With less than two months to go until the June 30th deadline for students to submit to The Energy Project: Through a Young Lens, the images have started to come in.
Over the past few weeks we’ve been excited to see early submissions from two schools – Matthews Hall, a private school in London, Ontario, and the photojournalism program at Loyalist College in Belleville, Ontario.
Matthews Hall teacher Charlotte Hathaway sent in a disc of over 80 images from her grade 6, 7 and 8 classes, while Loyalist College program coordinator Frank O’Connor had his first- and second-year students send us their images individually, online and via email (with more still to come).
View all of their submissions in the student galleries.
Below are a few of our favourites.
Emily Metcalf, 3, reaches to switch off a light in her home in Trenton, Ontario, on Wednesday, March 30, 2011. Emily’s parents, Adam and Shari, were inspired by Earth Hour to try to reduce energy consumption in their home and are taking several steps to meet this goal, including teaching their children about saving energy and involving them in the process. Says photographer Rachel Psutka: “I thought this image would be good to represent the Energy Project by showing the future of saving energy. Teaching children from a young age about how to conserve energy and instilling these habits as part of their psyche is almost a surefire way to prevent an energy crisis in the future.” Photo by Rachel Psutka (Loyalist College)
Four-year-old Miranda Oliver and her brother Rob, 6, exuberantly expend energy while bouncing on a trampoline on their family’s Stirling, Ontario farm, on March 23, 2011. In the background is one of 24 solar panel arrays their parents Greg and Sue had installed two months earlier. The Olivers installed the panels not only to reduce electricity costs, but also to “retain clean countryside air,” says photographer Sharon Kallaste. They are pleased with the financial subsidy the panels are already providing and hope to recover the installation cost within five years. “It is quite evident that the large solar panels that some may view as an eyesore have no effect on (the kids) as they play, expending their own energy in harmonious symmetry to that of their future sustainable energy,” says photographer Sharon Kallaste. The children’s mother, Sue, notes: “We just brought out the trampoline today; the kids are a bundle of energy from the long winter and don’t seem to mind the cold.” Photo by Sharon Kallaste (Loyalist College)
“The amount of energy females use to make their hair look good is crazy,” says Tessa Peerless, who has surrounded herself with hair dryers, straighteners, curling irons and curlers. “In this photo I am reaching for a straightener, which is out of reach. I am stressed. I need electronic hair utensils to keep my hair looking this way!” Photo by Tessa Peerless (Matthews Hall)
“Be a superhero. Save energy by using a super-saving-energy light bulb,” suggests Michaelyn Mann. Michaelyn photographed a compact fluorescent light bulb that conserves energy and saves $62 over its life. Photo by Michaelyn Mann (Matthews Hall)
Are you a teacher or student who’d like to participate to The Energy Project: Through a Young Lens? Email tanya@photosensitive.com
