One of my friend just saw an amazing video on Instagram about volunteering with sea turtles in Costa Rica, and he had love to do something similar for a couple of weeks next year. The thing is, he has no idea where to start or how to tell a genuine conservation project from one that's mainly there for the photos. When's the best time to visit? What do volunteers actually do each day? And is paying for a program worth it, or is it possible to find a project on your own?

If anyone's done something like this, he had love to hear about your experience.

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"Rows of solar roofs shade cars at Six Flags Magic Mountain in Valencia, California, forming the largest solar carport in the state.

The 12.37-megawatt system has nearly 23,000 panels on 36 structures covering 637,000 square feet (59,000 sq m) and shelters close to 4,300 parking spaces, keeping visitors' cars cool while they spend the day at the park.

The roofs are expected to generate 20.8 million kilowatt-hours a year, roughly the electricity used by 2,900 homes and enough to power both Magic Mountain and the neighboring Hurricane Harbor water park."

Ultimate Green Loop : Electric dumper travels up empty, loads heavy stone, and generates surplus energy on the way down

Huge electric dumper, travels up mountain empty, loads stone (solid state potential energy storage) and drives down mountain a lot heavier in recouperation mode and charges more than it used on the way up.

Its actually more efficent than it needs to be, so it even feeds some extra energy into the grid.

Its still fullfilling its transport function, but its effectivley an energy generator.

Job is done, energy is created rather than used. I love this.

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@theskimm :

"Flowers need sunshine to thrive, and we need videos of pets for our mental health.

If your screen time leaves you feeling overwhelmed and anxious, it may be time to try "bloomscrolling" - intentionally seeking out uplifting posts (think: heartwarming stories, pictures of nature and animals) to boost oxytocin.

The goal isn't to ignore the real world, but to curate a healthier feed, set hard boundaries on your scrolling, and ultimately use those good vibes as fuel to reconnect off-screen. Because, yeah, doomscrolling is doing exactly what it sounds like - dooming you to have a bad day."

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Balsambashing is a channel dedicated to the benefits of being outdoors.

Plus, in this film, learn how to grow Calendula and find out who's been illegally chopping down the woods?

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At TeePee cider in Wairarapa Aotearoa/New Zealand we have gone solar. Our ethos has always been to work with nature. Hence we are organic. Our electricity useage is high however, keeping chillers running to keep the cider cool especially during the 2 year secondary fermentation in our cider cave which due to a high water table is above ground. Over the last 2 months of Spring I am very pleased to see we have produced just over 2MWh of electricity; we are net neutral to the grid. In a low carbon intense energy environment like NZ with a lot of hydro wind and geothermal electricity production this is still equivalent to a tree.