Every year Global Wind day is celebrated on June 15. If this holiday is new news to you it is important you know why it is a holiday! Global Wind day is celebrated by spreading the knowledge how wind power works and is an amazing and powerful resource. This holiday was not officially named until 2009 but we have been harvesting wind energy for thousands of years. Not only is wind energy efficient it is an example of clean energy.
If you want to know more about HOW this energy works then click here to learn more : https://www.energy.gov/eere/wind/how-do-wind-turbines-work
We encourage you on this day to recognize wind energy, where it has come from and the potential it has to grow if supported by enough of the public.
Hungry for a way to support wind energy?
- Many energy suppliers offer the options to buy your electricity from renewable energy sources like wind. Reach your supplier for more information
- You can also choose to do research on what your city is doing to support clean energy. Read what Dallas has in it’s plan for renewable energy in our Comprehensive Environmental & Climate Action Plan
- Follow Global Wind Day online and take part in their photo competition in 2021
- Other resources to learn more about wind include: