SDG 7 Affordable and Clean Energy

 

Goal 7 Ensure access to affordable, reliable, sustainable and modern energy for all.

Now that the Sustainable Goals have become relatable to the environment, my students will have more to say. They have been looking at their impact on the environment since preschool where their teachers spend a large amount of time educating them about both their natural and built environment. They come to Kindergarten knowing about reducing their environmental footprint, including what to do to conserve energy at home and school so there is less reason to start at the beginning, but rather to leap in to a picture book that gives them 'food for thought'.

Here's the list of books to choose from.

Maybe start with an inspiring person who solved a problem for his environment, such as Iqbal or William Kamkwamba . These two books are truly inspiring.

Here's the blurb:

It's monsoon season in Bangladesh, which means Iqbal's mother must cook the family's meals indoors, over an open fire. The smoke from the fire makes breathing difficult for his mother and baby sister, and it's even making them sick. Hearing them coughing at night worries Iqbal. So when he learns that his school's upcoming science fair has the theme of sustainability, Iqbal comes up with the perfect idea for his entry: he'll design a stove that doesn't produce smoke! With help from his teacher, Iqbal learns all about solar energy cooking, which uses heat from the sun to cook --- ingenious! Has Iqbal found a way to win first prize in the science fair while providing cleaner air and better health for his family at the same time?

Here's the blurb:

When fourteen-year-old William Kamkwamba's Malawi village was hit by a drought, everyone's crops began to fail. Without enough money for food, let alone school, William spent his days in the library . . . and figured out how to bring electricity to his village. Persevering against the odds, William built a functioning windmill out of junkyard scraps, and thus became the local hero who harnessed the wind. 

If you do not have these and you have a book from Allan Drummond's series about places that have taken on a sustainable energy project read one of them.

    

And of course there is always Philip Bunting's Superpower which explains renewable energy"with a positive outlook and a generous dollop of humour. Superpower shows that using renewable energy and taking care of our environment can be both fun and rewarding". 

Provocation: 

If your house had no access to electricity, what would you not be able to do? 

We read:

This book makes me want to...