{"id":12316,"date":"2021-03-22T11:51:25","date_gmt":"2021-03-22T08:51:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/africasustainabilitymatters.com\/?p=12316"},"modified":"2026-01-11T05:31:26","modified_gmt":"2026-01-11T05:31:26","slug":"how-to-get-children-interested-in-renewable-energy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rayscohosting.best\/ASM\/2021\/03\/22\/how-to-get-children-interested-in-renewable-energy\/","title":{"rendered":"How to get children interested in renewable energy"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Kids are the ones that will be inheriting the world from us. Getting them invested early in&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ecowatch.com\/books-conservation-environment-2020-2649700262.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">protecting the environment<\/a>&nbsp;will ensure that their curiosity and interest will live on once they become adults.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Figuring out how to introduce the concept of&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ecowatch.com\/renewable-energy-sources-2019-2645656941.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">renewable energy<\/a>&nbsp;to kids can be tricky. The more significant challenge comes down to getting kids interested and excited versus putting them on the receiving end of another lecture.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It will take a bit of planning and creativity, but there are ways to get children interested in renewable energy even at a young age.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>What to Explain<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The concepts you plan on teaching children should be age-appropriate. An elementary schooler doesn&#8217;t need to know the inner complexities of thermodynamics. Start small and slowly build into the topics you want to cover.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Start With Sustainability<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Leaping straight into renewable energy is a quick way to lose a kid&#8217;s interest. If you start throwing around terms they don&#8217;t understand, they will quickly tune out. Depending on their age, you may even get an eye roll.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Sustainability means something can continue to exist for an indefinite amount of time. Gardening is an easy example to present to children for this concept. If a tomato is grown, that tomato contains seeds. Those seeds can be replanted, and the cycle will continue. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ecowatch.com\/teaching-renewable-energy-to-kids-2651133757.html\">Read more&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kids are the ones that will be inheriting the world from us. Getting them invested early in&nbsp;protecting the environment&nbsp;will ensure that their curiosity and interest will live on once they&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":12317,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"content-type":"","pagelayer_contact_templates":[],"_pagelayer_content":"","_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[101],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12316","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-international-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/rayscohosting.best\/ASM\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12316","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/rayscohosting.best\/ASM\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/rayscohosting.best\/ASM\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rayscohosting.best\/ASM\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rayscohosting.best\/ASM\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12316"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/rayscohosting.best\/ASM\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12316\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rayscohosting.best\/ASM\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12317"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/rayscohosting.best\/ASM\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12316"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rayscohosting.best\/ASM\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12316"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rayscohosting.best\/ASM\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12316"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}