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More piece from friends in Russia Each year the International Day of energy conservation, as proposed by program SPARE in 2008 is been marked in Russia and it is certainly becoming more popular in all educational institutions in Moscow. Kindergartens, Schools, Colleges, Universities celebrate this day of good deeds and it is quite popular to see institution publishing information and photos about the actions, the lessons on energy conservation, business games, and practical activities in their institution. on their websites The main objective of the new thematic festival is to promote among Muscovites methods of rational use of resources and promote the development of renewable energy sources.   The Day of energy conservation has become a common celebration for Muscovites to an extent that anyone can type in Internet search engines bearing the words, and will see a huge number of educational institutions that have on their websites related piece and pic...

  Feeds from friends in Russia Residents of Moscow Region have participated in the Day of energy conservation since 2008 and SPARE-schools have been the most active participants. SPARE program proposed the creation of the themed Day (Day of energy) in 2008. In 2015, more than 75% of the districts of the Moscow region participated in thematic skype conferences and have contributed to the development of Internet resources on the topic "Energy". The 2015 Day of Energy took another dimension as we had most striking of shared lessons on energy conservation, resource conservation, and practical cases which all took place in Pushkin and Lyubertsy district, Khimki and Zhukovsky towns. Regional Board of Education in Moscow has rather become accustomed to consider the annual Day of energy-saving universal and important. Officially the day has been recognized to take into account the holiday plans of resource classes, the month of ecology, and the extracurricular wor...

One final piece to close the year with .... Sincerely Yours Earthly The first week of the United Nation Framework Convention on Climate change (COP21) was really an inspiring one with so many promising remarks from the most concerned world leaders and many of which have found noble places among famous climate change quotes. The zeal to seal a formidable deal this time around after 21 years ruled the air and like never before, everyone was geared and ready for the next step to saving humanity from a catastrophic future.  Witnessing the coming forward of the two giant nations (The U.S and China) responsible for the most greenhouse gas emission, it wasn’t just far off to conclude that there was a certainty of getting a deal in Paris.   Also, the obvious ambiance of urgency made the fact that the world was certainly at very a desperate moment in her survival history more profound. Le bouget, France was the gathering point and just like it has always been in the ...

Another inspiring piece from Russia.. Ivan Zaitsev Ivan Zaitsev , a pupil of a rural grammar school in the Bryansk region won the first place in the 2014-2015 biennium edition of the All-Russian competition. The project was themed relevant and energy efficiency and Ivan’s project of “Household foil and self-adhesive mirror film - energy-efficient assistants for growing seedlings” won the first place. As one of the winners, Ivan Zaitsev, became a member of the International Summer School in June 2015. The pupil decided to share with other students in his school the experience he had during the process of carrying out his project. This led him to the idea of “The Creative Workshop", where students learn the techniques of warming point for homes, saving water and energy. Ivan Zaytsev and Tabuntsova Maria Ivan Zaytsev and Tabuntsova Maria – students of Gymnasium №1, Bryansk region carried out the project "Household foil and self-adhesive mirror film - energy...

Some great work from friends in Russia! Energy Saving Day -2015 was a big event for schools, families and entire neighborhoods of the Central Federal District of Russia. This year’s event recorded a great success with many practical projects, special events and educational programs that covered more than 200 schools in 7 provinces of the region. It has exceptionally been an engaging one for students, teachers and parents as through their efforts and the use of simple and innovative materials like processing metal and paper many residential and school areas were insulated and this strategy has  helped to save energy and water resources. SPARE program is aimed at encouraging participatory programs that would involve schools and the families and this has truly paid off as as we now have a lot of people practicing and adopting different forms of energy conservation and energy efficiency in their various neighborhoods. So in a way, SPARE program has been success...