Solar Energy

Our everyday actions can help to bring the goal of environmental sustainability closer too reality. Ecosystems use the sunlight as their source of energy. We too can harness the sun’s energy and promote sustainability in doing so. One simple way to do this is to simply open our window shades and turn off the lights during the day. This saves electricity which can cut the consumption of fossil fuels and reduce the pollution that …

…produce is grown in your own back yard, the air pollution created on your drive to the supermarket is eliminated. This amount of pollution is relatively small, however, when compared to the pollution given off from the farmer’s plows, other mass cultivating machinery, and the big rig trucks that transport produce right to your local supermarket. These are just a few of the many ways anyone can promote sustainability using the sun’s energy.