Environmental Button
date: label: date made
content: 1970s
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: This button demonstrates two different forms of solar power. Most people associate solar power with capturing the heat of the sun (solar thermal) or its light (photovoltaics) for use. Wind power is also a form of solar energy since the sun heats the atmosphere and causes air to circulate. For many people, the 1970s energy crisis was a call to action to change how electricity was generated and used. Making the choice to “go solar”—and encouraging others to do the same—reflected growing optimism about the potential of clean, accessible solar energy.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
topic: label: Subject
content: Environmental Movement
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content: Medicine and Science: Biological Sciences
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content: Energy & Power
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content: Environmental Buttons
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2003.0014.0402
label: accession number
content: 2003.0014
label: catalog number
content: 2003.0014.0402
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Button
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)