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Updated on: 14 December,2009 07:32 AM IST  | 
Hemal Ashar | hemal@mid-day.com

Inspired by documentary on global warming, school kids act on their emotions and buy 300 solar lanterns for villagers

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Inspired by documentary on global warming, school kids act on their emotions and buy 300 solar lanterns for villagers

Std VIII students of the Cathedral and John Connon School (Fort) bubbling over with enthusiasm after the screening of the Al Gore movie, An Inconvenient Truth, in school, decided to do something that would prevent global warming.

The students, who came together to form the Global Warming Prevention group, recently distributed unique solar lanterns to villages on the outskirts of Mumbai.

The teenagers say, "We collected money from various corporates, banks, generous individuals and bought 300 solar lanterns, which we distributed to villages on the outskirts of the city."







We were happy to show them how to use the lantern and bring some light into their lives. Some put the lanterns on their bicycles too, as by 6 pm it's completely dark in the village."

Take heart Obama & Co, climate change is not just a cause for concern for world leaders in Copenhagen, but at home too, with the Gen Next gearing up to save the planet.

Rs 1,326
The cost of one solar lantern
Power of B'Wood

Shah Rukh Khan is part of an NDTV Greenathon initiative called Lighting Billion Lives and has funded a solar u00a0power-harnessing project u00a0in the Kendrapara district u00a0of Orissa giving power u00a0supply to thousands of villagers.

Shilpa Shetty and Priyanka Chopra joined hands with a company that produces hand crank lanterns that generate electricity without using fuel. Shilpa's foundation will distribute these solar u00a0u00a0power lamps for free to villages in India.

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