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16/06/2024
What are the benefits of native bees and what can you do attract them to your garden? 🐝🌱🌏
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https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-06-14/benefits-native-bees-why-you-should-have-to-your-garden/103968060
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21/04/2024
Queensland researchers have created a carbon-negative "nano-generator" that consumes carbon dioxide and generates electricity.
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https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-18/qld-uq-researchers-develop-carbon-capture-device/103736758
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17/04/2024
What did the recent total solar eclipse teach us about solar energy? 🌓🧐🌏
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https://www.theverge.com/2024/4/8/24124189/solar-eclipse-renewable-energy-panels-electricity-grid
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09/04/2024
What is 'Solarpunk'? What started out as a speculative fiction genre, now informs sustainable architecture and design. 😎🏗️☀️
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https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-07/solarpunk-design-architecture-sustainable-future/103667452
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17/01/2024
How Elijah Richardson became a coral ambassador and pen pals with David Attenborough. 🥰🌿🌏
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https://www.abc.net.au/listen/programs/brisbane-breakfast/how-elijah-richardson-became-a-coral-reef-ambassador/103313002
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14/01/2024
These 'green nomads' are on a mission to travel around Australia without burning a drop of fossil fuel. 😎🚙🌏
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https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-01-14/bassendean-family-plan-australian-ev-caravan-first/103298994
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01/01/2024
Ancient Cannindah Reef in central Queensland could offer lessons to fight climate change. 🤓🐟🌏
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https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-12-27/ancient-coral-reef-could-hold-climate-change-lessons/103059762
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How a long-buried, 300-million-year-old coral oasis could hold secrets to fighting climate change Once teeming with marine life, Cannindah Reef is now buried under Queensland cattle country. Could it help scientists protect the Great Barrier Reef as the climate changes?
11/12/2023
Shower water-saving device invented by Australian high school student. 😎🌿🌏
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https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-12-10/shower-water-saving-device-aqua-loop-invented-by-teen/103164492
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23/11/2023
Have you seen 'A Plastic Story'? Watch the moving short film (from Greenpeace South Korea) on the link below.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8FQ_eQ5c7uw
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22/11/2023
Energy modeller says accelerated transition to clean technologies puts global climate goals 'within reach'. 🤓🌿🌏
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https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-11-22/rystad-says-accelerated-transition-puts-climate-goals-in-reach/103132904
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25/10/2023
What is in Dubai and why is it important for everyone? 🧐🎤🌏
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https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-67143989
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19/10/2023
Photomicroscopy competition zooms in on beauty too small for us to see. Here are the top 15 images from 2023. 📸🦗🌏
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https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-10-18/photo-microscopy-competition-winners/102986234
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08/10/2023
'We owe it to the planet': Senior academics support offshore wind farm. 👀🍃🌏
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https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-10-07/university-wollongong-scientists-back-illawarra-offshore-wind/102943988
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19/09/2023
This student-built EV just set a new world record for 0–100 km/h! 🏎️🏁🌏
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https://arstechnica.com/cars/2023/09/this-student-built-ev-just-set-a-new-world-record-for-0-62-mph/
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10/09/2023
A simple 'green nudge' could save millions of tonnes of plastic waste each year. 🤓🌿🌏
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https://www.abc.net.au/news/science
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31/08/2023
'Where are all the Christmas beetles?': The far-reaching effects of insect extinction. 🧐🐞🌏
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https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-08-31/pollination-technology-ai-and-robots-address-insect-extinction/102766166
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25/08/2023
Australian Geographic's best 2023 nature photographers revealed. 📸🌿🌏
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https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-08-25/australian-geographic-nature-photographer-winners-revealed-/102776280
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23/08/2023
How much energy would it take to fuel a wave that you can shred like Kelly Slater ? Here’s the math. 😎🏄🏽♀️🌏
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https://www.wired.com/story/ok-surfers-how-much-would-it-cost-to-power-your-own-wave/
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16/08/2023
Delve into the fascinating world of science and be inspired this National Science Week with this curated collection of programs. 👀👩🏫🌏
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https://iview.abc.net.au/collection/national-science-week
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10/08/2023
National Science Week starts tomorrow and there are events happening all across Australia! Take a look at the National Science Week website to see what's happening where you live.
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https://www.scienceweek.net.au/
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06/08/2023
Billie Eilish announces solar power plan for Lollapalooza 2023 headline set. 😎🎤🌏
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https://www.nme.com/en_au/news/music/billie-eilish-announces-solar-power-plan-for-lollapalooza-2023-headline-set-3476021
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03/08/2023
'Garbologist' Belinda Chellingworth has so little waste she's ditched her landfill bin. Here's how! 🤓🗑️🌏
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https://www.abc.net.au/news/science/2023-08-03/belinda-the-garbologist-has-literally-ditched-her-red-bin/102603266
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28/07/2023
Plastic recycling is a minefield. Here's why it's so difficult and how we can make it easier. 🤓🌿🌏
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https://www.abc.net.au/news/science/2023-07-26/plastic-pet-numbers-recycling-is-minefield/102506914
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19/07/2023
Craig Reucassel learnt two things that shocked him while making the new series of War on Waste. 🤓🌿🌏
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https://www.abc.net.au/news/backstory/2023-07-19/craig-reucassel-making-war-on-waste-microplastics-fast-fashion/102616020
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05/07/2023
We just had the world's hottest day on record, data shows — and experts say it's only going to get hotter. 😓🌵🌏
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https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-07-05/hottest-day-ever-globally-recorded/102563068
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04/07/2023
The shipping industry is responsible for transporting nine-tenths of our goods around the world but doesn't yet have a goal for cutting emissions to "net zero". How is this changing? 🧐🌊🌏
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https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-66064838
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21/06/2023
Want to talk to your parents about climate change? Here's how to begin. 👧🏽💬🌏
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https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-65339214
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15/06/2023
Flight turbulence has increased as climate change warms the planet, research shows. ✈️🌩️🌏
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https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-65844901
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13/06/2023
How can Australia improve its household waste and recycling systems? 🤔♻️🌏
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https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-06-14/how-can-australia-improve-its-household-waste-and-recycling-syst/102451122
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01/06/2023
Do you know the right way to recycle coffee cups? More than half of Australians are recycling incorrectly. 🤔☕🌏
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https://www.abc.net.au/everyday/how-to-recycle-disposable-coffee-cups/102321348
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Solar Schools Mission
Our mission is to empower the next generation of future leaders to become environmental change agents. By educating students on climate change, renewable energy and how to reduce their carbon footprint and be more energy efficient, we aim to effect lasting behavioural change that will help to safeguard the future of our planet.
To achieve this, Solar Schools provides an end-to-end, turnkey solution that enables schools across Australia to experience the many benefits of solar power with zero upfront costs and risk, while reaping the economic benefits afforded by solar energy.
This is supported by our comprehensive, curriculum-aligned education platform. Through an interactive web portal, we offer unique energy monitoring and teaching resources, including an information-packed Knowledge Bank, convenient Teacher’s Toolkit featuring off-the-shelf lesson and unit plans, and Green Galaxies – a gamified visualisation of school energy consumption and solar generation that utilises schools’ real-time energy data.
Founded by two intrepid world explorers who have witnessed the devastating effects of climate change firsthand, Solar Schools believes that only through educating the leaders of tomorrow can we enable a brighter future for our planet and its inhabitants.