Energy Detectives Program: Teaching Conservation to Grade-Schoolers

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livinlite
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Post by livinlite »

http://www.columbian.com/news/2012/mar/ ... ons/?print
A step in the right direction...
Now if only they'd do a follow up class on teaching kids to find the waste in their parents' budget!
Jacob: maybe write a kids version of ERE?
Now I lay me down to sleep,

pray my parents savings will keep...

if it dies before I'm eighteen,

I'll have to find myself some green.


JohnnyH
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Post by JohnnyH »

Without numbers I'm not sure it's of that great a benefit... I know a lot of people who consider themselves environmentally friendly and will turn off lights (60W) like crazy... Then they'll go run their jeans through the dryer for 1.5 hrs (1500W).


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