11 november Energysaving day

A Day of Energyefficiency on manufactures of Belarus will possibly concur with International Day of energysaving. This idea appeared during the month of the national energy conservation, which was initiated by the Energy-efficiency Department of Statestandard of Belarus.

Within the framework of International day of Energy (11/11/11) at general school N 287 – lyceum of “Zakalar” made an “Environmental Court”. From the process the man is affected. The charge was presented to Scientific and Technological Revolution (STR). Defender sides were health lawyer and inventor. The “process” was open because it was attended by students and parents.

The Month of Energy Saving - 2011 covered more than 40 educational institutions of Moscow and Moscow region. SPARE school and the members of the Moscow Energy Teams helped single veterans and pensioners to insulate apartments, set garbage- sorting waste containers, changed conventional light bulbs into energy saving ones and explained the residents of the capital how to conduct their own energy audit of the premises.

SPARE-Net CFA RF devoted the month of energy to the training of new schools and colleges in the region with theoretical and practical skills in energy saving. For this purpose 6 workshops, 8 tours, 4 art-actions, 8 days of activity of 4 energy teams were organized.

On 11th November 2011 within the framework of SPARE Azerbaijan Youth Union arranged an event to celebrate the International Day of “Energy Saving” in the school 284 located in the Baladjari settlement of Baku. Participants of the 8th form who are also the members of the SPARE Followers Club, attended in the event to discuss environmental issues and environmental protection, how to save the energy and also the importance of education to improve knowledge of ecology.

Seventy children, ages 4-12, participated in an annual exhibition for young environmentalists titled SPARE in Art. The exhibition was held in ”Chardin” Gallery, Tbilisi, and was dedicated to International Energy Efficiency Day (11.11.11). The event was attended by Mr. George Zedginidze, Deputy Minister of Environment Protection of Georgia.

Vasil Levski school in Razgrad prepared a special weekly program around 11th November under the theme: we save energy, we protect the environment. On 9th November a press-conference was given for the presenting of the project of eco-club Shrek that had received the award of the public in the 10th National competition of natural science that took place 4th06th November in Smolyan, Bulgaria. The pupils who presented the project there were Radina Nedelcheva (6th grade), Atanas Atanasov (7th grade) and Ivan Markov(7th grade).

The day of energy efficiency was celebrated through various creative activities in the Bulgarian schools of the SPARE network. Participants made an exhibition and bulletin board on energy efficiency, had classes of physics, led a day without electricity, made an exhibition of paintings, posters, models and many other activities.

Eco-club «Shrek» in Razgard prepared a special weekly program on November 11 around the theme «We save energy, we protect the environment»: week of demonstration trainings «How we save energy at school», demonstration of electric car in the school yard, and others.

Students of colleges and universities helped to insulate Moscow apartment of 28 elderly people living alone - war and labor veterans. In November 2011 active SPARE-participants organized collection of waste batteries in the school and delivered them to points of recycling and also replaced light bulbs in the school for energy-saving bulbs.

On November 12 at the famous music club "STOP" in Yerevan round the festival devoted to "International Day for Energy Saving," by the participation of the SPARE- was held a rock-concert titled "Music for Energy saving - 11/11/11."

On November 11, at 11-00 from Republic Square started the march/flesh-mob/ SPARE international project’s pupils and citizens who have joined us for “International Day of Energy Saving”.

In school «Rajko Zinzifov» Macedonian town Veles, the students from the third grade have marked the international day of saving electricity performing a short play in front of their parents, some questionnaires about saving electricity passed among the students’ parents, and some interesting poles and pamphlets among the students about how one can save energy.

Representatives of 15 media channels — TV, newspapers and internet newspapers on November 9, participated in a press conference at the Press Club «Friday», which was devoted to International Energy saving Day" Festival and activities of the international project SPARE.

Active collaboration of NGO organizations "Viola" - SPARE Coordinator in the CFD of Russian Federation and vice-president of the International Academy of Informatization, Professor V. Shinkarenko helps colleges of Moscow to actively involve in the program SPARE not only on Nov. 11, 2010.

Institution «Center for Environmental Solutions »
SPARE project coordinator Natalia Porechina
More than 40 educational institutions of Grodno, Vitebsk, Mogilev, Gomel and Brest regions took part in international energy saving day. They held a lot of various actions.

Open Lessons on energy saving were carried out by SPARE teachers in 5 public schools (1 in Bagdadi, 2 in Tbilisi, 1 Gori, 1 in Rustavi). The parents attended the open lessons as well. The children presented presentations and paintings on energy saving thematic. Energy audit was carried out in Bagdadi public school. As a result insulation activities for the school roof were planned. Environmental week was organized in St. Tamar School in Tbilisi.

The international youth conference - "Youth for Ecological Progress" - was held on 11-12th of November 2010 in Baku, the capital of Azerbaijan. The International SPARE project `s teams were attended in this conference and during the official opening ceremony the project presented by Rufat Dargahli, the active participant of the SPARE project and Young Ambassador on Environment. In his speech young ambassador mention that using energy resources inefficiency way is one of the main challenges and it polluted the environment quite enough.

Beginning from 11th November AYU attended International energy saving weeks within the international school project. The actions held in the period of two weeks took place in Baku and in other regions of the country.

SPARE international energy saving day started on November 10 at AARHUS Center Georgia, at Georgia Ministry of Environmental Protection and Natural Resources. Representatives from AARHUS Center Georgia, OSCE mission to Georgia, Private Company WoodService (WS), Tbilisi State University, Georgia Green Movement, NGO EcoVision, Tbilisi and Gori SPARE schools were among the organizers and participants of the event.

On the 11th of November in Uzbekistan the SPARE international energy saving day was celebrated in 18 schools and 191 participants in the clubs passed about the classes and described to students about the program, the anthropogenic environmental effect, about global climate change and the program SPARE.

The joint meeting of SPARE group and students of schools from 3 villages – Marza, Mugni and Aragacotn was carried out on November 11th - on the international day of energy saving, in the school of № 2. Teacher, Mari Hodjoyan, described the reasons for the global warming, the present and expected consequences for the planet.

Some 45 schools teachers participated at the seminar of different specialities, as well as the representatives of the schools administration. The seminar was carried out by the national coordinator of project SPARE in Ukraine with the organizational support of the Sevastopol Chamber of Commerce and Industry. Participants in the seminar were introduced to the various forms and methods of the training work with the children on the energy saving and development.

Saving energy is important for improvement of local and global environment. Nobody can do everything, but if everybody does something, we can achieve a lot together! In order to increase attention for the importance of energy saving, SPARE arranges an international energy saving day today!