ELECTRICITY can be an expensive luxury for disadvantaged communities in the world, but students from John Curtin College of the Arts are looking to change that.
As part of National Science Week, the Year 7 students learned about the importance of renewable energy for poorer communities and built their own solar-powered lights, which they will soon send to a community in need as part of SolarBuddy Australia’s Buddy2Buddy Schools Program.
Student Gauthami Cumaran Sivagnanam said it was exciting to be part of such a project.
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“We can give opportunities to those who are less privileged than us. Sending them a light can make such a difference to their lives.”
Sustainability was high on the list of the school’s Science Week program, with other events including a recycled fashion workshop, a sustainable music festival and a clothes swap market.
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