OREANDA-NEWS. January 18, 2012. Mini clubs of Guru Nanak National High School, Sion, conduct a rally and painting competition in Sion

Mini clubs of two schools conduct ‘Spark of Life’ painting competition

Mumbai: Club Enerji (formerly known as Tata Power Energy Club), Tata Power’s nationwide energy conservation movement, has gained tremendous impetus due to the focus and dedication of school children to spread awareness across the country.

Since last year, mini clubs run by school children who are members of Club Enerji and part of the company’s nationwide energy conservation movement, have been spreading awareness far and wide. School children have been spearheading this movement by using innovative means of sensitising citizens through rallies, sensitisation sessions for society, poster competitions, street plays and ‘Batti Bandh’ blackouts in housing societies.

In line with this self-sustaining movement, mini clubs from Adarsh Vidyalaya (Chandrashekhar Azad, Ghost Ryder, Red Rose Group, Rock Star Group and Stephen Hawking’s Group); St Mary's High School (Maryites Unplugged); Ram Niwas Bajaj School (Energy Savers); and CU Shah High School, Kandivili (Energy Superstars), came together to organise an hour-long rally on energy conservation on January 13, 2012. More than 400 students marched in the Chincholi Bunder area for an hour carrying colourful posters and chanting energy conservation slogans.

Mini clubs of Guru Nanak National High School, Sion West (The Giant Heroes, Electro Guys, Growing Buds, Transformers and Almighty), organised a ‘Spark of Life’ poster-making competition on January 12, 2012, and conducted a rally on January 13, 2012. They sensitised commuters and shoppers alike by chanting slogans and sharing the Six Golden Rules for Energy Conservation.

Mini clubs of Vivek Vidyalaya, Goregaon (Vivians Club, Sunshine Club, Golden Club and Warrior Club), and of GM Education, Vile Parle (Red Dragon, Fire Fighter, Ghost Rider, Super Staker and Rock Star), organised a ‘Spark of Life’ poster-making competition in their school on January 12, 2012. The three themes for the competition were ‘pollution’, ‘energy conservation’ and ‘global warming’. Poster making is a fun and educative method to engage students with the topic and to make them think about environment conservation issues.

Speaking on the initiative, Anil Sardana, managing director, Tata Power, said, “It is indeed heartening to see young students take up the cause of energy and resource conservation. We are proud of our energy champs and appreciate their efforts in spearheading this nation-wide movement on environment conservation.”

“Forming mini clubs and conducting the poster competition has been a fun learning experience. We have learnt how to organise an event and have also explained ways of conserving energy to our classmates. Our aim is to save energy for the future.” said Tanvi Shejwal, leader, Sunshine Club of Vivek Vidyalaya.

In the third year of association with Club Enerji, members are invited to form their own Mini Club Enerjis. These clubs operate as independent entities with their own energy council of energy mentors, energy general, energy captains, energy monitors and energy savers, and are self-sustaining movements. These self-activated clubs conduct various activities like exhibitions, street plays, painting competitions, society sensitisation, Batti Bandh blackouts, sensitisation during Ganesh utsav and many more such activities to spread the message of energy conservation in a fun and interesting way. They reach out to adults and students alike to sensitise them about the growing need for energy and resource conservation. There are more than 800 Mini Club Enerjis formed by Tata Power in the country today.

Club Enerji has covered 400 schools and sensitised more than 2.8 million (28 lakh) citizens across the nation and over 3 million units of electricity have been saved till date. The club is proud to have more than 19,095 energy champions and 32,257 energy ambassadors this year who are spreading the mantra of energy conservation among people across various age and income groups. Today, there are more than 800 mini clubs across the country which are run by the school children and aim to stop wastage of electricity.