The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind Resource Materials: Books: Wind & Alternative Energy

Provides facts and varying opinions about renewable energy and its potential to replace fossil fuels, discussing the consequences of fossil fuel use, origins of the controversy over fossil fuels, the practicality and affordability of renewable energy, policies, and if people can live without fossil fuels.

Presents sixteen projects centered on renewable energy principles, with instructions as well as materials and tools lists for each, covering how to build a solar-powered seesaw, a power-generating windmill, and other devices, and contains information on how to use an infrared thermometer, an electrical usage monitor, and a digital multimeter.

Environmentalist Bill McKibben offers an optimistic assessment of the future of the planet, exploring how efforts to stop global warming have impacted the environment and possibly changed Earth for the better.

Contains instructions for scientific experiments that teach about concepts in environmental science, covering pollutants, solar energy, biodegradation of oil, invasive species, and more; and includes analysis questions, connections, and suggestions for further reading.
Wind energy, pp. 52-55.

An overview of environmental physics, with information about such topics as the environmental impact of population growth, efficiency and the first and second laws of thermodynamics, and renewable, nonrenewable, and stored energy.

Discusses alternatives to traditional energy sources that contribute to global warming and that are increasingly scarce.

Introduces the various uses of land and the effects of humans on the environment, discussing wild lands, forests, food production, mineral resource extraction, power generation, urban areas, and waste disposal, and exploring the concept of sustainability.

A practical guide for creating an energy-efficient home; with advice on starting programs within the community that teaches others how to go green.
Wind power, pp. 110-12, 115-16.

Looks at how increased population has affected the natural environment of the Earth, examining water, energy, and plant and animal resources, and discusses the need to protect the environment by developing sustainability.

Examines the impact overconsumption has had on natural resources in the United States, China, India, Germany, and Brazil, and describes government actions and strategies that can reduce energy consumption and aid in the search for alternative sources.
Wind power, pp. 23, 56, 58, 77, 86, 90, 95, 106,

Discusses various technologies in renewable energy, and how conventional sources of energy, including coal, oil, and gas, affect economies all around the world.

The author details how he ignored naysayers and was able to bring electricity and running water to his Malawian village when he built a makeshift windmill out of scrap metal and spare parts.

An exploration of renewable energy resources that focuses on wind and water power, providing information about how they are produced and used, discussing advantages and disadvantages, and including photographs, illustrations, and diagrams.

An introduction to environmental sciences that presents essays which focus on the impact of science in daily life and discusses the cultural, economic, and political issues that encompass the scientific thought process. Arranged alphabetically from A to L.

An introduction to environmental sciences that presents essays which focus on the impact of science in daily life and discusses the cultural, economic, and political issues that encompass the scientific thought process. Arranged alphabetically from M to Z.