Globi and energy - about oil, climate change and solar cells

• A non-fiction book for children

About oil, climate change and solar cells - Globi Wissen Volume 9

Globi meets children who have had to flee their home island because the sea level keeps rising. Our use of energy is responsible for this. But understanding this is complex. That's why Globi and the children go on a journey on which many experts explain to them the connection between gasoline cars and the climate or why peat in the garden bed causes the sea level to rise.

In the process, they learn a lot about oil, coal, nuclear power, photovoltaics, geothermal energy and other energy sources. Among other things, Globi builds a solar model car that draws its electricity from the sun's rays. And from waste, he makes a small water wheel that is powered by the positional energy of water. At the end of their journey, they reach a place where the energy transition has already become a reality.

The book was produced in collaboration with many experts and the support association "energietal toggenburg" and contains up-to-date information about climate change and its effects on people and the environment.

Globi's bestseller about energy production and climate change.
According to the World Climate Report, the climate has warmed by 0.2 degrees Celsius in the last ten years. warmer. In 2020, we reached a new all-time high - it was the warmest year since measurements began in 1850. Since the climate and the environment are changing at a rapid pace, "Globi and the Energy" from und die Energie" from 2016 has been completely revised. In this children's nonfiction book Globi explores what energy is and what effects energy production has on our environment. environment.

The new edition, published on 02/25/21, has been expanded to include important topics such as petroleum disasters, plastic waste in the oceans or peat cutting. New social movements such as "Fridays foFuture" are also represented. Globi talks to adults and children, meets experts, communicates complex topics and accompany the texts. Children can thus form their own opinion and have a popular and likeable knowledge mediator at their side in Globi. at their side.

"Globi and the Energy" has received renowned professional support, among others from the University of Applied Sciences of Eastern Switzerland in Rapperswil, various Swiss climatologists and the Swiss Energy Foundation.

Author: Atlant Bieri is an author of non-fiction books for children and a science journalist. He writes for the "NZZ am Sonntag". He also produces educational and experimentation films for children on higgs.ch on topics such as biology, physics and technology. In addition, he tours Switzerland with Globi and shows schoolchildren in the "Globi Energy Show" what Globi Energieshow" what energy is and why it is so important for mankind.

He also produces educational andexperimentation films for children on higgs.ch on topics such as biology, physics and technology. In addition, he tours Switzerland with Globi and shows schoolchildren in the "Globi Energy Show" what Globi Energieshow" what energy is and why it is so important for mankind. importance for mankind.

Illustration: Daniel Müller has been working as an independent illustrator for magazines since 1993, newspapers, picture books, school books for various publishers and advertising agencies in Zurich. He has already illustrated several Globi Wissen titles.

• bound
• 17.5 x 24.0 cm
• 118 pages
• 3rd edition
• March 5, 2021
• Reading age from 7 years old

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