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Posted: Wednesday 20 April, 2016 at 11:41 PM

Going Green initiative taken to schools as Earth Week activities continues

Students of the Dr. William Connor Primary School
By: Jermine Abel, SKNVibes.com

    BASSETERRE, St. Kitts – PROMOTERS of the ‘Going Green’ initiative and the renewable energy project took their programmes to several primary schools across St. Kitts and Nevis. 

     

    This move is in keeping with the Federation’s hosting of a week of activities to commemorate the first Earth Day celebrations in St. Kitts and Nevis.

    Yesterday (Apr. 19), the organizers visited two learning institutions in the Basseterre area - Tucker Clarke Primary School and Dr. William Connor Primary School.

    Justin Caines, who is working on a project with the Local Earth Week Committee, and several other individuals visited the two schools and gave demonstration exercises to the students.

    The students were given insights into the working of solar panel, the use of the wind turbine and how it powers the system as well as showing them how the solar generator works.

    Over the last several years, the Federation has been thrusting the development and use of green initiative and Caines explained that there are a number of persons in the country who do not completely understand  the concept of how renewable energy works.

    On that note, the organizers decided to begin the education process on the going green initiative by taking the programme to the grassroot level; that is to the primary schools.

    “My concept of coming to the school is to educate the children from grades four to six on how renewable energy really do work,” Caines said.

    Going forward, Caines is hopeful that more learning institutions would take a similar stance like the St. Paul’s Primary School on the use of renewable energy.

    “What I would like to see in the near future is that more schools get involved like St. Paul’s Primary School, which uses solar energy to power the school when there is no grid. Also, I would like to see more schools get involved in having more solar panels on their roofs and moving more quickly in a more greener and renewable energy drive.”

    With this initiative, the organizers’ view is that students would leave with their new found knowledge and share it with their peers, parents and others with whom they come into contact.

    A teacher at the institution, Ervin Lawrence, said the exercise was beneficial because it gave the students a hands-on experience on a topic that they are currently being taught.

    “They do the topic of energy as part of a topic in renewable energy, so it would be helpful in that aspect. Also, it is important for them to start learning at an early age about renewable energy and going green and the effects of what they do on saving the whole structure of the environment.”

    Earlier this week, Earth Week SKN organizers held a clean-up exercise and removed over 1,300 bags of garbage from six locations around St. Kitts.

    A number of other activities are planned for the week, which will culminate with a fair in both St. Kitts and Nevis on Friday (Apr. 22), the date that is annually recognized as Earth Day. 
     
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