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You're never too young to start thinking about the environment.. as Georgia finds out!

The first sign of the summer weather, bringing us hot sunny days is a perfect excuse for an 8 Month Old to get out the paddling pool. Even though she is still technically '0' years old, Georgia realises that everything she does has an impact on the environment. Typically, children have a much stronger environmental conscience than adults, and Georgia decided it would be a good idea to set an example to the grown-ups.

Georgia enjoys lovely warm water from an integral tank solar collector. These are even less expensive than the usual units used to heat domestic hot water in the UK, due to their simpler design (but not quite so good for the UK's winter climate). The integral tank collector uses the same double walled vacuum tubes, but water is allowed to fill the inner section of the tube (just like a thermos flask), and when heated by the sun, the water's density reduces, which makes it rise, displacing colder water from the integral tank into the tube, this thermo-convection causes the water in the integral storage tank to become heated - on a sunny day, it can easily reach 100C, so you will need to mix in cold water to make sure it is not too hot.

Georgia's cousin Billy arrives with his paddling pool, so they soon get it inflated and filled with water. The pool water is heated entirely by sunshine so there is no carbon-emission penalty. That makes Georgia feels good.

You can see Georgia's large 140litre capacity solar collector in the background behind the paddling pool - this contains enough water for several pools - so it lasts for weeks before it needs to be refilled. However, they are available in smaller sizes for paddling pool use!

The best thing about having plenty of solar-heated water available is that you can the water deeper, and it can easily be topped up whenever it starts to go cold! Georgia and Billy play all afternoon, until the sun starts to set and it is time to think about going to bed.

So remember, however old you are, you can still do your part to help protect the environment!

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