Energy is our Future: Resources
This section features a set of teaching and learning online resources that may help teachers prepare lessons on energy-related topics. The section also includes outcomes that resulted from the past competitions and activities that were open during the school year 2006-2007 and 2007-2008.
Chat on youth, innovation and the energy future of Europe: Supporting information
This set of Web links is intended to help schools prepare their participation in the online debate hosted by MEP Ioannis Tsoukalas who will come online on 24 November 2009 at 14.00 CET to discuss about youth, innovation and the energy future of Europe.
Your Energy is our Future
This article outlines the career opportunities offered by the plastics and petrochemicals industries, sectors where students can take part in creating the future. It has been written to support the chat with Wilfried Haensel (Executive Director of PlasticsEurope) and Pierre de Kettenis (Executive Director of APPE - Association of Petrochemical Producers in Europe) in April 2009.
Beyond Carbon Footprints: the Plastics Industry’s Eco-Profile
This article highlights PlasticsEurope’s vision of developing the Eco-footprint: a ground breaking methodology of measuring a product’s impact on the environment. The article has been written to support the chat with Isidro Quiroga in May 2009.
Learning to protect the environment
This article provides a summary of how education and environment can be connected both in your own country and at European level. It has been written to support the chat with the Czech Republic’s minister for Education, sports and youth, Mr Ondřej Liška.
Applying polymer science to save energy and improve renewable energy technologies
This article gives an outline of how scientific research into polymers is enabling breakthroughs in energy efficiency and renewable energy. It has been written to support the chat with Paula Bosch in March 2009.
Fantastic Plastics
The 3rd chat of the Energy is our Future (FuturEnergia) school programme, school year 2008-2009, touches the subject of plastics and how their physical properties make them suitable for various intriguing and surprising applications.
Plastics: Performance material in sports and aviation
This article is intended to support the chat hosted by Thomas Schmidt, a former Olympic champion in slalom canoeing. The article consists of basic information about plastics as performance materials in sports and aviation.
Plastics, chemistry and climate protection
This article gives a brief overview of how the chemistry behind plastics helps give them environmentally-beneficial properties. It has been written to support the chat with Anton de Vries on 27 November 2008.
Resources: Archive 2007-2008
This page contains a set of supporting articles that helped teachers prepare lessons on energy-related topics during the school year 2007-2008.
Chat archive 2007-2008
The chats aimed to bring together a number of experts and classes to discuss energy related themes, how design and materials influence energy consumption and contribute to finding sustainable energy solutions.
Chat archive 2006-2007
The chats that are published on this page were organised during the school year 2006-2007. The may represent a valuable set of teaching and learning resources focusing on energy related themes, how design and materials influence energy consumption and contribute to finding sustainable energy solutions.
Archive: Articles on energy related themes
This is a collection of articles that served as support for the chat activities that were organised during the school year 2006-2007. The articles focus on a large range of energy related themes covering car design, carbon footprint, making better use of energy, reducing energy consumption in buildings, how to secure energy after depletion of resources and others.
Previous school competition
This school competition was open to schools during the school year 2006-2007. On behalf of PlasticsEurope, European Schoolnet invited students ages 11-18 to take part in the “Energy is our Future” poster and slogan competition.
Past activity: My Energy Train Story
This is a past Web-based classroom activity that was available to schools during the school year 2006-2007.
