I have some exciting news to share with you all!
Think Greener has enrolled in the Green Team Academy 2021 International #ClimateActionChallenge! Our team is comprised of 4 passionate ordinary people, two from the East coast, one from the Midwest, and one from the West coast of the USA. We are Team #49 out of 61 from 25 countries that have stepped up to participate in the challenge. Think Greener is part of 207 challengers from Barbados, Cabo Verde, Cameroon, Canada, Colombia, Curaçao, Dominica, Egypt, Jamaica, Kenya, Liberia, Mexico, Netherlands, Nigeria, Pakistan, Philippines, Sierra Leone, Sudan, Switzerland, Uganda, United Kingdom, USA, Yemen, Zambia, and Zimbabwe!
ICAC21 90 Day Challenge Certificate
Today marks day 1 of the 90-day challenge and Think Greener is looking forward to… Continue reading
Think Greener in Couthuin, Belgium
Renewable Energy is here to stay! I have stated that before and will continue to do so. The cost for producing electricity via wind and solar continues to drop making it America’s fastest growing energy source.
The next hurdle, we are about to clear, is creating cheap sustainable energy storage technologies. Energy storage can come in many different shapes and forms. Scientists at NREL are working on ways to increase the ability for alkaline batteries to hold a longer charge while used in small electronics and in Lithium-ion batteries to help power laptops and electric vehicles.
As scientist create these new technologies, they are already thinking about the supply chain and the raw material required for production, such as how… Continue reading
Ida Causes Wide Spread Power Outages
As I write this blog, my thoughts and prayers go out to the millions of people who are being affected by Hurricane Ida. Ida made landfall over Port Fourchon, Louisiana at about 11:55 a.m. CT Sunday. At landfall, the storm’s winds were just short of 157 mph as it marks the 16th anniversary of Hurricane Katrina in New Orleans. Katrina was a 1 in 100-year storm as they predicted, and people thought they would not see anything like it again anytime soon.
Well, guess what? They were wrong, as heavy rains continue to fall and are expected to drop up to 24 inches of rain in some parts of Louisiana. Thanks to solutions implemented by the state of Louisiana’s… Continue reading
Drought on Lake Oroville Reservoir in California
Water is vital to our existence, along with oxygen and food, right! So, you think we would make it a top priority to conserve and protect these finite resources. Hmmm… unfortunately that is not always the case. Today, I will focus on clean drinking water. You may think we have a lot of it as the world is mostly covered by water. Yes, that is true, but only 3% is made up of fresh water and only a third of it is available to us, since the rest is inaccessible, deep, underground, or frozen in glaciers.
In my previous blogs, I have written about the extreme weather patterns occurring around the world causing severe droughts. The Western U.S.… Continue reading