IMPORTANCE OF CLEAN ENERGY AWARENESS IN CHILDREN
This blog, written by Ruchika Kale, studying in Third Year of Computer Science at A P Shah Institute of Technology, won the third prize in “Blog On!!”, a blogging contest organized by IEEE APSIT SB PES Chapter.
Yesterday I came across this song APNA KAAM BANTA BHAAD MAI JAAYE JANTA, which released around in 2014–15 ….so what am I talking about?….isn’t this we all doing till now with our greens and blues?…think!!
I will be talking specifically about our country India….where the big petrol cars, going against law is considered royalty, I am sure we all have heard about this term CLEAN ENERGY and we also call it the renewable energy….our textbooks have given huge and exact definitions of these fascinating terms…but how much of it is understood by our children….just the small pictures in the big textbooks are not going to make our tiny masterminds understand the meaning and importance of the underrated.
It is said…that we don’t have resources…I will say we don’t have the medium via which these resources are explained and understood…..it would be difficult to change the minds which are practicing a wrong thing for more than 4–5 decades….but what would be easier is to teach French to the 3 year old before visiting France….it is scientifically proven that the habits which are put in early age are easier to absorb by the brain…so that the further generation lives in a cleaner and safe environment.
Sound’s interesting?…..So how do we achieve it…
As I wrote earlier about the children’s school curriculum should involve more application based learning….instead of investing hugely in unnecessary fests and concerts…..school must practice sustainable development by doing rainwater harvesting, by installing solar panels for the electricity….teachers should compare the electricity bills of the entire school to their house….and they will observe a drastic change between the two….when the results are positive…same will be practiced at home….it is quite analogous to the scenario when one’s tiffin is tastier and we force our mother’s to cook the same.
Government should keep Renewable energy as a compulsory practical in all schools….so that students of any status, any gender…will get access to this knowledge.
In some under privileged schools, governments schools…seminars should be conducted regularly, if this chain continues…we will be able to reach more number of students.
And I will also suggest films….films are a very huge part of our life….visual memories are the strongest memories….films should be made on renewable energy….as now a days practical films are covering a huge audience, so taking advantage of that….via films a message can be spread at a greater scale.
As a nation our always goal should be providing the correct knowledge to our tiny masterminds….despite the gender and status….this is what we call growth!
