In two refugee camps in Kenya named Kakuma and Dadaab, there has been an effort to get solar cookers into these camps. Through demonstrative workshops, the women in these camps have been taught how to use these cookers. Since the cooker is made from local materials, it is inexpensive and easy to use with little to maintain. These characteristics help with how successful these cookers have been. The goal of this cooker is to try and help those in these camps save their rations of scarce food which they often trade for fuel wood and to give them an alternative when they run out of fuel wood. Through the use of these cookers, the cooking food can often be left unattended which give women more free time to do other tasks. In this module, there is talk about unsustainable development, which is doing things we cannot do forever suck as use fossil fuels. These cookers help future Kenyans because once fuel wood runs out, they will have these cookers to fall back on. (http://personal.colby.edu/personal/t/thtieten/sol-ken.html)

In Paris, France there has been an agreement to end the use of fossil fuels because of the climate change that has been happening. In an effort to get the world to use clean energy for 100% of their energy and to have no greenhouse gas emissions, there has been an agreement between countries in the United Nations. This agreement between about two-hundred countries protects many places around the world. Through the agreement the goal is to “avoid super-droughts, rising tides, dangerous floods, deadly heatwaves and other ills associated with run-amok global warming.” The world is starting to realize that through the use of fossil fuels the environment will not be able to stay sustainable. They are working towards all clean energy between 2050 and 2080. This huge change will not happen fast but it will help save the planet and the human race itself. (http://www.cnn.com/2015/12/12/opinions/sutter-cop21-climate-reaction/index.html)

In a suburb that is located right outside of Philadelphia, there have been some record breaking weather patterns. Between the largest snow since the 1980s to the highest temperature in decades, Downingtown, Pennsylvania has been impacted by great climate change. Through the expansion of the town, there has been a large flow of people that come to live in this place. With the expansion of the population, there has been an effort to try and cut down on the use of fossil fuels. New houses are being build with solar panels on their roofs. This turns the house from using fossil fuels to using clean energy. Although the use of these does not save us time like the cookers do in Kenya, it does save money and energy. It helps with the greenhouse gas emission and brings us one step closer to cleaner air, similar to the world effort. Through these cases, we can see the impact we have on the planet and how we can eventually change our habits to keep sustainability on Earth.