Education: Taking Green to the Streets
Jan 1, 2009 — While colleges and universities around the world teach various aspects of sustainable technologies, some are teaming up to put into practice what they’ve learned. Solar car challenges are a perfect example. The North American Solar Challenge pits teams of college students against one another in racing a solar car from Plano, Texas, to Calgary, Alberta, Canada. It’s a 10-day, 2400-mile run with teams from Germany, Great Britain, Canada and the US in cars with the power equivalent of a hair...