HUNDREDS OF FREE EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES ON THE ENERGY TRANSITION FOR TEACHERS AND THEIR STUDENTS.

Energy Transitions, Societal Transitions

Energy sources have grown increasingly diverse from ancient times to the present. These changes have occurred over long periods of time – sometimes centuries – at varying rates across the globe. 

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Energy Transition

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Energy in France: 11-14 years old

An educational feature report that includes: a fact sheet on energy in France with exercices and classroom activities

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Energy in the World: 15-18 years old

An educational feature report that includes: a world cartography of energy to understand its geopolitical importance

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What are the “Sustainable Development Goals”?

Poverty, environmental degradation, global warming, inequality, hunger: we can act on these global challenges. To do so, the United Nations drew up 17 goals – the SDGs.

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Educational Resources: European Week for Waste Reduction #EWWR

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Sufficiency to Save the Planet

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Eco-Friendly Consumer Habits

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Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) of a Smartphone

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Life Cycle Assessments (LCA) Of Plastics

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Food items – whether plant, meat or highly processed products – have different impacts on CO2 emissions.

CO2 on our plates

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On the Shelf: Carbon and Environmental Labeling

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Methanation - Biogas in our Waste

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BioGasconha, biomethane plant in south-west France

Waste is Worth a Whole Lot of Energy

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New York: Recycling Cooking Oil into Biofuel

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Green Footprint

How Do You Calculate A Carbon Footprint?

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Incineration - The Heating Power of Refuse

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Educational Resources: Jobs in the Energy Sector

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Joan, photovoltaic manufacturing operator

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Etienne, photovoltaic research engineer

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Louis, photovoltaic panel contractor

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Careers in Ocean Energy

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Our editorial board

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Benoît Lombardet
Electricity R&D Director, OneTech at TotalEnergies

Alain Beltran
Research director at The French National Centre for Scientific Research (CNRS)
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Prof Philippe Blanc
Research director for MINES Paris – PSL university and is the head of its Energy and Processes Department (DEP)

Jean-Christophe Flèche
Director of Institutional Relations and Communication, IFP Energies nouvelles

Marc Florette
Member of the Academy of Technologies / former Director of Research and Innovation at ENGIE

Patrick Landais
Past high Commissioner at CEA
Florent Le Bourhis

Florent Le Bourhis
Industrial Engineering teacher, President of UPSTI
Manoelle Lepoutre

Manoelle Lepoutre
Former Executive Director at TotalEnergies Foundation

Jean-François Minster
Former Chief Scientific Officer of Total

Jacques-Emmanuel Saulnier
Senior Vice President, Public Interest and Managing Director of the Fondation TotalEnergies

Marie-Noëlle Semeria
Chief Technology Officer at TotalEnergies

Bernard Tardieu
Vice president of the Energy Committee, National Academy of Technologies of France (NATF)
Christine Trabado

Christine Trabado
Former high school physics teacher and project manager at the French Ministry of Education

Planète Energies

Planète Energies is a site specifically designed for elementary and secondary school students and teachers.

It offers a variety of content to help young people better understand the energy transition challenges and raise their awareness of more responsible energy consumption.

In the 2023-2024 academic year, Planète Energies website recorded over 600 000 visits, 6,300 registered teachers and 700 class conferences held throughout France. Planète Energies is a TotalEnergies Corporate Foundation program, created in 2005.