Empowering learners and communities through STEM

Thanks to NAAEE for alerting us to the Underwriters Laboratories Education Award programme which has recognized five organizations for empowering learners and communities by linking the environment to STEM concepts, or E-STEM.  This year’s winners are: NY Sun Works Greenhouse Project, New York, $100,000, a New York City-wide initiative using hydroponic farming technology to educate students and teachers about…

An Ecologist blog

Here is a posting from the Ecologist blog by Keith Barnham who writes about a journey across the USA and all the interesting green issues he came across. The picture shows new ‘solar leaves’ that will be able to produce ethanol directly from sunlight – the perfect liquid fuel for automotive use – with just enough methanol…