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• Resource: Kilowatt Ours
• Resource Type: Curriculum, Information/Statistics, Online Tool, Resource List
• Description: Kilowatt Ours, a project of Trust for the Future, sheds light on America's electricity generation, motivating and working with communities to save energy and use renewable power. Through public education, community partnerships, and policy advancement, Kilowatt Ours empowers consumers to create net-zero homes, schools, workplaces, and communities to improve environmental, human, and economic health. By demonstrating practical and convenient solutions to reduce electricity use and invest in renewable power, Kilowatt Ours is helping solve the interconnected problems of mountaintop-removal coal mining, air pollution, childhood asthma, mercury contamination, and climate change.
• Topic: Air/Climate, Energy Conservation, Sustainability
• Grade: K-5, 6-8, 9-12
• Cost: no
• Time: Ongoing
• Location: TN
• Keywords: energy, efficiency, renewable, power, kilowatt, conservation, electricity

Added on 12/3/2007