Introduction

Imagine that your whole family (or community if you prefer) chooses to do without any form of energy produced from non-renewable resources for one day.

(No-one must use electricity, gas, petrol or batteries.)

Planning Your Energy Free Day

1. Think of all the things YOU do on a normal weekday such as:

• wake up
• have a shower
• eat breakfast
• travel to school
• activities at school
• jobs at home
• food preparation
• homework
• leisure activities (especially in the evening)
• communicating with people

2. How will your actions have to change if you cannot use electricity and other forms of energy?

• Plan what you will do.
• How will the energy-free day affect the rest of your family?
• Share your ideas with your family and other students in your class.

3. Write an Energy-free Action Day Plan for your family (or community).

• How do you FEEL about the changes that would be necessary? Would it require major changes in your lifestyle?
• Put a star next to any changes that your family would find really difficult.
• Put a flower next to the actions that your family would feel quite happy about giving up or changing.

4. Talk to people of the older generation in your family or community.

• How do they feel about the changes that have happened in energy use since they were children?
• Which energy uses do they feel have been of most benefit to our society?

5. Write a short report on your findings.