Greenhouse education: Just Hot Air?

O’Mara, K.l and P.j Jennings

Renewable Energy, 2001, vol. 22, issue 1, 127-133

Abstract: One approach to increase the interest in science at schools is to show how science and technology relate to human or societal issues. Climate change as a result of the Greenhouse Effect and renewable energy are two issues which have strong links to the physical sciences and interest can be generated by relating the solution of environmental issues to the need of sound science training to comprehend these problems. The Australian Cooperative Research Centre for Renewable Energy (ACRE) was established by the Commonwealth Government to promote renewable energy and Greenhouse Gas abatement technologies. ACRE’s research and development programs aimed at realising the widespread implementation of alternative energies. It plays an important role in the communication of information about these technologies to the public and school students. This paper will look at some of the solar energy and Greenhouse Gas workshops and their outcomes, that have been developed and put to trial by the schools and community education project within ACRE in Western Australia, to help motivate interest in the physical sciences, technology and the environment.

Date: 2001
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DOI: 10.1016/S0960-1481(00)00047-1

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