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A water utility mission to mitigate climate change
Area: Tuscany
Description: Is a presentation of the initiatives of a water utility to mitigate climate change.
All the types of energy
Description: The video showcases the types of energy that exist, from mechanical, chemical, nuclear energy to light, sound, and electrical energy.
Article on the Natural Biological System (NBS)
Description: Article on the Natural Biological System (NBS) as a nature-based technology for sewage and waste stream treatment and management, rehabilitating affected water bodies, reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, and rebalancing eco-systems.
Climate change - USA Environmental Protection Agency
Description: This webpage by the USA Environmental Protection Agency offers a wide range of learning resources, neatly categorised in specific topics in relation to climate change, like the foundational concepts of climate change, the causes of climate change, impacts, indicators and risk analysis. The organisation of learning resources by topic facilitates the users' access to information on specific aspects of climate change. Resources to learning about how the earth's climate is changing and why, and how this is affecting our life.
Climate change at schools - NASA's Eyes on the Earth
Area: USA
Description: The website of the United States Environmental Protection Agency offers links to educational resources for teachers and students on the theme of climate change, ranging from learning units for teachers on different aspects of climate change (e.g. Climate change and the Water Cycle) to stimulating resources for students like NASA's Eyes on the Earth that presents current information on key indicators (i.e. vital signs) of our planet with regard to climate change. Great variety of resources for students and educators to learn about and teach climate change.
Climate change effects
Description: Activities to help students understand climate change effects on their immediate environment.
Climate change for students
Description: An introduction to climate change for students and resources for educators.
CO2 and greenhouse gas emissions from transport
Description: The resourse presents a learning activity for school education, inviting the students to research on CO2 and greenhouse gas emissions from transport, and link this knowledge to their own mobility practices by monitoring the CO2 produced by different means of transport they use for travelling to and from school. Although most of the recommended resources presented through QR codes are outdated, they can easily be substituted by current updated resources on the same topics. Moreover, the value of the learning activity is mainly in helping the students discover their own role as citizens, realise their impact in the real world, and explore applicable solutions in their specific context. Ways to help students find available info on carbon dioxide production using different modes of transport and consider ways to reduce production to achieve higher air quality.
Different energy sources on Earth
Description: The video covers the topic of different energy sources on Earth. It describes both internal and external sources of energy, and it discusses renewable energy sources.
Domestic energy saving
Description: It is a brief compendium on domestic energy saving, and how it can influence the containment of greenhouse gas emissions.
Environment, energy and circular economy
Area: Cyprus
Description: Material and school activities regarding environment, energy and circular economy.