OREANDA-NEWS. October 4, 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 300 students from St. Xavier's school Mira Road came together today to spread the message on Resource conservation on the occasion of No Car Day. The students enthusiastically prepared and displayed posters, banners and placards with paintings depicting various ways to conserve the environment and reduce the use of fossil fuels such as petrol and diesel.

The rally began with a special street play in which the student's presented ways to minimize the usage of private vehicles to reduce environment pollution. The students then marched on a rally to create mass awareness. They enthusiastically shouted various slogans while spreading the message on conservation of natural resources through their own posters, placards and handouts.

Speaking on this initiative, Mr. Anil Sardana, Managing Director, Tata Power said, "The enthusiasm, involvement and dedication of the school students to spread the message now on not just energy but resource conservation also, is remarkable and has contributed towards making this a national movement. We would also like to thank the teachers and principal of the school in extending their support to this initiative."

Club Enerji has covered more than 400 schools and sensitized more than 2.8 million (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 19095 Energy Champions and 32257 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.