I am really happy that Societies in India are thinking in terms of conservation

But I am afraid a Solar PV solution to cater to 500 w will be far too prohibitive and unweildly

And I need to talk to u in detail to give u a specific solution to your needs

I have helped many communities with energy solutions tailored to their needs

Write in to me at atul292@gmail.com and we can discuss what will suit u

Making a Difference
Anyone who has seen the movie Avatar by James Cameron would remember the fight of the Na’vi indigenous people of Pandora to save their environment from the destructive "Sky People." Another aspect that stands out in this movie is the immensely important leadership role of Jake Sully in rallying and organizing the Na’vi to the eventual successful routing of their enemies. Leaders are extremely important in a world where human brains comprehend through categorization. John C. Maxwell notes in his book, Developing the Leader Within You, that leadership traits can be learned. Leadership is rooted in how much one influences others. Teachers influence their students, parents influence children, and students influence other students. Thus teachers, parents and students are leaders in a microcosm of society. All citizens are exposed to the education system. The degree of exposure depends on the level of education to which they aspire. An excellent way to prepare future leaders for the task of protecting the planet is therefore through the education system. My school is a high school, Fleetwood Park Secondary. That school can be improved to prepare future leaders to protect the environment through a simultaneous and integrated approach. The approach depends on changing the infrastructure, decreasing energy and waste requirements, incorporating green principles into the Fleetwood Park Secondary syllabi, and promoting mentorship programs. Changing the infrastructure of the school involves replacing most of the petroleum-fuel-dependent electronics to becoming solar-dependent. The school is situated in the country of Trinidad and Tobago, which is approximately ten degrees north of the equator. Its vibrant tropical climate ensures that solar energy is a dependable and renewable source of energy.
The approach is to all students to be mini-leaders in any environment. Fleetwood Park Secondary can accomplish this by exposing all its students to a manner of living that ingrains the habits and concepts of protecting the environment deep within the student psyche.
Apart from installing solar panels for energy, Fleetwood Park can also decrease its energy needs by opting to use one day in the week for on-line lectures, tutorials or study sessions, where students and teachers are not required to be at the campus. On that day, the campus utilizes only the most essential energy and the students do not utilize any transportation fuel.
The school can request that the government subsidize a drive to grant all new students a netbook or laptop upon registration. All assignments should be mandated to be emailed, not printed; recommended textbooks should be obtained electronically to decrease photocopying; lecture notes should be typed and sent to students, and students should have a program installed in their laptops that allows them to complete handwritten notes during classes electronically rather than in a paper notebook. This decreases the waste generated by paper, by pens, and by printer ink. Fleetwood Park Secondary and the government can specify that all laptop/notebook material should be recyclable, and ensure that all students sign an agreement regarding disposal of these technical devices.
Sustainability and good environmental practices should be listed as mandatory courses for all new students. Fleetwood Park Secondary can also direct that certain subjects, such as chemistry and engineering, should teach green chemistry and green engineering principles and integrate these into laboratory assignments. Creative ways should be formulated to include protection of the environment into other subjects where the link is not immediately apparent. An example would be requesting Spanish students to complete an essay on that topic, or examining the historical events, such as any major oil spill that have promoted the current awareness of our need to remain in harmony with our environment. The school should also encourage active mentorship programs with current leaders in society. For those leaders who are extremely busy, Fleetwood Park Secondary can organize short seminars where the students can interact with them afterwards to supplement an ongoing mentorship program. All the techniques listed above should hopefully expose the average student to good environmental practices that they can implement and impart to others when they leave the university environment. However, Fleetwood Park Secondary would also like to prepare the leaders who have a larger sphere of influence. This is the second approach, which relies on the first for a foundation.

…. that’s a lot of words to read.

1 there is a center or head to everything

2 the universe is made COMPLETELY of energy

3 the bible has many meaning to our connection to god.

