SDG 7 - Affordable and Clean Energy - Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, leaders from 193 different countries agreed on 17 global goals they felt the world needed to achieve by 2030. The seventh of these goals is Affordable and Clean Energy, which is about ensuring access to affordable, reliable, sustainable, and modern energy for all.
Achieving Affordable and Clean Energy for All!
The main goals of SDG 7 are to create a world where everyone has access to energy, where the proportion of renewable energy is higher, and where funding and infrastructure are made available to the countries that need it most!
Energy can mean many different things - from the food we put in our bodies, to the coal that is burned to power industrial machinery, to the radiation used to carry out an X-ray in a hospital. Energy is all around us. It powers our homes, our cars, and much of our lives.
The vast majority of this energy that powers our world comes from three main sources: Oil (31%), Coal (27%), and Gas (25%). Approximately 35 billion barrels of oil are used wor...
How can I make a difference ?
Last month, we were delighted to officially launch our environmental education programme for secondary schools here in Ireland.
Since the launch, we have been lucky to engage with these students and create a space where we encourage them to ask us anything that may be causing anxiety in regards to Climate Change.
One student, asked a very important question in relation to plastic waste last week:
How can we make a difference when the big companies are the ones who create the products we buy?
I love these types of questions, and students don’t hold back thankfully with how they feel. We appreciate this honesty no end.
But, how do you answer the above question?
To be fair it is absolutely a valid point to make. Our current consumer society has been created by large corporations, they thrive by sending us into a frenzy of convenient consumerism of cheaper products, disposable items, etc.
Nowadays some people feel if they do not have a new dress or suit to wear at the next party for...
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