a. http://www.independent.co.uk/environment/the-worlds-greatest-green-inventions-414552.html
b. Green electronics: http://www.mnn.com/family/protection-safety/photos/new-green-inventions-15-cutting-edge-items/electronic-footprin
c. Inventions by teenagers: http://www.greenoptimistic.com/teenagers-top-green-inventions/#.VabcBUuPQ_w
B. Keywords to search:
a. "Green technology"
b. "Renewable energy"
c. "Environmental technology"
d. "Environmental inventions"
e. Innovation
f. Invention (e.g. "Green inventions")
C. Environmental Websites:
Smithsonian: search: "environmental technology"
Green solutions:
https://sites.google.com/site/wvgreensolutions//home/kids-go-green
Ecokids.ca: http://www.ecokids.ca/pub/homework_help/index.cfm
D. Key environmental Issues:
- Climate change
- Forest:
Sustainable forests
Fighting wildfires
Pine beetle
Innovation
Habitat (reclamation)
- Energy access & sources:
Wind, wave or solar power
Batteries (fuel cells)
Hydrogen or biofuel-powered (or electric) cars
Energy innovations: http://www.alternative-energy-news.info/technology/inventions/
- Disasters
Role of internet & Communication technology in disaster relief
Risk reduction
- Waste & recycling
- Food sources & security:
GMOs
Agri-giants – Monsanto
- Water access & safety
- Air
- Health
- Ecosystems