OREANDA-NEWS. July 31, 2012. Club Enerji, Tata Power’s nationwide energy conservation movement, has gained tremendous impetus due to the focus and dedication of school children to spread awareness about energy and resource conservation across the country.

Over 150 students from two schools, St Lawrence High School and Ryan International School, from Kandivali East came together today to spread the message on resource conservation. The students enthusiastically prepared posters, banners and placards with paintings depicting various ways to conserve the environment. Each school also prepared unique banners with their school names prominently displayed.

The students then marched on a rally through the Thakur Village circuit in Kandivali East shouting various slogans and spreading the message on conservation of natural resources through their own posters, placards and handouts. They also distributed paper bags to citizens en-route.

Speaking on this initiative, Anil Sardana, managing director, Tata Power, said, “The enthusiasm, involvement and dedication of the school students to spread the message on energy conservation is remarkable and has contributed towards making this a national movement. We would also like to thank the teachers and principals of the schools for constantly extending their support to this initiative. This year we have taken the programme to a higher level and have introduced new modules on resource conservation and moral & civic value.”

Club Enerji has covered 400 schools and sensitised more than 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 with the aim to stop wastage of electricity.

Club Enerji encourages students to form their own mini energy clubs in their school and societies, to propagate the message of energy conservation to citizens and society at large. Club Enerji also has various nationwide engagement programmes, like Energy-Q (quiz competition), Spark of life (poster making contest), Every watt counts (essay competition), newsletter and an exciting website. With informative and interesting publications like Energy Book - Watts up with Energy? activity booklets, audio-visuals and anthem.

The resource conservation module lays emphasis on saving electricity along with saving fuel, water, paper, trees and advocating judicious waste management practices, reducing plastic consumption. Every year, keeping power conservation as a key pillar, Club Enerji will focus on one other resource to combat climate change. This year, fuel conservation will be included in this module and it’s only apt when fossil fuels are becoming scarce and expensive with each passing day.

The moral and civic module focuses on instilling various values like integrity, discipline, gender equality, respect for public property, etc to make the children better and responsible citizens of tomorrow.