| Are you and your family concerned about global | | | | 10. This can be a fun project for your family. |
| warming? Do you want to do something to help the | | | | Start by motivating your family |
| environment and save planet earth? Does your family | | | | Reinforce your family's interest in the environment. |
| like doing things together? Are your children old enough | | | | Post a list of environmentally-friendly things each family |
| to benefit from a family project? If so, why not build a | | | | member can do to help save planet earth. Things like |
| solar panel as a family project and learn about Green | | | | -- Recycle! Turn off lights when they are not is use! |
| Power. This article will tell you how to get started. | | | | Conserve water! Buy environmentally friendly products |
| Here are ten reasons to get started on your solar | | | | for your home and garden! |
| panel family education project | | | | Help family members understand why these things are |
| | | | important. |
| 1. The price of electricity will soar during the next ten | | | | Talk about solar energy during family conversations |
| years. | | | | Talk about how the sun's energy can be used to dry |
| 2. Solar power is a freely available resource. | | | | clothes. How the sun's warmth can help warm the |
| 3. Solar energy is a sustainable source of power | | | | house in wintertime. Ask family members to think of |
| 4. Solar power will reduce greenhouse gases and | | | | other ways the sun can help, such as heating water |
| shrink your carbon footprint. | | | | for "sun tea." |
| 5. Your childrens' future will include solar power. | | | | Ask family members to think of ways solar power is |
| 6. Green power will help save planet earth. | | | | already being used -- for example: solar hand-held |
| 7. Solar energy may offer a new career path for your | | | | calculators, light-sensitive switches, solar panels for |
| children. | | | | camping. Explain that solar power is Green Power -- it |
| 8. Your children will learn important solar science | | | | reduces the amount of carbon-based fuels (e.g., fuel oil, |
| lessons. | | | | coal) that would otherwise be burned to generate |
| 9. Your family will have a positive impact on the | | | | electric power and result in greenhouse gases and |
| environment. | | | | pollution. |