Climate Photo of the Week
Roofer works on a solar demo home in "Wisteria" subdivision of Rocklin California, near Sacramento, one of first developments under California's Solar Initiative "One Million Solar Roofs," which begun in 2006. Integrated roof solar cells which are similar in appearance to roof tiles are put on one story homes. With increased insulation, e-windows and energy-saving appliances -- not to mention technology like motion-sensor low-energy lighting and flexible zone heating and cooling -- new homes can save more than 30 percent in energy costs and keep electricity from being generated from fossil fuels. Every home built in the U.S., not to mention rehabs, commercial buildings and stores, should have these features from the blueprints up. In many communities building codes are actively being changed to require climate-wise features.
World View of Global Warming is an independent documentary project by photojournalist Gary Braasch, now in its 11th year, presenting a comprehensive look at global warming science, the world wide effects of climate change, its implications, and what action is being taken about it. Braasch documents this change through science reporting and photography from the Arctic to Antarctica, from glaciers to the oceans. Rapid climate change is occurring now and its effects are fast becoming one of the prime events of the 21st century.
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