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Enhance energy education in schools with FuturEnergia!

For the school year 2010-2011, FuturEnergia school programme invites schools to take part in a number of online debates with special guests and to organise events about energy efficiency. FuturEnergia encourages new teaching and learning opportunities in the field of energy and sustainable development.

Bioplastics – the beginning of a new era?

Next FuturEnergia chat will take place on 31 May from 10-11 CET. The chat will aim at giving an understanding of bioplastics, the newest members of the plastics family.

Promising research and development currently under way in Europe might soon allow for the production of plastics from CO2 emissions. But what do we mean when talking about bioplastics? What are their benefits? Will they help to fight litter?

Marine Litter, a global societal challenge

Next FuturEnergia chat will take place on 16 April from 10-11 CET. The purpose of this chat is to give students an understanding of the complex and multi-dimensional problem of marine litter that affects the world’s oceans and seas. Plastic litter is harmful for marine life and has an impact on a truly global scale. Despite rising media and political attention the magnitude of the problem is still largely unknown.