Earth Day 2023 – Invest in our Planet

This year for Earth Day we decided that we would invest in our planet using clean and safe energy:

# by investing in some solar lamps for each class to use on the day

# by collecting monies to donate to Solar Aid to help families in need

Through this participation we were using clean energy and giving the tools for others to do the same.

Families have no choice but to rely on poor alternatives such as homemade torches, candles and kerosene lamps.

These dangerous devices are imperilling health, impairing education, wasting household income and emitting astonishingly high amounts of carbon into the atmosphere.

Worst of all, families have to risk their lives every single night with open flames. It doesn’t have to be like this.

The whole school participated in Earth day – here are just a few of the activities we had fun experiencing:

Thank you for your generous gift. Through donations of £35 from pupils and staff along with a donation of £10 from the Fairtrade Tuck Shop we are able to give £45 to Solar Aid.

Your support means we can reach remote villages bringing solar to places where no one else goes.

Without your help, these communities would remain in the dark with only candles or kerosene lamps for light. Your donation will make this a problem of the past from the moment they switch on a solar light.

When the sun goes down at 6pm in sub-Saharan Africa, 590 million people are living in darkness. They have no access to electricity. There is no switch on the wall to turn on the light. This is energy poverty.

Impact calculator

A donation of  £45 will result in…

3 solar lights reaching 16 people, with 12 currently using dangerous, toxic and poor sources of light.
This will lead to total savings of $379 a year, with 13 people feeling safer at home and 3 more children studying after dark.

Well Done Beatlie!