4 everything pretty much works the same way

Okay! so God has to be referred to being everything and everything in the universe making god the universe. if the universe is made of energy, and energy can neither be created nor destroyed does this not prove the existing of a some everlasting higher power? Also with the additional fact that god said we were made in his image (we were made in the likeness of the universe). Do we not act like our star? the smallest thing in the world acts like the our solar system (a atom) a center with moving particles rotating it. Even we act like that. In our society we have a center or head to our city (govenor). Even in our own bodies we act this way having a brain that controls everything else of our vital organs.

Heaven? Heaven by definition as often been referend to as a "Infanant connection with God"
and god being the universe does this not mean a infinant connection with the uuniverse? Mosty all religions argue with no knowlenge of the true meaning of all religions getting to that heaven. Muslims argue their way is the infinant connection with the universe and christians argue that their way is the
way to the universe. but which is is?

Durring the time jesus walked the earth. He claimed to have a infinant connection with god, he said he was going to bring heaven on earth and if we follow his teaching we would reach that heaven on earth! Was he trying to say that being god’s(universe’s) chidlren can make you be at peace with yourself, and preform my miricals (heaven on earth)

correct me if im wrong but i think this is the point of all sprituality and Why christianity stuck out more.
@Atheists are awsume: Explain atoms please and what are they made up of?
COMMON misunderstanding:

atom= energy

ATOMS MAKE UP THE UNIVERSE
@Your definition of ‘god’ is everything tht exists. Clearly, everything that exists is ‘god’ by your definition. Just bear in mind that your ‘god’ and god (by its true meaning) are two completely different things, with no similarities whatsoever other than the same name.

@jim: do you not realize we are the remains of the star being formed? no not as a whole we are not big gasses of matter chunked in the universe. If you read my question you would see that we do go my a govornment system simular to the solar system? A head, a boss with people who aby by the rules and are (in a way) controled by the head? In the smallest unit of life (a cell) there is still a round center with revolving particles that serve different puposses for the living organism. In the smallest unit of matter a atom there is a center with revolving particals. In any system (especially man made) there is some head or controler that controls the rest.
@atheits are awsume: Idiot! i finally looked at your question properly! ATOMS ARE THE SMALLEST UNIT OF MATTER AND ATOMS ARE COMPLETELY MADE OF NEGATIVE AND POSITIVE CHARGED PARTICLES=ENERGY!!!! maybe you should learn something

Your definition of ‘god’ is everything that exists. Clearly, everything that exists is ‘god’ by your definition. Just bear in mind that your ‘god’ and god (by its true meaning) are two completely different things, with no similarities whatsoever other than the same name. You have indeed proven a ‘god’ exists, but that has no relevance in the slightest to whether or not a god does (and even less to whether or not the Christian God does).

No, we do not act like a star, and your idea of a head/center or something like that is extremely inconsistent. The only way to unify all your examples under one definition would be to define one as being a thing which has influence over some other things. Even if everything did work this way (it doesn’t), that wouldn’t imply a god’s existence at all.

I’m afraid I don’t see why Christianity stuck out to you, pretty much everything you said directly contradicted it.

"@jim: do you not realize we are the remains of the star being formed?"
Of course I know that (or what you’re trying to get at anyway). What does ‘remains of the star being formed’ mean, just out of interest? The star did a lot of things, what’s so special about its formation that you point out we’re the remains of that specifically? We’re the remains of the star, not the process of it forming. I suppose it doesn’t matter though since it’s completely irrelevant. How does being made of matter that was once part of a star mean we operate in the same way as them?

"If you read my question you would see that we do go my a govornment system simular to the solar system? A head, a boss with people who aby by the rules and are (in a way) controled by the head? In the smallest unit of life (a cell) there is still a round center with revolving particles that serve different puposses for the living organism. In the smallest unit of matter a atom there is a center with revolving particals. In any system (especially man made) there is some head or controler that controls the rest."
And if you read my answer you’d see I’d already responded to that. There isn’t always some dominant power at play with absolute influence over the whole system (in fact, there never is – one factor might play more of a role than others, but to say it’s absolutely in charge is simply wrong), and even if there is that doesn’t imply in the slightest that a god exists.

