My poster is about what the Vineyard might look like in the future using all renewable energies. The first picture is of the Vineyard now. The second picture is of the Vineyard in the future. There is a dirt road because asphalt used up coal and other non-renewable sources that we can also use to make energy. I hope that near in the future the Vineyard will begin to use all renewable energy.

Renewable sources are wind power, solar power, biomass, geothermal energy and hydropower. Those are all renewable sources. And nonrenewable sources are coal, uranium, petroleum, propane and natural gas. You will find all of this on my poster.

You should not use nonrenewable energy. You should use renewable energy, like hydropower. It helps the environment to use renewable energy and it also saves you money!

A renewable island should have solar panels and wind generators.

My poster is about a solar truck. I had the idea of the solar truck because we might get solar panels on our house. That gave me the idea for the solar truck! I have a remote control truck and I'm going to try and make it into a solar remote control truck.

This is a solar powered house. Solar panels on the roof capture the sun's energy. The panels have photovoltaic cells in them. I wish I could live in a solar powered house.

Written by Gabe, Tisbury School, Drawn by Janelle

Our poster shows a rearing stallion (by Raine Monast) and his mare (by Olivia deGeofroy) in a field. Around them is: a lake, representing hydropower; a tree, representing biomass; the sun, representing solar energy; the swirly items in the sky representing the power of wind; and heat waves representing geothermal energy. Let me tell you what this all means. Hydropower is when water powers mills and things like that. Biomass is when things we throw away rot to create heat and energy. Solar is the power of the sun and it turns into energy by entering bioelectric cells. Wind goes through windmills so it can power things like grain mills. Also the power from the movement of the blades on the windmill creates power for large cities. And lastly, geothermal energy comes from the lava underground. We hope you enjoy our poster!

Long ago on Martha's Vineyard, the Wampanoag used biomass to take care of themselves. Biomass is the trees and the bushes. The Wampanoag used biomass to heat their homes and to make their homes. They used biomass to make canoes. They used biomass for fuel for cooking. The trees and bushes grew again. Then they could use them again. Biomass was important to keep them going.

There are lots of ways to save energy and one way is to use energy saving light bulbs. These light bulbs save you lots of money on your electric bill. My teacher, Miss Cici and her husband used to spend $185.00 a month on their electric bill. After changing over to the energy efficient light bulbs, they now spend about $140.00 a month. If everyone did that I'm sure people would be much happier. Don't be an energy hog and buy energy efficient light bulbs!

My poster is about solar energy. Solar energy can be made into electricity. Solar energy comes from the sun. The panels are at special angles so that they can catch the sun's rays. I think solar energy should be put on houses and should be used for electricity.

Wind is fast and beautiful.

Solar power is a renewable energy. That means it can be used again. Sometimes people use solar panels for energy. They use them for lighthouses and to heat other homes. Martha's Vineyard uses 99% nonrenewable energy and only 1% renewable. That is why it is important for people to use solar energy for things.

My poster is about solar energy. Solar energy travels from the sun to the earth in rays. Solar energy is renewable. Lots of people put solar collectors on their roofs. The solar panels make electricity.

Wind can dry clothes and it can help us because it creates electricity with a windmill. I think it would be good in a place in Vineyard Haven near the beach, because there is so much wind that comes across the water!

Our poster shows a picture of energy that we are letting out of our homes: energy that we are wasting and energy that we are not taking care to shorten our use of. Every day we use electricity and we could try harder to turn it off or use it for big purposes. Energy hogs in our homes are like turning on lights when it's midday, leaving the fridge door open, or turning the T.V. speakers up all the way. The way you can get rid of energy hogs is to turn off lights when you aren't using them, close the fridge door and make sure it closes all the way, and turn the T.V. speakers down to a reasonble volume. Pretend that you had your T.V. on for a day. Think how much energy you would lose. So save energy by turning it off.

I studied wind. On my poster there are sailboats. I wanted to put sailboats on my poster because they use renewable wind energy. There are a lot of sailboats and boats on the island. I added a sunset because I think that they are pretty. Wind is moving air. We can use wind to do work for us. For example, wind pushes sailboats. Long ago people used wind to sail ships across the Nile River. But as you probably know, people still use it today.

Did you know that the sun makes the wind blow? The sun heats the earth and the hot air rises and the cool air over the water moves and that makes wind. Since wind is renewable I think we should capture wind energy on Martha's Vineyard to make electricity.

In this poster you see renewable energy. Renewable energy is energy that doesn't get used up. But nonrenewable energy is energy that you can't use over again.

Solar power is one type of renewable energy. Some people have solar panels to help them produce electricity. Solar energy can also help people by drying their clothes. Solar power is excellent at drying clothes because the sun is very warm.

Geothermal is also another type of renewable energy. This energy comes from inside of the earth where there are very hot rocks.

Those are the kinds of renewable energy that I included on my poster.

In this picture you see renewable energy. People should use renewable energy because it uses natural resources to make energy. Houses need electricity, right? They could use solar power. Or we could use heat from the earth (geothermal). Martha's Vineyard used to use 100% renewable energy; now it uses 1% renewable energy. The other 99% used is nonrenewable. In conclusion, we should all make more of an effort to use renewable energy. Otherwise, you will be using energy that someone else needs to survive.