| Renewable energy is a very important topic today. | | | | use as much sunlight as you want, but the sun will |
| Using a renewable source of energy not only benefits | | | | keep on shining and provide us with more energy to |
| you by saving a lot of money, but also helps in | | | | use. Similarly, if you use the wind or the water to |
| making this earth a better place to live in. Hence, it is | | | | make the turbines rotate, you can always get more |
| vital for us to consider the importance of renewable | | | | wind blowing or water flowing, and they never get |
| energy for kids and try to better educate them on | | | | used up. |
| this topic. | | | | When you are dealing with renewable energy for |
| A Brief Note On The Sources Of Renewable Energy | | | | kids, it is a great idea to talk about how solar energy |
| For Kids | | | | or wind energy can be converted into electricity. By |
| First of all, try and teach your kids what renewable | | | | this they will understand why these renewable |
| energy means. Renewable energy is that form of | | | | sources are unlimited and how they can help |
| energy that doesn’t exhaust the non-renewable | | | | preserve the Earth’s ecology. |
| natural resources of the Earth. This means using | | | | Conservation |
| renewable sources of energy, we do not use up | | | | Tell them that sources like the fossil fuels and other |
| fuels that cannot be recreated or made available | | | | non-renewable sources often cause heavy pollution, |
| again after they have been used once. Examples of | | | | causing trouble for the earth, making it dirty and |
| some non-renewable sources of energy are fossil | | | | polluted. Moreover explain to them how the ecology |
| fuels like oil, natural gas, coal, nuclear energy, wood, | | | | gets affected when a resource gets used up. |
| etc. | | | | Lastly, when dealing with renewable energy for kids, |
| On the other hand, explain to them that energy like | | | | it is a good idea to talk about energy preservation as |
| wind energy, solar energy, hydro-electricity | | | | well. This will generate awareness among them about |
| generated in the dams, geothermal energy are all | | | | not wasting power by switching off appliances and |
| examples of renewable sources of energy. You can | | | | lights when not being used. |