I can only suggest that if you try to rely on science in order to prove your points then you do these two things: Firstly, check that what you write is accurate. I’m afraid to say that almost every time you’ve referenced science you’ve been incorrect. Secondly, check your conclusion actually follows from it. Nothing you’ve said, even if we were to assume it’s correct, would show or even imply that a god exists, and certainly not a specific one from a specific religion.
An argument can be shown to be flawed by either showing that the conclusion doesn’t follow from the premises, or that at least one of the premises is false. Unfortunately, your arguments can be criticized on both these grounds.

You can not call people idiots or tell them to learn something (when clearly they’re the ones who have) for pointing out that your statements regarding science are wrong. There’s simply no way around the fact that they’re mostly nonsense.

In our modern society we have the potential to use all different means of energy. In Australia it is a perfect country to use solar power! I personally do not know why it is taking so long for the governments to implement this. I would also recommend that you look into nuclear energy as an alternate means of power to supply the nation.

Even though nuclear energy is more efficient than the current usage of fossil fuels, we cannot debate that solar energy is the way to go. Even on a rainy day you will still produce more energy than you will consume. But honestly why not be self-sufficient? It saves your money and it saves the environment!

how i have translated it.
Dans notre société moderne, nous avons la possibilité d’utiliser tous les moyens d’énergie différentes. En Australie, il est un pays idéal pour utiliser l’énergie solaire! Personnellement, je ne sais pas pourquoi cela prend si longtemps pour les gouvernements à mettre en œuvre. Je recommande également que vous regardez dans l’énergie nucléaire comme un moyen alternatif d’électricité pour alimenter la nation.

Même si l’énergie nucléaire est plus efficace que l’utilisation actuelle de combustibles fossiles, nous ne pouvons débattre que l’énergie solaire est la voie à suivre. Même par une journée pluvieuse vous serez toujours produire plus d’énergie que vous consommez. Mais honnêtement pourquoi ne pas être auto-suffisant? Il économise votre argent et il sauve l’environnement!

please help =P thanks!!

Not bad . I had to change some expressions, grammar structures such as subjunctives and some words .

.Dans notre société moderne, nous avons la possibilité d’utiliser toutes les sources d’énergie différentes.L’ Australie est un pays idéal pour utiliser l’énergie solaire! Personnellement, je ne sais pas pourquoi cela prend si longtemps aux gouvernements pour la mettre en œuvre. Je recommande également que vous regardiez l’énergie nucléaire comme une source alternative d’électricité pour alimenter la nation.

Même si l’énergie nucléaire est plus efficace que l’utilisation actuelle de combustibles fossiles, nous ne pouvons contester que l’énergie solaire soit la voie à suivre. Même par une journée pluvieuse vous pourrez toujours produire plus d’énergie que vous n’en consommez. Mais honnêtement pourquoi ne pas être auto-suffisant? Cela économise votre argent et cela protège l’environnement!

so, i have come up with a plan to fix this.

we build an island, off in a very deserted part of the oceans, and we separate 5 of them. in distance between each other, to build boats and reach each other. Then on these islands, all 5 are different, and have larger portions of the others resources. but the islands all have the same things. we have houses and solar panels for energy, beds, refrigerators (more like the cold boxes to hold masses of meat). everything that they would need to survive. even chickens and cows, and release animals to the island to keep an wild supply. im talking there will be everything that we eat. vegetables and fruits. but we don’t put any of the houses, furniture, or appliances or solar panels together, they have to do that part, they have no boats to reach the other islands.
but only detailed instructions on how to put everything together. and how to care for the animals. this is a place that is gonna hold like Millions of inmates. they will all have to rely on each others help unless they wish to starve and die. this will teach them that everyone has there purpose. prisons are just giant shitholes. and are more trouble than they are worth. this will move them away from escaping. and help them, and if they survive there sentence. then they are given the option to come back to society or stay there. there would be no women. because reproduction would lead to problems.

so tell me what you think. i know it would cost a lot. but don’t we already spend to much on the prisons already?

