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Set in Asia, Africa, South America, Australia/Oceania, or Antarctica
Teen 2024: Totally True
Set in Asia, Africa, South America, Australia/Oceania, or Antarctica
Teen 2024: Totally True
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A true story of tenacity and imagination describes how an African teenager built a windmill from scraps to create electricity for his home and his village, improving life for himself and his neighbors.
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When 14-year-old William Kamkwamba's Malawi village was hit by a drought in 2001, everyone's crops began to fail. His family didn't have enough money for food, let alone school, so William spent his days in the library. He came across a book on windmills and figured out how to build a windmill that could bring electricity to his village. Several years later he figured out how to use the windmill for irrigation purposes.
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PBS Home Video
Pub. Date
c2008.
Language
English
Description
Under pressure from governments, green groups, and investors, big businesses, such as the oil and coal companies, electric utilities, and automobile manufacturers, are promising to reshape their approach to the environment, climate change, and carbon emissions. Shows how some corporations around the world are fighting to fend off new regulations while others are repositioning themselves to meet these challenges. Visits the melting glaciers of the...
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World Book, Inc
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[2024]
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English
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The discoveries and inventions of today are poised to change the way you live in the near future. Today's cities depend on an abundant and reliable supply of electricity. But the way we generate and transport that electricity is wasteful and inefficient. It needs to get smarter. Read [this book] to discover how scientists, engineers, and inventors are developing new technology to deliver the electricity needed to power our future.
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