warrior and help save our...
read moreGreen Eco Warriors Launch New Publication for Youth
The new monthly publication is part of our sustainability education tools which aligns with national standards. The lessons included in each issue take a holistic approach to learning, incorporating environmental, health and social perspectives in a format children can easily comprehend. Green Eco Warriors Monthly Issues Contain: Monthly articles that explain the environment, energy and issues that have an effect on health and the planet. Discussion questions Writing exercises Teacher Guide Extended learning activities including: Activities that engage students and parents Learning vocabulary Student research and presentation projects Prizes and events for challenge participants Opportunities to participate in local community service events Lessons reinforce national education standards: Reading comprehension Critical thinking Writing Skills Vocabulary Listening and debating Research and presentation skills Current events and issues Geography Science STEM Common Core Next Generation Standards 21st Century...
read moreWhere Does Your Electricity Come From?
Did you know that nearly half of the electricity generated in the United States comes from the burning of coal? The use of fossil fuels like coal to create electricity contributes to pollution and asthma rates, as well as global warming. Non Renewable Energy Coal Coal is collected mostly through a process called strip mining. This process is also known as mountain top removal. Explosives are used to blow up mountains and then the coal is processed, leaving behind slurry waste sites which contaminate ground water. The coal is then burned in a power plant. The exhaust from the burning leads to air pollution, acid rain and increased asthma rates. Natural Gas Natural gas is extracted through a process called fracking. Deep wells are drilled then water and hazardous chemicals are pumped into the ground to bring up the gas. The toxic waste has been known to seep into groundwater supplies. The gas is then burned to heat water for steam. Natural gas is a fossil fuel. Approximately 20% of the nation’s electricity is fueled by natural gas. Petroleum Petroleum is used to make steam to turn a turbine. Petroleum also generates about 2% of all electricity in U.S. It is also used to create gasoline which runs cars and trucks. The combustion of gas and other petroleum products leads to the release of carbon monoxide (CO), greenhouse gasses and other air pollutants. Nuclear Power Nuclear power uses a method called nuclear fision which creates steam by heating water. In a nuclear power plant, a reactor contains a core of nuclear fuel known as uranium. When atoms of uranium fuel are hit by neutrons they split, releasing heat. The heat is used to...
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