Sounds kind of like a penal colony. One of the issues would be that this would be the worst type of people to set up a cooperative society. As long as some are weaker than others, the strong will prey upon the weak. And why should one man tend crops, when he can steal from another who does? I also note that you would put no women on the island. That would mean that even more so than a regular prison, some of the men would get used as women.

I’m also not sure what would stop prisoners from building boats to escape.

And, as you say, cost is an issue. A major issue. I don’t know of any island today that supports that number of people without trade with the outside world. If the solar panels require batteries, where would new batteries come from? For that matter, where would replacement solar panels come from? Surely they would not be manufactured on the islands.

The expense to keep an island like that going would be considerable. We have trouble providing food and housing even for people who are law-abiding but poor.

Desertification is often caused by
1) rising temperature.
2) irrigation.
3) logging.
4) melting of the polar ice caps.
5) overgrazing of livestock

Which of the following is not considered a harmful farming practice?
1) heavy irrigation
2) monoculture
3) excessive crop rotation
4) excessive fuel consumption
5) heavy use of fertilizers

The preferred energy source in the United States is
1) imported oil.
2) solar energy.
3) nuclear energy.
4) coal.
5) hydroelectric generators.

The process by which industrial wastes become more concentrated in the bodies
of organisms as they pass along a food chain is called
1) organismal-assisted enhancement.
2) bioaccumulation.
3) biological magnification.
4) waste bioaugmentation.
5) reverse biodegradation.

The majority of biological extinctions are due to
1) invasion by exotic species.
2) habitat loss.
3) overexploitation.
4) fossil fuel emissions.
5) pollution.

Which of the following is not a renewable resource?
A. fossil fuels
B. food crops
C. water
D. wild game
E. solar energy

Pollution is defined as
A. an alteration in land usage.
B. an undesirable alteration to the environment.
C. the impact of human activity on the environment.
D. the impact of animal and plant species on the environment.
E. the introduction of a new species into an environment.

Desertification and deforestation are similar in that both involve
A. overpopulation of an area by humans.
B. loss of plant and animal life in an area.
C. lack of rainfall in an area.
D. overgrowth of undesirable plants in an area.
E. loss of wetland habitats.

Most of the world’s fresh water supply is used for
A. drinking water by humans.
B. bathing by humans.
C. irrigating crops.
D. drinking water for livestock.
E. boating and recreation.

Which of the following is least responsible for soil erosion?
A. poor landscaping practices that expose the land to excess wind
B. overgrazing by livestock
C. use of drip irrigation systems
D. deforestation
E. wetland destruction

The increased efficiency of fishing has led to
A. loss of biodiversity in fish and other species.
B. decreased yields from fishing.
C. increased biodiversity of aquatic animals other than fish.
D. increased nutritional deficiencies in the human population.
E. decreased need for agriculture.

Hydropower and wind power are similar in that both are
A. nonrenewable energy sources.
B. renewable energy sources.
C. commonly used worldwide as power sources.
D. dependent in part on fossil fuels.
E. sources of environmental pollution.

Human society in its current form is unsustainable because
A. important natural resources are being consumed more quickly than
they can be replenished.
B. renewable energy sources are consuming land and resources more quickly than
they can be replenished.
C. recycling has lessened the need for the mining of some mineral resources.
D. fresh water is a renewable resource that can be preserved through conservation.
E. diverting agricultural yield for feeding livestock supplies protein to a community’s diet.

Desertification is often caused by
3) logging.

Which of the following is not considered a harmful farming practice?
3) excessive crop rotation

The preferred energy source in the United States is
1) imported oil.

The process by which industrial wastes become more concentrated in the bodies of organisms as they pass along a food chain is called
2) bio accumulation.

The majority of biological extinctions are due to
2) habitat loss.

Which of the following is not a renewable resource?
A. fossil fuels

Pollution is defined as
B. an undesirable alteration to the environment.

Most of the world’s fresh water supply is used for
C. irrigating crops.

Hydro power and wind power are similar in that both are
B. renewable energy sources.

