For a thriving future sans the ills of pollution and the fear of exhausting resources, a school in Bengaluru has gone a step ahead in setting an example. The Canadian International School in Bengaluru is producing its own power and supplying the surplus to the grid, and is also giving its students important lessons on the environment.

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With cleaner, greener renewable energy being the need of the hour, the school started building on this idea, and look how far they've come.

"The school turned 20 years old recently and wanted to do something for the environment and the city," said Shweta Sastri, Executive Director of the school.

"The power we produce is more than enough for the school's needs. We are producing 5 lakh kilowatts per year. On a day like this, with peak sunlight, we produce about 300 kW per hour. We are definitely carbon neutral and on days the school is closed we are carbon positive," she added.

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A whopping 3 crores has been invested in building these solar panels. In fact, the school is also getting some help from the Karnataka state government for this.

Moreover, the school is also being paid for the energy it gives the grid. And with one panel kept on the ground for students to see, this is really what education is about.

The school has put a lot of students on the project and here's what Sean Cuxton, a student who worked on the solar project conducted by the school, said, "We have solar panels all around the campus, we can reduce greenhouse gases because we are using power from the sun."

Another student, Jessica, of the seventh grade added, "It is just better for our environment and will stop global warming hopefully and encourage other schools to also take on this responsibility."

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But it's not just solar energy that the school is investing in, it also has a biogas plant that helps teach students about the process.

"We actually feed the left-over food from the cafeteria every day - about one and a half to two kg. This goes into the plant and every day the plant produces a cubic metre of gas that goes to the stove in our cafeteria which is used for boiling vegetables and making tea and coffee," said Regis Caudrillier, the Vice-Principal.

Apart from that, composting, and growing of organic vegetables, is also done on the school premises.

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"A lot of the kids are coming from a fast food culture and when you are talking about composting and growing your own plants.. it takes time. And kids see the time and effort involved, and hopefully, they have more respect for the people who grow the food around the world," said School Principal Shane Kells.