‘We Are Energy Warriors’ is a project devised by Community Energy Wales members Egni Coop to engage and enthuse school pupils to take action on climate change. Egni have been working with schools to install solar panels on school building roofs, which reduces energy bills for the school as well as providing an income for Egni to run the ‘We Are Energy Warriors’ project. Awareness raising is a key part of the work of the members of Ynni Cymunedol Cymru.
Egni Coop also work with a charity called “Energy Sparks” which provides data in graph form to participating schools on the energy use of their school building and alerts them as to action that can be taken to reduce energy use. This resource is current being translated into Welsh and so will be available to all schools soon. https://energysparks.uk/
We are keen for groups with shared interests to be in contact with one another and sharing experiences and information, so if you are a community group interested in matters related to climate or renewable energy education, and you would like to take part in a webinar on this or be a member of a new working group looking at education and engagement, please get in touch.