Human society in its current form is unsustainable because
A. important natural resources are being consumed more quickly than
they can be replenished.

I’m not sure about the other ones.

My paper is on the "Micromanagement of Green Energy", encase you were wondering. It’s condensed thesis is essentially: “Though large-scale efforts by big corporations and organizations will help along the way, the true success of the global movement toward a greener world lies with individual efforts, such as recycling and energy conservation.”

You do not have to agree with that opinion. I would love to hear your true thoughts. And you don’t need to be an expert in green energy, per se. Any occupation which can be related (without too much convolution) to the topic is just fine.

But anyways; again, any ten of the below questions answered, and you will be my hero forever:

1.Who do you believe is currently making the biggest impact in moving society in a greener direction (corporations, government, environmental groups, individuals, etc.)?

2.What kind impact do you believe the above entity is making, in regards to a greener society?

3.What do you believe was, is, or will be the most important technological innovation or advancement in the field of green energy?

4.How do you think this new technology will change society as a whole, or the daily lives of individuals?

5.As nonrenewable resources come close to exhaustion, what renewable resource, in your opinion, will prove to be the most applicable for powering society?

6.Why do you believe this resource rises above the other potential renewable energy sources?

7.How much of a role do you believe individual efforts, such as recycling or water conservation, will play in furthering the green movement?

8.What measures, if any, do you think large-scale corporations, or other environmentally minded organizations, can take (or are taking) to make a significant impact on the environmental scene?

9.What country, or countries, do you believe are the most environmentally conscious?

10.What practices occur in that location should be imitated in other areas order to lessen the environmental footprint of those areas?

11.What do you believe is entailed in the “micromanagement of green energy?”

12.Despite many advances in solar efficiency, the technology is still not very widely used in America. What do you think it will take for technologies such as this to “catch on” in the general public?
I appreciate the response, but this does have to be reported in a research paper. A bit more organization would really help. Also, please include your name and credentials, as I cannot use a nameless source.

Thanks

The first one is government. Why? because its a money loosing to switch. Also you can add for every green job added two jobs are lost. Look at spain. So far there is no technology that can get off of gas and or coal. So no it has not helped one bit yet other than loose jobs and burn our food that we eat with ethanol. And so yes about changing our lives because going green has cap and trade and that can potentially lead to high gas prices which would lead to hyperinflation. Which could lead to genocide. For number 5 and 6 no one had any idea because it doesnt exist or we would all be using it. Its great to recycle anything that we can however cap and trade will destroy america. China is the biggest pollunent and most of the world has zero green rules. For number 12 is simple and its called supply and deman. Its too expensive for solar or everyone would be using it if it was cheaper than coal.

Thanks!

Hey Christina, one of the big advantages of solar power is its almost total lack of infrastructure. Infrastructure refers to the structures required to make a system work. Roads, airports and train tracks, for example, are the infrastructure to our transportation system. Our current electrical grid is the infrastructure for our electric supply system in most developed areas of the world. But solar requires only the panels and a storage medium, usually a battery. We have a vacation cabin in the upper midwest that uses both solar and wind power. The entire system fits on, inside and behind our cabin in the form of panels on the roof, a tower and wind turbine in the field, and batteries and electronics in the utility room. By most standards, this does not even constitute a infrastructure since there is no structure connecting it to other locations.

Some homes use what is called a, "Utility Intertie," type solar system. In this case, they have the same basic equipment we do, minus the batteries, but the output is actually connected to the homes circuit panel, and thereby to the rest of the utility grid. Any excess the solar produces is sent back out to the grid. It is generally used up at the neighbors house, with the solar producing home getting a credit from the power company, and the nieghbor paying their usual electric bill. This reduces the amount of power the power company has to feed into the grid. So again, there really is not any specific solar power infrastructure, it simply uses what is already available, our existing electrical grid. I’ll include some sites below you can check out if you want to learn more. You an also google phrases like, "Solar Intertie," and, "Solar Grid," to look for other sources. Take care Christina, Rudydoo