energy
How politicians and governments around the world are dealing with climate change, solar energy and harnessing renewable resources.
Solar Photovoltaic PV Panels - The future of Energy and Power
India has tremendous potential for power generation from renewable energy generation sources like wind, biomass, solar or hydro ,etc. Solar Photovoltaic is a technology that converts the solar radiation into electricity with the help of semiconductors. When the sunlight hits the semiconductor within the PV cells, electrons are released and form an electric current. Solar PV technology is generally fixed on a panel. PV cells are generally found connected to one another and are mounted over a frame called module, various modules can be wired together in an orderly arrangement and that can be scaled up or down depending upon the amount of power that is needed to be produced.
By John D'Souza6 years ago in The Swamp
The Matchsticks
I reside in a city, cities are often called ‘concrete jungles’. These two words are one of the most accurate representations of humankind’s need to advance, to invent, to innovate. We deplete what we find around us and then try to replicate it using technology. We are in a sense invaders, seeking to disturb the equilibrium found in nature to further advance. We were surrounded by wood and so we built industries utilizing it, conveniently forgetting that it was a finite resource, and then realization struck, depletion of this ‘resource’ had negative side-effects but the damage was already too far spread and the reversal has to be quick, there can be no ‘baby-steps’. According to Greenpeace, 80% of our forests have been destroyed or damaged beyond repair. Something that used to surround us has been isolated, driven to, for lack of a better term, extinction. At the rate at which forests are disappearing, the only way for the future generation to ever experience it would be through Virtual Reality headsets. To experience what we have before it’s gone I decided to head down to Cooks Forest, Pennsylvania. Cooks Forest is known for its variety of evergreen trees and hence it has also acquired the name, Black Forest, due to the sun never reaching the forest floor due to these trees.
By Craig Miranda6 years ago in The Swamp
Reason First: Earth Day is for the Selfish
To mark this 50th anniversary of the beginning of Earth Day, every self-interested, greedy individual ought to take the time to reflect on all the marvels that the human mind has produced. From the hut to mansions, mankind, for the most part, has been able to adapt itself not to nature but nature to mankind. The earth is a profound, glorious source of everything that humans hold dear.
By Skyler Saunders6 years ago in The Swamp
World On Fire
I am 28 years old as of march this year. I remember being in the 3rd grade and learning about climate change. I also remember the many adults who would roll their eyes and tell me I didn't understand what I was talking about when I tried to explain what we were learning.
By Misha Alsleben6 years ago in The Swamp
Remember Your Promise!
Dear President Duda, Amongst personal circles, there exists a rather infamous photo of me from fourth grade. Huddled behind the other harcerze of my troop – as is the title given to Polish boy-scouts – I juxtapose each of their stern looks with a stupidly open-mouthed smile. Meanwhile, my uniform stretches uncomfortably around me. This is best visualized by the beret framing my face, my ears painfully bent outward.
By Filip De Mott6 years ago in The Swamp
Leading the Pack
I've read lots of articles and news clips over many years that deal with political leaders. They share all kinds of experiences and world travel throughout their lifetime. This particular group of people are the upper crust of the rest of humanity. I find that life on this planet has morphed into two groups of people, the ultra rich and the rest of us. The smaller, elite group will eventually live in their own gated communities while the rest of us scrounge for what ever we can find. Think I'm crazy? Let's look at three cases of what is going on right now.
By Tina Rengel6 years ago in The Swamp
Save Our Ocean
In America today we have access to fairly clean tap water. It was relatively cheap in the past decade for us to have this clean drinking water. Although this can not be said for everyone on this planet and now, even us who are privileged are at risk of losing this precious resource. Water is not a natural reproductive resource and since I was a baby our access to fresh and clean water has relatively diminished. Treaties signed by world leaders to protect our fresh water from being polluted and over sourced for its fish has been broken and there are world leaders that have begun production for oil extraction in the small amount of freshwater we still have today. Water scarcity is the next Great Depression we will face unless we do something about our general oil use and trash programs in America and other leading countries.
By Imani Davis6 years ago in The Swamp
Dear Future President...
Dear Future President, Congratulations! You are about to become a permanent figure in American history. Children in elementary schools will memorize your name in catchy songs, and read summarized paragraphs about the impact you had on the world while in office. You’ve got four, maybe eight years to do as much good as you can for these kids, so that their futures can actually be as bright as the ones we promised them. Now I know you’re very busy, what with inauguration and your first hundred days and decorating the Oval Office and all, but bear with me while I describe to you the nation these kids deserve.
By Suzie Hicks6 years ago in The Swamp
Power
Dear World Leaders, There was a steaming pile of negative feedback about Greta Thunberg’s speech at the UN Climate Action Summit just after the fact. She’s been criticized for criticizing adults with secondary educations in: how to interact with other people (politics), how to take care of the environment (environmental scientists), and how financial systems work (economy), among others. No one likes to hear that they are failing, that’s part of being human. To err, though, is also human. True failure is not learning from those mistakes and improving upon them. That is why this 16-year-old woman chose to speak at such an important global event. She’s giving those of us who can already do so much more to alter the state of the world the chance to do so – a second chance. Perhaps the last one we will ever receive. As she says, “if you choose to fail us, I say: We will never forgive you.”
By Gabrielle R. Lamontagne6 years ago in The Swamp
