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MEEC improves the environmental literacy of students, teachers, and communities of the Mojave Desert Region by actively providing educational resources.

The Mini Rough Guide to Energy and Our Planet

Thursday, August 27th, 2009

This guide explains today’s important energy issues, looks at the future of different forms of energy, and shows us how to keep the world safe while keeping the planet safe.

3 copies at Antelope Valley and 3 copies at Victorville branch.

Wind Energy Basics: A Guide to Small and Micro Wind Systems

Thursday, August 20th, 2009

By: Paul Gipe

Includes detailed info on planning, purchasing, siting, and installing a wind system.

1999

121 pages

The Return of the Solar Cat

Thursday, August 20th, 2009

By: Jim Augustyn

Mixing cat wisdom with science and solar politics.

2003

88 pages

Copy available at both Antelope Valley and Victor Valley branch

Hydrogen Fuel Cells

Thursday, August 20th, 2009

By: Pat Patterson

This book posits that we are on the edge of a new technologial age which will totally change the way we power our homes, cars, and computers.

2004

70 pages

Power With Nature-Solar and Wind Energy

Thursday, August 20th, 2009

By: Rex A. Ewing

Renewable energy is demystified and explained in plain English by someone who lives off-the-grid and loves it.

2003

251 pages

Solar Power

Thursday, August 20th, 2009

by: Josepha Sherman

Learn about this great star at the center of our Solar System and how it powers our world.

2004

32 pages

The Solar Electric House

Thursday, August 20th, 2009

by Steven Strong

This book discusses system options and economics, stand-alone and utility-interactive systems, description of all key components, and how to design a solar electric house.

1993

271 pages

The Solar House

Thursday, August 20th, 2009

by: Daniel D. Chiras

This book discusses the vast potential for passive heating and cooling and gives the leaders the necessary tools for successful solar design.

2002

274 pages

Tomorrow’s Energy: Hydrogen, Fuel Cells, and the Prospect for a Cleaner Planet

Thursday, August 20th, 2009

by: Peter Hoffman

Hydrogen, a completely nonpolluting fuel, may hold the answer to growing atmospheric concerns of carbon dioxide and the resultant Greenhouse Effect.

2001

291 pages

A Mini Rough Guide to Energy and Our Planet

Thursday, August 20th, 2009

Two copies available at the Victor Valley branch and one copy available at the Antelope Valley Branch

Energy Education Resources

Thursday, April 3rd, 2008

Resource guide for K – 12th grades
Quantity: 1 Year: 2006