Towards renewable energy at the Jeanne-Antide school in Kfour : since the economic crisis hit Lebanon, citizens have been suffering from a drastic reduction in electricity. This is a problem that affects all Lebanese without exception, and is damaging their moral and psychological health.
Faced on a daily basis with power cuts that paralyse our school life (no Internet, inability to use the active boards or overhead projectors, inability to charge laptops or carry out experiments in the laboratory, etc.), our educational community rejected the possibility of subscribing to a generator, which ensures the supply of electricity but increases air pollution and the risk of respiratory and carcinogenic diseases due to its carbon dioxide emissions; it opted in favour of our planet!
After several trips, finally started installing photovoltaic panels. This ecological transition has reduced our dependence on fuel oil and cut costs. So there are many tangible benefits, including energy savings and the preservation of nature. Our students, aware of the importance of natural resources, are playing a crucial role in this change.
As a result, they understand the importance of this natural, non-polluting solar energy and manage their electricity consumption responsibly, by wasting less of it (disconnecting appliances used during lessons, switching off all lights before leaving a classroom, etc.).
We are pleased to have made this ecological transition together, even though we were almost forced to make this choice. However, it is now important to create a new ecological culture and to integrate into our practices concrete actions to save Mother Earth.
Marianna M.
