For a good chunk of his 20-year tenure at Adidas AG, Eric Liedtke thought about Kanye West. Named head of global brands at the German company in 2014, Liedtke worked alongside the rapper and designer, now known as Ye, to build Adidas’ Yeezy label into a billion-dollar business.
Fluchthorn in the Silvretta Alps is now around 60 feet (19 m) shorter than it was before — and more mountains are expected to follow suit as temperatures thaw the permafrost holding them together.
Have you ever used a laptop, ridden in a car, or switched on a light? or a smartphone? If you answered “yes” to any of these questions, you have used energy. Life would not be as we know it without energy. As the world’s population grows, people will need more and more energy. But how do we meet this need in a sustainable way?
When selecting alternative fuels, it is important to consider the relative advantages and disadvantages of each. This activity asks students to begin to consider the life cycle energy and carbon dioxide emission costs of gasoline, corn ethanol, and cellulosic ethanol. The various pieces help students trace energy and matter through a complex system and begin to critically analyze graphical comparisons of different fuels.
This unit provides opportunities for your students to learn about the importance of sustainable development and the ideas underpinning biodiesel production. They will carry out research about this topic and observe and take part in experiments to turn recycled vegetable fats into oil and potatoes into plastic.
In 2010, there were about 250 million registered vehicles on U.S. highways. Most of these vehicles have engines that use oil-based fuel, such as gasoline or diesel. Even hybrid-electric cars use gasoline to power their internal combustion engines, although they use less fuel than traditional automobiles.
When we think of renewable energy, solar energy and wind energy are usually the first ones that come to mind. However, there’s a type of energy that’s generated from different kinds of biomass that is also the fastest growing renewable energy in recent years (up by 30% since 2018). It’s called bioenergy, and it’s one of the most promising options to replace fossil fuels.
More than 300,000 students, teachers, and families across the country have been engaged in learning about what bioenergy can do to reduce carbon emissions and provide good jobs through a collaborative approach to science outreach adopted by the Center for Bioenergy Innovation (CBI) at Oak Ridge National Laboratory.
People have used biomass energy—energy from living things—since the earliest homonids first made wood fires for cooking or keeping warm. Today, biomass is used to fuel electric generators and other machinery.
The Bioenergy Research and Education Bridge Program (BRIDGES) is a brand-new case study-based education curriculum created by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Bioenergy Technologies Office (BETO) in partnership with Argonne National Laboratory (ANL) and Idaho National Laboratory (INL) as well as education, community, industry, and other government partners.
